''Renegades'' is the sixth studio album by the German
folk metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...
band
Equilibrium.
It is also the first album featuring the band's new clean male vocalist and bassist Martin Berger (Skar Productions) and the new keyboardist Skadi Rosehurst.
It was produced from September 2018 to March 2019.
Music and lyrics
The album, while maintaining some of their signature epic,
folk metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exampl ...
roots, sees the band adopting more electronic and modern elements, including clean vocals. Guitarist, leader and main songwriter René Berthiaume commented:
The lyrics on the album deal with personal themes, in contrast with the German mythology topics that would be addressed before. Also, the album is almost entirely sung in English. According to Berthiaume:
The digipak edition of the album comes with a bonus disc containing
8-bit
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versions of all the songs.
Track listing
Personnel
*Robert "Robse" Dahn – vocals
*Martin "Skar" Berger – bass, clean vocals
*René "Berthammer" Berthiaume – guitar
*Dom R. Crey – guitar
*Skadi Rosehurst – keyboards
*Tuval "Hati" Refaeli – drums
Technical staff
* Robin Leijon - production, mixing
* Mike Kalajian - mastering
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References
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2019 albums
Equilibrium (band) albums
Nuclear Blast albums