''Star Tales'' is the debut album by the
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operatic metal band
Dol Ammad
Dol Ammad is a heavy metal band formed in 2000 by Greek keyboard player Thanasis Lightbridge. Dol Ammad is characterizeded with instrumentation which layers conventional metal instrumentation (bass, drums, and electric guitar), synthesizers, a ...
. The album features a 12-piece choir of six men and six women called the Europa Choir that performed all the vocal duties.
Track listing
# "Dreamport" - 3:11
# "Eclipse (Corona of the Sun)" - 4:09
# "Weaver's Dance" - 7:47
# "Boxed Daylight Part 1" - 2:57
# "Boxed Daylight Part 2" - 3:00
# "The Veil (Seven Face Danger)" - 5:24
# "Back to the Zone" - 4:24
# "Master of All" - 5:47
# "The Hill of Hope" - 7:16
# "Kruug" - 3:06
# "Vortex 3003" - 4:58
# "Mission Butterfly" - 10:00
Personnel
Line-up
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Thanasis Lightbridge .
Thanasis Lightbridge was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1978. He is a Greek keyboard player/composer best known as the founder of electronica art metal band Dol Ammad and independent record label Electronicartmetal Records. He is also in the ...
- synthesizers
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Alex Holzwarth
Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre.
Since forming in 1993 as Thundercross, the band h ...
- drums
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Jimmy Wicked - guitars
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Nick Terry
Nick Terry (born 15 September 1967) is an English former professional snooker player from Finchley.
Career
Terry turned professional in 1988, losing his first match, at the 1988 International Open, 2–5 to Colin Roscoe. In his first seaso ...
- bass
Europa Choir
*Kortessa Tsifodimou - soprano vocals
*Alexandra Voulgari - soprano vocals
*Zoe Tsokanou - soprano vocals
*Marieta Panagiotidou - alto vocals
*Vicky Alexaki - alto vocals
*Maria Stolaki - alto vocals
*Panos Iampoultakis - tenor vocals
*Themis Mpasdekis - tenor vocals
*Alexandros Barmpas - tenor vocals
*Kyriakos Chouvardas - bass vocals
*Petros Moraitis - bass vocals
*Yiannis Tsalouhidis - bass vocals
Credits
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Thanasis Lightbridge .
Thanasis Lightbridge was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1978. He is a Greek keyboard player/composer best known as the founder of electronica art metal band Dol Ammad and independent record label Electronicartmetal Records. He is also in the ...
- music composition and arrangement, lyrics, production, layout, art direction
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Sascha Paeth
Sascha Paeth (born 9 September 1970 in Wolfsburg, West Germany) is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After ...
- drum recording and production
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Olaf Reitmeier - drum recording and production
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Brian Exton - artwork
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Angelos Zymaras - photography
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Stamatis Kritikos - layout, art direction
Star Tales booklet @ stamatiskritikos.com
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References
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2004 debut albums
Dol Ammad albums