''The Best from the Noise Years'' is the first compilation album by German heavy metal band Rage, released in 1998 by

Victor Entertainment , also known as in Japan, is a subsidiary of JVCKenwood that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It is known as JVC Entertainment in countries where Sony Music Ent ...

. The album is made up of 15 songs from the band's early albums (1986–94), released by

Noise Records Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any ...

Track listing

Personnel

Band members

*Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass *Jochen Schroeder – guitars, on tracks 1-2 *Rudy Graf – guitars, on tracks 1-2 *

Jörg Michael Jörg Michael (born 27 March 1963) is a German drummer who is known for playing with numerous groups, including the power metal band Stratovarius, with whom he played from 1995 to 2011. He has also been a member of Mekong Delta, Rage, and many ...

– drums, on tracks 1-2 *

Manni Schmidt Manfred "Manni" Schmidt (born 27 November 1964) is a German heavy metal guitarist, best known for having been a member of Grave Digger and Rage. History Born in Andernach, West Germany, Schmidt begun his career starting his own band Factor ...

– guitars, on tracks 3-14 *Chris Ephthimiadis – drums, on tracks 3-14 *Sven Fischer – guitars, on track 15 *Spiros Efthimiadis – guitars, on track 15 *Chris Ephthimiadis – drums, on track 15

Production

*Sven Conquest – producer, engineer, mixing *Armin Sabol – producer {{DEFAULTSORT:Best from the Noise Years Rage (German band) albums Victor Entertainment compilation albums Noise Records compilation albums 1998 compilation albums Speed metal compilation albums