''Unisonic'' is the debut album by the hard rock/

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band Unisonic. It was released in 2012 on earMUSIC. The album is the group's first full-length studio release and since ''

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'' (1988) by

Helloween Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Wei ...

the first album to feature both

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and

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performing on all songs.

Production

The majority of the songs were written by Dennis Ward and Kai Hansen, with further input from

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and Michael Kiske. A

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was filmed for the song . The album was released on 21 March 2012 in Japan, on 30 March 2012 in Europe and on 22 May 2012 in the US, with cover art credited to

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. The album became available in several special editions, such as the European (Mediabook), the Japanese and the US, each containing a different bonus track. Unisonic's debut album entered several international music charts, scoring the highest points on the

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and Swedish albums chart.

Accolades

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magazine's 2012 Readers Poll, ''Unisonic'' ranked at #2 (behind Accept's '' Stalingrad'') for Best Album and the title track won Best Song.

Track listing

Personnel

- lead vocals *

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& rhythm guitars,

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, co-producer *

- lead & rhythm guitars * Dennis Ward - bass, backing vocals, producer, engineer, mixing *

Kosta Zafiriou Kosta Zafiriou is a Swiss musician and music manager, one of the owners of Bottom Row Promotion company, which currently manages the bands Unisonic, Helloween, Axxis, Gotthard and Krokus. A former hard rock drummer, Zafiriou is known as one ...

- drums,

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;Guest session musician * Günter Werno -

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on tracks 2, 4 & 12

Charts

References

External links

Unisonic official website

EarMusic official website

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