''Virus'' is the fourth full-length album by
French power metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...
band
Heavenly. It was released on 21 September 2006 via Avalon Records.
Track listing
All songs by Benjamin Sotto, except "The Joker" by Charley Corbiaux.
Personnel
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Benjamin Sotto – vocals, keyboards
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Thomas Das Neves – drums
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Olivier Lapauze – guitar
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Matthieu Plana – bass
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Charley Corbiaux Charley may refer to:
Places
*Charley, Leicestershire, a parish in England
*Charley's Flat, alternate name for Dutch Flat, California
*Charley's Motel, former name of Star Lite Motel, Minnesota, United States
*Charley Ridge, West Virginia, United ...
– guitar, vocals on tracks 7 and 10
Guest musicians
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Tanja Lainio (
Lullacry
Lullacry was a Finnish melodic band with gothic metal influences that hailed from Helsinki.
History
The band recorded their first demo (named ''Weeper's Aeon'') in 1998 and in a short time they had enough of a following to safely attempt a full ...
) - vocals on track 8
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Kevin Codfert
Kevin Codfert is the current keyboardist of the band Adagio. He joined the band in 2003, working on the album ''Underworld''. He is the producer of progressive metal band Myrath, which met with the band during Rock Festival in Tunisia in Decembe ...
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Adagio
Adagio (Italian for 'slowly', ) may refer to:
Music
* Adagio, a tempo marking, indicating that music is to be played slowly, or a composition intended to be played in this manner
* Adagio (band), a French progressive metal band
Albums
* ''Adagi ...
) - keyboards on track 6
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Tony Kakko
Toni Kristian "Tony" Kakko (born 16 May 1975) is a Finnish musician, composer and vocalist. He is known as the vocalist, primary songwriter, and creative lead of the band Sonata Arctica since 1996.
Biography
Kakko was born in Kemi, Finland and ...
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Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup c ...
) - vocals on track 5
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Oliver Rengshausen - strings
2006 albums
Heavenly (French band) albums
AFM Records albums
Albums with cover art by Jean-Pascal Fournier
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