''War to End All Wars'' is the thirteenth studio album by guitarist

Yngwie Malmsteen Yngwie Johan Malmsteen ( ; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning ov ...

, released on 7 November 2000 through

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(Japan),

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(United States) and DreamCatcher Records (Europe). While on tour for this album, singer

Mark Boals Mark Robert Boals (born December 5, 1958) is an American heavy metal vocalist and occasional bassist, best known for his vocals with Yngwie Malmsteen. He is currently a member of the band Foundry. Boals' first album with Malmsteen, 1986's '' ...

left the band and was replaced for a brief period by

Jørn Lande Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born May 31, 1968) is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is known for his work with the bands Ark, Beyond Twilight, Millenium, Vagabond, The Snakes, and most notably with power metal band Ma ...

; however, Boals returned to finish the tour. The

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to inst ...

song "Molto Arpeggiosa" is often mislabelled as "Arpeggios from Hell". The phrase "

the war to end all wars "The war to end war" (also "The war to end all wars"; originally from the 1914 book '' The War That Will End War'' by H. G. Wells) is a term for the First World War of 1914–1918. Originally an idealistic slogan, it is now mainly used sardonic ...

" was historically used as a description of

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, especially in the period from 1918 to 1939.

Track listing

Bonus tracks (Japan)

Bonus track (USA and Europe)

Personnel

* Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Guitar, Bass, Sitar, Vocals, Producer, Mixing *Mats Olausson - Keyboards *

- Vocals *

John Macaluso John Macaluso (born January 21, 1968) is an American drummer who has played for bands such as Ark, TNT, and Yngwie Malmsteen. Born in Commack, New York, Macaluso started playing drums at age 11. He has recorded over 200 records and played mul ...

- Drums *Brian Fitzpatrick - Engineer, Mixing *Michael Fuller - Mastering *Michael Johansson - Photography *Rich DiSilvio - Artwork *

Frank Frazetta Frank Frazetta (born Frank Frazzetta ; February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and other media. He i ...

- Cover Art

References

2000 albums Yngwie Malmsteen albums Albums with cover art by Frank Frazetta {{2000s-metal-album-stub