''Warrior Soul'' is the tenth studio album of the German female

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singer

Doro Pesch Dorothee Pesch (born 3 June 1964), known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro, is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock. Dubbed the "Metal Queen", Doro's contributions to music and culture mad ...

. It was released worldwide in 2006 by

AFM Records AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator. In 2005, Candlelight Records si ...

. The recording of the album took a prolonged time, due to singer Doro Pesch filming the movie ''Anuk – Der Weg des Kriegers'', starring as 'Meha'. The film was shot in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

in 2005 and directed by Luke Gasser. The song "Warrior Soul" is included in the

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and Gasser is credited as co-producer of the album, which was partially recorded in Switzerland with session musicians. The album was published also as an

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with different bonus tracks and multimedia sections. It was also published in a boxed Winter edition, containing a bonus disc of unreleased and live tracks and other gadgets. The album reached position No. 27 on the German Longplay chart.

Track listing

*Digibook edition has a multimedia section.

Personnel

Band members

– vocals *

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– bass, keyboards, backing vocals * Joe Taylor – guitars, backing vocals *

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– drums, backing vocals *

Oliver Palotai Oliver Palotai (born 17 March 1974) is a classically trained German musician of Hungarian ancestry, husband of Simone Simons from Epica, best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band. Career He made his n ...

– keyboards, guitars, backing vocals

Additional musicians

* Steve 'Hef' Häflinger – guitars * Oli Häller – drums * Tim Husung – drums * Thomi Imhof – bass * Chris Lietz – guitars, keyboards * Torsten Sickert – guitars, keyboards, bass * Klaus Vanscheidt – guitars

Production

* Luke Gasser – associate producer on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 * Deezl Imhof – associate producer, engineer, mixing on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, * Chris Lietz – producer, engineer, mixing *

– producer * Torsten Sickert – producer

References

External links

American site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warrior Soul Doro (musician) albums 2006 albums AFM Records albums