''Watching in Silence'' is the debut astudio album by the American heavy metal band

Circle II Circle Circle II Circle is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by former Savatage lead vocalist Zachary Stevens and longtime friend and band manager Dan Campbell in 2001. They play varied genres of metal including tra ...

, released in 2003. It featured guest appearances from lead vocalist

Zachary Stevens Zachary Trussell (born March 5, 1966), known professionally as Zachary "Zak" Stevens, is an American singer, best known as the second lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage. He currently performs with the heavy metal band Circle II Circ ...

's former band mates from

Savatage Savatage () was an American heavy metal band founded by brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1979 in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band was first called Avatar, but, shortly before the release of their debut album ''Sirens'' (1983), they changed thei ...

Jon Oliva John Nicholas "Jon" Oliva (born July 22, 1959) is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-founder, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage, which he co-founded with his younger brother Criss Oliva. Sinc ...

and

Chris Caffery Christopher Caffery (born September 9, 1967) is an American musician, best known for his work as a member of Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Recently, Chris has been pursuing a solo career, releasing four albums since 2004. Biography ...

, who co-wrote most of the songs on the album.

Track listing

#"Out of Reach" (

) – 4:09 #"Sea of White" (Caffery, Stevens) – 4:39 #"Into the Wind" (Caffery, Matt LaPorte, Stevens) – 4:18 #"Watching in Silence" (Oliva, Stevens) – 4:25 #"Forgiven" (Oliva, Stevens) – 5:02 #"Lies" (LaPorte, Oliva, Stevens) – 3:26 #"Face to Face" (Caffery, Stevens) – 5:12 #"Walls" (Oliva, Stevens) – 4:28 #"The Circle" (Oliva, Stevens) – 3:30 #"F.O.S. (Fields of Sorrow)" (Oliva, Stevens) – 6:39

Personnel

;Circle II Circle *

–

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

, producer, cover concept *Matt LaPorte –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

s *John Zahner – keyboards *Kevin Rothney –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

*Christopher Kinder –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

;Additional musicians *

– vocals,

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, producer *

– guitars on "Out of Reach", "Sea of White" and "Face to Face" ;Production *Jim Morris – co–producer, engineer, mixing with Circle II Circle, mastering *Dan Campbell – executive producer, cover concept, design & artwork, management *Thomas Ewerhard – design & artwork

References

{{Authority control 2003 debut albums Circle II Circle albums AFM Records albums