''Welcome to the Show'' is the debut studio album by the Danish heavy metal band

Evil Masquerade Evil Masquerade is a Scandinavian band formed in 2003. Their wide range of musical influences make them difficult to categorize. Evil Masquerade themselves claim to be playing 'Devilish Rock'n'Roll'. But since that is a self-invented genre they ar ...

. It almost immediately received worldwide recognition and made the charts in Japan at number 8.

Track listing

#"Intro (Ride of the Valkyries/Grand Opening)" – 1:42 #"Welcome to the Show" – 3:10 #"The Wind Will Rise" – 4:53 #"Oh Harlequin" – 5:05 #"Surprises in the Dark" – 5:35 #"But You Were Smiling..." – 4:05 #"Children of the Light" – 4:19 #"Lucy the Evil" – 6:09 #"Badinerie" – 1:36 #"Deliver Us" – 5:17 #"Evil Masquerade" – 4:07 The Japanese version of the album contains the bonus track:

Kimi ga Yo is the national anthem of Japan. The lyrics are from a ' poem written by an unnamed author in the Heian period (794–1185), and the current melody was chosen in 1880, replacing an unpopular melody composed by John William Fenton eleven years ...

(君が代).

Personnel

;Evil Masquerade *

Henrik Flyman Henrik Flyman (born on September 6 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a composer, guitarist and producer. He is active in the bands Lacrimosa, Evil Masquerade and his own solo career. Biography Henrik Flyman is best known as a touring and recording music ...

– guitar, vocals *Henrik Brockmann – lead vocals *Dennis Buhl – drums *Kasper Gram – bass ;Additional musicians * Mats Olausson – keyboard *

André Andersen André Andersen (born 16 December 1961) is a Russian-born multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the keyboardist and founder of the Denmark-based progressive metal band Royal Hunt. André started his "music life" at very young age and w ...

– keyboard *

Richard Andersson Richard Andersson (born 28 March 1972) is a Swedish musician and the founding father of several neoclassical metalbands in Sweden including Majestic and Time Requiem. Biography As a kid, Andersson taught himself how to play the keyboard. At ...

– keyboard *Lars Boutrup – keyboard *Ex Københavns Drengekor – choir *Sanna Thor – laughter *Anders Juhl Nielsen – trumpet *Katja Handberg – pizzo violin * Monika Pedersen – vocals *Tommy Hansen – moog & bongo ;Additional personnel *Written, composed, arranged and produced by

. First part of "Intro" is a newly arranged version of Richard Wagner's

Ride of the Valkyries The "Ride of the Valkyries" (german: Walkürenritt Ritt der Walküren, links=no) refers to the beginning of act 3 of '' Die Walküre'', the second of the four operas constituting Richard Wagner's '' Der Ring des Nibelungen''. As a separate pie ...

, " Badinerie" origins from the

Orchestral Suite A suite, in Western classical music and jazz, is an ordered set of instrumental or orchestral/ concert band pieces. It originated in the late 14th century as a pairing of dance tunes and grew in scope to comprise up to five dances, sometimes with ...

(BWV 1067) No. 2 in B minor for flute and strings by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

, "Deliver Us" by Göran Jacobsson/Henrik Flyman. *Recorded by

at Digital Bitch, drums recorded by Peter Brander and

at Media Sound. *Mixed by Steen Mogensen at Media Sound. *Mastered by Andy Horn at Famous Kitchen. *Paintings by Katja Handberg *Photos by Thomas Trane *Artwork by Gunbarrel Offensive Design *Originally released by Marquee/Avalon. Re-released by Dark Minstrel Music

References

External links

* {{Authority control Evil Masquerade albums 2004 debut albums