''Zerfall'' is the first studio album by German

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, released through record label Last Episode in February 1998. The album was rereleased twice by German record label

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. First time, in 2004 as a compilation album of "Zerfall" and the demo "Das Ende des Weges". Second time, in August 2014, the album was rereleased both in a

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format and in a remastered

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Track listing

# "... und über allem weht der Wind so kalt (Pest I)" – 6:39 # "Legende des Leides (Pest II)" – 4:30 # "In der Grube (Pest III)" – 2:23 # "Auferstehung (Pest IV)" – 4:42 # "Ich bin viele" – 2:26 # "Eispalast" – 3:25 # "Ode an den Niedergang" – 1:29 # "Herzblut" – 5:54 # "Endzeit" – 5:19

Das Ende des Weges

Re-released by

with the demo ''Das Ende des Weges'', in 2004. # "Einklang: Demo '96 "Das Ende des Weges"" – 0:13 # "Blut ist Leben" – 2:11 # "Eispalast" – 3:34 # "Zeitenwende" – 3:50 # "Herzblut" – 6:56 # "Nichts wäret ewiglich" – 6:00 # "Ode an den Niedergang" – 2:11 # "Zu Ehren meiner dunklen Königin" – 3:45 # "Ich bin das Tor" – 7:11 # "Ausklang" – 0:07

Credits

* Michael "Blutkehle" Roth – vocals * Michael "Bursche" Lenz – guitar * K. Matthes – bass * Daniel "DF" Fröbing – keyboard * Ronny "Yantit" Fimmel – drums

References

1998 debut albums Eisregen albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub