''Neverworld's End'' is the fifth studio album by German
symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...
band
Xandria
Xandria is a German symphonic metal band founded by Marco Heubaum in 1994. Originally a project, Heubaum later restarted the project as a band in 1999, and has gone through various lineup changes. The German vocalist Lisa Middelhauve joined for ...
. The record was released by
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach a ...
on 24 February 2012. It is the only album to feature
Manuela Kraller
Manuela Kraller (born 1 August 1981) is a German spinto soprano singer. She is best known as the former lead singer of symphonic metal band Xandria from late 2010 until late 2013. She was formerly one of the soprano vocalists in the symphonic m ...
on vocals, and the last album to feature Nils Middelhauve on bass. The album produced one single, "Valentine".
Track listing
Charts
Personnel
All information from the album booklet.
[(2012). "''Neverworld's End'' liner notes". In ''Neverworld's End'' D booklet Napalm.]
Xandria
*
Manuela Kraller
Manuela Kraller (born 1 August 1981) is a German spinto soprano singer. She is best known as the former lead singer of symphonic metal band Xandria from late 2010 until late 2013. She was formerly one of the soprano vocalists in the symphonic m ...
– vocals
* Marco Heubaum – rhythm guitar, keyboards
* Philip Restemeier – lead guitar
* Nils Middelhauve – bass
* Gerit Lamm – drums
Additional musicians
* Joost van den Broek – keyboards, programming, orchestrations, sound design
* Ben Mathot – violin
* McAlbi – tin whistle, low whistle
* Johannes Schiefner –
uilleann pipes
The uilleann pipes ( or , ), also known as Union pipes and sometimes called Irish pipes, are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the ...
Choir
* Fredrik Forsblad, Norbert Swoboda, Anselm Soos, Mani Müller, Klaus Ackermann, Mani Gruber, Marc Zillmann
Production
* Marco Heubaum – production
* Corni Bartels – engineering, vocal co-production
* Jörg Umbreit – mixing, mastering, engineering
* Stefan Heilemann – artwork, photography, layout, cover art
References
External links
Album reviewson metal-archives.com
Official discographyon xandria.de
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2012 albums
Xandria albums
Napalm Records albums