Symphonic & Opera Metal, Vol. 3

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1Innocence
producer:
Tarja (Tarja Turunen)
mixer:
Tim Palmer (British producer/mixer)
bass guitar:
Kevin Chown
guitar:
Alex Scholpp
keyboard:
Christian Kretschmar (cello, keyboard)
piano and lead vocals:
Tarja (Tarja Turunen)
recording of:
Innocence
writer:
Mattias Lindblom, Tarja (Tarja Turunen) and Anders Wollbeck (pop music songwriter and producer)
Tarja6:04
2Babylon Vampyres
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Sascha Paeth
additional engineer:
Jacob Hansen (German drummer, producer & engineer), Olaf Reitmeier, Jeremy Rubolino and Sheena Sear
bass guitar:
Sascha Paeth
drums (drum set):
Felix Bohnke
guitar [lead guitar]:
Oliver Hartmann (metal artist) and Bruce Kulick (rock music singer-songwriter and musician)
keyboard:
Michael Rodenberg
background vocals:
Oliver Hartmann (metal artist) and Cloudy Yang
lead vocals:
Robert Mason (hard rock vocalist) and Tobias Sammet
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres) (in 2016)
recorded at and mixed at:
Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 2014-10 until 2015-11)
recording of:
Babylon Vampyres
lyricist and composer:
Tobias Sammet
Avantasia47:11
3Lost Without a Trace
recording engineer:
Matias Kupiainen, Jani Liimatainen (lead vocals, choir vocals) and Orko (engineer) (keyboard)
assistant producer and assistant mixer:
Francisco Cresp
producer and mixer:
Matias Kupiainen
bass guitar:
Lauri Porra
drums (drum set):
Rolf Pilve
guitar:
Matias Kupiainen
keyboard:
Jens Johansson
guest choir vocals:
Petri Aho (Altaria), Francisco Cresp, Viljami Holopainen, Carlo Kyllönen, Antti Lappalainen, Alexa Leroux, Jere Martikainen, Kata Mertanen, Anna-Maria Parkkinen (mezzosoprano), Antti Railio, Joonas Sergin, Ari Sievälä and Tuomas Yli-Jaskari
lead vocals:
Timo Kotipelto
choir vocals arranger:
Perttu Vänskä
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Export Metal Music Oy
recorded at:
5 by 5 Studio in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland, Rokkiranta (lead vocals, choir vocals) and Wolfsschanze in Sweden (keyboard)
mixed at:
5 by 5 Studio in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
recording of:
Lost Without a Trace
lyricist:
Timo Kotipelto and Jani Liimatainen
composer:
Lauri Porra
Stratovarius5:28
4Edge of the Blade
recording engineer:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer)
engineer and editor:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer) and Jos Driessen
producer:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer) and Epica (Dutch symphonic metal band)
mixer:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer), Jacob Hansen (Danish record producer/engineer/musician) and Darius van Helfteren
balalaika, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin and ukulele:
Isaac Delahaye (Belgian metal guitarist)
bass guitar:
Rob van der Loo
drums (drum set):
Ariën van Weesenbeek
glockenspiel, grand piano, keyboard, synthesizer, tubular bells and xylophone:
Coen Janssen
guest bassoon, guest flute and guest piccolo:
Jeroen Goossens (Dutch flautist)
guest cello:
Eilidh Martin (cellist), René van Munster (Dutch cellist and electronic musician) and Geneviève Verhage (cellist)
guest French horn:
Alex Thyssen (french horn player) and Henk Veldt (French horn)
guest oboe:
Thijs Dapper
guest sitar:
Jack Pisters
guest trombone:
Paul Langerman (trombone player) and Lennart De Winter (trombone player)
guest trumpet:
Marnix Coster (trumpet player) and Jurgen Van Nijnatten (trumpet player)
guest viola:
Frank Goossens (viola player) and Mark Mulder
guest violin:
Floortje Beljon (violin player), Vera van der Bie, Marieke de Bruijn (violinist), Loes Dooren (violin player), Ian de Jong (violin player), Ben Mathot and Sabine Poiesz (violin player)
additional vocals:
Mark Jansen
background vocals and lead vocals:
Simone Simons
guest background vocals:
Marcela Bovio and Linda Janssen
guest choir vocals:
PA’dam Chamber Choir
instruments arranger:
Robin Assen and Ben Mathot
orchestrator:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer)
recorded at, mixed at and engineered at:
Sandlane Recording Facilities in Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 2016)
recording of:
Edge of the Blade
lyricist:
Simone Simons
composer:
Isaac Delahaye (Belgian metal guitarist) and Epica (Dutch symphonic metal band)
Epica34:35
5The Order
recording engineer:
Christopher Burelli (Elvenking, Serenity), Chris Hermsdörfer (Beyond the Black, Serenity), Georg Neuhauser (performs as Tribune with Warkings), Thommy Tschuggnall and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
programming:
Lukas Knoebl
producer:
Thommy Tschuggnall and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
mixer:
Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
editor:
Ivan Moni Bidin
acoustic guitar, classical guitar and electric guitar:
Chris Hermsdörfer (Beyond the Black, Serenity)
bass guitar:
Fabio d'Amore (Italian bassist)
drums (drum set):
Andreas Schipflinger (drums (Serenity))
guest keyboard and additional vocals:
Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
background vocals:
Fabio d'Amore (Italian bassist), Chris Hermsdörfer (Beyond the Black, Serenity), Georg Neuhauser (performs as Tribune with Warkings) and Andreas Schipflinger (drums (Serenity))
lead vocals:
Fabio d'Amore (Italian bassist) and Georg Neuhauser (performs as Tribune with Warkings)
orchestrator:
Lukas Knoebl
recording of:
The Order
writer:
Chris Hermsdörfer (Beyond the Black, Serenity), Georg Neuhauser (performs as Tribune with Warkings) and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
Serenity5:23
6Battle of Arcane Might
recording of:
Battle of Arcane Might
lyricist and composer:
Blackwald and Lynd (guitar player in Twilight Force)
Twilight Force5:06
7Paradise (What About Us?)
programming:
Daniel Gibson
engineer:
Stefan Helleblad, Ruud Adrianus Jolie and Arno Krabman (producer, guitarist, songwriter)
additional producer:
Juno Jimmink (producer) and Martijn Spierenburg
producer:
Daniel Gibson and Robert Westerholt
mixer:
Stefan Glaumann
editor:
Stefan Helleblad and Arno Krabman (producer, guitarist, songwriter)
bass guitar:
Jeroen van Veen (Dutch bass player)
drums (drum set):
Mike Coolen
guest cello:
Jonas Pap
guest violin:
Frank van Essen
guitar:
Stefan Helleblad, Ruud Adrianus Jolie and Robert Westerholt
keyboard:
Martijn Spierenburg
guest lead vocals:
Tarja (Tarja Turunen)
lead vocals:
Sharon den Adel
orchestrator:
Martijn Spierenburg
recording of:
Paradise (What About Us?)
lyricist:
Sharon den Adel and Robert Westerholt
composer:
Sharon den Adel and Martijn Spierenburg
Within Temptation feat. Tarja55:20
8Lost
bass guitar:
Michael Koren
drums (drum set):
Thomas Caser
guitar:
Werner Fiedler
keyboard:
Chris Kamper
vocals:
Clémentine Delauney and Siegfried Samer
recording of:
Lost
lyricist:
Miro Holly (Keyboardist for Austrian band Visions of Atlantis from 2003-05)
composer:
Werner Fiedler, Miro Holly (Keyboardist for Austrian band Visions of Atlantis from 2003-05) and Peter O. Moritz (engineer)
Visions of Atlantis3:57
9Angel and the Ghost
producer:
Alexander Krull
bass guitar:
Thorsten Bauer
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Felix Born
guitar:
Thorsten Bauer and Sander Van Der Meer
lead vocals:
Liv Kristine Espenæs (the person)
vocals:
Alexander Krull
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Napalm Records Handels GmbH (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2013)
recorded at:
Mastersound Studio (Stuttgart, Alexander Krull) in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (in 2013)
recording of:
Angel and the Ghost
lyricist and composer:
Leaves’ Eyes
Leaves’ Eyes3.53:36
10My Screaming HeartImperia5:03
11The Storm
recording engineer:
Jos Driessen and Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
producer and mixer:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
acoustic bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass guitar, electric guitar, hammered dulcimer and keyboard:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
guest bass guitar:
Johan van Stratum
guest cello:
Maaike Peterse
guest double bass:
Hinse Mutter
guest drums (drum set):
Ed Warby
guest French horn:
Jenneke De Jonge
guest Irish bouzouki:
Michael Mills (Australian multi-instrumentalist, vocalist & songwriter)
guest percussion:
Rob Snijders
guest piano:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer)
guest solo guitar:
Timo Somers
guest violin:
Ben Mathot
guest wind instruments:
Jeroen Goossens (Dutch flautist)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Anneke van Giersbergen (Dutch singer/songwriter/guitarist)
choir vocals:
Epic Rock Choir
recorded at:
Sandlane Recording Facilities in Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Aguarium and The Electric Castle in Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
mixed at:
The Electric Castle in Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
produced at:
The Electric Castle in Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
The Storm
lyricist:
Anneke van Giersbergen (Dutch singer/songwriter/guitarist)
composer:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
The Gentle Storm46:00
12Where Heroes Rise
Milta3:46
13More Than Meets the EyeSilver Bullet3:45
14Innuendo
producer:
Mikko P. Mustonen (producer, composer, arranger)
bass guitar:
Jukka Hoffrén (Adamantra, Amberian Dawn)
drums (drum set):
Joonas Pykälä-Aho
guitar:
Emil Pohjalainen and Tuomas Seppälä
keyboard:
Tuomas Seppälä
lead vocals:
Capri (Finnish artist)
recording of:
Innuendo
lyricist:
Capri (Finnish artist)
composer:
Tuomas Seppälä
Amberian Dawn3:37
15Frost SignEvereal3:12
16The 12th Hour
programming, engineer and producer:
Morten Veland
mixer:
Jacob Hansen (Danish record producer/engineer/musician)
bass guitar, guitar, keyboard and theremin:
Morten Veland
choir vocals and lead vocals:
Emmanuelle Zoldan
guest choir vocals:
Emilie Bernou, Mathieu Landry and Damien Surian
vocals:
Morten Veland
arranger:
Morten Veland
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Napalm Records Handels GmbH (company, for copyrights purposes)
additionally recorded at:
Sound Suite Studio (Relocated in France in 2001) in Les Pennes-Mirabeau, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France
recorded at:
Audio Avenue Studios in Rogaland, Norway
mixed at:
Hansen Studios in Ribe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
produced at:
Audio Avenue Studios in Rogaland, Norway
recording of:
The 12th Hour
lyricist and composer:
Morten Veland
Sirenia36:38
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part of:Symphonic & Opera Metal (number: 3) (order: 3)