Nuclear Blast 2020 Music Sampler

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1The Killshot
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022) (in 2020)
recording of:
The Killshot
Kataklysm4:32
2The Blight
Heathen4:39
3Symptoms
recording engineer and engineer:
Juan Urteaga (owner and operator of Trident Studios, Pacheco USA)
co-producer:
Juan Urteaga (owner and operator of Trident Studios, Pacheco USA)
producer:
Chuck Billy and Eric Peterson (metal guitarist, member of Testament)
mixer:
Andy Sneap
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast GmbH (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast)
recorded at and engineered at:
Trident Studios (recording studio based in Pacheco, California) in Pacheco, California, United States
recording of:
Symptoms
lyricist and composer:
Alex Skolnick
publisher:
DFG Music (in 2020) and KOBALT (publisher) (in 2020)
Testament4:38
4Pinball Map (re‐recorded)
recording engineer:
Hatsukazu Inagaki and Mike Plotnikoff
programming:
Niels Nielsen and Joe Rickard
assistant engineer:
Michael Closson III (engineer)
producer:
Howard Benson
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
editor:
Paul DeCarli
drums (drum set):
Tanner Wayne
electric bass guitar:
Bryce Paul Newman
electric guitar:
Chris Broderick and Björn Gelotte
lead vocals:
Anders Fridén (Swedish metal vocalist)
drums (drum set) technician:
Joe Rickard
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022) (in 2020)
recorded at:
West Valley Recording Studios in Woodland Hills, California, United States
mixed at:
Mix LA in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Pinball Map
lyricist:
Anders Fridén (Swedish metal vocalist)
composer:
Björn Gelotte and Jesper Strömblad
In Flames4:20
5Destruction or Strength
drums (drum set):
Jordan Mancino
electric bass guitar and lead vocals [clean]:
Josh Gilbert (bass guitarist)
electric guitar:
Nick Hipa and Phil Sgrosso
lead vocals [unclean]:
Tim Lambesis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast Records (since 2022-07, NBR catalogue number) (in 2020)
recording of:
Destruction or Strength (in 2020)
writer:
Josh Gilbert (bass guitarist), Nick Hipa, Tim Lambesis, Jordan Mancino and Phil Sgrosso
publisher:
Nuclear Blast Records (since 2022-07, NBR catalogue number) (in 2020)
As I Lay Dying2.54:16
6Viral
recording engineer:
Johnny Cruz (Joonas Parkkonen) and Olof Mörck
engineer and mixer:
Jacob Hansen (Danish record producer/engineer/musician)
producer:
Jacob Hansen (Danish record producer/engineer/musician) and Olof Mörck
co-mixer:
Nils Molin (Swedish metal vocalist), Olof Mörck and Elize Ryd
bass guitar:
Johan Andreassen
drums (drum set):
Morten Løwe Sørensen
electric guitar:
Olof Mörck
lead vocals:
Elize Ryd
vocals:
Nils Molin (Swedish metal vocalist) and Henrik Englund Wilhelmsson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022) and Nuclear Blast GmbH (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast)
recorded at:
Amaranthe Studios in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland (Västra Götaland county), Sweden, iStudio (Music mixing, recording & production on location in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. Owned by Ilkka Herkman) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland and Hansen Studios in Ribe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark (from 2020-03-16 until 2020-05-18)
recording of:
Viral
lyricist and composer:
Olof Mörck and Elize Ryd
Amaranthe3:02
7Alert Level (Quarantined mix)
Ministry6:08
8Stop the Bleeding
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast) (in 2020)
recording of:
Stop the Bleeding
Machine Head3:04
9COVID‐666
recording of:
COVID-666
Brujeria3:22
10Feel Alive
Suicide Silence33:31
11Forgotten Days (edit)
Pallbearer5:54
12How’s the Heart?
recording engineer:
Troy Donockley, Mikko Karmila and Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen
assistant engineer:
Laura Beck (engineer)
engineer:
Mat Bartram
co-producer:
Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
co-mixer:
Tuomas Holopainen and Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Marko Hietala
alto flute:
Andy Findon
bass clarinet:
David Fuest (clarinet)
bass trombone:
Dave Stewart (trombonist)
bassoon and contrabassoon:
Gavin McNaughton (basoonist)
bodhrán, bouzouki, EWI [aerophone], guitar [space guitars], low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
cello:
Tim Gill (cellist), Martin Loveday (cellist), Frank Schaefer (cellist), Jonathan Williams (cellist) and Chris Worsey (cellist)
cello [1st] and solo cello:
Caroline Dale (cellist)
cimbasso and tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
clarinet [bb clarinet]:
Nicholas Bucknall and David Fuest (clarinet)
cor anglais and oboe:
John Anderson (classical oboist)
double bass:
Steve Mair (bass player) and Stacey Watton (double bassist)
double bass [1st]:
Chris Laurence (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kai Hahto
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Andy Findon and Anna Noakes (flautist)
French horn:
Nigel Black (horn player), Martin Owen (horn player) and Phillip Eastop (horn player)
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion [ethnic percussion]:
Paul Clarvis (percussionist) and Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
percussion [orchestral percussion]:
Gary Kettel (percussionist) and Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
piccolo:
Anna Noakes (flautist)
solo duduk and wind instruments [ethnic winds]:
Dirk Campbell (fka Mont Campbell)
solo viola and viola [1st]:
Peter Lale (violist)
solo violin:
Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist)
tenor trombone:
Ed Tarrant (trombone player) and Andy Wood (trombonist)
timpani:
Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
trumpet [bb trumpet] and trumpet [c trumpet]:
Andrew Crowley, Mike Lovatt and Kate Moore (British trumpeter)
viola:
Helen Kamminga (violist), Julia Knight (viola), Kate Musker (violist) and Andy Parker (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Daniel Bhattacharya, John Bradbury (UK violinist), Emil Chakalov (violinist), Dai Emanuel (violin), Clio Gould (violinist, soloist‐director and orchestra‐leader), Peter Hanson (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Rita Manning (violinist), John Mills (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Steve Morris (violinist), Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
violin [second]:
Emlyn Singleton (violinist)
background vocals:
Troy Donockley and Marko Hietala
choir vocals:
Robin Bailey, Jacqueline Barron, Kate Bishop, Helen Brooks, Andrew Busher (tenor), Rosemary Forbes Butler (choir), Heather Cairncross, Mary Carewe (British singer), Sebastian Charlesworth (choir), Anne Marie Cullum (choir), Michael Dore, Alice Fearn (choir), Caroline Fitzgerald (choir), Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (British singer, composer and choir director), Soophia Foroughi, Alexandra Gibson, Claire Henry (UK soprano; Claire Henry-Desbois), Ian McLarnon, Eleanor Meynell (soprano), Davina Moon (choir), Gerard O’Beirne (classical tenor vocalist), Jenny O’Grady, Helen Parker (vocalist), Tom Pearce, Andrew Playfoot, Ann de Renais (Belgian-born, UK based operatic soprano), Sarah Ryan, Peter Snipp (British operatic and swing singer), David Porter Thomas (choir), Lawrence Wallington (British classical bass vocalist), Rachel Weston (alto vocals) and Lawrence White (British baritone singer)
lead vocals:
Floor Jansen
orchestra:
The Pale Blue Orchestra
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
arranger:
Troy Donockley, Kai Hahto, Marko Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Floor Jansen, Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen and Emppu Vuorinen
additional choir vocals arranger and additional orchestrator:
Martin Higgins (assistant)
choir vocals arranger:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
orchestrator:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
concertmaster:
Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist)
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, Finnvox (Finnvox Studios) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2019-08 until 2019-10), Petrax in Päijät-Häme (Päijänne Tavastia), Finland (from 2019-08 until 2019-10), Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala (North Karelia), Finland (from 2019-08 until 2019-10) and Troykington Castle (home studio of Troy Donockley) (from 2019-08 until 2019-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox (Finnvox Studios) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2019-10 until 2019-12)
recording of:
How’s the Heart?
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
Nightwish3.255:02
13Fear Tomorrow
Fit for an Autopsy34:31
14Enforcers of the Plague
Insidious Disease4:07
15Jettegryta
recording engineer:
Ivar Bjørnson (in 2019), Ice Dale (in 2019) and Iver Sandøy (in 2019)
sound engineer:
Sky van Hoff (electric guitar)
assistant engineer:
Vegard Lemme (drums (drum set) [drum])
engineer:
Ivar Bjørnson, Ice Dale and Iver Sandøy
producer:
Ivar Bjørnson, Grutle Kjellson and Iver Sandøy
mixer:
Jens Bogren (in 2019-12)
acoustic guitar [acoustic guitars] and electric guitar [electric guitars]:
Ivar Bjørnson (in 2019) and Ice Dale (in 2019)
bass guitar [bass] and synthesizer:
Grutle Kjellson (in 2019)
drums (drum set) [drums] and percussion:
Iver Sandøy (in 2019)
effects [fx]:
Ivar Bjørnson (in 2019) and Iver Sandøy (in 2019)
electronic instruments [sequencer] and synthesizer [synthesizers]:
Ivar Bjørnson (in 2019)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Ivar Bjørnson (in 2019), Iver Sandøy (in 2019) and Håkon Vinje (in 2019)
piano:
Håkon Vinje (in 2019)
vocals:
Grutle Kjellson (in 2019), Iver Sandøy (in 2019) and Håkon Vinje (in 2019)
bass guitar [bass] technician and guitar technician:
Øyvind Dahle and Arild Gertz
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast GmbH (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast) (in 2020)
recorded at:
Conclave & Earshot in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway (in 2019), Duper Studio in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway (in 2019), Grand Hotel Stord in Stord, Hordaland, Norway (in 2019), Overlook Hotel in Sveio, Hordaland, Norway (in 2019), Peersonal Sound in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway (in 2019) and Solslottet Studio in Bergen, Hordaland, Norway (in 2019)
mixed at:
Fascination Street Studios, Studio 1 (mixing & mastering studio in Örebro) in Örebro, Örebro (Örebro County), Sweden (in 2019-12)
recording of:
Jettegryta (in 2019)
lyricist and composer:
Ivar Peersen
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs
Enslaved4:57
16D.G.A.F.
Cadaver4:17
17I Am Alive
engineer and mixer:
Jacob Hansen (Danish record producer/engineer/musician)
producer:
Mat Sinner
bass guitar:
Mat Sinner
drums (drum set):
Michael Ehré
electric guitar:
Alex Beyrodt (Alexander Beyrodt), Magnus Karlsson and Tom Naumann (German metal guitarist for Sinner/Primal Fear)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Ralf Scheepers
vocals:
Mat Sinner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast GmbH (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast)
additionally recorded at:
Backyard Studios in Kempten, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany, Level 10 and Stuntguitar Studios in Höör, Skåne (Skåne county), Sweden
recorded at and mixed at:
Hansen Studios in Ribe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
recording of:
I Am Alive
lyricist and composer:
Magnus Karlsson and Mat Sinner
Primal Fear4:36
18Kiss My Past Goodbye
recording engineer and engineer:
Zack Anderson
assistant engineer:
Johan Gustafsson (assistant engineer) and Martin Jacobson
producer:
Zack Anderson, André Kvarnström (Swedish drummer) and Elin Larsson (Swedish singer, Blues Pills)
mixer:
Andrew Scheps
bass guitar and guitar:
Zack Anderson
drums (drum set):
André Kvarnström (Swedish drummer)
background vocals:
Tom Eriksson (singer), André Kvarnström (Swedish drummer), Elin Larsson (Swedish singer, Blues Pills) and Jesper Lindell (Swedish singer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Elin Larsson (Swedish singer, Blues Pills)
background vocals arranger:
Elin Larsson (Swedish singer, Blues Pills)
recorded at:
Lindbacka Sounds in Sweden
recording of:
Kiss My Past Goodbye
lyricist:
Zack Anderson and Elin Larsson (Swedish singer, Blues Pills)
composer:
Zack Anderson
Blues Pills33:02