Soundchaser

Soundchaser
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by Rage
Released	September 16, 2003
Recorded	VPS Studios, Hamm, Germany, April 2003 - May 2003
Genre	Power metal, speed metal, heavy metal
Length	53:20
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Rage & Charlie Bauerfeind
Rage chronology
Unity (2002) Soundchaser (2003) Speak of the Dead (2006)

Soundchaser is the sixteenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 2003 by SPV/Steamhammer.

This is a concept album featuring a science fiction/horror story about the Soundchaser, Rage's mascot. A biomechanoid creature, crafted by the elders to serve as a sentinel, it has turned into a monster, attacking anything that issues a sound.

Track listing

1. "Orgy of Destruction" (Mike Terrana, Victor Smolski) - 1:26
2. "War of Worlds" (Smolski, Peter Wagner) - 6:07
3. "Great Old Ones" (Wagner) - 4:03
4. "Soundchaser" (Smolski, Wagner) - 5:37
5. "Defenders of the Ancient Life" (Wagner) - 4:05
6. "Secrets in a Weird World" (Smolski, Wagner) - 5:28
7. "Flesh and Blood" (Smolski, Wagner) - 5:13
8. "Human Metal" (Smolski, Wagner) - 5:27
9. "See You in Heaven or Hell" (Wagner) - 4:00
10. "Wake the Nightmares (Falling from Grace, Pt. 1)" (Wagner) - 4:59
11. "Death Is on Its Way (Falling from Grace, Pt. 2)" (Wagner) - 6:55

Limited edition digi-pack bonus track

12. "French Bourrée" (Johann Sebastian Bach, Wagner) - 4:11

Japanese edition bonus track

12. "Fuga" - 3:18

Personnel

Band members

• Peter "Peavy" Wagner - vocals, bass
• Victor Smolski - guitars, piano, keyboards, sitar, orchestral arrangements
• Mike Terrana - drums

Additional musicians

• Andi Deris - vocals on "Wake the Nightmares"
• Thomas Hackmann - backing vocals

Production

• Charlie Bauerfeind - producer, mixing, mastering
• Ingo 'Charly' Czajkowski - engineer
• Jan Rubach - additional digital editing