Millennium Metal – Chapter One

Millennium Metal – Chapter One
Millennium Metal – Chapter One
Studio album by Metalium
Released	25 June 1999
Recorded	February–March 1999
Studio	Impulse Recording Studio, Hamburg, Germany
Genre	Power metal
Length	51:05
Label	Massacre
Producer	Lars Ratz, Chris Caffery
Metalium chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10^[2]

Millennium Metal – Chapter One is the debut album by the German power metal band Metalium. It was released in 1999 by the German label Massacre Records and distributed in the USA by Pavement Music. Millennium Metal is a concept album and the first chapter of the ongoing saga of the mythic warrior Metalium. The story continues on their second album, State of Triumph - Chapter Two, released the following year.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Notes	Length
1.	"Circle of Fate (Intro)"	Mike Terrana			1:47
2.	"Fight"	Lars Ratz	Ratz, Matthias Lange		3:11
3.	"Dream of Doom"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Lange, Ratz, Terrana		3:33
4.	"Break the Spell"	Ratz	Lange, Ratz		3:56
5.	"Revelation"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Chris Caffery,Lange, Ratz, Terrana		3:21
6.	"Metalium"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Ratz, Lange, Terrana		4:35
7.	"Metamorphosis"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Ratz, Lange, Terrana		5:18
8.	"Void of Fire"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Ratz, Lange, Terrana, Caffery		2:39
9.	"Free Forever"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Ratz, Lange, Terrana		4:09
10.	"Strike Down the Heathen"	Ratz	Lange, Ratz		3:44
11.	"Pilgrimage"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Caffery, Ratz, Lange, Terrana		5:09
12.	"Metalians"	Terrana, Ratz, Lange	Ratz, Lange, Terrana		4:08
13.	"Smoke on the Water"	Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice	Deep Purple cover	5:36
14.	"Burning"	Accept	Accept	Accept cover, digipak edition bonus track	7:50

Personnel

Band members

Henning Basse - lead vocals
Chris Caffery - guitars, co-producer
Matthias Lange - guitars
Lars Ratz - bass, producer, mixing
Mike Terrana - drums, narration

Additional musicians

Ferdy Doernberg, JP Genkel - keyboards
Roland Grapow - guitar solo on "Metalium"
John Osborn - drums (touring only)

Production

JP Genkel - engineer, mixing
Tommy Hansen - pre-mastering
Alexander Krull - mastering

References

^ Huey, Steve. "Metalium - Millennium Metal review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ "Metalium - Millennium Metal - Chapter One". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-05-04.

External links

Metalium Official Website

[1] Huey, Steve. "Metalium - Millennium Metal review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-12-06.

[martin-2] Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[3] "Metalium - Millennium Metal - Chapter One". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-05-04.

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v t e Metalium
Tolo Grimalt Matthias Lange Lars Ratz Michael Ehré Henning Basse Chris Caffery Jack Frost Mike Terrana Mark Cross John Osborn
Studio albums	Millennium Metal – Chapter One State of Triumph – Chapter Two Hero Nation – Chapter Three As One – Chapter Four Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five Nothing to Undo – Chapter Six Grounded – Chapter Eight