Various Artists "A Tribute To Judas Priest: Legends Of Metal - Vol. II (Japan, Victor Entertainment, VICP-5790)"

A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal Vol. II is a tribute album, released in 1997 by Century Media Records. It includes several rock and metal bands such as Forbidden, Angra, Nevermore, Heavens Gate, Blind Guardian, Kreator, and Iced Earth, covering songs by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. Some of the songs included in this album have been previously released by the artists.

Tracklist:

Volume 2

1. "The Ripper" Iced Earth 2:44
2. "Beyond the Realms of Death" Blind Guardian 7:02
3. "The Sentinel" Heavens Gate 5:00
4. "Love Bites" Nevermore 5:21
5. "Exciter" Gamma Ray 5:01
6. "Dissident Aggressor" Forbidden 2:45
7. "Painkiller" Angra 6:04
8. "Tyrant" Overkill 4:00
9. "Grinder" Kreator 3:57
10. "Dreamer Deceiver" Skyclad 4:05
11. "Bloodstone" Stratovarius 3:55
12. "Screaming for Vengeance" Virgin Steele 5:11
13. "Night Comes Down" Leviathan 4:19

Issued in a standard jewel case with a clear tray. Includes a 20-page booklet with English credits, release information and lyrics, Japanese commentary, and English/Japanese track list. Also includes an obi printed on both sides.

The commentary is credited as: 1996年8月21日 前田岳彦/BURRN!

Vocals credit for track 12 incorrectly credited on release as Mille Halford.

From the back cover and obi:

Digital Recording

Track information from the booklet:

1 - Recorded at: Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida

2 - Recorded at: The Twilight Hall, Krefeld

Mixed at: Central Sound Studios, Hamburg

3 - Recorded & mixed at: Gate Studios, Wolfsburg

4 - Recorded at: Village Productions, Tornity, TX.

5 - Recorded at: Hansen Studios, Hamburg

6 - Recorded at: The Music Annex, Menlo Park, CA.

7 - Produced & engineered [...] for S.C. & Services

Recorded at: Be Bop Studio, Sao Paulo

Mixed [...] at: Sky Studio, Munich

8 - Recorded at: Filthy Tracks, Rochester, N.Y.

The Carriage House, Standford, CT

Mixed at: The Carriage House

9 - Recorded at: Woodhouse Studios, Hagen

10 - Recorded & mixed at: Jacobs Studios, Surrey

11 - Recorded at: Crownhill Studios & Finnvox Studios

12 - Recorded & mixed at: Media Recording, Babylon, LI, N.Y.

13 - Recorded at: Colorado Sound Studios

Nevermore "Dead Heart In A Dead World (2000, CD, Century Media Records, Boxed Set, Limited Edition)"

Dead Heart in a Dead World is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Nevermore, released in October 2000. In a style comparable to a darker, heavier Queensrÿche, its songs range topics such as criticism of drug possession penalties to rejection of religion. The album also features a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's hit, "The Sound of Silence". It is also notable for being Nevermore's first record utilizing seven-string guitars.

The album featured one single in the track "Believe in Nothing", which was covered by All That Remains on their 2008 album, Overcome. It was also covered by Firewind in 2008, on the Century Media covers album "Covering 20 Years of Extremes".

The bonus track Chances Three had been previously recorded under the title Three Chances in a 1990 demo by Sanctuary, as well as with its current title in the 1992 Nevermore demo entitled Utopia.

In 2005, Dead Heart in a Dead World was ranked number 361 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Warrel Dane except "The Sound of Silence" by Paul Simon; all music is composed by Jeff Loomis except "The Sounds of Silence" by Paul Simon and Jeff Loomis.

1. "Narcosynthesis" 5:31
2. "We Disintegrate" 5:11
3. "Inside Four Walls" 4:39
4. "Evolution 169" 5:51
5. "The River Dragon Has Come" 5:05
6. "The Heart Collector" 5:55
7. "Engines of Hate" 4:42
8. "The Sound of Silence" 5:13
9. "Insignificant" 4:56
10. "Believe in Nothing" 4:21
11. "Dead Heart in a Dead World" 5:06
12. "Love Bites" (bonus track) (Judas Priest cover) Halford/Downing/Tipton 5:22
13. "All the Cowards Hide" (bonus track) 5:56
14. "Chances Three" (bonus track) 3:03
15. "Next In Line (Video Track)"

Includes bonus poster and Sticker.

Recording information:

Recorded at Village Productions, Tornillo, TX, 7/00.

Andy Sneap - production, engineering, mixing, mastering

Justin Leeah - additional engineering

Bobby Torres - additional engineering

Travis Smith - illustrations, design, layout

Karen Mason-Blair - band photography

Neil Sussman - legal representation

Nevermore "Dreaming Neon Black"

Dreaming Neon Black is the third studio album released by American heavy metal band Nevermore, and was released through Century Media in 1999. Unlike its predecessor, The Politics of Ecstasy, Dreaming Neon Black contains many slower, emotional songs.

Dreaming Neon Black is a concept album; according to Nevermore's lead singer, Warrel Dane, "it's a very simple story about a man who slowly goes insane after losing a woman that he was very close to. Progressive levels of insanity are expressed in the songs, he goes through phases of denial and self-blame, blaming God, then denouncing God. The ending is a little...tragic, a little depressing. Shakesperian. Everybody dies, it's all happy."

The story is based on a personal experience of Dane's. One of his former girlfriends, Patricia Candace Walsh, ceased contact with him when she joined a religious group and was never heard from again, and he began having nightmares of her crying out to him as she drowned.[citation needed] In actuality, Walsh and her husband Douglas Zyskowski were murdered by serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades in January 1990 while hitchhiking to a religious workshop in Georgia, although Dane was initially unaware of this.

The spoken word samples from the intro "Ophidian" and its 10-second reprise at the end of "Forever" are from the Clive Barker movie Lord of Illusions.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Warrel Dane; all music is composed by Nevermore.

1. "Ophidian" (instrumental) 0:46
2. "Beyond Within" 5:11
3. "The Death of Passion" 4:10
4. "I Am the Dog" 4:13
5. "Dreaming Neon Black" 6:26
6. "Deconstruction" 6:39
7. "The Fault of the Flesh" 4:54
8. "The Lotus Eaters" 4:25
9. "Poison Godmachine" 4:33
10. "All Play Dead" 4:58
11. "Cenotaph" 4:39
12. "No More Will" 5:45
13. "Forever" 9:20

Note: The song Forever has a run time of 2:35, followed by six minutes and 35 seconds of silence. This silence is followed a 10-second section from the opening track Ophidian.

Recording information:

Recorded at Village Productions, Tornillo, Texas, United States.

Neil Kernon – production, mixing, mastering

Justin Leeah – additional engineering

Bobby Torres – additional engineering

Raymon Breton – mastering

Travis Smith – illustrations, design, photography

Karen Mason-Blair – band photography

Louis Rusconi – additional photography www.Rusconi.com

Brad Gilson Jr. - additional photography

Nevermore "Manifesto Of Nevermore"

Manifesto of Nevermore is a greatest hits compilation by the Heavy Metal band Nevermore. It contains tracks from the first six Nevermore albums. It was released in Europe and the UK on March 2, 2009.

Track listing

Manifesto of Nevermore

1. "Final Product" This Godless Endeavor 4:22
2. "Born" This Godless Endeavor 5:05
3. "Enemies of Reality" Enemies of Reality 5:11
4. "Tomorrow Turned into Yesterday" Enemies of Reality 4:35
5. "Believe in Nothing" Dead Heart in a Dead World 4:22
6. "Narcosynthesis" Dead Heart in a Dead World 5:31
7. "Dreaming Neon Black" Dreaming Neon Black 6:26
8. "Beyond Within" Dreaming Neon Black 5:12
9. "Next in Line" The Politics of Ecstasy 5:32
10. "The Seven Tongues of God" The Politics of Ecstasy 5:59
11. "Matricide" In Memory 5:21
12. "What Tomorrow Knows" Nevermore 5:12
13. "The Heart Collector" (live) The Year of the Voyager 6:45