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Auf 1500 Stück limitierte, exklusiv bei Nuclear Blast erhältliche Earbook-Version, Größe: 28x28 cm.
Das Earbook enthält zusätzliche Artworks, ein zweiseitiges Band-Foto, englische Song-Texte und deutsche Übersetzungen der Texte sowie deutsche und englische Prosatexte zur Hintergrundgeschichte der Lieder. Außerdem sind zwei Bonustracks dabei, der Track "Doom" ist in der "regulären" Limited Edition nicht dabei.
Unterteilung der Lieder:
CD1
I. The Cleansing of the Promised Land: Track 1 & 2
II. The Awakening: Track 3 & 4
III. Disturbance in the Here and Now: Track 5
IV. The Mirror speaks: Track 6
CD2
V. Disturbance in the Here and Now (Reprise): Track 1
VI. The Descending of the Nine: Track 2
VII. The Fallen and the Chosen One: Track 3 & 4
VIII. Beyond the Red Mirror: Track 5
IX. Damnation: Track 6
Hansi Kürsch - Vocals
André Olbrich - Lead, Acoustic and Rhythm Guitars
Marcus Siepen - Acoustic and Rhythm Guitars
Frederik Ehmke - Drums, Percussion
All music written by Olbrich/Kürsch, except for The Ninth Wave written by Olbrich/Ulmer/Kürsch, The Holy Grail written by Ehmke/Olbrich/Kürsch, The Throne written by Olbrich/Bauerfeind/Kürsch, Miracle Machine written by Schüren/Kürsch and Doom written by Siepen/Olbrich/Kürsch
All lyrics written by Kürsch
All songs published by BG Publisher GbR
Produced by Charlie Bauerfeind and Blind Guardian
Mixed and engineered by Charlie Bauerfeind, except for Miracle Machine mixed by Thomas Geiger
Piano for Miracle Machine recorded by Thomas Geiger and Philipp Dusse
Mastered by Charlie Bauerfeind
Prague recordings:
Adam Klemens - Conductor
Charlie Bauerfeind - Orchestra producer
Matthias Ulmer - Orchestra producer
Carsten Heusmann - Orchestra producer and orchestral production coordinator
Jan Kotzmann - Sound Engineer
Oldrich Slezak - Sound Engineer
Cenda Kotzmann - Studio Technician
Petr Pycha - Music Contractor and Recording Sessions Manager
Budapest recordings:
Peter Pejtsik - Conductor
Balazs Bujtor - Concertmaster
Sándor M. Jozsa - Contractor
Tamás Kurina - Recording Engineer
Gergely Kiss - Operations Manager
Sugár Miklós - Score Proof Reader
Charlie Bauerfeind - Producer
Matthias Ulmer - Orchestrator
Thomas Geiger - Sound Engineer
Boston recordings:
Noel Smith - Director
Andrew Shenton - Conductor
Arturo Rodriguez - Choral Transcription
John Weston - Recording Engineer
Daniel Schwartz and Travis Karpak - Assistants
Additional engineering: Matthias Ulmer (Keyboards)
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Twilight Hall Studios/Grefrath-Oedt, Germany between October 2012 and October 2014
Orchestral and Choir recordings Prague: Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall/Prague, Czech Republic in January 2014
Orchestral and Choir recordings Budapest: TomTom Studio D/Budapest, Hungary between June and August 2014
Choir recordings Boston: Future Productions/Boston MA, USA in August 2014
Piano recordings: (Miracle Machine) at Funkhaus Studio Berlin in May 2014
Additional recordings: MAZ Tonstudio/Stuttgart, Germany
Master Sequence Assembling: Wolfgang Eller
Cover artwork and all booklet artworks by Felipe Machado Franco
Booklet designed by Felipe Machado Franco
Photos and photo design by Hans-Martin Issler
Translation and proof reading (Storyboard) by Dr. Carolin Caliendo
Proof Reading (Lyrics) by Dr. Jason Breitweg and Dr. Magaret Gonzales
Orchestras: FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague (Adam Klemens - Conductor)
Hungarian Studio Orchestra Budapest (Peter Pejtsik - Conductor)
Choirs:
FILMharmonic Choir Prague (Stanislav Mistr - Conductor)
Hungarian Studio Choir Budapest (Peter Pejtsik - Conductor)
Vox Futura Choir Boston (Andrew Shenton - Conductor)
Guest Musicians:
Barend Courbois - Bass
Michael Schüren - Piano
Matthias Ulmer - Keyboards/Piano
The Choir Company: Thomas Hackmann, William "Billy" King, Olaf Senkbeil
CD 1:
[Tracklängen: Angaben im Booklet]
[Herstellungsland: SID-Code]
[SID-Code CD-Master: IFPI L573 (außen)]
[SID-Code Presswerk: IFPI 97** (innen)]
[Presswerk: optimal media production GmbH]
[Matrix: NB 3272 AE74824-01]
[LC: 07027]
[Katalog-Nummer auf CD-Frontseite: NB 3272-5-1]
CD 2:
[Tracklängen: Angaben im Booklet]
[Herstellungsland: SID-Code]
[SID-Code CD-Master: IFPI L573 (außen)]
[SID-Code Presswerk: IFPI 97** (innen)]
[Presswerk: optimal media production GmbH]
[Matrix: NB 3272 AE74824-02]
[LC: 07027]
[Katalog-Nummer auf CD-Frontseite: NB 3272-5-2]
Bonus-10"-Vinyl:
[Katalog-Nummer: NB 3272-7-3]