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Hell Awaits

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Hell Awaits
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Slayer]]
| Cover = SlayerHellAwaits.jpg
| Released = {{Start date|1985|3}}<ref>{{cite web | title = Gatefold of Best of Metal Blade, Vol. 1 | publisher = Metal Blade Records | url = http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b83/creeping_thrash/mbgatefold3_zps143fc6e2.jpg | accessdate = 2013-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = In-store flyer, Monday April 1st, 1985 | publisher = Slipped Disc Records | url = http://www.slippeddiscrecords.com/SlayerInStoreFlyer2.jpg |accessdate = 2013-05-03}}</ref>
| Recorded = September - October 1984
| Studio = [[Eldorado Recording Studios|Eldorado Studios]], [[Los Angeles, California]]<ref name="Kerry King letter Slipped Disc Records">{{cite web | title = Kerry King letter Slipped Disc Records | publisher = Slipped Disc Records | url = http://www.slippeddiscrecords.com/KerryKingLetter.htm | accessdate = 2013-05-05}}</ref>
| Genre = [[Thrash metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=37|s=11}}
| Label = [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]]
| Producer = Slayer, [[Brian Slagel]]

| Last album = ''[[Live Undead]]'' (1984)
| This album = '''''Hell Awaits''''' (1985)
| Next album = ''[[Reign in Blood]]'' (1986)
}}

'''''Hell Awaits''''' is the second [[studio album]] by American [[thrash metal]] band [[Slayer]], released through [[Metal Blade Records]] in 1985. The band's previous release, ''[[Show No Mercy (Slayer album)|Show No Mercy]]'', became Metal Blade Records' highest selling release; as a result, producer [[Brian Slagel]] desired to release a second Slayer album. To that end, Slagel financed a recording budget (''Show No Mercy'' was paid for by band members) and recruited several experienced producers to help in the studio.

Lyrical themes on ''Hell Awaits'' include [[hell]] and [[Satan]], as their debut. The intro of the first track "Hell Awaits" played backwards reveals the repeated phrase "join us".<ref name="Slayer - Tom Araya - January 2007">{{cite web | title = Slayer - Tom Araya - January 2007 | author = Gargano, Paul | publisher = Maximum Ink Music Magazine | url = http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?articleId=1084 | accessdate = 2007-01-24}}</ref> Musically, the album features the band's most progressive and diverse work compared to their previous releases, and according to [[Kerry King]], he and [[Jeff Hanneman]] were very into [[Mercyful Fate]] at the time, which then led to the longer and more progressive songs.<ref name="Metal Hammer">{{cite web | title = Kerry King interviewed by Metal Hammer | publisher = YouTube | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiLGIw2KXm0&list=FLOb0w15YR6aG-n_TxKIZg9Q&index=88&feature=plpp_video | accessdate = 2012-02-06}}</ref> Defined as "influential to future [[extreme metal]] acts," the most popular songs from ''Hell Awaits'' were re-recorded by various underground metal bands and have appeared on several [[tribute album]]s.<ref name="Post Mortem"/>

==Recording==
Slayer's previous album, ''[[Show No Mercy (Slayer album)|Show No Mercy]]'', became [[Metal Blade Records]]' highest selling release, selling 40,000 copies worldwide; the success led producer Brian Slagel to want to record another album with them.<ref name="INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN SLAGEL">{{cite web | title = Interview with Brian Slagel | author = German, Eric | publisher = Metalupdate.com | url = http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewmetalblade.html | accessdate = 2006-12-04}}</ref> Slagel hired producer [[Ron Fair]], who worked for [[Chrysalis Records]], and had seen the band perform live and enjoyed their performance. On seeing Slayer in the studio, Fair stated, "Wow, these guys are really angry," as he was inexperienced working with heavy metal musicians.<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/> Slagel financed the album, in stark contrast to ''Show No Mercy'', which was financed by singer [[Tom Araya]], who used his earnings as a [[respiratory therapist]], and a loan from guitarist [[Kerry King]]'s father.<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/>
{{Listen |filename=Hell Awaits clip.ogg |title="Hell Awaits" (1985) |description=30 second sample from the intro of "Hell Awaits", with the backwards demonic voice. |format=[[Ogg]]}}

The budget organized by Slagel allowed for professional assistance. Bernie Grundman provided [[audio mastering]], Eddy Schreyer worked on [[Audio mastering|remastering]], and Bill Metoyer, who worked on the band's earlier release ''[[Haunting the Chapel]]'', acted as [[sound engineer]].<ref name="Hell Awaits credits">{{cite web |title=Hell Awaits credits |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=hell-awaits-mw0000097943|tab=credits|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=2007-04-04}}</ref> The recording featured audio effects such as the intro to "Hell Awaits", a reversed recording of a demonic-sounding voice repeating "Join us", ending with "Welcome back".<ref name="Why They Rule - #6 Slayer">{{cite web|title=Why They Rule - #6 Slayer|publisher=[[MTV]]|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index7.jhtml|accessdate=2006-01-18}}</ref> Still, Araya later stated the album had poor production quality: "Nowadays, production-wise, it's so under par. But for what it was at the time, those are amazing records to me. I guess we could go in and redo it. But why ruin it?"<ref name="Slay Ride">{{cite web|title=Slay Ride|author=La Briola, John|publisher=Westword.com|date=2004-07-22|url=http://www.westword.com/2004-07-22/music/slay-ride/|accessdate=2007-04-04}}</ref>

Drummer [[Dave Lombardo]], on the other hand, asserts the album was professionally done compared to ''Show No Mercy'': "I didn't have to overdub the [[cymbal]]s, and we had a really good engineer."<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/> Lombardo's favorite song is "At Dawn They Sleep", "because it was kind of slow and grungy, but then it had that [[double bass drum|double-bass]] part at the end."<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/> While recording the track, neither guitarists King or [[Jeff Hanneman]] who wrote the lyrics were in the studio—only Araya and Slagel. On reading the lyrics, which featured a misspelled word, Araya sang it as it was spelled, although it's not a real word.<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/> The song "Hardening of the Arteries" on the album ends with the a very similar section that makes up the beginning of the song "Hell Awaits" and is also one of the only Slayer songs to fade out on a continuous riff.

==Touring==
To promote ''Hell Awaits'', Slayer embarked on the Combat Tour with [[Venom (band)|Venom]] and [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]]. Exodus guitarist [[Gary Holt (musician)|Gary Holt]] commented, "We immediately bonded with the Slayer guys. It was two bands of friends playing with one band of heroes, you know? We were just star-struck."<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/>

Inside Venom's tour bus (the first time Slayer had been in one) the band members got [[drunk]] with Venom, while listening to ''Hell Awaits''.<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer">{{cite web|title=An exclusive oral history of Slayer|publisher=Decibel Magazine|url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features_detail.aspx?id=4566|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813155123/http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features_detail.aspx?id=4566|archivedate=2006-08-13|accessdate=2006-12-03}}</ref> Araya entered the bus "hammered out of his mind," according to Lombardo, saying "I gotta take a piss! Where's the bathroom in this thing?"<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/> Venom singer [[Conrad Lant|Conrad "Cronos" Lant]] responded, saying "Right here—right here in my mouth!" Araya took it almost literally and urinated on his hair. Cronos got up and punched him in the face, the two blamed each other all night, and Araya continued the tour with a [[black eye]].<ref name="An exclusive oral history of Slayer"/> Araya will not discuss the incident other than saying that he was drunk and it was a very disrespectful thing to do.<ref name="A Folk Devil Talking: Slayer's Tom Araya Interviewed">{{cite web|title=A Folk Devil Talking: Slayer's Tom Araya Interviewed|publisher=The Quietus|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/07993-slayer-tom-araya-interview|accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Hell Awaits"/>
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book | last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Hoard, Christian | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | pages = 741–742 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA741&lpg=PA741&dq=rolling+stone+slayer+album+guide#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stone%20slayer%20album%20guide&f=false}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''Rock Hard''
| rev3score = (9/10)<ref>{{cite web |last=Kühnemund |first=Götz |title=Rock Hard |url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=7633 |work=Issue 11 |accessdate=May 20, 2013}}</ref>
}}
Although it did not enter any charts, ''Hell Awaits'' was hailed upon its release as Slayer's most progressive recording, featuring much darker thrash-oriented style, with unusual arrangements such as varying tempos, and dissonant nuances that "paved the way to a wholly distinctive sound all their own," according to [[AllMusic]] reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia.<ref name="Hell Awaits"/> Rivadavia awarded the album four out of five stars, saying that it was "incredibly ahead of its time" and referred to it as "a mandatory item in the band's remarkable discography". It has sold over 1,000,000 records worldwide according to Brian Slagel.<ref name="Hell Awaits">{{cite web |title=Hell Awaits |author=Rivadavia, Eduardo |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Macrovision]] |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=hell-awaits-mw0000097943|pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=2007-03-25}}</ref>

In the book ''Legends of Rock Guitar'', ''Hell Awaits'' was defined as "a [[Psychosis|psychotic]] exploration into the depths of [[Satanism]] and physical torture."<ref name="Lengends of Rock Guitar">{{cite book|last=Prown|first=Pete|authorlink=Pete Prown|author2=Newquist, HP|title=Legends of Rock Guitar|publisher=[[Hal Leonard Corporation|Hal Leonard]]|year=1997|pages=228–229|chapter=Thrash: The Dark Side of the Force|isbn=0-7935-4042-9}}</ref> The book, a chronology of the great guitarists of [[Rock music|rock]] which includes both [[Kerry King]] and [[Jeff Hanneman]], observed the band's evolution in comparison with their previous album, ''[[Show No Mercy (Slayer album)|Show No Mercy]]'', saying, "The musicianship is improved, as is lead singer [[Tom Araya]]'s voice, making the band sound less like hacks and more like metal fiends. The sludgy riffs, which were pure [Black] [[Black Sabbath|Sabbath]], are offset by some of King's and Hanneman's faster solos, giving Slayer entrée into the [[speed metal]] realm."<ref name="Lengends of Rock Guitar"/>

==Influence==
Musicians such as singer [[Phil Anselmo]] and drummer [[Gene Hoglan]] cite ''Hell Awaits'' as an influence.<ref name="DX Ferris"/> Anselmo—known for his work with [[Pantera]], [[Down (band)|Down]], and [[Superjoint Ritual]]—explained in an interview with D. X. Ferris, author of the book about the album ''Reign in Blood'', that "''Hell Awaits'' just holds the entire thing. Every bit of everything to do with heavy music. [Slayer] are gods, the best band from California, for sure."<ref name="DX Ferris">{{cite book|last=Ferris|first=D. X.|title=Reign in Blood|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|year=2008|page=12|isbn=0-8264-2909-2}}</ref> Norwegian musician Frode Sivertsen (also known as "E. N. Death"), former member of the [[black metal]] band [[Gehenna (band)|Gehenna]], says the song "Hell Awaits" and Slayer's music in general has influenced him as a musician, ranking the album in his top five.<ref name="The Deviant">{{cite web |title=Interview with The Deviant |author=Anders |publisher=Nocturnal Horde |date=2006-03-08 |url=http://www.nocturnalhorde.com/interview141.html |accessdate=2007-04-04}}</ref> [[Dimebag Darrell]] of [[Pantera]] and [[Damageplan]] picked "At Dawn They Sleep" among his 12 Favorite Tunes in the March 1993 issue of [[Guitar World]], stating that Slayer taught him "how to play with guts and aggression".<ref>{{cite web |title=Prime Cuts: Dimebag Darrell Chooses His 12 Favorite Tunes in 1993 Guitar World Feature |author=Jeff Kitts |publisher=Guitar World |date=2013-11-14 |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/prime-cuts-dimebag-darrell-chooses-his-12-favorite-tunes-1993-guitar-world-feature?page=0,9 |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>

Defined as "influential to future extreme metal acts,"<ref name="Hell Awaits"/> the most popular songs from ''Hell Awaits'' were re-recorded by various underground metal bands,<ref name="Post Mortem">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=post-mortem-the-tribute-to-slayer-mw0000660611|pure_url=yes}} |title=Post Mortem: The Tribute to Slayer – Review |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |work=AllMusic |publisher=Macrovision |accessdate=June 7, 2009}}</ref> and have appeared in several [[tribute album]]s, such as ''Slatanic Slaughter II'' and ''Gateway to Hell 1 & 2''. The song "Hell Awaits" has been covered by [[Cradle of Filth]] and [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]], "Kill Again" by [[Angelcorpse]], "Praise of Death" by [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]], "At Dawn They Sleep" by [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]], and "Necrophiliac" by [[Sadistic Intent]], [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] and [[Fleshcrawl]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=slatanic-slaughter-vol-2-mw0000772928|pure_url=yes}}|title=Slatanic Slaughter, Vol. 2|work=AllMusic|publisher=Macrovision|accessdate=June 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=gateway-to-hell-vol-2-a-tribute-to-slayer-mw0000085810|pure_url=yes}}|title=Gateway to Hell, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Slayer|work=AllMusic|publisher=Macrovision|accessdate=June 7, 2009}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| lyrics_credits = yes
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Hell Awaits
| lyrics1 = [[Kerry King]]
| music1 = [[Jeff Hanneman]], King
| length1 = 6:16
| title2 = Kill Again
| lyrics2 = King
| music2 = Hanneman, King
| length2 = 4:56
| title3 = At Dawn They Sleep
| lyrics3 =[[Tom Araya]], Hanneman, King
| music3 = Hanneman
| length3 = 6:17
| title4 = Praise of Death
| lyrics4 = Hanneman
| music4 = King
| length4 = 5:21
| title5 = Necrophiliac
| lyrics5 = Hanneman, King
| music5 = Hanneman
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = Crypts of Eternity
| lyrics6 = Araya, Hanneman, King
| music6 = Hanneman, King
| length6 = 6:40
| title7 = Hardening of the Arteries
| lyrics7 = Hanneman
| music7 = Hanneman
| length7 = 3:55
}}

{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Bonus tracks{{ref label|album number|†|}}
| writing_credits = yes
| title8 = Haunting the Chapel
| writer8 = Hanneman, King
| length8 = 4:00
| title9 = Captor of Sin
| writer9 = Hanneman, King
| length9 = 3:31
}}
{{note|album number}}† The Metal Classics version features two additional songs taken from ''[[Haunting the Chapel]]''. The version of ''[[Show No Mercy (Slayer album)|Show No Mercy]]'' from the same series (CD ZORRO 7) includes the remaining two tracks from the EP.

==Personnel==
;Performers
* [[Tom Araya]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[Singing|lead vocals]]
* [[Jeff Hanneman]] – [[lead guitar|lead]] and [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Kerry King]] – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
* [[Dave Lombardo]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]

;Production
*Carolyn Collins – assistant engineer
*Ron Fair – engineer
*Bernie Grundman – mastering
*Albert Cuellar – artwork
*Brian James – layout design
*Bill Metoyer – engineer
*Lowell Katz – photography
*Brian Slagel – producer
*Slayer – producer

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

{{Slayer}}

{{Good article}}

[[Category:1985 albums]]
[[Category:Slayer albums]]
[[Category:Metal Blade Records albums]]
[[Category:English-language albums]]

Blooddrunk

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{{About|the album|the song of the same name|Blooddrunk (song)}}
{{Infobox album 
| Name = Blooddrunk
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Children of Bodom]]
| Cover = Blooddrunk.jpg
| Released = April 7, 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinefarm.fi/releases.php?page=3&cat=0 |title=Spinefarm Records |publisher=Spinefarm.fi |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| Recorded = October - December 2007
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[thrash metal]]
| Length = 36:49
| Label = [[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]]
| Producer = Mikko Karmila
| Last album = ''[[Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live]]'' (2006)
| This album = '''''Blooddrunk''''' (2008)
| Next album = ''[[Relentless Reckless Forever]]'' (2010)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Blooddrunk
| Type = studio
| Single 1 = [[Blooddrunk (song)|Blooddrunk]]
| Single 1 date = February 27, 2008
| Single 2 = Hellhounds on My Trail
| Single 2 date = June 9, 2008
| Single 3 = [[Smile Pretty for the Devil]]
| Single 3 date = November 14, 2008
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[About.com]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/bodomblooddrunk.htm |title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk Review |publisher=Heavymetal.about.com |date=2008-04-15 |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1334618|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Blooddrunk''|author=Greg Prato |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[IGN]]''
| rev3Score = (8.2/10) <ref>{{cite web|author= Jim Kaz |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/867/867063p1.html |title=Children Of Bodom – Blooddrunk Review - Music Review at IGN |publisher=Music.ign.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Considine|first=J. D.|authorlink=J. D. Considine|date=June 2008|title=Party till you puke|magazine=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|issue=69|pages=99–100|issn=1527-408X}}</ref>
}}
'''''Blooddrunk''''' is the sixth album by Finnish [[melodic death metal]] band [[Children of Bodom]], released on April 7, 2008, through [[Spinefarm Records]]. The album includes a re-recorded version [[single (music)|single]] for "[[Tie My Rope]]". Various editions feature one or two [[cover version|cover songs]] as [[bonus track]]s. The limited edition [[digipak]] version of the album includes a bonus DVD with 5.1 surround mixes of all songs and the video and making-of for "[[Blooddrunk (song)|Blooddrunk]]". It sold 20,000 copies during its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalfromfinland.com/news/2008-09-15_19:55/children_of_bodom_members_launch_clothing_line|title=CHILDREN OF BODOM Members Launch Clothing Line}}</ref>

The band recorded a cover of the [[Suicidal Tendencies]] song "War Inside My Head" during the recording sessions for this album, but the song was not released on Blooddrunk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88176|title="Blooddrunk" Tracklisting Revealed|publisher=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> The song was released on the cover album ''[[Skeletons in the Closet (Children of Bodom album)|Skeletons in the Closet]]'' together with two new covers plus some old ones as well. The song "Done With Everything, Die For Nothing" is a playable song in ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]'', while some players consider it to be one of the game's harder songs. The album includes more [[thrash metal]] than its predecessors.

==Production==
While writing and recording the album, [[Alexi Laiho]] had stated he felt very aggressive, and as a consequence the songs would be faster and "[[thrash metal|thrashier]]" than the songs displayed on their previous release, ''[[Are You Dead Yet?]]''. He notified fans, however, that certain parts of the album would also be more [[progressive metal|progressive]], as heard on "[[LoBodomy]]". The lyrics cover similar territory as previous releases.

==Release==
The first [[single (music)|single]] was the title track, which was released in Finland on February 27, 2008, and features the cover song "[[Lookin' Out My Back Door]]" as a [[B-side]]. The videos for "Blooddrunk" and "Hellhounds on My Trail" were shot in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], in December 2007. ''Blooddrunk'' entered the Billboard 200 at number 22, making it the band's highest charted album thus far in their career, and the third highest death or black metal recording chart in the USA, just behind [[Dethklok]]'s debut ''[[The Dethalbum]]'' and second album ''[[Dethalbum II]]''.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=children of bodom|chart=all}} Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Children of Bodom]</ref>

The band streamed "Blooddrunk" on their [[MySpace]] page a week before its release.

The album went gold in Finland on pre-orders alone, and topped the Finnish charts beating its nearest rival in sales by 7 to 1.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} But the album did have a reasonably negative reaction from their long-term fans, many of which disliked the band's new sound and style.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Alexi Laiho]] except noted
| title1 = Hellhounds on My Trail
| length1 = 4:00
| title2 = [[Blooddrunk (song)|Blooddrunk]]
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = LoBodomy
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = One Day You Will Cry
| length4 = 4:05
| title5 = [[Smile Pretty for the Devil]]
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = Tie My Rope
| length6 = 4:14
| title7 = Done with Everything, Die for Nothing
| length7 = 3:31
| title8 = Banned from Heaven
| length8 = 5:05
| title9 = Roadkill Morning
| length9 = 3:33
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Japanese version Bonus tracks
| title1 = [[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Ghost Riders in the Sky]]
| note1 = [[Stan Jones (songwriter)|Stan Jones]] cover
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = [[Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)]]
| note2 = [[Kenny Rogers]] cover
| length2 = 2:38
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = UK Bonus tracks
| title1 = [[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Ghost Riders in the Sky]]
| note1 = [[Stan Jones (songwriter)|Stan Jones]] cover
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = [[Lookin' out My Back Door]]
| note2 = [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] cover
| length2 = 2:08
| title3 = [[Aces High (song)|Aces High]]
| note3 = [[Iron Maiden]] cover
| length3 = 4:28
}}

==Personnel==
;Children Of Bodom
*[[Alexi Laiho]] – lead vocals, lead guitar
*[[Roope Latvala]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, guitar solo on "Banned from Heaven"
*[[Janne Wirman]] – keyboard
*[[Henkka Seppälä]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
*[[Jaska Raatikainen]] – drums

;Production
*[[record producer|Produced]], [[audio engineering|recorded]], and [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by Mikko Karmila
*Vocals recorded by [[Peter Tägtgren]]
*Keyboards recorded by Janne Wirman
*[[audio mastering|Mastered]] by Mika Jussila
*Cover art and photos by Jussi Hyttinen/Kerosin
*Layout by Miikka Tikka and Jussi Hyttinen

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2008)
!scope="col"|Peak position
|-
! scope="row"|Australian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|48
|-
! scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|19
|-
! scope="row"|Belgium Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/15121/Children-Of-Bodom-Blooddrunk|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|93
|-
! scope="row"|Finnish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|1
|-
! scope="row"|French Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Children-of-Bodom/Blooddrunk-a103583778.html|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|161
|-
! scope="row"|German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Children+Of+Bodom/longplay|title=Children Of Bodom|accessdate=2015-05-20|publisher=PHONONET GmbH}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|65
|-
! scope="row"|Japanese Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/105555/products/756544/1/|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|12
|-
! scope="row"|Netherlands Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|94
|-
! scope="row"|Norway Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|25
|-
! scope="row"|Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|28
|-
! scope="row"|Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/album/Children-Of-Bodom/Blooddrunk-86305|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|50
|-
! scope="row"|UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/BLOODDRUNK/|title=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2015-05-20|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company}}</ref>
|44
|-
! scope="row"|US Billboard 200<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299124/children-bodom/chart|title=Children of Bodom Chart History(Billboard 200)|publisher=billboard.com |accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|22
|-
! scope="row"|US Hard Rock Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299124/children-bodom/chart?f=795|title=Children of Bodom Chart History(Hard Rock Albums) |publisher=billboard.com |accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|3
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{COBHC}}

[[Category:2008 albums]]
[[Category:Children of Bodom albums]]

Black in Mind

2017-01-26T06:40:18Z

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage-Black In Mind.jpg
| Released = May 22, 1995
| Recorded = R.A.S.H. Studio, [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Germany]], October 1994 - January 1995
| Genre = [[Power metal]], [[speed metal]], [[thrash metal]]
| Length = 68:33
| Label = [[GUN Records|GUN]]
| Producer = Ulli Pössell, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]]
| Last album = ''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (1994)
| This album = '''''Black in Mind''''' (1995)
| Next album = ''[[Lingua Mortis]]'' (1996)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]
| single 1 date = August, 1995}}
}}

'''''Black in Mind''''' is the ninth studio album by the German [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]].<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Black_in_Mind/2480 | title = Rage - Black in Mind | accessdate = 2011-09-17 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref> Some tracks on the album such as "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" are inspired by the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]].

==Track listing==
# "Black in Mind" ''(Spiros Efthimiadis, Chris Efthimiadis, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 4:08
# "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:46
# "Alive but Dead" ''(C. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:57
# "Sent by the Devil" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:00
# "Shadow Out of Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 5:39
# "A Spider's Web" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Sven Fischer, Wagner)'' - 3:22
# "In a Nameless Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, C. Efthimiadis, Fischer, Wagner)'' - 10:11
# "The Icecold Hand of Destiny" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:06
# "Forever" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:45
# "Until I Die" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:34
# "My Rage" ''(Wagner)'' - 2:42
# "The Price of War" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:16
# "All This Time" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:34

===German limited edition bonus tracks===
#<li value="14"> "Start!" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:33
# "Tie the Rope" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 3:46
# "Forgive but Don't Forget" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:29

== Personnel ==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, arrangements, producer
*Sven Fischer - guitars
*Spiros Efthimiadis - guitars
*Chris Efthimiadis - drums

;Additional musicians
*Strings on "All this Time" conducted by Christian Wolff
*Benjamin Rinnert - violin on "In a Nameless Time"

;Production
*Ulli Pössell - producer, engineer, mixing
*Christian Wolff - studio assistant
*Bernd Steinwedel - mastering

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black In Mind}}
[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:Rage (band) albums]]
[[Category:GUN Records albums]]

{{1990s-metal-album-stub}}

Black Waltz

2017-01-26T06:39:35Z

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{{confuse2|[[Kalmah]]'s album [[The Black Waltz]]}}
{{Infobox album 
| Name = Black Waltz
| Type = Studio
| Artist = [[Avatar (Swedish band)|Avatar]]
| Cover = Avatar (Black Waltz Album Cover).jpg
| Alt =
| Released = January 25, 2012
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[thrash metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=54|s=48}}
| Label = Gain Music Entertainment
| Producer = Tobias Lindell
| Last album = ''[[Avatar (Avatar album)|Avatar]]'' (2009)
| This album = '''''Black Waltz''''' (2012)
| Next album = [[Hail the Apocalypse]] (2014)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Deluxe Edition Cover
| Type = studio
| Cover =
}}
}}
'''''Black Waltz''''' is the fourth album released by Swedish [[metal music|metal]] band [[Avatar (Swedish band)|Avatar]], on January 25, 2012. In the US, it was released on February 14, 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://metalholic.com/cd-review-avatar-black-waltz/| title=CD Review| publisher=Metalholic}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/02/01/avatar-let-it-burn-song/ |title=Avatar ‘Let It Burn’ Song: The Swedes Take No Prisoners — Exclusive Premiere|accessdate= 2013-05-09}}</ref>

During the making of the "Black Waltz" music video, the band asked their makeup artist to come with something to make frontman Johannes Eckerström fit in with the characters, and she responded with the "Clown" face paint, which Eckerström is also seen wearing on the album cover. Eckerström has said, "... Something clicked... seeing that face, it awakened something that really wasn't there before; or was but was well hidden... Suddenly the music got its face."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiwLYp6WKT8</ref> He now regularly wears the face paint in music videos and band photo shoots, as well as during live shows.

The album reached position 25 on the album list in Avatar's native Sweden.<ref>[http://www.hitlistan.se/ Veckolista Album - Vecka 5, 3 februari 2012] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727000000/http://www.hitlistan.se/ |date=July 27, 2010 }} Retrieved 2013-05-09</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{tracklist
| headline =
| title1 = Let Us Die
| length1 = 4:12
| title2 = Torn Apart
| length2 = 6:29
| title3 = Ready for the Ride
| length3 = 3:14
| title4 = In Napalm
| length4 = 5:32
| title5 = Black Waltz
| length5 = 5:58
| title6 = Blod
| length6 = 3:34
| title7 = Let it Burn
| length7 = 3:32
| title8 = One Touch
| length8 = 4:17
| title9 = Paint Me Red
| length9 = 4:27
| title10 = Smells Like a Freakshow
| length10 = 4:53
| title11 = Use Your Tongue
| length11 = 9:33
| total_length = 54:48
}}
{{Track listing
| writing_credits = Avatar
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Deluxe Edition
| title12 = Dying to See You Dead
| length12 = 3:34
| title13 = Smells Like a Freak Show (Radio Edit)
| length13 = 4:01
| title14 = Smells Like a Freak Show (Walter Backlin Retro Mix)
| length14 = 4:30
| title15 = Torn Apart (Live at Sticky Fingers)
| length15 = 6:58
| total_length = 73:51
}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-waltz-deluxe-edition/id596076411|title=Avatar: Black Waltz (Deluxe Edition) |date=2013-02-12 |accessdate=2014-11-16}}</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart
! Peak position
|-
|{{albumchart|Sweden|25|artist=Avatar|album=Black Waltz|accessdate=3 Jun 2014}}
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Avatar (Swedish band)}}
[[Category:2012 albums]]
[[Category:Avatar (Swedish band) albums]]

{{2010s-death-metal-album-stub}}

Black in Mind

2015-12-19T23:47:35Z

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage-Black In Mind.jpg
| Released = May 22, 1995
| Recorded = R.A.S.H. Studio, [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Germany]], October 1994 - January 1995
| Genre = [[Power metal]], [[speed metal]]
| Length = 68:33
| Label = [[GUN Records|GUN]]
| Producer = Ulli Pössell, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]]
| Last album = ''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (1994)
| This album = '''''Black in Mind''''' (1995)
| Next album = ''[[Lingua Mortis]]'' (1996)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]
| single 1 date = August, 1995}}
}}

'''''Black in Mind''''' is the ninth studio album by the German [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]].<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Black_in_Mind/2480 | title = Rage - Black in Mind | accessdate = 2011-09-17 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref> Some tracks on the album such as "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" are inspired by the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]].

==Track listing==
# "Black in Mind" ''(Spiros Efthimiadis, Chris Efthimiadis, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 4:08
# "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:46
# "Alive but Dead" ''(C. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:57
# "Sent by the Devil" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:00
# "Shadow Out of Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 5:39
# "A Spider's Web" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Sven Fischer, Wagner)'' - 3:22
# "In a Nameless Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, C. Efthimiadis, Fischer, Wagner)'' - 10:11
# "The Icecold Hand of Destiny" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:06
# "Forever" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:45
# "Until I Die" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:34
# "My Rage" ''(Wagner)'' - 2:42
# "The Price of War" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:16
# "All This Time" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:34

===German limited edition bonus tracks===
#<li value="14"> "Start!" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:33
# "Tie the Rope" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 3:46
# "Forgive but Don't Forget" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:29

== Personnel ==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, arrangements, producer
*Sven Fischer - guitars
*Spiros Efthimiadis - guitars
*Chris Efthimiadis - drums

;Additional musicians
*Strings on "All this Time" conducted by Christian Wolff
*Benjamin Rinnert - violin on "In a Nameless Time"

;Production
*Ulli Pössell - producer, engineer, mixing
*Christian Wolff - studio assistant
*Bernd Steinwedel - mastering

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black In Mind}}
[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:Rage (band) albums]]
[[Category:GUN Records albums]]

{{1990s-metal-album-stub}}

Black in Mind

2015-12-19T23:44:42Z

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage-Black In Mind.jpg
| Released = May 22, 1995
| Recorded = R.A.S.H. Studio, [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Germany]], October 1994 - January 1995
| Genre = [[Power metal]], [[speed metal]]
| Length = 68:33
| Label = [[GUN Records|GUN]]
| Producer = Ulli Pössell, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]]
| Last album = ''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (1994)
| This album = '''''Black in Mind''''' (1995)
| Next album = ''[[Lingua Mortis]]'' (1996)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]
| single 1 date = August, 1995}}
}}

'''''Black in Mind''''' is the ninth studio album by the German [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]].<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Black_in_Mind/2480 | title = Rage - Black in Mind | accessdate = 2011-09-17 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref> Some tracks on the album such as "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" are inspired by the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]].

==Track listing==
# "Black in Mind" ''(Spiros Efthimiadis, Chris Efthimiadis, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 4:08
# "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:46
# "Alive but Dead" ''(C. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:57
# "Sent by the Devil" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:00
# "Shadow Out of Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 5:39
# "A Spider's Web" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Sven Fischer, Wagner)'' - 3:22
# "In a Nameless Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, C. Efthimiadis, Fischer, Wagner)'' - 10:11 (CD edition bonus track)
# "The Icecold Hand of Destiny" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:06
# "Forever" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:45
# "Until I Die" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:34
# "My Rage" ''(Wagner)'' - 2:42
# "The Price of War" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:16
# "All This Time" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:34

===German limited edition bonus tracks===
#<li value="14"> "Start!" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:33
# "Tie the Rope" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 3:46
# "Forgive but Don't Forget" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:29

== Personnel ==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, arrangements, producer
*Sven Fischer - guitars
*Spiros Efthimiadis - guitars
*Chris Efthimiadis - drums

;Additional musicians
*Strings on "All this Time" conducted by Christian Wolff
*Benjamin Rinnert - violin on "In a Nameless Time"

;Production
*Ulli Pössell - producer, engineer, mixing
*Christian Wolff - studio assistant
*Bernd Steinwedel - mastering

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black In Mind}}
[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:Rage (band) albums]]
[[Category:GUN Records albums]]

{{1990s-metal-album-stub}}

Black in Mind

2015-12-19T23:44:24Z

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage-Black In Mind.jpg
| Released = May 22, 1995
| Recorded = R.A.S.H. Studio, [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Germany]], October 1994 - January 1995
| Genre = [[Power metal]], [[speed metal]]
| Length = 68:33
| Label = [[GUN Records|GUN]]
| Producer = Ulli Pössell, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]]
| Last album = ''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (1994)
| This album = '''''Black in Mind''''' (1995)
| Next album = ''[[Lingua Mortis]]'' (1996)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]
| single 1 date = August, 1995}}
}}

'''''Black in Mind''''' is the ninth studio album by the German [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]].<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Black_in_Mind/2480 | title = Rage - Black in Mind | accessdate = 2011-09-17 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref> Some tracks on the album such as "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" are inspired by the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]].

==Track listing==
# "Black in Mind" ''(Spiros Efthimiadis, Chris Efthimiadis, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 4:08
# "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:46
# "Alive but Dead" ''(C. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:57
# "Sent by the Devil" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:00
# "Shadow Out of Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 5:39
# "A Spider's Web" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Sven Fischer, Wagner)'' - 3:22
# "In a Nameless Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, C. Efthimiadis, Fischer, Wagner)'' - 10:11 (CD edition bonus track)
# "The Icecold Hand of Destiny" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:06
# "Forever" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:45
# "Until I Die" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:34
# "My Rage" ''(Wagner)'' - 2:42
# "The Price of War" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:16
# "All This Time" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:34

===German limited edition bonus tracks===
#<li value="14"> "Start!" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:33 (CD edition bonus track)
# "Tie the Rope" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 3:46
# "Forgive but Don't Forget" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:29

== Personnel ==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, arrangements, producer
*Sven Fischer - guitars
*Spiros Efthimiadis - guitars
*Chris Efthimiadis - drums

;Additional musicians
*Strings on "All this Time" conducted by Christian Wolff
*Benjamin Rinnert - violin on "In a Nameless Time"

;Production
*Ulli Pössell - producer, engineer, mixing
*Christian Wolff - studio assistant
*Bernd Steinwedel - mastering

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black In Mind}}
[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:Rage (band) albums]]
[[Category:GUN Records albums]]

{{1990s-metal-album-stub}}

Black in Mind

2015-12-19T23:43:45Z

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage-Black In Mind.jpg
| Released = May 22, 1995
| Recorded = R.A.S.H. Studio, [[Gelsenkirchen]], [[Germany]], October 1994 - January 1995
| Genre = [[Power metal]], [[speed metal]]
| Length = 68:33
| Label = [[GUN Records|GUN]]
| Producer = Ulli Pössell, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]]
| Last album = ''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (1994)
| This album = '''''Black in Mind''''' (1995)
| Next album = ''[[Lingua Mortis]]'' (1996)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Black in Mind
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]
| single 1 date = August, 1995}}
}}

'''''Black in Mind''''' is the ninth studio album by the German [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]].<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Black_in_Mind/2480 | title = Rage - Black in Mind | accessdate = 2011-09-17 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref> Some tracks on the album such as "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" are inspired by the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]].

==Track listing==
# "Black in Mind" ''(Spiros Efthimiadis, Chris Efthimiadis, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 4:08
# "[[The Crawling Chaos (song)|The Crawling Chaos]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:46
# "Alive but Dead" ''(C. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:57
# "Sent by the Devil" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:00
# "Shadow Out of Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 5:39
# "A Spider's Web" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Sven Fischer, Wagner)'' - 3:22
# "In a Nameless Time" ''(S. Efthimiadis, C. Efthimiadis, Fischer, Wagner)'' - 10:11 (CD edition bonus track)
# "The Icecold Hand of Destiny" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:06
# "Forever" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:45
# "Until I Die" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:34
# "My Rage" ''(Wagner)'' - 2:42
# "The Price of War" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:16
# "Start!" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:33 (CD edition bonus track)
# "All This Time" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:34

===German limited edition bonus tracks===
#<li value="15"> "Tie the Rope" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 3:46
# "Forgive but Don't Forget" ''(S. Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:29

== Personnel ==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, arrangements, producer
*Sven Fischer - guitars
*Spiros Efthimiadis - guitars
*Chris Efthimiadis - drums

;Additional musicians
*Strings on "All this Time" conducted by Christian Wolff
*Benjamin Rinnert - violin on "In a Nameless Time"

;Production
*Ulli Pössell - producer, engineer, mixing
*Christian Wolff - studio assistant
*Bernd Steinwedel - mastering

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black In Mind}}
[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:Rage (band) albums]]
[[Category:GUN Records albums]]

{{1990s-metal-album-stub}}

Blooddrunk

2015-12-19T07:10:09Z

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{{About|the album|the song of the same name|Blooddrunk (song)}}
{{Infobox album 
| Name = Blooddrunk
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Children of Bodom]]
| Cover = Blooddrunk.jpg
| Released = April 7, 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinefarm.fi/releases.php?page=3&cat=0 |title=Spinefarm Records |publisher=Spinefarm.fi |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| Recorded = October - December 2007
| Genre = [[Thrash metal]], [[melodic death metal]], [[speed metal]]
| Length = 36:49
| Label = [[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]]
| Producer = Mikko Karmila
| Last album = ''[[Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live]]'' (2006)
| This album = '''''Blooddrunk''''' (2008)
| Next album = ''[[Hellhounds on My Trail]]'' (2008)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Blooddrunk
| Type = studio
| Single 1 = [[Blooddrunk (song)|Blooddrunk]]
| Single 1 date = February 27, 2008
| Single 2 = [[Hellhounds on My Trail]]
| Single 2 date = June 9, 2008
| Single 3 = [[Smile Pretty For The Devil]]
| Single 3 date = November 14, 2008
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[About.com]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/bodomblooddrunk.htm |title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk Review |publisher=Heavymetal.about.com |date=2008-04-15 |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1334618|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Blooddrunk''|author=Greg Prato |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[IGN]]''
| rev3Score = (8.2/10) <ref>{{cite web|author= Jim Kaz |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/867/867063p1.html |title=Children Of Bodom – Blooddrunk Review - Music Review at IGN |publisher=Music.ign.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]''
| rev4Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|last=Considine|first=J. D.|authorlink=J. D. Considine|date=June 2008|title=Party till you puke|journal=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|issue=69|pages=pp. 99–100|issn=1527-408X}}</ref>
}}
'''''Blooddrunk''''' is the sixth album by Finnish [[melodic death metal]] band [[Children of Bodom]], released on April 7, 2008, through [[Spinefarm Records]]. The album includes a re-recorded version [[single (music)|single]] for "[[Tie My Rope]]". Various editions feature one or two [[cover version|cover songs]] as [[bonus track]]s. The limited edition [[digipak]] version of the album includes a bonus DVD with 5.1 surround mixes of all songs and the video and making-of for "[[Blooddrunk (song)|Blooddrunk]]". It sold 20,000 copies during its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalfromfinland.com/news/2008-09-15_19:55/children_of_bodom_members_launch_clothing_line|title=CHILDREN OF BODOM Members Launch Clothing Line}}</ref>

The band recorded a cover of the [[Suicidal Tendencies]] song "War Inside My Head" during the recording sessions for this album, but the song was not released on Blooddrunk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=88176|title="Blooddrunk" Tracklisting Revealed|publisher=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> The song was released on the cover album ''[[Skeletons in the Closet (Children of Bodom album)|Skeletons in the Closet]]'' together with two new covers plus some old ones as well. The song "Done With Everything, Die For Nothing" is a playable song in ''[[Guitar Hero 5]]'', while some players consider it to be one of the game's harder songs. The album includes more [[thrash metal]] than its predecessors.

==Production==
While writing and recording the album, [[Alexi Laiho]] had stated he felt very aggressive, and as a consequence the songs would be faster and "[[thrash metal|thrashier]]" than the songs displayed on their previous release, ''[[Are You Dead Yet?]]''. He notified fans, however, that certain parts of the album would also be more [[progressive metal|progressive]], as heard on "[[LoBodomy]]". The lyrics cover similar territory as previous releases.

==Release==
The first [[single (music)|single]] was the title track, which was released in Finland on February 27, 2008, and features the cover song "[[Lookin' Out My Back Door]]" as a [[B-side]]. The videos for "Blooddrunk" and "Hellhounds on My Trail" were shot in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], in December 2007. ''Blooddrunk'' entered the Billboard 200 at number 22, making it the band's highest charted album thus far in their career, and the third highest death or black metal recording chart in the USA, just behind [[Dethklok]]'s debut ''[[The Dethalbum]]'' and second album ''[[Dethalbum II]]''.<ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=children of bodom|chart=all}} Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Children of Bodom]</ref>

The band streamed "Blooddrunk" on their [[MySpace]] page a week before its release.

The album went gold in Finland on pre-orders alone, and topped the Finnish charts beating its nearest rival in sales by 7 to 1.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} But the album did have a reasonably negative reaction from their long-term fans, many of which disliked the band's new sound and style.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Alexi Laiho]] except noted
| title1 = [[Hellhounds on My Trail]]
| length1 = 4:00
| title2 = [[Blooddrunk (song)|Blooddrunk]]
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = LoBodomy
| length3 = 4:25
| title4 = One Day You Will Cry
| length4 = 4:05
| title5 = [[Smile Pretty for the Devil]]
| length5 = 3:54
| title6 = Tie My Rope
| length6 = 4:14
| title7 = Done with Everything, Die for Nothing
| length7 = 3:31
| title8 = Banned from Heaven
| length8 = 5:05
| title9 = Roadkill Morning
| length9 = 3:33
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Japanese version Bonus tracks
| title1 = [[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Ghost Riders in the Sky]]
| note1 = [[Stan Jones (songwriter)|Stan Jones]] cover
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = [[Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)]]
| note2 = [[Kenny Rogers]] cover
| length2 = 2:38
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = UK Bonus tracks
| title1 = [[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Ghost Riders in the Sky]]
| note1 = [[Stan Jones (songwriter)|Stan Jones]] cover
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = [[Lookin' out My Back Door]]
| note2 = [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] cover
| length2 = 2:08
| title3 = [[Aces High (song)|Aces High]]
| note3 = [[Iron Maiden]] cover
| length3 = 4:28
}}

==Personnel==
;Children Of Bodom
*[[Alexi Laiho]] – lead vocals, guitar
*[[Roope Latvala]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Janne Wirman]] – keyboard
*[[Henkka Seppälä]] – bass guitar,backing vocals
*[[Jaska Raatikainen]] – drums

;Production
*[[record producer|Produced]], [[audio engineering|recorded]], and [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by Mikko Karmila
*Vocals recorded by [[Peter Tägtgren]]
*Keyboards recorded by Janne Wirman
*[[audio mastering|Mastered]] by Mika Jussila

*Cover art and photos by Jussi Hyttinen/Kerosin
*Layout by Miikka Tikka and Jussi Hyttinen

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2008)
!scope="col"|Peak position
|-
! scope="row"|Australian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|48
|-
! scope="row"|Austrian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|19
|-
! scope="row"|Belgium Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/15121/Children-Of-Bodom-Blooddrunk|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|93
|-
! scope="row"|Finnish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children Of Bodom - Blooddrunk |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|1
|-
! scope="row"|French Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Children-of-Bodom/Blooddrunk-a103583778.html|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|161
|-
! scope="row"|German Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Children+Of+Bodom/longplay|title=Children Of Bodom|accessdate=2015-05-20|publisher=PHONONET GmbH}}</ref>
|10
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|65
|-
! scope="row"|Japanese Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/105555/products/756544/1/|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}}</ref>
|12
|-
! scope="row"|Netherlands Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|94
|-
! scope="row"|Norway Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|accessdate=2015-05-19|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref>
|25
|-
! scope="row"|Swedish Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Children+Of+Bodom&titel=Blooddrunk&cat=a|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk |publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|28
|-
! scope="row"|Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/album/Children-Of-Bodom/Blooddrunk-86305|title=Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|50
|-
! scope="row"|UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/BLOODDRUNK/|title=Official Charts Company|accessdate=2015-05-20|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company}}</ref>
|44
|-
! scope="row"|US Billboard 200<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299124/children-bodom/chart|title=Children of Bodom Chart History(Billboard 200)|publisher=billboard.com |accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|22
|-
! scope="row"|US Hard Rock Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299124/children-bodom/chart?f=795|title=Children of Bodom Chart History(Hard Rock Albums) |publisher=billboard.com |accessdate=2015-05-19}}</ref>
|3
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{COBHC}}

[[Category:2008 albums]]
[[Category:Children of Bodom albums]]

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| Name = Bad Romance
| Cover = LadyGaGaBadRomance.jpg
| Border = yes
| Alt = Upper bust of a blond woman. She has short cropped hair. Her body and her face is covered by a red translucent cloth with intricate wrappings in the front. Over the image the words "Lady Gaga" and "Bad Romance" are written in red capital letters.
| Artist = [[Lady Gaga]]
| Album = [[The Fame Monster]]
| Released = {{Start date|2009|10|26|mf=yes}}
| Format = {{flat list|
*[[music download|Digital download]]
*[[CD single]]
*[[gramophone record|7"]]
}}
| Recorded = {{Unbulleted list|July 2009|[[Record Plant Studios]]|(Los Angeles, California)|FC Walvisch Studios|([[Amsterdam]], Netherlands)}}
| Genre = [[Dance-pop]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=4|s=54}}
| Label = {{flat list|
*Streamline
*[[KonLive Distribution|KonLive]]
*[[Cherrytree Records|Cherrytree]]
*[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
}}
| Writer = {{flat list|
*[[Lady Gaga|Stefani Germanotta]]
*[[RedOne|Nadir Khayat]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=11135583&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |title=Lady Gaga – "Bad Romance" writing credits|accessdate=March 19, 2010|publisher=[[Broadcast Music Incorporated]]}}</ref>
}}
| Producer = {{flat list|
*RedOne
*Lady Gaga
}}
| Last single = "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]" (2009)
| This single = "'''Bad Romance'''" (2009)
| Next single = "[[Telephone (song)|Telephone]]" (2010)
| Misc =
}}

"'''Bad Romance'''" is a song by American singer [[Lady Gaga]] from her third extended play, ''[[The Fame Monster]]'' (2009). It was written and produced by Gaga and [[RedOne]]. Lyrically, "Bad Romance" explores Gaga's attraction to individuals with whom romance never works, her preference for lonely relationships and the paranoia she experienced while on tour. Following an illegal demo leak, Gaga showcased the final product at [[Alexander McQueen]]'s show at the [[Paris Fashion Week]] in October 2009, followed by the release of the single's cover art. Musically, "Bad Romance" features a spoken [[bridge (music)|bridge]], a full-throated [[chorus effect|chorus]] and sung lyrics about being in love with one's best friend. The song, which is imbued with elements of Germanesque [[house music|house]] and [[techno]], as well as music from 1980s and the 1990s, was touted by Gaga as an experimental pop record. The song contains a few lines in [[French language|French]].

Most commentators were enticed by "Bad Romance", which they declared one of the highlights of ''The Fame Monster'' album. It was included in the 'best-of' lists in several media outlets such as ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' and [[Pitchfork Media]], and acquired two [[Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]]. In the United States, "Bad Romance" peaked at number two on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and it has been certified eleven-times platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), having sold nearly 5.6 million digital downloads as of April 2015. It achieved worldwide success by topping the charts in a variety of markets, ultimately selling 12 million copies worldwide, thus becoming [[List of best-selling singles|one of the best-selling singles of all time]].

The accompanying music video of "Bad Romance" features Gaga inside a surreal white [[Public bathing|bathhouse]]. There, she gets kidnapped by a group of supermodels who drug her and sell her to the [[Russian mafia]] for [[sexual slavery]]. The music video ends with Gaga killing the man who bought her. The song's video garnered acclaim from critics, who not only applauded the risqué and symbolic nature of the plot, but its artistic direction and vivid imagery. In 2011, the music video was voted the best video of the 2000s decade by readers of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. It was nominated for numerous superlatives, including ten awards at the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]], where the singer won seven, including a recognition for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]]. Gaga has performed "Bad Romance" on various television programs, such as ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', at various award ceremonies, such as the [[American Music Awards of 2009|2009 American Music Awards]], and in three of her tours, the most recent being [[ArtRave: The Artpop Ball]].

== Background ==
Gaga collaborated with [[RedOne|Nadir "RedOne" Khayat]] in writing "Bad Romance", with Khayat taking charge of production. The song was recorded at [[Record Plant Studios]] in Los Angeles and FC Walvisch Recording Media Studios in Amsterdam.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes|others=[[Lady Gaga]] |title=[[The Fame Monster]]|year=2009|type= Liner Notes [CD, Vinyl] |publisher=Interscope Records|id=0602527252766}}</ref> "Bad Romance" was released as the lead single from ''[[The Fame Monster]]'' (2009), Gaga's follow-up to her debut album, ''[[The Fame]]'' (2008).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267214/lady-gaga-first-lady|title=Lady Gaga: First Lady|last=Harding|first=Cortney|date=October 1, 2009|accessdate=October 8, 2009|work=Billboard}}</ref> Before its official release, a demo version of the song was published illegally on the internet, prompting Gaga to comment via [[Twitter]], "leaked next single is makin my ears bleed. Wait till you hear the real version."<ref name="leak">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622947/20091002/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=New Lady Gaga Track 'Bad Romance' Leaks|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=October 2, 2009|publisher=MTV ([[MTV Networks]])|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> A snippet of the song was performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on October 3, 2009, along with "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]" and "[[LoveGame]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-readies-new-single-for-snl-the-fame-re-release-20090929|title=Lady Gaga Readies New Single for "SNL," "The Fame" Re-Release|date=September 29, 2009|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|work=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-fights-madonna-debuts-bad-romance-on-saturday-night-live-20091005|title=Lady Gaga Fights Madonna, Debuts "Bad Romance" on "Saturday Night Live" |last=Pickman|first=Jonathan|date=October 5, 2009|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref> The final version of "Bad Romance" premiered during the finale of fashion designer [[Alexander McQueen]]'s 2010 [[fashion week|Paris Fashion Week]] show,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alexandermcqueenlive.showstudio.com/|title=SHOWstudio presents Alexander McQueen S/S 2010 Live|date=October 7, 2009|publisher=[[SHOWstudio.com]]|accessdate=October 8, 2009}}</ref> and the song's release followed on October 19, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/10/ooh-la-la_lady_gagas_bad_romance_new_single.php|title=Ooh-La-La! Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' |date=October 19, 2009|accessdate=July 22, 2010|publisher=[[Extra (TV series)|Extra]]. [[Warner Bros. Television Distribution]]}}</ref>

According to Gaga, the song was one of her initial efforts among the songs that she wrote in 2009 while [[touring (band)|touring]]. The songs composed during that time were about the various abstract "monsters"—metaphors for her paranoias—that she faced during the tour. One of these concepts became the inspiration behind "Bad Romance".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gaga-explores-seamy-side-of-fame-on-monster-re-release-20091009|title=Lady Gaga Explores Seamy Side of Fame on "Monster" Re-Release|date=October 11, 2009|accessdate=September 1, 2013|work=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/11/lady-gaga-bad-romance|title=Lady Gaga writes Bad Romance on the bus|date=June 11, 2011|accessdate=September 1, 2013|last=Robinson|first=Peter|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=Guardian News and Media|location=London}}</ref> Gaga explained that she generally felt lonely when she was involved in a relationship and concluded that she was attracted to men with whom romance never works.<ref name="vfair">{{cite journal|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/08/lady-gaga-september-issue|last=Robinson|first=Lisa|date=September 2010|issn=0733-8899|title=Lady Gaga On Sex, Fame, Drugs, and Her Fans|work=Vanity Fair |page=34|accessdate=July 28, 2014}}</ref> "Bad Romance" explores her preference for such lonely relationships and her poor choice in men.<ref name="vfair"/> Gaga wrote the lyrics of "Bad Romance" in Norway on her tour bus. She further elaborated on the writing process in an interview with ''[[Grazia (India)|Grazia]]'':
<blockquote>
I was in Russia, then Germany, and spent a lot of time in Eastern Europe. There is this amazing German house-techno music, so I wanted to make a pop experimental record. I kind of wanted to leave the '80s a little bit, so the chorus is a '90s melody, which is what the inspiration was. There was certainly some whisky involved in the writing of the record. It's about being in love with your best friend.<ref name=garzia>{{cite journal|last=Bryant|first=Ali|date=January 15, 2010|title=Going Ga-Ga|journal=[[Grazia (India)|Grazia]]|publisher=[[Arnoldo Mondadori Editore]]|location=Mumbai, India|volume=2|issue=10|pages=56–58}}</ref>
</blockquote>

== Composition ==
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"Bad Romance" is a [[dance-pop]] song with [[House music|house]], [[New wave music|new wave]] and [[techno]] influences.<ref name=garzia/><ref name="slant"/> According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]], "Bad Romance" is set in [[time signature|common time]] with a metronome of 119 [[beats per minute]]. It is composed in the key of [[A minor]], with Gaga's vocal range spanning from the low-note of E3 to the high-note of C5. The song follows in the [[chord progression]] of Am–C–F–C–G in the verses and F–G–Am–C–F–G–E–Am in the chorus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0080511|accessdate=September 16, 2013|title=Digital Sheet Music – Lady Gaga – Bad Romance|publisher=Musicnotes.com. [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]]}}</ref> The song opens with Gaga singing a portion of the [[Chorus effect|chorus]], then transitioning into the "Rah-rah--ah-ah-ah, Roma-roma-ma, Gaga-ooh-la-la" [[hook (music)|hook]]. It is followed by the sound of drum beats and [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]].<ref name="leak"/> After the first [[verse (popular music)|verse]], the [[bridge (music)|pre-chorus]] follows, with Gaga voicing the lines, "You know that I want you, And you know that I need you, I want your bad, your bad romance". The full-throated chorus then follows, where she sings, "I want your love, And I want your revenge, You and me could write a bad romance ... Caught in a bad romance".<ref name="leak"/>

Gil Kaufman from [[MTV News]] found similarities between the tempo of "Bad Romance" and that of Gaga's previous single "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]".<ref name="leak"/> Sal Cinquemani of [[Slant Magazine]] noticed the 1980s influences that resonate throughout the track: "If melodies could be time-stamped, these would have '80s' branded on their asses."<ref name="slant">{{cite news|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/oldurlredirect.php?type=music&ID=1929|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=November 18, 2009|work=[[Slant Magazine]]|accessdate=November 19, 2009}}</ref> Daniel Brockman of ''[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Phoenix]]'' pinpointed not only the declarations of liberation "from a significant other", but the [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]-esque qualities that permeate "Bad Romance".<ref name=bphoen>{{cite news|url=http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/94419-lady-gaga-the-fame-monster/|title=Lady Gaga; The Fame Monster|first=Daniel|last=Brockman|work=[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Phoenix]]|publisher=[[Phoenix Media/Communications Group]]|date=December 16, 2009|accessdate=July 24, 2012}}</ref> To [[Pitchfork Media]] journalist, Scott Plagenhoef, Gaga was able to transform her persona to reflect various female entertainers of similar vein, often reminiscent of the likes of [[Britney Spears]], Madonna and [[Amy Winehouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13823-the-fame-monster/|title=The Fame Monster|date=January 13, 2010|accessdate=July 24, 2012|last=Plagenhoef|first=Scott|work=[[Pitchfork Media]]}}</ref> Simon Price from ''[[The Independent]]'' heard characteristics of [[Boney M]] in the chorus, and stated that the first line of the song, "I want your ugly, I want your disease", established the grim tone of ''The Fame Monster''.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-polydor-1825787.html|title=Album: Lady Gaga, The Fame Monster (Polydor)|last=Price|first=Simon|date=November 22, 2009|work=The Independent |location=UK |accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref>

The lyrics address aspects of a bad relationship, but also reference fashion in the line, "Walk, walk fashion baby, Work it move that bitch crazy."<ref name="liner"/><ref name="bound"/> In an interview, Gaga pointed out that in the verse, "I want your [[psycho (1960 film)|psycho]], your [[Vertigo (film)|vertigo]] shtick, Want you in my [[Rear Window]], Baby, you're sick", she was listing [[Alfred Hitchcock]] films; she said, "What I'm really trying to say is I want the deepest, darkest, sickest parts of you that you are afraid to share with anyone because I love you that much."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/11/03/lady-gaga-on-mtvs-its-on-with-alexa-chung-see-the-photos-and-watch-the-interviews|title=Lady Gaga On MTV's 'It's On With Alexa Chung'|last=Anitai|first=Tamar|date=November 2, 2009|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=November 3, 2009}}</ref>

== Critical reception ==
[[File:Bad Romance on The Today Show.jpg|thumb|Gaga performing "Bad Romance" live on ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|The Today Show]]''|alt=A blond woman sings on a microphone, wearing a white shirt.]]

"Bad Romance" received acclaim from a variety of music commentators. In a 2011 review for the song, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' declared it the best song in Gaga's discography. Epitomizing the "essence of Gagaism", the publication was enamored by the song's "relentlessly" catchy chorus and "pummeling [sic]" beat, which reflected a track that was "grand", "joyful" and "melancholy".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-ultimate-ranking-of-lady-gagas-catalog-20110525/bad-romance-19691231|title=The Ultimate Ranking of Lady Gaga's Catalogue|date=May 28, 2011|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=May 28, 2011}}</ref> Kaufman, while applauding the drastic transition into a bombastic "[[Erasure]]-esque throb during the chorus", felt that the instant catch that was apparent in her earlier singles was absent in "Bad Romance".<ref name="leak"/> [[Kitty Empire]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' argued that instances such as this established Gaga as a figure comparable to Madonna.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/22/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster|last=Empire|first=Kitty|date=November 22, 2009|newspaper=The Guardian|location=UK |accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref>

Referring to her emerging popularity, Jon Dolan from ''Rolling Stone'' notes that "Bad Romance" makes the singer's name a "Teutonic chant".<ref name="rsreview">{{cite journal|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/reviews/album/2746/20576|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster Review|last=Dolan|first=Jon|date=November 23, 2009|magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> A columnist from the aforementioned publication, Daniel Kreps, while writing about the song's initial leak, felt that the song was comparable to "Poker Face" and was not on a par with her other singles.<ref name="bound">{{cite journal|title=Is Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Bound for "SNL"? New Track Hits the Web|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=October 2, 2009|magazine=Rolling Stone|issn=0035-791X|volume=1095|issue=9}}</ref> [[Christopher John Farley]] from ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' praised the "Jabberwockian" catchiness of the hook,<ref name="wsj">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/11/lady-gaga-bad-romance-plus-crowns-kinkiness-and-choreography/|title=Lady Gaga: "Bad Romance" Plus Crowns, Kinkiness and Choreography|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|date=November 11, 2009|work=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=November 12, 2009}}</ref> while Michael Hubbard from [[MusicOMH]] opined that the chorus of the song was Gaga's best yet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.musicomh.com/musicomh/2009/11/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-trackbytrack.html|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster, track-by-track|last=Hubbard|first=Michael|date=November 23, 2009|publisher=[[MusicOMH]]|accessdate=November 24, 2009}}</ref> [[Pitchfork Media]] placed "Bad Romance" at number 39 in its top 100 tracks of 2009, saying that it was "epic in construction",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/7/|title=The Top 100 Tracks of 2009|date=December 15, 2009|accessdate=December 16, 2009|last=Staff|first=Pitchfork|work=[[Pitchfork Media]]}}</ref> and [[Edna Gundersen]] of ''[[USA Today]]'' commented that the song was a "ferocious club thumper" that possessed a "sordid underbelly".<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2009-11-24-listen24_ST2_N.htm|title=Lady Gaga's 'Fame Monster' is so cool, it's cold|last=Gunderson|first=Edna|authorlink=Edna Gundersen|date=November 23, 2009|newspaper=USA Today |accessdate=November 24, 2009}}</ref> The [[Boston Public Health Commission]] rated "Bad Romance" as number 10 on its list of "Top 10 List of Songs with Unhealthy Relationship Ingredients".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-12-01-gaga-unhealthy-songs_N.htm|title=Boston teen panel: Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs unhealthy |last=Contreras|first=Russel|date=December 12, 2009|work=[[USA Today]]|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref>

Mikael Wood of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote about the lead single's "turbocharged Euro-soul",<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/album-review-lady-gagas-the-fame-monster.html|title=Album review: Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster'|last=Wood|first=Mikael|date=November 23, 2009|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=November 24, 2009}}</ref> while [[BBC]] critic Paul Lester summed up "Bad Romance" as a song with "cheesy rave synths, the now typically Gaga stomping beat and a controversy-lite lyric."<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/fbd3|title=Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster Review|last=Lester|first=Paul|date=November 20, 2009|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> Monica Herrera from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', while saying that it was not as catchy as Gaga's previous efforts, commended the track's "wicked sex appeal",<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1070610/lady-gaga-bad-romance|title=New Releases: Lady Gaga "Bad Romance"|last=Herrera|first=Monica|date=November 13, 2009|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 30, 2009}}</ref> and Jon Blistein from ''[[L Magazine]]'' wrote about the organization of the song. He felt that "Bad Romance" "[revelled] in the nightmare it tries to create with Hitchcock references and somber vocals", but lacked cohesion, that it was an amalgamation of "Cher song", "faux-European accented verse", "power disco chorus" and "bland spoken-word bridge".<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/monster-of-pop/Content?oid=1409855|title=Monster of Pop?|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=November 25, 2009|accessdate=December 31, 2010|magazine=[[L Magazine]]}}</ref>

== Chart performance ==
[[File:The Monster Ball - Bad Romance revamped10.jpg|thumb|left|Gaga, surrounded by her dancers, performing "Bad Romance" on the revamped ''[[The Monster Ball Tour|Monster Ball]]'' show, after crawling out of a gyroscope.|alt=A blond woman in white pants and black bustier stands inside a number of metallic circular rings. She holds a microphone to her mouth with her left hand and her right hand makes a claw like gesture. The woman is flanked by men and women in white dress and fierce expressions with their eyes being white in color.]]
In the United States, "Bad Romance" debuted at number nine on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] on November 14, 2009, making it Gaga's highest debuting song on the chart at the time. It sold 143,000 paid [[music download|digital downloads]] in its first week.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266815/derulo-tops-hot-100-but-swift-swoops-in-with-record-breaking-debut-sum|title=DeRulo Tops Hot 100 But Swift Swoops In|date=November 5, 2009|last=Pietroluongo|first=Silvio|accessdate=November 5, 2009|work=Billboard}}</ref> After two weeks the song moved from number 11 to number two, which became its peak. It held the spot for seven non-consecutive weeks, held out of the top spot by "[[Empire State of Mind]]" by [[Jay-Z]] featuring [[Alicia Keys]] and "[[Tik Tok]]" by [[Kesha]]. The movement to the runner-up spot was first spurred by a 49% digital gain, which took the song to the top of the [[Hot Digital Songs]] chart, selling 209,000 digital copies that week.<ref name="hot100">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266591/empire-entrenched-at-no-1-on-billboard-hot-100|title='Empire' Entrenched At No. 1 On Billboard Hot 100|last=Pietrolungo|first=Silvio|date=November 26, 2009|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 30, 2009}}</ref> "Bad Romance" became Gaga's third-highest peaking song on the Hot 100, behind "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" and "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]".<ref name="hot100"/> As of April 2015, "Bad Romance" has sold 5,570,000 copies in the United States, according to [[Nielsen Soundscan]],<ref name="UStotal">{{cite web|title=Ask Billboard: Lady Gaga's Top-Selling Songs & Albums|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6524172/ask-billboard-lady-gagas-top-selling-songs-albums|date=April 5, 2015|accessdate=April 5, 2015|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|last=Trust|first=Gary}}</ref> making Gaga the second artist in digital history to have three singles—along with "Just Dance" and "Poker Face"—pass the five million mark in digital sales.<ref name=billzgaga222>{{cite web|last=Trust |first=Gary |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/chartbeat/483395/ask-billboard-was-lady-gagas-born-this-way-a-disappointment |title=Ask Billboard: Was Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' a Disappointment? |work=Billboard |date=June 12, 2012 |accessdate=June 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-dec-4-2011-songs-katy-goes-020228383.html|title=Week Ending Dec. 4, 2011. Songs: Katy Goes On Sale|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=December 7, 2011|publisher=Yahoo! music |accessdate=December 13, 2011}}</ref> After RIAA started including video streams in their tabulation of the single certifications, "Bad Romance" was certified 11 times platinum for eleven million in total of sales and streaming.<ref name="riaaupdate"/> "Bad Romance" debuted on the [[Pop Songs]] chart at number 38<ref>{{cite news|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030561|title=Chart Highlights: Pop, Country, Tropical Songs|date=October 26, 2009|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|authorlink=Chuck Taylor (writer and editor)|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 26, 2009}}</ref> and moved to the number one position, making it Gaga's fifth consecutive number one single on the chart.<ref name="top40">{{cite web|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004056393|title=Chart Highlights: Rock, Latin, Pop Songs & More|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 5, 2010|accessdate=January 5, 2010|work=Billboard}}</ref> The same week it also topped the [[Hot Dance Club Songs]] chart.<ref name="top40"/> According to [[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems]], "Bad Romance" set the record for most weekly plays in the 17-year history of the Pop Songs chart, registering 10,859 plays from 130 radio stations monitored for the chart. The record was later broken by [[Kesha]], with her song "[[Tik Tok (song)|Tik Tok]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959706/lady-gaga-sets-latest-chart-record|title=Lady Gaga Sets Latest Chart Record |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=January 19, 2010 |work=Billboard |accessdate=January 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959616/tik-talk-keha-breaks-pop-songs-record |title='TiK' Talk: Ke$ha Breaks Pop Songs Record |last=Herrera |first=Monica |date=January 25, 2010 |accessdate=July 22, 2010 |work=Billboard }}</ref>

The song debuted on the [[ARIA Charts]] of Australia at number 16,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20091108 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] |date=November 2, 2009 |title=Australia Singles Top 50 |accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> and at number 33 on the New Zealand [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]] charts.<ref name="rianz"/> The next week, "Bad Romance" was the greatest gainer on the ARIA charts and moved to position three.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20091115 |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association |date=November 9, 2009 |title=Australia Singles Top 50 |accessdate=November 8, 2009}}</ref> In its seventh week on the chart, the song reached a new peak of two in Australia,<ref name="AUS"/> and a peak of three in New Zealand.<ref name="rianz"/> The song was certified four-times platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) for shipment of 280,000 copies of the single.<ref name=ariacertification/> On October 29, 2009, "Bad Romance" debuted on the [[Irish Singles Chart]] at number 20; it reached the top in its seventh week.<ref name="ire">{{cite web |url= http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=44 |title=Ireland Singles Top 50 |date=October 29, 2009 |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |accessdate=January 11, 2010}}</ref><ref name="iretop"/> On the [[Canadian Hot 100]], "Bad Romance" debuted at number 58.<ref name="CAN debut">{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-11-07/canadian-hot-100?order=gainer |title=Canadian Hot 100: Week Ending November 7, 2009 |date=November 7, 2009 |work=Billboard |accessdate=October 31, 2009}}</ref> The following week it reached number one, making it the third song by Gaga to top the Canadian chart.<ref name="CAN peak">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-11-14/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100: Week Ending November 14, 2009|date=November 14, 2009|accessdate=November 5, 2009|work=Billboard}}</ref> After being replaced by "Tik Tok" for two weeks, "Bad Romance" again claimed the top spot on the chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-12-05/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100: Week Ending December 5, 2009|date=December 5, 2009|work=Billboard|accessdate=December 1, 2009}}</ref> The [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] (CRIA) certified "Bad Romance" seven-times platinum, for shipment of 280,000 copies of the single.<ref name="criaseven"/>

After its release in the United Kingdom, "Bad Romance" debuted at number 14 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2009-11-07/ |title=UK Singles Chart: Week of November 7, 2009 |date=November 7, 2009 |accessdate=December 8, 2010 |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> In December 2009, the song reached the top spot, making it Gaga's third UK number one single.<ref name="uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2009-12-19/ |title=UK Singles Chart: Week of December 19, 2009 |date=December 19, 2009 |accessdate=December 8, 2010 |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref> She became the first female in British chart history to have three number one singles in one year.<ref name="ukhist">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/lady-gaga/news/170445-lady-gaga-scores-third-uk-number-1-single |title=Lady GaGa Scores Third UK Number 1 Single |date=December 14, 2009 |accessdate=July 22, 2010 |publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)}}</ref> Two weeks later, in the first week of 2010, "Bad Romance" returned to the number one spot, making her only the second female artist of the 21st century to have [[List of number-one singles from the 2010s (UK)|two separate runs]] at the top spot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2010-01-09/ |title=UK Singles Chart: Week of January 9, 2010 |date=January 9, 2010 |accessdate=December 8, 2010 |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref> "Bad Romance" was certified gold by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI), for shipment of 400,000 copies of the single.<ref name="bpi"/> The release of her single "[[Applause (Lady Gaga song)|Applause]]" in August 2013 prompted an increase in sales of "Bad Romance", pushing it across the one million sales threshold in the UK, thus making Lady Gaga one of only 17 artists ever to have had a single in the UK that has reached more than one million sales.<ref name=Mill>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/lady-gaga-scores-another-million-selling-single-2425/ |title=Lady Gaga scores another million-selling single!|date=August 20, 2013|accessdate=August 21, 2013|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref> In Sweden, the song debuted at number three and after two weeks reached the top of the chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20091106 |title=Swedish Singles Top 60 |date=November 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]] |accessdate=November 20, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20091120 |title=Swedish Singles Top 60 |date=November 20, 2009 |publisher=Sverigetopplistan |accessdate=November 20, 2009}}</ref> Across Europe the song debuted on the main charts of Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Czech Republic, Denmark, [[Finland]] (where it was in the [[Finland's Official List|top 50]] for 65 weeks from late 2009 to early 2011),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/lady+gaga/the+fame+monster |title=TILASTOT – Suomen virallinen lista – Artistit – Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster |publisher=ifpi.fi, [[Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland]] |accessdate=February 26, 2011 |language=Finnish}}</ref> Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland.<ref name="hung">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Lady+GaGa&titel=Bad+Romance&cat=s |title=Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (song) |publisher=[[Ultratop 50]]. Hung Medien |accessdate=November 5, 2009}}</ref> On the [[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Hot 100 Singles]] chart, "Bad Romance" reached number-one remaining there for two weeks.<ref name="european"/> According to the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]], the song sold 9.7 million copies worldwide in 2010, and went on to sell 12 million in total, thus becoming [[List of best-selling singles|one of the best-selling singles of all time]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.com/content/section_resources/dmr2011.html|title=IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2011 |date=January 20, 2011|accessdate=January 20, 2011|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster' Turns 5: Stan & Deliver|url= http://www.idolator.com/7570824/lady-gaga-the-fame-monster-turns-5-stan-deliver |first= Bradley|last= Stern |publisher=Idolator. Spin Media |date= November 18, 2014 |accessdate= November 18, 2014}}</ref>

== Music video ==

=== Development ===
During an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Gaga confirmed that film director [[Francis Lawrence]] had directed the music video for "Bad Romance" and that she was impressed with the final version.<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> She explained, "I knew [Lawrence's] ability as a director is so much higher than what I could [do]."<ref name="MTV News">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1625848/lady-gaga-says-bad-romance-video-is-about-tough-female-spirit/ |title=Lady Gaga Says 'Bad Romance' Video Is About 'Tough Female Spirit' |publisher=MTV News. Viacom|date=November 9, 2009 |accessdate=May 21, 2014}}</ref> Her creative team [[Haus of Gaga]] managed the art direction,<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite news |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-monster-ball-lady-gaga-reveals-plans-for-arefmbitious-new-tour-20091021 |title=Inside The Monster Ball: Lady Gaga Reveals Plans for Ambitious New Tour |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=October 21, 2009 |accessdate=October 21, 2009 |work=Rolling Stone }}</ref> and the final video premiered on November 10, 2009. Gaga described her experience of working with Lawrence:
<blockquote>
I wanted somebody with a tremendous understanding of how to make a pop video, because my biggest challenge working with directors is that I am the director and I write the treatments and I get the fashion and I decide what it's about and it's very hard to find directors that will relinquish any sort of input from the artist. ... But Francis and I worked together. ... It was collaborative. He's a really pop video director and a filmmaker. He did ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'' and I'm a huge [[Will Smith]] fan, so I knew he could execute the video in a way that I could give him all my weirdest, most psychotic ideas ... But it would come across to and be relevant to the public.<ref name="MTV News"/></blockquote>

The concept of the music video was a joint collaboration between Gaga and Lawrence.<ref name=vh1/> Originally, the video was going to be shot in [[New York City]], with more elaborate sets, including sets outdoors.<ref name=vh1/> The idea was scrapped, however, for budgetary reasons: the budget for the video was low and there was no product placement.<ref name=vh1/> Because of Gaga's schedule, the video was shot in [[Los Angeles]] over a two-day period.<ref name="vh1">{{cite news|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1647757/20100913/index.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' Director Recalls Video's 'Explosion'|date=September 13, 2010|accessdate=November 27, 2011|publisher=VH1. Viacom}}</ref> Lawrence described Gaga's work ethic and creativity during the video shoot: "She loves the art form of music videos and she is a real creative partner and has great ideas and really cool and unique tastes. She has a great team working with her as well, helping build really fantastic things that she wears. She works hard, she shows up on time and she's pretty spontaneous ... it was great ... if she had a new song and wanted to do something, I would do it in a second. She was really fun to work with."<ref name=vh1/>

Gaga created a pair of razor-blade sunglasses—which she believed portrayed tough female spirit—to wear in the video, explaining "I wanted to design a pair for some of the toughest chicks and some of my girlfriends ... they used to keep razor blades in the side of their mouths ... That tough female spirit is something that I want to project. It's meant to be, 'This is my shield, this is my weapon, this is my inner sense of fame, this is my monster.'{{-"}}<ref name="MTV News"/> Gaga also said that the video shows "how the entertainment industry can, in a metaphorical way, simulate human trafficking - products being sold, the woman perceived as a commodity."<ref>{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Richard|title=The Performance Identities of Lady Gaga|year=2012|publisher=McFarland and Company Inc. Publishers|page=44|url=http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-6830-0}}</ref> The white latex suits in the video were inspired by the wolf costume from the film ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (film)|Where the Wild Things Are]]''.<ref name="Music Video Fashion-Reception">{{cite news|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/116144-lady-gagas-bad-romance-video-wtf/|title=Lady Gaga’s "Bad Romance" Video: WTF?|work=[[PopMatters]]|first=Evan|last=Sawdey|date=November 12, 2009|accessdate=November 13, 2009}}</ref> Gaga also wore designer [[Alexander McQueen]]'s {{convert|12|in|mm|adj=on}} high shoes<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/11/11/2009-11-11_lady_gagas_on_fire_in_her_bad_romance_video__or_her_dude_is_at_any_rate.html|title=Lady Gaga's on fire in her 'Bad Romance' video |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|first=Issie|last=Lapowsky |date=November 11, 2009|accessdate=November 13, 2009}}</ref> and the famous "Alien" shoes.<ref name=behindfame>{{Cite book|title=Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame|page=215|last=Herbert|first=Emily|publisher=Overlook Press|location=New York|year=2010|isbn=978-1-59020-423-8}}</ref>

=== Synopsis ===
[[File:Gagabadromancevideo.jpg|thumb|250px|Gaga's choreography from "Bad Romance" drew comparisons to the choreography from ''[[Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)|Michael Jackson's Thriller]].'']]
The main idea behind the video is that of Gaga getting kidnapped by a group of supermodels who drug her and then sell her off to the [[Russian mafia]] for a million [[Russian ruble|ruble]]s. It takes place in a fluorescent white bathhouse.<ref name="MTV News"/><ref name="fans">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625978/20091110/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Fans React To 'Bad Romance' Video|last=Dinh|first=James|date=November 11, 2009|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref> The video begins with Gaga sitting on a white throne in a brightly-lit white room. The scene shows her wearing the razor-blade glasses and surrounded by people and a harlequin [[Great Dane]]. She has her finger on the mute button of an [[iPod]] speaker, and as she releases it, "Bad Romance" begins to play and a dimly-lit bathhouse is shown. A bright light pans across the walls, activating fluorescent lighting, which shines through a sign reading "Bath Haus of GaGa". As the first hook of the song begins, a group of female dancers wearing white long-sleeved leotards with knee-high boots and matching crowns crawl out of white, [[coffin]]-like pods. The center pod has "Mons†er" written on it, and Gaga emerges wearing an outfit similar to those worn by the others, who begin to dance behind her. A pastiche of ensuing scenes alternates between Gaga singing to herself in front of a mirror and lying in a bathtub.

When the chorus of the song begins, two women pull Gaga out of the bathtub, rip her top clothing off and force her to drink a glass of [[vodka]]. As the second verse begins, Gaga, wearing a diamond-covered outfit topped with a crown, seductively dances for a group of men [[Human trafficking|bidding for her]]. She straddles one of the men, played by Slovenian model [[Yuri Bradac|Jurij Bradač]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.si/novice/jurij-bradac-in-lady-gaga|title=Jurij Bradač in Lady Gaga|date=November 11, 2009|language=Slovenian|publisher=MTV |accessdate=February 26, 2010}}</ref> and performs a [[lap dance]] for him. Afterwards, the man raises his bid and becomes the highest bidder for her. When the chorus is played for the third time, Gaga is shown wearing a faux-[[polar bear]] hide jacket. She walks towards the man, who is sitting on a bed and unbuttoning his shirt, while drinking a glass of vodka. Gaga has a look of indifference on her face and removes her jacket and sunglasses. Suddenly, the bed spontaneously combusts with the man still sitting on it, and Gaga sings in a sinister way in front of the flames. The video ends with her lying beside a smoldering skeleton, on top of the destroyed bed, covered in ashes. With soot smeared across her body, she calmly smokes a cigarette while her [[Pyrotechnics|pyrotechnic]] bra activates.

=== Reception ===
Upon its release, the video received general acclaim from critics and fans.<ref name=behindfame/> Tim Stack from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' called the video "amazing" and added, "I don't think Gaga has ever looked prettier than in the close-ups where she's more stripped down."<ref name="ew">{{cite news|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/10/lady-gaga-bad-romance-official-video/|title=Lady Gaga's new 'Bad Romance' video: Her best yet?!|last=Stack|first=Tim|date=November 11, 2009|work=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref> Jennifer Cady of [[E!]] was also impressed by the video and commented, "This music video really makes us appreciate everything Gaga actually brings to pop music. She's exciting to watch, plain and simple. ... We need someone like Gaga to really bring it. To put actual thought and care into her product so that it feels alive".<ref name="eonline">{{cite news|url=http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b153038_lady_gaga_brings_crazy_in_bad_romance.html|title=Lady Gaga Brings the Crazy in 'Bad Romance' Video|last=Cady|first=Jennifer|date=November 11, 2009|publisher=[[E!]]|accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref> Issie Lapowsky of ''[[New York Daily News]]'' thought Gaga laid the "theatrics on thick" in the video but complimented her for wearing minimal makeup, calling it "refreshingly normal".<ref name="nydn">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/lady-gaga-fire-bad-romance-video-man-friend-rate-article-1.414669|title=Lady Gaga's on fire in her 'Bad Romance' video – or her man friend is, at any rate|last=Lapowsky|first=Issie|date=November 11, 2009|work= Daily News|location=New York|accessdate=November 27, 2011}}</ref> Todd Martens of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said that the video brought back his faith in [[performance art]], and that "Gaga brings enough [drama] on her own, thank you very much."<ref name="lat">{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/11/you-want-this-drama-lady-gagas-bad-romance-video.html|title=You want this drama: Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' video
|last=Martens|first=Todd|date=November 9, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=November 27, 2011}}</ref> He also thought the set for the video "worthy of a feature-length film". Daniel Kreps from ''Rolling Stone'' felt that the scenes from the music video were reminiscent of the work of [[Stanley Kubrick]]. He added that in "Bad Romance" Gaga portrays her craziest ideas yet.<ref name="rs">{{cite news|title=Lady Gaga Premieres "Bad Romance," Her Craziest Video Yet|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=November 11, 2009|work=Rolling Stone|issn=0035-791X|volume=1098|issue=32}}</ref>

Jocelyn Vena from MTV believed that the video was symbolic and portrayed how "the old Gaga is over, here's the brand-new Gaga: the one who seems to delight in pushing the boundaries and exploring all manner of sexual proclivities". She further believed that the video was a testament to Gaga's brilliance "as an artist that uses the video art form as the jump-off point for the next leg of their career".<ref name="next">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625927/20091110/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Launches Her Next Phase With Eye-Grabbing 'Bad Romance Video|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=November 11, 2009|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=November 11, 2009}}</ref> In 2011, Claire Suddath of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' said that although later Gaga videos were more elaborate, "Bad Romance" was Gaga at her best.<ref name=clawsout/> In ''Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame'', Emily Herbert drew comparisons between the underlying theme of the video and the theme of ''The Fame Monster''—the relationship with fame.<ref name=behindfame/> She wrote, "Was this the price that Gaga had to pay for the fame she so desired? Did she feel as if she'd had to prostitute herself in some way? The themes were all based around sex, decadence, and corruption; alcohol and even cigarettes, twenty-first century society's biggest no-no, were present, and so by implication ... drugs."<ref name=behindfame/> ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' noted Gaga as one of the few pop stars of the present time who really understood spectacle, fashion, shock, choreography—all the things that Madonna and [[Michael Jackson]] were masters of in the 1980s.<ref name="wsj"/>

The video and its choreography also drew many comparisons with the [[Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)|music video]] of ''[[Thriller (song)|Michael Jackson's Thriller]]'', both having robotic, zombie-like arm movements and morbid themes. Tim Stack from ''Entertainment Weekly'' compared some of the dance choreography of the video with the choreography in "Thriller".<ref name="ew"/> Issie Lapowsky of ''New York Daily News'' compared the pods in the video with coffins and called the dance "zombie-like"; Gaga "[stole] a page from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video", she said.<ref name="nydn"/> ''Los Angeles Times'' said the video had some "twitchy, 'Thriller'-like dance moves",<ref name="lat"/> while ''The Wall Street Journal'' compared the shock art of "Bad Romance" with the shock art of Michael Jackson during the 1980s.<ref name="wsj"/> Evan Sawdey of PopMatters also compared the video with "Thriller", but was not sure whether Gaga was deliberately paying homage to it, or this was "just another excuse for Gaga to wear the mostweirdass outfits ever designed by mankind".<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/116144-lady-gagas-bad-romance-video-wtf|title=Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Video: WTF? |last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=June 12, 2011|work=PopMatters|accessdate=November 27, 2011}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
''Rolling Stone'' ranked the song at number nine on its list of the "25 Best Songs of 2009",<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Best 25 Songs Of 2009|date=December 31, 2009|work=Rolling Stone |issn=0035-791X|volume=1098|issue=98}}</ref> and on February 13, 2011, the single won the [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]].<ref name="marquee.blogs.cnn.com">{{cite news| url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/13/53rd-annual-grammy-awards-the-winners-list/ |publisher=CNN | title=53rd annual Grammy awards: The winners list|accessdate=January 23, 2011}}</ref> In 2015, ''Billboard'' named the song as "The Biggest Hot 100 Hit to Peak at No. 2", describing it as a "modern classic".<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/959606/the-biggest-hot-100-hits-to-peak-at-nos-25-1?page=0%2C4|title=The Biggest Hot 100 Hits to Peak at Nos. 25-1|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=January 27, 2015|accessdate=January 29, 2015|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

On August 3, 2010, the music video received 10 nominations at the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]], in the categories of [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video|Best Dance Video]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video|Best Pop Video]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], tying with [[Peter Gabriel]]'s song "[[Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)|Sledgehammer]]" for the record of most nominations for a single video in the history of the [[MTV Video Music Award]]. The video went on to win [[List of awards and nominations received by Lady Gaga#MTV Video Music Awards|seven of the categories]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957071/lady-gaga-earns-record-13-mtv-vma-nominations-eminem-nabs-eight|title=Lady Gaga Earns Record 13 MTV VMA Nominations|date=August 4, 2010|accessdate=August 4, 2010|work=Billboard |last=Herrera|first=Monica}}</ref> It also won the [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video]].<ref name="marquee.blogs.cnn.com"/> In 2011, "Bad Romance" was voted the best video of the 2000s decade by readers of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', narrowly beating [[Britney Spears]]'s "[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=The 10 Best '00s Music Videos: Poll Results|last=Mapes|first=Jillian|date=July 27, 2011|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 27, 2011|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/468680/the-10-best-00s-music-videos-poll-results}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine also included "Bad Romance" on its list of best music videos since the 1980s.<ref name=clawsout>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/slide/lady-gaga-bad-romance-2009/|title=The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos - Lady Gaga, 'Bad Romance' (2009)|page=28|last=Suddath|first=Claire|date=June 28, 2011|work=Time|accessdate=November 27, 2011}}</ref>

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== Live performances ==
[[File:Bad Romance Australia BTW Ball.jpg|thumb|left|Gaga and her dancers performing "Bad Romance" during the [[Born This Way Ball]] tour, 2012]]
A portion of the song was performed on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' on October 3, 2009. Gaga wore a complex outfit called "The Orb", designed by [[Nasir Mazhar]] and her creative team Haus of Gaga.<ref name="snl"/> Described by Gaga as a "fashion installation", it consisted of concentric metallic rings that revolved around her. After finishing her performance of "[[LoveGame]]", Gaga sat at her piano and played an acoustic version of the chorus of "Bad Romance".<ref name="leak"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622985/20091004/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga, Madonna Catfight, Almost Kiss On 'Saturday Night Live'|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=October 4, 2009|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref> She performed the song on the TV show ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', during the episode called "[[The Last Days of Disco Stick]]".<ref name="exclusive"/> The performance took place at a private show arranged by [[Blair Waldorf]], one of the characters from ''Gossip Girl''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20421719,00.html|title=First Look: Lady Gaga's Gossip Girl Performance|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=November 12, 2009|accessdate=July 1, 2010}}</ref> In an interview with MTV, Gaga explained that the decision to perform on the show was inspired by her sister. She stated that she did not want the performance to be out of tune with the storyline of the show, so she worked with the scriptwriters to incorporate it into the plot. The performance included many ladders, symbolizing bad luck, and featured Gaga wearing a {{convert|35|ft|m|adj=on}} long dress.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625589/20091105/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Describes Her 'Gossip Girl' 'Crazy Performance-Art Piece'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|last2=Calloway|first2= Sway|date=November 5, 2009|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=November 17, 2009}}</ref> According to the show's executive producer Stephanie Savage, the song incorporated a few ''Gossip Girl''-specific lyrics.<ref name="exclusive">{{cite news|title=Exclusive: Behind the Scenes as Lady Gaga Hits "Gossip Girl" |last=Futterman|first=Erica|date=November 4, 2009|work=Rolling Stone|issn=0035-791X|volume=1099|issue=43}}</ref> The performance began with Gaga emerging from two giant doors wearing a large red gown. She climbed up a ladder, from where she sang parts of the song, and her male dancers danced around the ladder as she continued to sing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1626416/20091117/lady_gaga.jhtml|title=Lady Gaga Performs 'Bad Romance' In 'Gossip Girl' Cameo|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=November 17, 2009|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=November 19, 2009}}</ref>

"Bad Romance" was also performed at the [[American Music Awards of 2009|2009 American Music Awards]], where she coupled it with "[[Speechless (Lady Gaga song)|Speechless]]" from ''The Fame Monster''. Gaga was dressed in a flesh-colored bodysuit wrapped with white piping and embedded with flashing lights, imitating [[Human rib cage|ribs]] and a [[Vertebral column|spine]]. The performance started with "Bad Romance", with Gaga dancing around the stage and ultimately breaking open a glass door with the microphone stand.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/22/american-music-awards-2009-adam-lambert-lady-gaga-dazzle-jennifer-lopez-performs-new-song-louboutins/ |title=American Music Awards 2009: Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga Dazzle |last=Kung |first=Michelle |date=November 22, 2009 |work=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=November 23, 2009}}</ref> It was performed on ''[[The Jay Leno Show]]'', where Gaga wore a pair of black sunglasses and a black jacket with shoulder pads that extended above her head. Her male back-up dancers were dressed in black suits and [[Sadomasochism|S&M]]-inspired headgear.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.co-m/news/articles/1626952/20091124/lady_gaga.jhtml |title=Lady Gaga Brings S&M 'Bad Romance' To 'Jay Leno Show' |last=Dinh |first=James |date=November 24, 2009 |publisher=MTV (MTV Networks) |accessdate=November 25, 2009}}</ref> Both "Bad Romance" and "Speechless" were performed on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' on November 25, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627085/20091125/lady_gaga.jhtml |title=Lady Gaga Tells Fans 'It's OK' To Be A Freak |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=November 25, 2009 |publisher=MTV (MTV Networks) |accessdate=November 30, 2009}}</ref> Gaga performed "Bad Romance" on the British TV show ''[[The X Factor (UK series 6)|The X Factor]]'' on December 6, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ok.co.uk/celebnews/view/16452/Lady-GaGa-s-X-Factor-outfit/ |title=Lady GaGa's ''X Factor'' outfit |date=December 2, 2009 |accessdate=December 4, 2009 |work=[[OK!]]}}</ref> The performance there had her singing inside a 4-m long bathtub and playing the piano while sitting on a toilet.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1233700/X-Factor-Lady-Gaga-sings-live-giant-bath-diva-Janet-Jackson-insists-doing-pre-recorded-performance.html |title=''X Factor'': Lady Gaga sings live from a giant bath |last=Nathan |first=Sarah |date=December 7, 2009 |work=Daily Mail |location=UK |accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref> "Bad Romance" was performed as the last song of Gaga's [[The Monster Ball Tour]]. Wearing an '80s-inspired white power suit with exaggerated high shoulders and high-waisted pants, she performed the song while standing in a human-sized gyroscope.<ref name="torontomonster">{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/jane_stevenson/2009/11/29/11967326-sun.html |title=Lady Gaga puts on a Monster show |last=Stevenson |first=Jane |date=November 29, 2009 |work=Toronto Sun |accessdate=November 30, 2009}}</ref><ref name="guardianmonster">{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/nov/30/lady-gaga-monster-ball |title=Lady Gaga's Monster Ball, reviewed by a theatre critic |last=Nestruck |first=Kelly |date=November 30, 2009 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=December 1, 2009 |location=London}}</ref> On January 15, 2010, Gaga performed "Bad Romance" as part of a three-song medley on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''. Gaga was dressed in a metallic jacket and had spikes in her hair, and she carried a spiked ball dangling from a chain held in her hand.<ref name="oprahmtv">{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629858/20100115/lady_gaga.jhtml |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |title=Lady Gaga Pledges Haiti Earthquake-Relief Donation On 'Oprah' |publisher=MTV ([[MTV Networks]]) |date=January 15, 2010 |accessdate=September 17, 2010}}</ref> "Bad Romance" was also performed at NBC's ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today Show]]'', along with "[[Alejandro (song)|Alejandro]]", "Teeth" and her later 2011 single called "[[You and I (Lady Gaga song)|You and I]]".<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/957464/lady-gaga-plays-today-show-announces-remix-us-release |title=Lady Gaga Plays 'Today' Show, Announces 'Remix' U.S. Release |date=July 9, 2010 |accessdate=September 17, 2010 |work=Billboard }}</ref> In May 2011, Gaga performed the song during [[Radio 1's Big Weekend]] in [[Carlisle, Cumbria]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a319632/lady-gaga-closes-radio-1s-big-weekend-video.html |title=Lady GaGa closes Radio 1's Big Weekend |last=Sperling |first=Daniel |date=May 16, 2011 |accessdate=May 16, 2011 |work=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>

She also performed the song on ''[[Good Morning America]]'' as a part of their "Summer Concert Series". It was the opening song of the show. Gaga entered the stage flying on a harness and stretching out her hands towards the audience, as steam billowed from center-stage. Once the song started her dancers removed the white cape she was wearing, to reveal her in red fishnet stockings with black felt pieces, a red leotard and black lace boots.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/lady-gaga-makes-zipline-arrival-good-morning-america/story?id=13694695 |title=Lady Gaga Wows Crowd, Ziplines Onto 'Good Morning America' Concert Stage |last=Marikar |first=Sheila |date=May 27, 2011 |accessdate=May 27, 2011 |page=2 |publisher=[[ABC News]]}}</ref> The song was added to the set list for Gaga's 2012 [[Born This Way Ball]]. It was performed after an interlude by Mother G.O.A.T. The performance featured the original choreography, with Gaga wearing a white, ram-style outfit designed by Haus of Gaga. During the European leg of the tour, Gaga began the performance in an egg-shaped container reminiscent of the one that she emerged from at the [[53rd Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/20130124-lady-gaga-phoenix-review-born-way-ball-tour.html?nclick_check=1|title=Review: Lady Gaga brings Born This Way Ball to Phoenix|date=January 24, 2013|last=Colfen|first=Joe|work=The Arizona Central|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> In 2014, Gaga performed the song on her [[ArtRave: The Artpop Ball]] tour, in a neon anime inspired dress.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/527128/Lady-Gaga-ArtRave-at-the-O2|title='Bonkers and brilliant': Lady Gaga's ArtRave show at the O2|last=Britt|first=Hannah|date=October 24, 2014|accessdate=March 25, 2015|work=[[Daily Express]]}}</ref>

== Cover versions ==
On March 14, 2010, [[Marco Hietala]] from [[Nightwish]] covered the song on the Finnish choir-singing TV show ''Kuorosota''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.casttv.com/video/qvafis/bad-romance-marco-hietala-kuopio-choir-kuorosota-14-03-2009-video |title=Bad Romance (feat. Marco Hietala) @ ''Kuorosota'' – 14/03/2010 |publisher=[[CastTV]] |accessdate=April 1, 2010}}</ref> [[Hayley Williams]], the lead singer from the band [[Paramore]], covered a piano version of the song and posted it on her Twitter page on March 28, 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/03/29/hayley-williams-bad-romance/ |title=Paramore's Hayley Williams covers Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=March 29, 2010 |first=Simon |last=Vozick-Levinson |accessdate=April 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1634961/20100329/paramore.jhtml |title=Paramore's Hayley Williams Sings Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' On Twitter |publisher=MTV (MTV Networks) |date=March 29, 2010 |first=Kyle |last=Anderson |accessdate=June 30, 2010}}</ref> On March 29, 2010, [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] covered the song in [[Live Lounge|BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/livelounge/artist/100329_30secondstomars.shtml |title=BBC – Radio 1 – Live Lounge – 30 Seconds To Mars |publisher=BBC |first=Fearne |last=Cotton |authorlink=Fearne Cotton |date=March 29, 2010 |accessdate=April 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2010/thirty-seconds-to-mars-bad-romance-ahead-of-us-tour/ |title=30 Seconds To Mars' Bad Romance ahead of US tour |publisher=EMI Music |date=March 31, 2010 |accessdate=April 1, 2010}}</ref> The cover was later released as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of the band's album ''[[This Is War]]'' and reached number 11 on the [[UK Rock Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/10/2010-12-11/|title=Top 40 Rock & Metal Singles – 11th December 2010|accessdate=May 31, 2011|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' performed it during one of its episodes titled "[[Theatricality]]", as a group number for which the actors donned Lady Gaga outfits. When glee club New Directions member [[Rachel Berry (Glee)|Rachel Berry]] discovers that rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline are planning to perform a Lady Gaga number at Regionals, the character [[Will Schuester|Will]] ([[Matthew Morrison]]) sets the club a Gaga assignment. The girls and [[Kurt Hummel|Kurt]] then create costumes inspired by Gaga and perform "Bad Romance".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1635151/20100331/lady_gaga.jhtml|title='Glee' Cast Will Take On Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance,' 'Poker Face'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=March 31, 2010|publisher=MTV (MTV Networks)|accessdate=April 19, 2010}}</ref> The version sold 48,000 digital downloads according to [[Nielsen Soundscan]], and entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at 54, staying on the chart for one week.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/957939/ushers-omg-leads-hot-100-for-a-fourth-week|title=Usher's 'OMG' Leads Hot 100 For A Fourth Week|last=Pietrolungo|first=Silvio|date=June 3, 2010|accessdate=August 26, 2010|work=Billboard }}</ref>

Singer [[Lissie]] posted a cover of the song on [[YouTube]]. Her version of "Bad Romance" received praise from filmmaker [[David Lynch]]<ref name="paste">{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/08/in-case-you-were-wondering-david-lynch-loves-lissi.html |title=In Case You Were Wondering, David Lynch Loves Lissie |accessdate=August 6, 2010|work=Paste Magazine}}</ref> and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' writer David Malitz, who included it on "Click Track – Singles Files", the newspaper's weekly playlist.<ref name="wapost">{{cite news|url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/06/singles_file_lupe_fiasco_f_bru.html |title=Singles File:Lupe Fiasco f. Bruno Mars, Lissie, R. Kelly vs. Baths |accessdate=August 6, 2010|work=The Washington Post|date=June 23, 2010|last=Malitz|first=David}}</ref> The Grandmono Orchestra also covered the song, with Dutch singer [[Caro Emerald]], on June 1, 2011. This was included as a bonus track on Caro's debut album, [[Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor]], and has received many positive criticisms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad Romance (feat. Caro Emerald) - Single|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-romance-feat.-caro-emerald/id442706057|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=April 19, 2013}}</ref> Singer [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]] and actor [[Cuba Gooding, Jr.]] performed a version of "Bad Romance" as a duet during the August 5, 2011 episode of ''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]'' on [[Channel 4]] in the UK.<ref>{{Cite episode | title = [[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]] | network = [[Channel 4]] | city = London | airdate =2011-08-05 }}</ref> The song was covered with lyric changes by [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] and [[The Chipettes]] in the 2011 film ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked]]'' and features on its [[Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked: Music from the Motion Picture|soundtrack]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Music from the Motion Picture Alvin & The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked|url=http://chipwreckedsoundtrack.com/|accessdate=March 1, 2012}}</ref> At the 46th Annual [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] Awards, [[Linda Perry]] sang the song in a slowed down rendition, before [[Tony Bennett]] present the Contemporary Icon Award to Gaga.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vokes-Dudgeon|first=Sophie|title=Lady Gaga Accepts Songwriters Hall of Fame Award Dressed in Black Leather Bra and Panties, and a Pair of Torn Pantyhose!|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/lady-gaga-accepts-contemporary-icon-award-in-bra-and-panties-photos-2015196|accessdate=June 19, 2015|publisher=[[Us Weekly]]|date=June 19, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, actress [[Meryl Streep]] recorded the song for her film, ''[[Ricki and the Flash]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|title=Meryl Streep Sings Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' in 'Ricki and the Flash': Listen|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6656758/meryl-streep-lady-gaga-bad-romance-ricki-and-the-flash|accessdate=August 9, 2015|work=Billboard|date=August 8, 2015}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
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* '''Digital download'''<ref name="itunes">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-romance/id336388428?i=336388462&ign-mpt=uo%3D2|title=Bad Romance – Single|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]|accessdate=November 14, 2009}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" – 4:54

* '''Digital download EP'''<ref name="itunesgb">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/bad-romance-ep/id341082020|title=Bad Romance – EP|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=November 19, 2009}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" – 4:54
# "Bad Romance" ([[Hercules & Love Affair]] Remix) – 5:11
# "Bad Romance" (Chew Fu Remix) – 7:13
# "Bad Romance" ([[Starsmith]] Remix) – 4:55
# "Bad Romance" (Music Video) – 5:14

* '''Promo CD Single'''<ref name="hung"/>
# "Bad Romance" (Short Radio Edit) – 4:00
# "Bad Romance" (Radio Edit) – 4:22
# "Bad Romance" (Main) – 4:54

* '''EU CD Single'''<ref name="hung"/>
# "Bad Romance" (Radio Edit) – 4:24
# "Bad Romance" (Main) – 4:54

* '''Germany Remix Version'''<ref name="itunesde">{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/bad-romance-germany-remix-version/id342169826 |title=Bad Romance – German release |accessdate=December 8, 2009 |publisher=iTunes Store}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" (Radio Edit) – 4:21
# "Bad Romance" (Chew Fu Remix) – 7:13
# "Bad Romance" (Starsmith Remix) – 4:55
# "Bad Romance" (Grum Remix) – 4:50
# "Bad Romance" ([[Bimbo Jones]] Radio Remix) – 3:58
# "Bad Romance" (Hercules & Love Affair Remix) – 5:11
# "Bad Romance" (Hercules & Love Affair Dub Remix) – 5:11
# "Bad Romance" (Music Video) – 5:14

* '''French CD Single'''<ref name="frcd">{{cite web |url= http://musique.fnac.com/a2798015/Lady-Gaga-Bad-romance-CD-single?SID=90f3bb68-7e65-3df9-5f84-0ed7d37cabe9&UID=0C22FC3BA-EF01-B9DE-6D2B-718B0432367B&Origin=FnacAff&OrderInSession=0&TTL=180120111148&Fr=0&To=0&Nu=1&from=1&Mn=-1&Ra=-28 |title=Bad Romance – French CD Single|accessdate=January 5, 2010|publisher=Musique.fnac.com}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" (Radio Edit) – 4:21
# "Bad Romance" ([[Bimbo Jones]] Radio Remix) – 3:58
# "Bad Romance" (Chew Fu Remix) – 7:13
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* '''UK CD Single'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/releases/detail.aspx?pid=2398&aid=599|title=Bad Romance – UK CD Single|accessdate=December 14, 2009|publisher=Interscope Records}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" (Radio Edit) – 4:22
# "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" (Deewaan Mix ft. Ashking, WeDis, Lush, Young Thoro) – 4:16

* '''UK 7" picture disc'''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/Lady-Gaga-Bad-Romance-Picture-Disc-Vinyl-Single-2009/invt/0602527267548| title=Bad Romance Vinyl| publisher=Universal Music| accessdate=October 5, 2010}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" (Radio Edit) – 4:21
# "[[Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song)|Paparazzi]]" ([[DJ Dan]] Club Remix) – 6:37

* '''US Digital Remix EP'''<ref name="The Remixes Part 2"/>
# "Bad Romance" (Chew Fu H1N1 Fix) – 7:13
# "Bad Romance" ([[Kaskade]] Remix) – 4:20
# "Bad Romance" (Bimbo Jones Radio Remix) – 3:58
# "Bad Romance" ([[Sonny Moore|Skrillex]] Remix) – 4:23

* '''US Digital The Remixes EP Part 2'''<ref name="The Remixes Part 2">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-romance-the-remixes-pt-2-ep/id353181297|title=Bad Romance (The Remixes, Pt. 2)|accessdate=February 9, 2010|publisher=iTunes Store}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" (Grum Remix) – 4:50
# "Bad Romance" ([[Richard Vission]] Remix) – 5:22
# "Bad Romance" (Hercules & Love Affair Remix) – 5:12
# "Bad Romance" (Hercules & Love Affair Dub Remix) – 5:12
# "Bad Romance" (DJ Dan Remix) – 3:44

* '''US 'The Remixes' CD Single'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B00316DE0S|title=US The Remixes CD Single|accessdate=March 5, 2010|publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref>
# "Bad Romance" (Chew Fu H1N1 Fix) – 7:13
# "Bad Romance" ([[Kaskade]] Remix) – 4:20
# "Bad Romance" (Bimbo Jones Remix) – 3:58
# "Bad Romance" (Skrillex Remix) – 4:23
# "Bad Romance" (Grum Remix) – 4:51
# "Bad Romance" (Richard Vission Remix) – 5:23
# "Bad Romance" (Hercules & Love Affair Remix) – 5:12
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== Credits and personnel ==
;Recording and management
* Recorded at [[Record Plant Studios]] ([[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]]) and FC Walvisch ([[Amsterdam]])
* Mastered at Oasis Mastering ([[Burbank, California]])
* Published by Sony ATV Songs, LLC, RedOne Productions LLC ([[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]]), Stefani Germanotta P/K/A Lady Gaga (BMI), House Of Gaga Publishing Inc. and Glojoe Music Inc. (BMI)

;Personnel
* [[Lady Gaga]] – [[lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[songwriter]], [[Record producer|co-producer]], [[arrangement|vocal arrangement]], [[background vocals]]
* [[RedOne]] – songwriter, producer, vocal editing, vocal arrangement, background vocals, [[audio engineering]], [[Instrumentation (music)|instrumentation]], [[Programming (music)|programming]], [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]]
* Johny Severin – vocal editing
* Dave Russell – audio engineering
* Eelco Bakker – audio engineering
* [[Mark Stent|Mark "Spike" Stent]] – [[audio mixing (recorded music)|audio mixing]]
*Gene Grimaldi – [[audio mastering]]

Credits adapted from ''The Fame Monster'' album liner notes.<ref name="liner"/>

== Charts ==
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=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2009–10)
!scope="col"| Peak position
|-
!scope="row"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]]<ref name="AUS">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2009&date=20091220|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=December 20, 2009|title=Australia Singles Top 50|accessdate=December 24, 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Ultratop 50|Belgian Singles Chart]] (Flanders)<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[Ultratop 50|Belgian Singles Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
!scope="row"|Brazil [[Billboard Brasil|''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay]]<ref>{{cite journal|date=April 1, 2010|title=Brazil Hot 100 Airplay|journal=Billboard Brazil|location=Brazil|volume=79|issue=2|language=Portuguese}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
!scope="row"|[[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems|Bulgarian Airplay Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bamp-bg.org/en/2009-07-08-09-48-53/nmc-charts/198-week05-0102-07022010.html|title=Week05 – Bulgarian Airplay Top 5|date=February 7, 2010|work=Bulgarian Association of Music Producers|publisher=[[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems]]|accessdate=March 2, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725035612/http://www.bamp-bg.org/en/2009-07-08-09-48-53/nmc-charts/198-week05-0102-07022010.html|archivedate=July 25, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]<ref name="CAN peak"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Rádio Top 100 Oficiální|Czech Airplay Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=147423&sec=3a6b6c60659ccbee42c8f78b16277dc1|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiální – Lady Gaga Bad Romance – Czech Republic|work=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|publisher=IFPIcr.cz|accessdate=February 21, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Tracklisten|Danish Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Dutch Top 40]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=3&jaar=2010&maand=1&pos=10|title=Nederlandse top 40|date=January 16, 2010|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse top 40|accessdate=December 14, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
!scope="row"|[[European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref name="european">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/european-hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-23|title=European Hot 100: Week Ending January 23, 2010|date=January 23, 2010|work=Billboard|accessdate=January 27, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111011530/http://www.billboard.com/charts/european-hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-23#/web/20101111011530/http://www.billboard.com/charts/european-hot-100?chartDate=2010-01-23|archivedate=October 2, 2014}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[YLE|Finnish Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|French Singles Chart]]<ref name="Chartsinfrance1">{{cite web |title=Tops : Black Eyes Peas et Lady GaGa n°1 |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Lady-GaGa/news-69342.html |publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]. Chartsinfrance |accessdate=January 26, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Media Control Charts|German Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Lady+Gaga/Bad+Romance/single|title=Chartverfolgong > Lady Gaga > Bad Romance|work=[[Media Control Charts]]|publisher=Musicline.de|accessdate=December 14, 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Mahasz|Hungarian Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=kislemez&ev=2010&het=5&submit_=Keres%E9s|title=Hungarian Singles Chart|work=[[Mahasz]]|publisher=Mahasz.hu|accessdate=February 7, 2010|date=December 14, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]<ref name="iretop">{{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2009&year=2009&week=50|title=Ireland Singles Top 50|date=December 10, 2009|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|accessdate=November 19, 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
! scope="row"|[[Media Forest|Israeli Airplay Chart]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Media Forest: Airplay chart | url=http://www.mediaforest.biz/WeeklyCharts/HistoryWeeklyCharts.aspx?year=2009&week=50|publisher=mediaforest.biz}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|Italian Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Japan Hot 100]]<ref name="japanhot100">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-12-05/japan-hot-100 |title=Japan Hot 100: Dec 5, 2009|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 2, 2014 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
!scope="row"|[[Monitor Latino|Mexico Top Inglés Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=458027|title=Lady Gaga, en la cima del Monitor Latino en inglés con ''Bad romance''|last=Huitrón|first=Lorna|publisher=El Porvenir|language=Spanish|date=December 31, 2010|accessdate=June 1, 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref name="rianz">{{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp|title=Chart #1699: New Zealand Top 40|date=December 21, 2009|accessdate=December 22, 2009|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"| [[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry|Polish Dance Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpav.pl/rankingi/listy/dyskoteki/index.php?idlisty=27 |title=Polish Dance Chart ZPAV: April 1–15, 2010|accessdate=August 4, 2011|publisher=[[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry]]|language=Polish}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|[[Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna|Slovak Airplay Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=145892&sec=9e82ffa7945b25b8ad8b6844d03abf92|title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna – Lady Gaga Bad Romance – Slovak Republic|date=November 5, 2009|work=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|publisher=IFPIcr.cz|accessdate=November 10, 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]<ref name="hung"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
!scope="row"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="uk"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="hot100"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady gaga|chart=Adult Contemporary}}|title=Billboard – Lady Gaga – Adult Contemporary|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Adult Top 40|Adult Pop Songs]]<ref name="US Charts">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady gaga|chart=all}}|title=Chart Highlights: Pop, Rock, Jazz Songs & More|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielson |accessdate=March 25, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Hot Dance Club Songs]]<ref name="top40"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Hot Latin Songs]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lady gaga|chart=Latin Songs C}}|title=Billboard – Lady Gaga – Hot Latin Songs|work=Billboard|accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|Pop Songs]]<ref name="top40"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}


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=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2009)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Singles Chart<ref name="AUSendofyear">{{cite web|url=http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2009.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2009|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=January 9, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2009|title=Jaaroverzichten 2009 (Flanders)|language=Dutch|publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien |year=2009|accessdate=July 28, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|86
|-
!scope="row"|Danish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hitlisterne.dk%2Fyearlist.asp%3Flist%3Ddownload+50&date=2010-12-31|title=Denmark Year-end Singles for 2009|publisher=Tracklisten|accessdate=April 19, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|42
|-
!scope="row"|Irish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/best2009.htm|title=Best of 2009 – Ireland|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|accessdate=July 13, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=47 |title=Classifiche annuali dei cd, dvd, compilation più venduti e digital download più scaricati online nel 2009 |language=Italian |publisher=[[Federation of the Italian Music Industry]] |date=January 19, 2010 |accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|-
!scope="row"|[[New Zealand Top 50 Singles of 2009|New Zealand Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp?chartYear=2009&chartKind=S |title=Annual Top 50 Singles Chart 2009 |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand]] |year=2009 |accessdate=December 5, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|29
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hitlistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20090001&newi=0&height=420&platform=Win32&browser=MSIE&navi=no&subframe=Mainframe |title=Årslista Singlar – År 2009 |publisher=[[Swedish Recording Industry Association]] |accessdate=October 9, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 UK Official Singles Chart |work=[[Charts Plus]]|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf|accessdate=December 20, 2009|format=PDF}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart (2010)
!scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Singles Chart<ref name="AUSendofyear2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2010.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2010|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=January 8, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://austriancharts.at/2010_single.asp |title=Jahreshitparade 2010 |language=German |publisher=austriancharts.at |accessdate=December 30, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|9
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!scope="row"|Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2010|title=Jaaroverzichten 2010 (Flanders) |publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien|language=Dutch |accessdate=December 26, 2010}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2010 |title=Ultratop Belgian Charts |publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien|language=French |accessdate=December 26, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|10
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!scope="row"|Canadian Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/canadian-hot-100 |accessdate=December 9, 2010|title=2010 Year-End Canadian Hot 100 Songs |work=Billboard}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
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!scope="row"|Danish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=Track 2010 Top-50 |work=[[Tracklisten]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Music Control]] |language=Danish |year=2010 |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist.asp?list=download%2050 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5vvvrXpbc |archivedate=January 22, 2010}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Dutch Top 40<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/yearchart.asp?cat=s |title=2010 Dutch Year-end chart|publisher=MegaCharts. Hung Medien |language=Dutch |accessdate=December 26, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|57
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!scope="row"|European Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/european-hot-100-singles|date=December 9, 2009|accessdate=December 9, 2010|title=2010 Year-End European Hot 100 Songs |work=Billboard}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|German Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-single-jahrescharts-2010-2010-212/?start=10|title=2010 Year-End German charts|accessdate=January 6, 2011|publisher=Viva.tv. Media Control AG}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|17
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!scope="row"|Hungarian Airplay Chart<ref>{{cite web |title=MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2010|url=http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=eves_osszesitett_listak&id=radios&ev=2010|work=Mahasz |language=hungarian |accessdate=March 10, 2011}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Italian Singles Chart<ref>[http://www.fimi.it/dett_ddmercato.php?id=73 FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Benvenuto!]</ref>
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!scope="row"|Japan Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/japan-hot-100?begin=21&order=position |accessdate=December 9, 2010|title=2010 Year-End Japan Hot 100 Songs |work=Billboard}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|26
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!scope="row"|Romanian Top 100<ref>{{cite web |title=Topul celor mai difuzate piese în România în 2010 |url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/arte/muzica/exclusiv-topul-celor-mai-difuzate-piese-in-romania-in-2010-211604.html |publisher=''[[România Liberă]] |language=Romanian |accessdate=January 21, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
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!scope="row"|Spanish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.promusicae.es/files/listasanuales/canciones/Top%2050%20Canciones%20Anual%20(PUBLICAR)%202010.pdf |title= Promusicae – Año 2010 |publisher=[[Promusicae]] |accessdate=2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
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!scope="row"|Swiss Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2010|title=2010 Year End Swiss Singles Chart|year=2011|accessdate=January 2, 2011|publisher=[[Swiss Music Charts]]}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|13
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!scope="row"|UK Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2010.pdf |title=UK Year-End Charts 2010 |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]. [[ChartsPlus]] |accessdate=June 22, 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|26
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!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-100-songs |accessdate=December 9, 2010|title=2010 Year-End ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Songs |work=Billboard}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
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!scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-adult-contemporary-songs?begin=41&order=position# |accessdate=December 9, 2010|title=2010 Year-End ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Songs |work=Billboard}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|48
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!scope="row"|US Hot Dance Club Songs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/dance-club-songs?year=2010 |accessdate=December 9, 2010|title=2010 Year-End Hot Dance Club Songs |work=Billboard}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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!scope="row"|US Pop Songs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-pop-songs |accessdate=December 9, 2010|title=2010 Year-End Pop Songs |work=Billboard}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|}
{{col-end}}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Australia|certyear=2011|award=Platinum|number=4|autocat=true|refname=ariacertification|accessdate=May 2, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Belgium|certyear=2011|award=Gold|relyear=2009|autocat=true|certyear=2009|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|digital=true|type=single|region=Canada|certyear=2011|award=Platinum|number=7|autocat=true|refname="criaseven"|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Denmark|relyear=2009|autocat=true|award=Platinum|certyear=2010|id=11|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=France|certyear=2010|award=Platinum|autocat=true|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Germany|relyear=2009|award=Platinum|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Italy|relyear=2009|award=Platinum|number=2|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Japan|relyear=2009|award=Platinum|certyear=2011|certmonth=02|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=New Zealand|certyear=2010|award=Platinum|number=2|recent=website|id=1703|accessdate=December 12, 2010}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Russia|certyear=2011|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/articles/2011/02/05/chart/|title=Lenta.ru: Музыка: Имеющие уши|publisher=[[Lenta.ru]]|language=Russian|accessdate=February 5, 2011}}</ref>|relyear=2009|relmonth=10|salesamount=50,000}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Spain|certyear=2011|award=Platinum|number=2|accessdate=May 9, 2013|relyear=2009|certyear=2010|certmonth=51}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Sweden|certyear=2011|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2009|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=Switzerland|certyear=2010|award=Platinum|relyear=2009|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|digital=true|region=United Kingdom|certyear=2011|award=Platinum|refname="bpi"|salesamount=1,030,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/quiz-who-sold-more__11079/|title=Quiz: Who sold more?|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=October 24, 2015|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=October 24, 2015}}</ref>|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|autocat=true|artist=Lady Gaga|title=Bad Romance|type=single|region=United States|certyear=2013|award= Platinum|number=11|refname="riaa"|digital=true|salesamount=5,570,000|salesref=<ref name="UStotal"/>{{sup|{{Dagger}}}}|accessdate=April 5, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

{{small|{{sup|{{Dagger}}}} Since May 9, 2013, RIAA certifications for digital singles include on-demand audio and/or video song streams in addition to downloads, resulting in the 11× Platinum certification for the track.<ref name="riaaupdate">{{cite news|url=http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?content_selector=riaa-news-gold-and-platinum&news_month_filter=5&news_year_filter=2013&id=C19496E7-CEC0-C453-D8A1-BD80E56E610F |title=RIAA Adds Digital Streams To Historic Gold & Platinum Awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|date=May 9, 2013|accessdate=May 9, 2013}}</ref>}}

== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Region
!scope="col"| Date
!scope="col"| Format
|-
!scope="row"|France<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/bad-romance-single/id336771537|title=Lady Gaga 'Bad Romance' Digital Downloadpublisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|October 23, 2009
|rowspan="9"|[[Music download|Digital download]]
|-
!scope="row"|Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ie.7digital.com/artist/lady-gaga/release/bad-romance|title=Bad Romance by Lady GaGa|publisher=7digital|accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.7digital.com/artist/lady-gaga/release/bad-romance|title=Bad Romance by Lady GaGa|publisher=7digital|accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
||October 25, 2009
|-
!scope="row"|United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-romance/id336388428?i=336388462&v0=WWW-NAUS-ITUHOME-TOPMUSIC&ign-mpt=uo%3D2|title=Bad Romance US Release|accessdate=December 19, 2009|publisher=iTunes Store}}</ref>
||October 26, 2009
|-
!scope="row"|Finland<ref name="Bad Romance by Lady GaGa">{{cite web|url=http://fi.7digital.com/artist/lady-gaga/release/bad-romance|title=Bad Romance by Lady GaGa|publisher=7digital|accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
|rowspan="5"|October 27, 2009
|-
!scope="row"|Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=http://de.7digital.com/artist/lady-gaga/release/bad-romance|title=Bad Romance von Lady GaGa|publisher=7digital|language=German|accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Norway<ref>{{cite web|url=http://no.7digital.com/artist/lady-gaga/release/bad-romance|title=Bad Romance by Lady GaGa|publisher=7digital|accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Spain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://es.7digital.com/artist/lady-gaga/release/bad-romance|title=Bad Romance by Lady GaGa|publisher=7digital|language=Spanish|accessdate=August 24, 2013}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden<ref name="Bad Romance by Lady GaGa"/>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=296435|title=Bad Romance UK release|date=October 25, 2009|accessdate=February 20, 2010|publisher=HMV Group}}</ref>
|November 23, 2009
|rowspan="2"|[[Compact Disc single|CD single]]
|-
!scope="row"|Australia<ref name="ausphysical">{{cite news|url=http://www.cdwow.ie/home/lady-gaga-bad-romance-7-inch-picture-disc-vinyl/dp/6432015|title=Lady Gaga Bad Romance CD Single|publisher=The Music Shop|accessdate=December 5, 2009}}</ref>
|November 27, 2009
|-
!scope="row" |United States<ref name="Remixes Digital and CD single">{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/releases/detail.aspx?pid=2476&aid=599|title=Bad Romance – The Remixes|accessdate=March 5, 2010|publisher=Interscope Records}}</ref>
|December 22, 2009
|The Remixes – Digital download
|-
!scope="row"| United States<ref name="Remixes Digital and CD single"/><ref name="US The Remix CD single">{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00316DE0S|title=Bad Romance – CD Single – The Remixes|accessdate=January 12, 2010|publisher=Amazon.com}}</ref>
|January 12, 2010
|The Remixes – CD single
|-
!scope="row"|France<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musique.fnac.com/a2798015/Lady-Gaga-Bad-romance-CD-single?Fr=0&To=0&Nu=1&from=1&Mn=-1&Ra=-28|title=Lady Gaga 'Bad Romance' CD Single|publisher=Musique. FNAC.com|accessdate=February 22, 2010}}</ref>
|January 18, 2010
|CD single
|-
!scope="row"|United States<ref name="The Remixes Part 2"/>
|February 9, 2010
|The Remixes Part 2 – Digital download
|}

== See also ==
{{div col}}
*[[List of best-selling singles]]
*[[List of best-selling singles in the United States]]
*[[List of number-one hits of 2009 (Austria)]]
*[[List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2009 (Canada)]]
*[[List of number-one hits in Denmark#2009|List of number-one hits in Denmark]]
*[[List of number-one singles (Sweden)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 2009 (Finland)|List of number-one singles of 2009]] and [[List of number-one singles of 2010 (Finland)|2010 (Finland)]]
*[[List of number-one hits of 2009 (Italy)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 2009 (Ireland)|List of number-one singles of 2009]] and [[List of number-one singles of 2010 (Ireland)|2010 (Ireland)]]
*[[List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)#2009|List of number-one singles of 2009]] and [[List of number-one singles from the 2010s (UK)|2010 (UK)]]
*[[List of European number-one hits of 2010]]
*[[List of number-one hits of 2010 (France)]]
*[[List of number-one hits of 2010 (Germany)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 2010 (Hungary)]]
*[[List of number-one singles (Romania)#2010|List of number-one singles (Romania)]]
*[[List of number-one dance singles of 2009 (U.S.)]]
* [[List of number-one dance singles of 2010 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of number-one dance airplay hits of 2010 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of Mainstream Top 40 number-one hits of 2010 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 2010 (Spain)]]
{{div col end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.interscope.com/artist/player/default.aspx?meid=5404&aid=599&fp=qt&utm_source=Quicktime&utm_medium=Gaga_BadRomance&utm_campaign=UMGD Lady Gaga : Video : Bad Romance] [[Interscope Records]]
* {{MetroLyrics song|lady-gaga|bad-romance}}

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The Calusari

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{{Infobox television episode
| Title = The Calusari
| Series = [[The X-Files]]
| Season = [[The X-Files (season 2)|2]]
| Episode = 21
| Airdate = April 14, 1995
| Production = 2X21
| Writer = Sara Charno
| Director = [[Mike Vejar]]
| Length = 44 minutes
| Guests =
*Joel Palmer as Charlie/Michael Holvey
*[[Lilyan Chauvin]] as Golda
*[[Helene Clarkson]] as Maggie Holvey
*Ric Reid as Steve Holvey
*Oliver and Jeremy Isaac Wildsmith as Teddy Holvey
*[[Christine Willes]] as Karen Kosseff
*[[Bill Dow]] as Charles Burk
*[[Kay E. Kuter]] as Head Calusari
*Jacqueline Dandeneau as Nurse Castor
*Bill Croft as Calusari No. 2
*Campbell Lane as Calusari No. 3
*George Josef as Calusari No. 4<ref name=plot/>
| Prev = [[Humbug (The X-Files)|Humbug]]
| Next = [[F. Emasculata]]
| Episode list = [[List of The X-Files episodes|List of ''The X-Files'' episodes]]
}}

"'''The Calusari'''" is the twenty-first episode of the [[The X-Files (season 2)|second season]] of the American [[ science fiction on television|science fiction]] television series ''[[The X-Files]]''. It originally aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network on April 14, 1995. It was written by Sara B. Charno and directed by [[Michael Vejar]]. "The Calusari" is a [[List of Monster-of-the-Week characters in The X-Files|"Monster-of-the-Week"]] story, unconnected to the series' wider [[Mythology of The X-Files|mythology]], or fictional history. It earned a [[Nielsen rating|Nielsen household rating]] of 8.3, being watched by 7.9 million households in its initial broadcast. Due to perceived inconsistencies in the plot, "The Calusari" received mixed reviews from television critics.

The show centers on [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] special agents [[Fox Mulder]] ([[David Duchovny]]) and [[Dana Scully]] ([[Gillian Anderson]]) who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called [[X-File]]s. In this episode, a photograph taken just before the death of a two-year-old boy yields evidence of some supernatural intervention which piques Mulder and Scully's curiosity. When another death in the family occurs, the grandmother of the remaining child requests the aid of some Romanian ritualists, named the [[Căluşari|Calusari]], in order to cleanse the home of evil.

The script for "The Calusari" was inspired by Charno's experience as a doctor of [[Eastern medicine]]. The inspiration for the entry came from an idea series creator [[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Chris Carter]] had involving someone getting hanged with a garage-door opener. Because "The Calusari" was heavy in terms of violence, Fox's standards and practices department took issues with several scenes. In addition, Carter re-cut the episode after it was completed in order to make it scarier.

== Plot ==

In Murray, [[Virginia]], the Holvey family visits a local [[amusement park]]. When the youngest child, Teddy, lets his balloon fly away, his father, Steve, gives him the balloon that belongs to his older brother, Charlie (Joel Palmer). When the boys' mother, Maggie ([[Helene Clarkson]]), is in the bathroom, the strap in Teddy's [[stroller]] comes undone. Teddy follows the balloon floating under its own power out of the restroom and onto the tracks of the park's tour train, leading to him getting killed by the train. Charlie is the only member of the Holvey family not to grieve Teddy's death at the scene.

Three months later, [[Fox Mulder]] ([[David Duchovny]]) shows [[Dana Scully]] ([[Gillian Anderson]]) a photo taken moments before Teddy's death, showing that the balloon moved horizontally against the wind. [[List_of_minor_The_X-Files_characters#Dr._Charles_.28Chuck.29_Burks|Chuck Burks]] ([[Bill Dow]]), a digital photo expert, uses software to uncover evidence of [[electromagnetism|electromagnetic]] disturbances in the shape of a child, holding the balloon. During a visit by the agents, the Holveys adamantly dispute Mulder's theory that Teddy was led onto the tracks. Scully sees Golda ([[Lilyan Chauvin]]), Maggie's elderly [[Romania|Romanian]] mother, drawing a [[swastika]] on Charlie’s hand. Scully theorizes that the Holvey children may be victims of [[Munchausen by proxy]], perpetrated by their grandmother. At a meeting with Steve Holvey, he explains that Golda was against his marriage to Maggie, and that strange things began to happen when Teddy was born and Golda came to live with the family. Steve hints that Golda might be hurting Charlie, leading Scully to suggest that they visit a [[social worker]] named Karen Kosseff ([[Christine Willes]]). While preparing to take Charlie to a session with Kosseff, Steve's tie is caught in the seemingly-malfunctioning garage door, strangling and hanging him. Charlie, having been mysteriously locked in the car, starts crying over his father's death.

Investigating Steve's death, the police find evidence of the ritualistic sacrifices in Golda's room. Mulder finds a film of fine dust in the garage, which Chuck identifies it as [[vibhuti]], a residual sign of spiritual energy. Golda and three elderly [[Căluşari]] mystics conduct a ritual in her room. Meanwhile, during Charlie's appointment with Kosseff, the child goes into convulsions. Kosseff and Maggie see smoke coming from under Golda's door, coming across their ritual. Maggie is horrified, and forces the old men to leave the house. However, Golda grabs Charlie and pulls him into her room in an attempt to complete the ritual. However, Charlie quickly gains the upper hand and brings a pair of dead [[chicken]]s back to life and makes them kill her.

When Kosseff asks Charlie about the incident, he insists that he was not in his grandmother's room, and that it was a boy named Michael. Maggie is terrified at the claim, explaining to the agents that Michael was Charlie’s [[Stillbirth|stillborn]] twin, about whom she and Steve agreed to never tell Charlie. Maggie also explains that Golda had told the parents that a ritual should be performed to separate the spirits of the twins, but Steve refused. Charlie has another seizure and is hospitalized. Michael knocks out the nurse and afterward convinces Maggie, by pretending to be Charlie, to take him home. Scully sees them leaving, and checks on Charlie. They find the nurse and Charlie still in the hospital room. Mulder, now convinced that Michael's spirit is behind the killings, sends Scully to the Holvey residence to stop him.

Maggie tries to complete her mother's ritual, but Michael tries to intervene. Back at the hospital, Mulder joins the Căluşari as they perform an [[exorcism]] on Charlie. As Mulder helps with the ritual, Scully arrives at the Holvey house, and finds Maggie being attacked by Michael. Scully is tossed across the room by an unseen force. Just as Michael is about to stab Scully, the exorcism ends, and Michael's spirit disappears, sparing both Scully and Maggie's lives.<ref name=plot>Lowry, pp. 213–215</ref> Maggie returns to the hospital and is reunited with Charlie. Before the agents leave, the head elder of the Căluşari says it's over for the time being and cautiously forewarns Mulder that "it knows you."

==Production==
[[File:Indian Swastika.svg|thumb|right|150px|Golda draws a left-facing [[swastika]] on Charlie's hand, a protective symbol in many Eastern religions.]]
The episode was written by Sara Charno and directed by [[Mike Vejar]].<ref name="DVD"/> Before becoming a writer, Charno had been a doctor of [[Eastern medicine]]. According to writer [[Frank Spotnitz]], her "esoteric knowledge that none of the rest of [the writers] had about all kinds of things" was put to use in the script for "The Calusari".<ref name=bb/> The episode was based largely on an idea that series creator [[Chris Carter (screenwriter)|Chris Carter]] had; his thought revolved around a "garage-door opener hanging".<ref name=prodinfo/> When Charlie stands over his grandmother and begins speaking in Romanian, he utters the words "You are too late to stop us."<ref name=prodinfo/> [[Christine Willes]], who plays the part of Agent Kosseff, reprises her role; she originally appeared in the earlier episode "[[Irresistible (The X-Files)|Irresistible]]".<ref name=prodinfo/>

During production of the episode, the producers "agonized" over the teaser—due to the fact that it featured the death of a small child—as well as the darkness of the entire episode. Fox's standards and practices department took issues with Steve's strangulation scene; in the end, the sequence was left in the episode, but Steve's face was obscured to "soften the impact".<ref name=prodinfo>Lowry, p. 215</ref> Although the episode's filming went along smoothly, the final cut "didn't pass muster".<ref name=bb/> Spotnitz explained that Carter "spent a lot of time in the editing room trying to figure out how to make this more terrifying."<ref name=bb/> Spotnitz later noted that Carter's dedication impacted his work ethic and proved that something could be so "much better […] if you didn't give up."<ref name=bb>Hurwitz and Knowles, p. 63</ref>

== Broadcast and reception ==

"The Calusari" originally aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] network on April 14, 1995, and was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on [[BBC One]] on February 6, 1996.<ref name="DVD">{{cite DVD notes |title=The X-Files: The Complete Second Season |titlelink=The X-Files (season 2) |origyear=1994–95 |others=[[David Nutter]], et al |type=booklet |publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]}}</ref> The episode earned a [[Nielsen rating|Nielsen household rating]] of 8.3 with an 16 share, meaning that roughly 8.3 percent of all television-equipped households, and 16 percent of households watching TV, were tuned in to the episode.<ref name="comp"/> A total of 7.9 million households watched this episode during its original airing.<ref name="comp">Lowry, p. 248</ref> "The Calusari" is the only episode of the series to have received an explicit rating of "18" in the United Kingdom by the [[BBFC]] for "occasional strong horror" and themes involving "demonic possession".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/8D701FE5C5F6B7ED8025660B00302B30?OpenDocument| title=The X Files – The Calusari rated 18 by the BBFC| publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]| accessdate=19 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Search << British Board of Film Classification|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/search/?searchwhere=db&q=x+files|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|accessdate=24 July 2012}}</ref>

"The Calusari" received mixed reviews, with critics citing inconsistencies in the plot as the main detractions. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the episode a "B–" rating, calling it "an ''[[The Exorcist (film)|Exorcist]]''/''[[The Omen|Omen]]'' rip-off, but a classy one".<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295179_4,00.html|title=X Cyclopedia: The Ultimate Episode Guide, Season 2|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.|Time Inc]]|date=29 November 1996|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> Todd VanDerWerff of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave it a "C+", writing that it was "an episode with a lot of great and spooky moments", but "a messy, chaotic story that could have been much better developed, and too many things that happen [...] just because the writers thought it would be cool if they happened".<ref name=av/> However, while he was "not sure everything hangs together" and he wished for more backstory, VanDerWerff did praise some "really great moments", particularly the opening teaser.<ref name=av>{{cite web|first=Todd|last=VanDerrWerff|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/dd-kalmhumbugthe-calusari,42292/|title='Død Kalm'/'Humbug'/'The Calusari'|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[The Onion]]|date=20 June 2010|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> John Keegan from Critical Myth, while calling the episode "a mixed bag", awarded it a 7 out of 10.<ref name=crit/> He praised the entry's "fascinating implications [about] the mythology hidden within the events depicted", and noted that it was "well directed and acted".<ref name=crit/> Despite this, he was more critical of the episode's plot and wrote that there were "clear logical flaws [...] and the subject matter can be disturbing. This is an episode that falls heavily to subjective interpretation."<ref name=crit>{{cite web|last=Keegan|first=John|title=The Calusari|url=http://www.entil2001.com/series/x-files/reviews/season2/2-21.html|publisher=Critical Myth|accessdate=23 July 2012}}</ref> [[Robert Shearman]] and [[Lars Pearson]], in their book ''Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen'', gave the episode a largely negative review and rated it one-and-a-half stars out of five. The two called it a "pale retread of ''The Exorcist''" and noted that many of the episode's elements, like the chicken-sacrificing grandmother and the Calusari members, were "tremendously crass".<ref name=shear/> Shearman and Pearson, however, did enjoy the episode's dialogue, praising one scene in particular where the spirit of Michael torments his mother by asking to be taken to the amusement park and ride the train that killed his younger brother. Regardless, however, the duo concluded that "there's something stale and pointless at [the episode's] heart."<ref name=shear>Shearman and Pearson, pp. 50–51</ref>

== References ==
;Footnotes
{{reflist|2}}
;Bibliography
*{{cite book | author = Hurwitz, Matt and Knowles, Chris | title = The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series the Myths and the Movies | location = New York, US | publisher = Insight Editions | year = 2008 | isbn = 1933784725 }}
*{{Cite book |title=The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files |first=Brian |last=Lowry |publisher=Harper Prism |year=1995 |isbn=0061053309 }}
*{{cite book | year=2009 | first1=Robert |last1=Shearman |first2=Lars |last2=Pearson | title=Wanting to Believe: A Critical Guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen|publisher=Mad Norwegian Press|isbn=097594469X}}

== External links ==
{{wikiquote|The_X-Files|TXF Season 2}}
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20010413100917/http://www.thexfiles.com/episodes/season2/2x21.html "The Calusari"] on TheXFiles.com
* {{imdb episode|0751222}}
* {{tv.com episode|the-xfiles/the-calusari-535}}

{{TXF episodes|2}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calusari, The}}
[[Category:1995 television episodes]]
[[Category:The X-Files (season 2) episodes]]
[[Category:Exorcism in fiction]]

Natural Born Chaos

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{{Infobox album 
| 
Name = Natural Born Chaos
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Soilwork]]
| Cover = Natural BornChaoscuver.jpg
| Released = 25 March 2002
| Recorded = October 2001 - February 2002 ([[Studio Fredman]])
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[alternative metal]]
| Length = 41:57
| Label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
| Producer = [[Devin Townsend]] & [[Fredrik Nordström]] (Co-Produced)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soilwork.org/discography.php?subaction=showfull&id=1281232391&archive=&start_from=&ucat=12& |title=The Official Soilwork website |publisher=www.soilwork.org |date= |accessdate=2012-03-03}}</ref>
| Last album = ''[[A Predator's Portrait]]'' (2001)
| This album = '''''Natural Born Chaos''''' (2002)
| Next album = ''[[Figure Number Five]]'' (2003)
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r582876|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
}}

'''''Natural Born Chaos''''' is the fourth full-length [[studio album]] released by the [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[melodic death metal]] band [[Soilwork]].

The album comes in a limited vinyl version and features two lps with this album and ''[[Figure Number Five]]'' in white and the other black. The album was voted the number one album by BW and BK magazine in 2002. A video was also made for "As We Speak".

This is the first album with current keyboardist Sven Karlsson.

This is also the first release from the band to include elements, such as [[alternative metal]], a style that would become more evident in the band's following release, ''[[Figure Number Five]]''.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| lyrics_credits = yes
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Follow the Hollow
| lyrics1 = [[Björn Strid]]
| music1 = [[Peter Wichers]]
| length1 = 4:02
| title2 = As We Speak
| lyrics2 = Strid
| music2 = Wichers
| length2 = 3:43
| title3 = The Flameout
| lyrics3 = Strid
| music3 = Frenning, Wichers, Henry Ranta
| length3 = 4:18
| title4 = Natural Born Chaos
| lyrics4 = Strid
| music4 = Wichers
| length4 = 4:08
| title5 = Mindfields
| lyrics5 = Strid
| music5 = Frenning
| length5 = 3:29
| title6 = The Bringer
| lyrics6 = Strid
| music6 = Wichers
| length6 = 4:43
| title7 = Black Star Deceiver
| lyrics7 = Strid
| music7 = Wichers
| length7 = 4:42
| title8 = Mercury Shadow
| lyrics8 = Strid
| music8 = Wichers
| length8 = 3:49
| title9 = No More Angels
| lyrics9 = Strid
| music9 = Frenning
| length9 = 4:01
| title10 = Soilworker's Song of the Damned
| lyrics10 = Strid, Broman
| music10 = Karlsson, Wichers
| length10 = 5:02
| title11 = Kvicksilver (Mercury Shadow - Swedish Version)
| lyrics11 = Strid
| music11 = Wichers
| note11 = Bonus
| length11 = 3:48
}}

==Personnel==
===Soilwork===
* [[Björn Strid|Björn "Speed" Strid]] − [[vocals]]
* [[Peter Wichers]] − [[Electric guitar|guitar]]
* Ola Frenning − guitar
* Ola Flink − [[Bass guitar|bass]]
* Sven Karlsson − [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]]
* Henry Ranta − [[drums]]

===Guests===
* [[Mattias Eklundh]] − [[guitar solo]] on "No More Angels"
* [[Devin Townsend]] − co-vocals on "Black Star Deceiver" and "Soilworker's Song of the Damned"

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{soilwork}}

[[Category:Soilwork albums]]
[[Category:Nuclear Blast albums]]
[[Category:2002 albums]]

Through Our Darkest Days

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Through Our Darkest Days|
| Type = studio|
| Artist = [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]]|
| Cover =Through Our Darkest Days (Mercenary album).jpg|
| Alt =|
| Released = [[Europe]] July 26, 2013 [[United States|U.S.]] July 30, 2013|
| Recorded =Hansen Studios, [[Denmark]]|<ref>http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/mercenary-lyric-video-for-through-our-darkest-days-title-track/</ref>
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[Power metal]]
| Length = 48:10|
| Label = Europe [[NoiseArt Records]] U.S. [[Prosthetic Records]]|
| Producer = Jacob Hansen|
| Last album = ''[[Metamorphosis (Mercenary album)|Metamorphosis]]'' (2011)
| This album = '''''Through Our Darkest Days''''' (2013)
| Next album =
}}
'''''Through Our Darkest Days''''' is the seventh studio album by the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[melodic death metal]] band [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]]. The album features the band's newest drummer Peter Mathiesen who joined the band as a regular member in 2012 after performing more than 50 shows with them.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=76758 |title=Mercenary Writing New Material - in Metal News |publisher=Metal Underground.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-03}}</ref> For the first time the cover artwork was done by Mircea Gabriel Eftemie the guitarist of the [[Denmark|Danish]] [[heavy metal music|metal]] band [[Mnemic]]. René comments: “The cover artwork portraits a dark atmosphere, symbolizing the darkness that surrounds us everyday. But in darkness there is always a light, which in this case is symbolized by a burning candle, and the figure that holds its eyes in its hands, showing a piece of the world as seen through our eyes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercenary.dk/Biography |title=Mercenary |publisher=Mercenary.dk |date= |accessdate=2014-01-03}}</ref>

Many of the fans say that it's a solid album which reminds them of ''[[The Hours that Remain]]'' album after being disappointed with the band because of ''[[Metamorphosis (Mercenary album)|Metamorphosis]]''. One of the reviews on [[Sputnikmusic]] comments that "Mercenary successfully steered back in the right path, away from the vicious Metamorphosis they have gone through."<ref>http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/59398/Mercenary-Through-Our-Darkest-Days/</ref>

==Tracklist==
All composed by [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]].
# "A New Dawn" - 5:15
# "Welcome The Sickness" - 5:18
# "Through Our Darkest Days" - 4:39
# "Dreamstate Machine" - 5:34
# "A Moment Of Clarity" - 5:02
# "Beyond This Night" - 5:45
# "Starving Eyes" - 5:14
# "Generation Hate" - 4:50
# "Forever The Unknown" - 6:31<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/through-our-darkest-days-mw0002548257 |title=Through Our Darkest Days - Mercenary | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2013-07-26 |accessdate=2014-01-03}}</ref>
# "Holding On To Serenity" (Bonus Track) - 5:06

==Credits==

===Band Members===
*René Pedersen – [[vocals]], [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Jakob Mølbjerg – [[guitar]]
*Martin Buus – [[lead guitar]]
*Peter Mathiesen – [[Drum kit|drums]]

===Additional Credits===
*Jakob Hansen - [[Producer (music)|producer]]
*Mircea Gabriel Eftemie - [[Album cover|cover artwork]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Mercenary}}

[[Category:2013 albums]]
[[Category:Mercenary (band) albums]]

Trapped! (album)

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{{Infobox album| 
Name = Trapped!|
Type = [[Album]] |
Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] |
Cover = Rage trapped.jpg |
Released = May 21, 1992 |
Recorded = Narhavaci Studio, [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] Powerplay Studio, [[Berlin]], [[Germany]] February-March 1992 |
Genre = [[Power metal]], [[speed metal]]|
Length = 65:20 |
Label = [[Noise Records|Noise]] |
Producer = Sven Conquest, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]] |
Last album = ''[[Extended Power]]'' (1991) |
This album = '''''Trapped!''''' (1992) |
Next album = ''[[The Missing Link (Rage album)|The Missing Link'']] (1993) |
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref> {{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/trapped-r316786/review | title = Rage Trapped! review | accessdate = 2011-09-13 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Trapped!''''' is the sixth studio album by the German [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]. The album was remastered by [[Noise Records|Noise]]/[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]] in 2002 with five bonus tracks, two of them are from the EP ''[[Beyond the Wall]]''.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Trapped%21/2475 | title = Rage - Trapped! | accessdate = 2011-09-13 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "Shame on You" ''([[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]], [[Manni Schmidt]])'' - 4:50
# "Solitary Man" ''(Wagner, Schmidt)'' - 3:38
# "Enough Is Enough" ''(Wagner, Schmidt)'' - 6:44
# "Medicine" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:44
# "Questions" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:56
# "Take Me to the Water" ''(Wagner)'' - 6:01
# "Power and Greed" ''(Wagner, Schmidt)'' - 4:26
# "The Body Talks" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:35
# "Not Forever" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:37
# "[[Beyond the Wall of Sleep (song)|Beyond the Wall of Sleep]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:04
# "Baby, I'm Your Nightmare" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:23
# "Difference" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:57

;Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
#<li value="13"> "[[Fast as a Shark]]" ''([[Wolf Hoffmann]], [[Udo Dirkschneider]], [[Stefan Kaufmann (musician)|Stefan Kaufmann]], [[Peter Baltes]])'' - 3:03 ([[Accept (band)|Accept]] cover)
# "Innocent Guilty" ''(Wagner)'' - 2:50
# "Marching Heroes - The Wooden Cross" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:14
# "Bury All Life" ''(Wagner, Schmidt, Chris Ephthimiadis)'' - 5:33
# "I Want You" ''(Wagner, Schmidt, Ephthimiadis)'' - 3:40
# "Questions" (demo version) ''(Wagner)'' - 4:37

==Personnel==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, co-producer
*[[Manni Schmidt]] - guitars
*Chris Efthimiadis - drums

;Production
*Sven Conquest - producer, engineer, strings arrangements
*Ralf Krause - engineer, mixing
*Tom Morris - mixing
*Mike Fuller - mastering
*Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trapped (Rage Album)}}
[[Category:Rage (band) albums]]
[[Category:1992 albums]]
[[Category:Noise Records albums]]

Reflections of a Shadow

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Reflections of a Shadow
| Type = [[Studio album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage-Reflections Of A Shadow.jpg
| Released = 4 December 1990
| Recorded = Sky Trak Studios, [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], July-September 1990
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[power metal]], [[hard rock]]
| Length = 56:20
| Label = [[Noise Records|Noise]]
| Producer = Armin Sabol
| Last album = ''[[Secrets in a Weird World]]'' (1989)
| This album = '''''Reflections of a Shadow''''' (1990)
| Next album = ''[[Extended Power]]'' (1991)
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref> {{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/reflections-of-a-shadow-r16035/review | title = Rage Reflections of a Shadow review | accessdate = 2011-09-12 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Reflections of a Shadow''''' is the fifth full-length album by the German [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]. It was released in 1990. The album was remastered by [[Noise Records|Noise]]/[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]] in 2002 with slightly altered cover art, and five bonus tracks, largely taken from the EP ''[[Extended Power]]''.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/Reflections_of_a_Shadow/2473 | title = Rage - Reflections of a Shadow | accessdate = 2011-09-13 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref>

==Track listing==
# "Introduction (A Bit More of Green)" ''([[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 1:33
# "That's Human Bondage" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:26
# "True Face in Everyone" ''([[Manni Schmidt]], Wagner)'' - 5:12
# "Flowers That Fade in My Hand" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 7:40
# "Reflections of a Shadow" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 3:53
# "Can't Get Out" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:03
# "Waiting for the Moon" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 4:40
# "Saddle the Wind" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:06
# "Dust" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:49
# "Nobody Knows" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 3:50

;Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
#<li value="11"> "Faith" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 5:42
# "Wild Seed" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 5:26
# "Woman" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:47
# "Ashes" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:02
# "Bottlefield" ''(Jochen Schröder, [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 2:37
# "What's Up?" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 3:36
# "Woman (acoustic)" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:44

==Personnel==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - lead and backing vocals, bass, classical guitar
*[[Manni Schmidt]] - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
*Chris Ephthimiadis - drums

;Additional musicians
*Ulli Köllner - keyboards, backing vocals

;Production
*Armin Sabol - producer, mixing
*Sven Conquest - engineer
*Ralf Krause - mixing
*Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

[[Category:1990 albums]]
[[Category:Rage (band) albums]]
[[Category:Noise Records albums]]

{{1990s-metal-album-stub}}

Steelbath Suicide

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{{Infobox album | 
| Name = Steelbath Suicide
| Type = [[Studio album]]
| Artist = [[Soilwork]]
| Cover = Steel Bath Suicide.jpg
| Released = 20 May 1998
| Recorded = 1997, [[Studio Fredman]], [[Sweden]]
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]]
| Length = 36:08
| Label = [[Listenable Records|Listenable]] [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] (2000)
| Producer = [[Fredrik Nordström]] [[Soilwork]]
| Last album =
| This album = '''''Steelbath Suicide''''' (1998)
| Next album = ''[[The Chainheart Machine]]'' (2000)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternative cover
| Type = studio
| Cover = Steelbath Suicide.jpg
| Lower caption = Century Media's alternate release cover (2000)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason Anderson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/steel-bath-suicide-mw0000586925 |title=Steel Bath Suicide - Soilwork | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref>
}}

'''''Steelbath Suicide''''' is the debut full-length [[studio album]] from the [[melodic death metal]] band [[Soilwork]]. The record was released on May 20, 1998 through [[Listenable Records|Listenable]] and [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] labels. The original release has two Japanese [[bonus track]]s, "Disintegrated Skies" and "[[Burn (Deep Purple song)|Burn]]," a [[Deep Purple]] [[Cover version|cover]].<ref>[http://www.soilwork.org/discss.php ]{{dead link|date=March 2015}}</ref> [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] re-released the album in 2000 with different [[Album cover|cover art]] and a live track of "Sadistic Lullabye."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Soilwork-Steelbath-Suicide/release/1412798 |title=Soilwork - Steelbath Suicide (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref>

This album is a firm example of the band's immediate roots in [[Swedish death metal]]. The song "Demon in Veins", is a revised version of "Wake Up Call" off their demo; the lyrics changed are in the chorus.

==Original track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Björn "Speed" Strid]] and [[Peter Wichers]], except for where noted
| title1 = Entering the Angel Diabolique
| length1 = 2:25
| note1 = Instrumental) (Wichers
| title2 = Sadistic Lullabye
| note2 = Strid
| length2 = 2:55
| title3 = My Need
| note3 = Wichers
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Skin After Skin
| note4 = Strid
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Wings of Domain
| length5 = 3:19
| title6 = Steelbath Suicide
| note6 = Strid
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = In a Close Encounter
| note7 = Wichers
| length7 = 2:52
| title8 = Centro de Predominio
| length8 = 2:06
| note8 = Instrumental
| title9 = Razorlives
| note9 = Strid
| length9 = 4:24
| title10 = Demon in Veins
| length10 = 3:43
| title11 = The Aardvark Trail
| length11 = 4:17
}}

===2000 Re-issue bonus track===
{{tracklist
| title12 = Sadistic Lullabye (live)
| length12 = 2:49
}}

===Japanese bonus tracks===
{{tracklist
| title12 = Disintegrated Skies
| note12 = Strid
| length12 = 3:59
| title13 = Burn
| length13 = 5:44
| note13 = [[Deep Purple]] cover
}}

===November 2008 CD Remaster bonus track===
{{tracklist
| title12 = Sadistic Lullabye (live @ Tilburg 99)
| length12 = 3:16
| title13 = The Aardvark Trail (live @ Tilburg 99)
| length13 = 4:56
}}

==Credits==
* [[Björn "Speed" Strid]] – [[Death growl|Vocals]]
* [[Peter Wichers]] – [[Electric guitar|Guitar]]
* Ludvig Svartz – [[Electric guitar|Guitar]]
* Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg – [[Electronic keyboard|Keyboards]], [[Synthesizer]], [[Programming (music)|Programming]]
* Ola Flink – [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
* Jimmy Persson – [[Drum kit|Drums]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! Date
! Version
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Europe]]
| 20 May 1998
| Original
|-
| 2000
| Re-issue
|-
| 2008
| Re-issue
|}

== References ==
<references/>

{{soilwork}}

[[Category:1998 debut albums]]
[[Category:Century Media Records albums]]
[[Category:Soilwork albums]]

Steelbath Suicide

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{{Infobox album | 
| Name = Steelbath Suicide
| Type = [[Studio album]]
| Artist = [[Soilwork]]
| Cover = Steel Bath Suicide.jpg
| Released = 20 May 1998
| Recorded = 1997, [[Studio Fredman]], [[Sweden]]
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]]
| Length = 36:08
| Label = [[Listenable Records|Listenable]] [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] (2000)
| Producer = [[Fredrik Nordström]] [[Soilwork]]
| Last album =
| This album = '''''Steelbath Suicide''''' (1998)
| Next album = ''[[The Chainheart Machine]]'' (2000)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternative cover
| Type = studio
| Cover = Steelbath Suicide.jpg
| Lower caption = Century Media's alternate release cover (2000)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason Anderson |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/steel-bath-suicide-mw0000586925 |title=Steel Bath Suicide - Soilwork | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref>
}}

'''''Steelbath Suicide''''' is the debut full-length [[studio album]] from the [[melodic death metal]] band [[Soilwork]]. The record was released on May 20, 1998 through [[Listenable Records|Listenable]] and [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] labels. The original release has two Japanese [[bonus track]]s, "Disintegrated Skies" and "[[Burn (Deep Purple song)|Burn]]," a [[Deep Purple]] [[Cover version|cover]].<ref>[http://www.soilwork.org/discss.php ]{{dead link|date=March 2015}}</ref> [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] re-released the album in 2000 with different [[Album cover|cover art]] and a live track of "Sadistic Lullabye."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Soilwork-Steelbath-Suicide/release/1412798 |title=Soilwork - Steelbath Suicide (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref>

This album is a firm example of the band's immediate roots in [[Swedish death metal]]. The song "Demon in Veins", is a revised version of "Wake Up Call" off their demo; the lyrics changed are in the chorus.

==Original track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = [[Björn "Speed" Strid]] and [[Peter Wichers]], except for where noted
| title1 = Entering the Angel Diabolique
| length1 = 2:25
| note1 = Instrumental) (Wichers
| title2 = Sadistic Lullabye
| note2 = Strid
| length2 = 2:55
| title3 = My Need
| note3 = Wichers
| length3 = 3:42
| title4 = Skin After Skin
| note4 = Strid
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Wings of Domain
| length5 = 3:19
| title6 = Steelbath Suicide
| note6 = Strid
| length6 = 2:54
| title7 = In a Close Encounter
| note7 = Wichers
| length7 = 2:52
| title8 = Centro de Predominio
| length8 = 2:06
| note8 = Instrumental
| title9 = Razorlives
| note9 = Strid
| length9 = 4:24
| title10 = Demon in Veins
| length10 = 3:43
| title11 = The Aardvark Trail
| length11 = 4:17
}}

===2000 Re-issue bonus track===
{{tracklist
| title12 = Sadistic Lullabye (live)
| length12 = 2:49
}}

===Japanese Re-issue bonus tracks===
{{tracklist
| title13 = Disintegrated Skies
| note13 = Strid
| length13 = 3:59
| title14 = Burn
| length14 = 5:44
| note14 = [[Deep Purple]] cover
}}

===November 2008 CD Remaster bonus track===
{{tracklist
| title12 = Sadistic Lullabye (live @ Tilburg 99)
| length12 = 3:16
| title13 = The Aardvark Trail (live @ Tilburg 99)
| length13 = 4:56
}}

==Credits==
* [[Björn "Speed" Strid]] – [[Death growl|Vocals]]
* [[Peter Wichers]] – [[Electric guitar|Guitar]]
* Ludvig Svartz – [[Electric guitar|Guitar]]
* Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg – [[Electronic keyboard|Keyboards]], [[Synthesizer]], [[Programming (music)|Programming]]
* Ola Flink – [[Bass guitar|Bass]]
* Jimmy Persson – [[Drum kit|Drums]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! Date
! Version
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[Europe]]
| 20 May 1998
| Original
|-
| 2000
| Re-issue
|-
| 2008
| Re-issue
|}

== References ==
<references/>

{{soilwork}}

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[[Category:Century Media Records albums]]
[[Category:Soilwork albums]]

Solution .45

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Solution .45
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Sweden
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsicano|first=Dan|title=Solution .45 - 'For Aeons Past'|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/s/gr/solution45-foraeonspast.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|accessdate=16 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=Allaeons>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=For Aeons Past|url=http://allmusic.com/album/for-aeons-past-r1783763/review|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[alternative metal]],<ref name=Allaeons /><ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=Solution .45|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/solution-45-p2132574/biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=Solution .45|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/sweden/solution+451|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[progressive metal]],<ref name=Allaeons /> [[power metal]]<ref name=Allaeons />
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = AFM
| associated_acts = [[Scar Symmetry]], [[Miseration]], [[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mikael Stanne]], [[Dark Tranquility]], [[Divinefire]], [[Hateform]], [[Kotipelto]], [[Mehida]], [[Stratovarius]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many, Torchbearer, Ammotrack, Angel Blake, Incapacity, Unmoored, Solar Dawn, Scorched Earth Tactics
| current_members = [[Christian Älvestam]] [[Jani Stefanovic]] Patrik Gardberg Rolf Pilve
| past_members = [[Mikko Härkin]] Anders Edlund Tom Gardiner
}}

'''Solution .45''' is a [[heavy metal music|metal]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] from [[Sweden]], created by guitarist [[Jani Stefanovic]] ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow). Their current lineup includes vocalist [[Christian Älvestam]] ([[Miseration]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]]), guitarists Stefanovic and Patrik Gardberg (Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack), and drummer Rolf Pilve ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]]).

==History==
In late 2007 [[Jani Stefanovic]] formed Solution .45, with [[Christian Älvestam]] (who had left [[Scar Symmetry]] in 2008) joining as one of its last members. Jani stresses that despite Christian's presence in the band, it will not be a Scar Symmetry clone and that songs had been ready for some time before his arrival.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111526 "Solution .45 Guitarist: We're Not a SCAR SYMMETRY Copy"], Blabbermouth.Net, Published Dec. 26, 2008. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> In the fall of 2008 an 8-track demo was produced by Tomas "Plec" Johansson (Unmoored, Scar Symmetry), with a demo track titled "Clandestinity Now" available over the internet.{{citation needed|date=March 2010}}

Solution .45 entered Panic Room Studios in September 2009 to record its first full-length album ''[[For Aeons Past]]'', with [[Dark Tranquillity]] vocalist [[Mikael Stanne]] writing lyrics for the majority of the album. The record was finished and mastered in December 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/11/23/solution-45-are-about-to-offer-up-a-euro-metal-explosion/|title=SOLUTION.45 ARE ABOUT TO OFFER UP A EURO-METAL EXPLOSION!|date=November 23, 2009|author=Neilstein, Vince|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref> and was issued by AFM records in Europe and Marquee/Avalon in Japan;<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122795 "SOLUTION.45 Signs Japanese Deal With MARQUEE/AVALON - June 29, 2009"], Blabbermouth.com. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> released on 9 April 2010 in Europe, and May 11 in North America.<ref name="janileaves">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140881|title=SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=23 June 2010|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records}}</ref>

On 23 January 2010, it was announced that the band was parting ways with keyboardist Mikko Härkin. Mikko still contributed keyboards to the record, but he is regarded as a guest musician on the album, rather than a permanent band member.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133939 "SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Keyboardist"]</ref> Furthermore, it was announced on 29 May 2010 that Jani Stefanovic was leaving the band amicably, and Patrik Gardberg (from Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, and Ammotrack) would be his replacement. The band still wishes to involve Jani in future work, including future albums.<ref name="janileaves" />

By 25 August 2010, Solution .45 had released a music video for "Gravitational Lensing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145073|title=SOLUTION .45's 'Gravitational Lensing' Video To Premiere This Friday|date=25 August 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth.com|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref>
The video for "Lethean Tears" was initially set to launch in late 2010, but for undisclosed reasons, it was canceled. Latest news from [[Christian Älvestam]], indicates that the production of the video was resumed in early February 2011, and the video should be released later in 2011. The video for "Lethean Tears" was released on 30 July 2011.

On 11 August 2011, it was announced that Stefanovic had returned to the band, which would now feature three guitarists (Stefanovic, Gardiner, and Gardberg). It has since been announced that Anders Edlund, the groups bassist, has departed from the group on mutual terms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/solution-45-official/the-return/246753652016165|title=The Return!|date=11 August 2011|publisher=Facebook.com|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref>

As of mid-2014, the group is working on their second and third studio albums.
On 9 July 2014, the band announced that Tom Gardiner had left the band<ref>https://www.facebook.com/solution.45.official/posts/794019793956212</ref>

On August 31st 2015, on the official facebook page, the band announced November 20th 2015 as the release date of Part 1 of their new album, which will be released worldwide through vinyl, CD and most digital platforms. The album was later titled ''[[Nightmares In The Waking State: Part I]]''. Following the release of Part I, the band announced that [[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]] will be released in 2016.

==Discography==
* ''[[For Aeons Past]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]]'' (2016)

==Members==
* [[Christian Älvestam]] - vocals ([[Miseration]], [[The Few Against Many]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]])
* [[Jani Stefanovic]] - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many)
* Patrik Gardberg - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Divinefire]], Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack)
* Rolf Pilve - drums ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]])

===Former Members===
* [[Mikko Härkin]] - keyboards ([[Symfonia]], [[Kotipelto]], ex-[[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mehida]])
* Anders Edlund - bass (Angel Blake, The Few Against Many)
* Tom "Tomma" Gardiner - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Hateform]], ex-[[Mors Principium Est]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540303901 Solution .45 at Metal Archives]
* [https://www.myspace.com/solution45 Solution .45 at MySpace]

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Children of Bodom

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{{Infobox musical artist|
| label = [[Nuclear Blast]], [[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]], [[Century Media Records|Century Media]], [[Fearless Records|Fearless]]
| name = Children Of Bodom
| image = Masters of Rock 2007 - Children of Bodom - 08.jpg
| caption = Children Of Bodom at 2007's [[Masters of Rock (festival)|Masters of Rock]].
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[power metal]], [[thrash metal]], [[symphonic black metal]]
| image_size = 250
| landscape = Yes
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Espoo]], [[Finland]]
| years_active = 1993–present
| associated_acts = [[Norther]], [[Sinergy]], [[Kylähullut]], [[Warmen]], [[Stone (band)|Stone]], [[Timo Rautiainen]], [[Impaled Nazarene]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.cobhc.com/}}
| current_members = [[Alexi Laiho]] [[Jaska Raatikainen]] [[Henkka Seppälä]] [[Janne Wirman]]
| past_members = Samuli Miettinen [[Alexander Kuoppala]] Jani Pirisjoki [[Roope Latvala]]
}}

'''Children Of Bodom''' is a [[melodic death metal]] band from Espoo, Finland. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of [[Alexi Laiho]] ([[singing|vocals]], [[lead guitar]]), [[Janne Wirman]] ([[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]), [[Henkka Seppälä]] ([[Bass guitar|bass]]), and [[Jaska Raatikainen]] ([[Drum kit|drums]]). In total they have released nine studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD.

The band's third studio album, ''[[Follow the Reaper]]'', was their first album to receive a Gold certification in Finland, and since then, all seven of the band's studio albums have acquired the same status. In Finland, Children Of Bodom has released three consecutive albums that debuted at number one on Finnish album charts,<ref name="FIN">{{cite web| url=http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Children+of+Bodom |title=Discography Children Of Bodom |language=Finnish |publisher=Finnish charts |accessdate=2009-05-24}}</ref> and has also seen chart positions on the United States [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].

The band has incorporated many different musical styles, leading critics and fans to label them as [[melodic death metal]],<ref name="fromfinland">{{cite web|url=http://www.metalfromfinland.com/Children+of+Bodom |title=Metal from Finland: Children Of Bodom |publisher=Metalfromfinland.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> [[power metal]],<ref name="amg-reaper">{{cite web|last=O'Neill |first=Brian |url={{Allmusic|class=album |id=r520618 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Follow the Reaper |publisher=Allmusic |date=2001-02-20 |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref> and [[thrash metal]].<ref name="amg">{{cite web|last=Ankeny |first=Jason |url={{Allmusic|class=artist |id=p293758 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Children Of Bodom |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref><ref name="MTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/children_of_bodom/artist.jhtml#bio |title=Children Of Bodom biography |publisher=MTV.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> They are [[List of best-selling music artists in Finland|one of Finland's best selling artists of all time]] with more than 250,000 records sold there alone.

== History ==

=== Formation and early years (1993–1997) ===
Children Of Bodom was formed in 1993 by guitarist [[Alexi Laiho|Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho]] and drummer [[Jaska Raatikainen]] under the name of ''Inearthed''. Both musicians had known each other since early childhood and had shared an interest in heavy metal, especially [[death metal]] groups, such as [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]], [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]], and [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]]. Bassist Samuli Miettinen completed the initial line-up of the band. Inearthed recorded its first [[Demo (music)|demo]], ''Implosion of Heaven'', during August of the same year.

Samuli was the main composer of the band's lyrics for the two years that he took part in Inearthed, but his family moved to the [[United States of America|United States]] in 1995, making it impossible for him to remain in the band. His last contributions to Inearthed were the lyrics of the songs from their second demo, ''Ubiquitous Absence of Remission'' which was the first time they worked with producer [[Anssi Kippo]] at Astia-studios (Lappeenranta, Finland). In this demo, keyboards were incorporated into the band's songs for the first time. In order to achieve this, both Laiho and Raatikainen played the keyboards separately, and subsequently mixed the recorded track with the other instruments. Laiho, who had previously only composed the melodies of the songs, assumed the role of the band's lyricist.

At the time, Raatikainen played [[French horn]] in a local big band, and during a rehearsal he met [[Alexander Kuoppala]], a [[trumpet]] player and also a proficient guitarist. Shortly after the recording of their second demo, Kuoppala was invited to join Inearthed as a rhythm guitarist.

The bassist chosen to replace Samuli was Henkka "Blacksmith" Seppälä, whom Laiho and Raatikainen had previously known from school. Apart from playing the bass, Seppälä also often doubles as the band's backing vocalist. Also, the band recruited a musician to specialize on keyboards, whose name was Jani Pirisjoki. Both joined Inearthed in early 1996.

With this new line-up, Inearthed proceeded to record their third demo, entitled ''Shining''. This demo did not impress record labels any more than the previous ones had, and none took interest in the band.<ref name =cos-interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles/chats/1-207_children_of_bodom.aspx |title=CoC : Children Of Bodom : Interview : 1/16/1999 |publisher=Chroniclesofchaos.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref> Despite their efforts, their music got little exposure and managed only to play at local events. As a last resort, the band decided to record an independent, self-funded album. Considering that none of the musicians had much money to begin with, it was an audacious move.

Laiho wanted to make use of the keyboards more effectively, but Pirisjoki was not attending rehearsals. Thus, he was fired and replaced by a friend of Raatikainen's, a jazz pianist named Janne "Warman" Wirman.<ref name="cos-interview"/>

Wirman was the component which was previously missing from Inearthed. His presence allowed the band to assume the style which would later characterize Children Of Bodom. With Wirman, the band successfully recorded their first album in 1997. Their debut, ''Something Wild'', was supposed to be released by a small [[Belgium|Belgian]] label, Shiver Records, but second vocalist Sami Tenetz (from [[Thy Serpent]]) acquired a copy of their album through the hands of Kuoppala. They both worked for the same company at the time. Shortly after Inearthed signed this contract, [[Spinefarm Records]]' boss immediately became interested in signing them for a country-wide release.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} The latter deal was much more attractive to the band, since the Belgian label was offering them close to no help, to the point where they would have to distribute and sell the album themselves.

The band was required to create a new name to sign up to Spinefarm Records. The contract with Shiver records had already been signed under the name of Inearthed. The answer to that problem came as the members looked for good names in their local phone book. When they stumbled upon [[Lake Bodom]], they realized that it was a name with impact and one which had an interesting story behind it. A long list of possible names involving the word Bodom was then made, and they settled with Children Of Bodom. The band's name is derived from the [[Lake Bodom murders]].<ref name="Children Of Bodom FAQs">{{cite web
| title = Children Of Bodom FAQs
| author =
| publisher = COBHC.com
| date =
| url = http://www.cobhc.com/index.php?id=faq
| accessdate = }}</ref>

=== ''Something Wild'' (1997—1998)===
''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' was produced, recorded and mixed by [[Anssi Kippo]] and Children Of Bodom at Astia-studios (Lappeenranta, Finland). In an attempt to promote their band, they opened a show for [[Dimmu Borgir]] in 1997. Their success was such that a representative from the [[Nuclear Blast]] label shortly approached them with a contract for a European release, a deal which started on the subsequent year.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} ''Something Wild'' was officially released in November 1997, and for promotional purposes the band recorded a [[music video]] of the song "Deadnight Warrior". The video was directed by Mika Lindberg and had a slim budget of €1000. It made use of simple scenery, which consisted essentially of an outdoors location after a snowstorm. The band played for a couple of hours at night, with an average temperature of minus fifteen degrees Celsius.

Although Laiho is very critical of all of the music he has written, he notes that he dislikes ''Something Wild'' the most of all of his albums. When recording this album, Laiho had tried to mimic the style of one of his idols, [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], which is why ''Something Wild'' is considered one of the most technical albums Children Of Bodom have ever produced. Despite this, he still considers it to be their "most important" record, as it "put them on the map."

Children Of Bodom's first European tour began in February 1998. They played with bands such as [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] (at such festivals as [[Under the Black Sun]]), [[The Kovenant]] and [[Agathodaimon (band)|Agathodaimon]], but suffered from the absence of Wirman, who was concentrating on finishing his studies.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} He was replaced by pianist [[Erna Siikavirta]] for the duration of the tour.

Months later, the band recorded two new songs again at Astia-studios with producer [[Anssi Kippo]], entitled "Towards Dead End" and "Children Of Bodom". The latter was included in a compilation by Spinefarm Records, which after being released remained on the top of Finnish charts for eight consecutive weeks.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} In late August, the band played the song "Forevermore" live for the first time during a show in [[Russia]]. This song was later renamed "Downfall".

Their second European tour occurred in September of that same year, but once more Wirman was not able to perform with them. Laiho's then-girlfriend [[Kimberly Goss]] (from [[Sinergy]] and formerly of [[Dimmu Borgir]], [[Ancient (band)|Ancient]] and [[Therion (band)|Therion]]) assumed the keyboards this time. By the end of the tour, Kimberly invited Laiho to join Sinergy, which at the time was still in its early stages.

=== ''Hatebreeder'' (1998–2000) ===
The second album, ''[[Hatebreeder]]'', was recorded between the end of 1998 and the beginning of 1999 by [[Anssi Kippo]] at Astia-studios (Lappeenranta, Finland). It was originally entitled ''Towards Dead End'', but while in studio the members of the band opted for the current title. To create anticipation in Finland, the '"Downfall" single was released two weeks prior to the album's release. It was accompanied by a new music video, once more directed by Mika Lindberg. ''Hatebreeder'' ultimately topped the charts in many European countries. In July 1999, the success of the "[[Downfall (Children Of Bodom song)|Downfall]]" single and ''Hatebreeder'' allowed Children Of Bodom to schedule three concerts in [[Japan]] with Sinergy and [[In Flames]]. During two of these concerts, the live album ''[[Tokyo Warhearts]]'' was recorded. In it the band managed to seamlessly reproduce and at times improve on their songs. This was a notable achievement for a band with only two albums recorded previously. Under their request, no [[overdub]]s were used on the recording of the concert.

=== ''Follow the Reaper'' (2000–2002) ===
For their next release, Children Of Bodom decided to make use of [[Peter Tägtgren]]'s Abyss studio in [[Sweden]] instead of the Finnish Astia-studio from [[Anssi Kippo]] where they had recorded all of their previous releases including the demos from Inearthed. The band wrote eight new songs for this album. While in the studio, they decided to include an extra track that was hastily composed and featured lyrics improvised by Laiho; that track would eventually receive the name of "Kissing the Shadows". The band gave the album the name of ''[[Follow the Reaper]]'' and recording sessions took place between August and September 2000; the album saw a worldwide release in late 2000. A music video for "[[Everytime I Die]]" was recorded by the Finnish director Tuukka Temonen shortly after.

===''Hate Crew Deathroll'' (2002–2004)===
In February 2002, Children Of Bodom began writing songs for their upcoming album, entitled ''[[Hate Crew Deathroll]]''. They returned to Astia-studio (Lappeenranta, Finland) to work with producer [[Anssi Kippo]] again. The session ensued during the months of August and September, and the album was released January 2003 in Finland. It remained on the top of the Finnish charts for a total of three weeks and subsequently became the band's first gold album. Eventually all of the band's albums reached this status and ''Follow the Reaper'' reached platinum.

On January 3, 2003, the Finnish Metal Music Awards were held at [[Tavastia Club]] in Helsinki. Voting was open to all the metal fans and was presented through the various media outlets that were working with the event's organizers. Children Of Bodom was awarded Finnish Band of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=7129 |title=Metal News - Finnish Metal Music Awards 2003 Results ( Metal Underground . com ) |publisher=Metalunderground.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>

Children Of Bodom's first world tour began in 2003 and lasted until late 2004. The tour had many sold-out concerts and marked the consolidation of the band in [[North America]], but was also accompanied by an unexpected announcement: Kuoppala decided to quit Children Of Bodom for personal reasons right in the middle of the tour without giving previous warning. In an interview, when Laiho was asked why Kuoppala left the band, he stated that, "Well, I try to be careful about what I say about him because there is no bad blood between us. He told me that he just got sick of touring and the whole band/rock 'n roll lifestyle living in hotels and tour buses and stuff. For me it was really weird because he was always the one who was SO into it! He was a die hard rock 'n roller and suddenly he made a quick 180 turn in his whole life. This whole situation involves a new girlfriend."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/ChildrenOfBodom-Sept2003.htm |title=Interview with Children Of Bodom's Alexi Laiho |publisher=Metal-Rules.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> [[Griffin (band)|Griffin]]'s guitarist [[Kai Nergaard]] was invited by Laiho to replace Kuoppala, but did not accept the offer. Thus, Alexi's bandmate from Sinergy, [[Roope Latvala]] (founding member of [[Stone (band)|Stone]], one of the bands which started the heavy metal movement in Finland) assumed the guitars as a session player, until a more permanent solution could be found. This formation was introduced in [[Moscow]] on the 16th of August.

=== ''Are You Dead Yet?'' (2004–2007) ===
[[File:Children Of Bodom Live Milan.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Children Of Bodom live in [[Milan]] 2006.]]

After successfully finishing the world tour with Latvala — who then assumed a permanent position in the band's line-up — Children Of Bodom proceeded to record and release the [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Trashed, Lost & Strungout]]'' and the single "In Your Face", which contained songs from their upcoming album and a [[parody music|parody cover]] of "[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]" by [[Britney Spears]]. In late 2005, the album ''[[Are You Dead Yet?]]'' was released, featuring a style different from what had been presented by the band on its previous works. Simpler and heavier guitar [[riff]]s were incorporated into Children Of Bodom's sound, as well as elements from [[industrial music]]. Reactions from fans to the release were varied; however, the album remains the band's most commercially successful. It was awarded gold status in Finland and reached first place on the Finnish charts, 16th in [[Germany]], 16 in [[Sweden]] and 17 in [[Japan]]. The next release of the band was a DVD-single for the song "In Your Face", which included the music video, [[wiktionary:backstage|backstage]] footage from the band and a live recording of the song "Sixpounder" at Wacken Open Air festival in 2004.
In June, Children Of Bodom was in front of 120,000 spectators, one of their biggest concerts on the last concert of the [[Böhse Onkelz]]. On the DVD of the concert, the [[Vaya Con Tioz]] was called, Children Of Bodom were also with the song "Everytime I Die" represented.

Children Of Bodom's [[live album|live]] DVD ''[[Stockholm Knockout Live|Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live]]'' was released on December 5, 2006. It contains a recording of a live concert performed on February 5, 2006 in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], with over 90 minutes of live footage. "Chaos Ridden Years" refers to a documentary featuring interviews with band members about the history of the band and footage of the band on tour. It also contains every official [[music video]] Children Of Bodom has ever made, except for "Needled 24/7".
Guitarist Alexi Laiho was voted world's best guitarist of 2006 by [[Metal Hammer]] magazine.

In June 2006, the band embarked on one of their biggest tours: [[The Unholy Alliance (tour)|The Unholy Alliance]] tour, playing alongside [[Slayer]], [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[In Flames]] and [[Thine Eyes Bleed]]. The bands toured the US through June and July and Europe through October and November.

On January 31, 2007, Laiho slid down the lane at a bowling alley after accidentally stepping over the foul line. He slammed hard into the wall, breaking his left shoulder. This rendered him unable to play guitar for six weeks. Due to this incident, Children Of Bodom was forced to cancel their first 2007 tours and a festival that they were slated to headline.

On March 31, 2007, the band's website released information on Laiho's condition stating that while Laiho's injury will never fully heal, it no longer affects his ability to play a guitar. The same notice also stated that the band had already written some songs for a new album and would start recording sometime later in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobhc.com |title=Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Official Website | The Ugly World Tour 2011 |publisher=Cobhc.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>

Children Of Bodom was selected to replace [[Velvet Revolver]] for the [[Monsters of Rock]] festival, playing on the same stage as [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and [[Megadeth]].

=== ''Blooddrunk'' (2007–2009) ===
[[File:Masters of Rock 2007 - Children of Bodom - 02.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Live at 2007's [[Masters of Rock (festival)|Masters of Rock]].]]

From October to December 2007, Children Of Bodom recorded their sixth studio album, entitled ''[[Blooddrunk]]'', which was released on April 15, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=33281 |title=Metal News - Children Of Bodom Reveal American Release Date ( Metal Underground . com ) |publisher=Metalunderground.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>
The album contained 10 songs including a cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky."
Children Of Bodom was featured on the [[Gigantour]] 2008 North American tour with [[Megadeth]], [[In Flames]], [[Job for a Cowboy]] and [[High on Fire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87190 |title=Gigantour 2008 lineup |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> Children Of Bodom was one of the first bands to be confirmed for [[Wacken Open Air]] 2008, where they performed alongside many bands including [[Iron Maiden]], [[Sonata Arctica]] and [[Avantasia]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.wacken.com/en/woa2008/main-bands/billing-2008/
| title = Billing/Bands 2008
| accessdate = 3 December 2007
| work = [[Wacken Open Air]]
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040407/http://www.wacken.com/en/woa2008/main-bands/billing-2008/
| archivedate = 27 September 2007
}}</ref> Children Of Bodom played at Donington Download on the 15th of June, playing a mixture of old and new songs. On March 8, 2008, Children Of Bodom did their first ever UK signing event at the [[Zavvi Entertainment Group Ltd|Zavvi]] music shop in Oxford Street, London. They signed copies of their new single "Blooddrunk" in CD, 7 inch and 12 inch vinyls,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobhc.com/index.php?id=main |title=Children Of Bodom Hate Crew - Official Website |publisher=Cobhc.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> only 666 copies of the 12 inch vinyls have been made.<ref>[http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/46129.htm]{{Dead link|date=December 2008}}</ref>

On 26 June 2008, Children Of Bodom played their first show in Auckland, New Zealand with support from local scene acts Dawn of Azazel and Subtract at the Transmission Room.<ref>[http://www.nzmetal.com/cms/e107_plugins/calendar_menu/event.php?1212303600]{{dead link|date=July 2011}}</ref> In 2008, Children Of Bodom's first three studio albums, as well as ''Tokyo Warhearts'', were remastered and re-released with bonus tracks. In September and October 2008, the band toured the USA supporting ''[[Blooddrunk]]'' with support from [[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder]] and [[Between the Buried and Me]]. [[Testament (band)|Testament]] also made a special guest appearance in the main support slot at the tour's New York City date. In November and December 2008, the band toured in Europe supporting [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] and [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]]. From late January to early March 2009, the band also co-headlined the European tour with [[Cannibal Corpse]] with [[Diablo (band)|Diablo]] opening for them. On April 2, 2009, Children Of Bodom embarked on the No Fear Energy Tour headlined by [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] with main support from [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]] and themselves, and rotating opening slots with [[God Forbid]] and [[Municipal Waste (band)|Municipal Waste]], but unfortunately dropped off the tour a week before it was finished following a serious injury Alexi suffered after falling from the top bunk of his tour bus on April 26, 2009, after the show in Palladium Ballroom, Dallas TX. In addition to the injury, on May 8, 2009, at [[Roseland Ballroom]] in [[New York City]], Alexi and Children Of Bodom were forced to quit playing after a few of their songs because of Alexi's previous injury. Laiho originally planned to continue touring despite his injury, but was forced to cancel last six dates when any efforts to alleviate the pain failed. All summer festival dates went down as planned and were unaffected by Alexi's injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112519 |title=Blabbermouth.Net - Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, Children Of Bodom To Team Up For North American Tour |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=119760 |title=CHILDREN OF BODOM Performs Abbreviated Set In New York City |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref>

In February 2009, Children Of Bodom hinted at plans to release a [[cover album]] entitled ''[[Skeletons in the Closet (Children Of Bodom album)|Skeletons in the Closet]]'', which was released on September 23, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinefarm.fi/showband.php?id=9|title=Children Of Bodom To Release 'Skeletons In The Closet' Collection Of Covers |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|accessdate=2009-04-23|date=2009-04-23}}</ref> They also admitted to being "lazy" when it comes to practicing and talked about plans to have more songs on future albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicinterview/Children+Of+Bodom+Interview-63933.html |title=Children Of Bodom Talk Cover Albums! |publisher=Female First |date=2009-02-23 |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> The band embarked on a tour of South America and Mexico in September 2009. Support on the trek came from [[Amorphis]]. Also in September and October 2009 the band returned to North America to headline a massive, month-long tour. On most dates support on the trek came from [[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder]] and [[Skeletonwitch]]. [[Austrian Death Machine]] and [[Holy Grail (band)|Holy Grail]] made a special guest appearance in the main support slot at the tour's second Pomona, California date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122821 |title=CHILDREN OF BODOM Bassist Checks In From The Road |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobhc.com/index.php?id=live |title=Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Official Website |publisher=www.cobhc.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref> In October,18th, 2009, four days after the band's North American tour finale in Honolulu, Hawaii they performed at [[Japan|Japan's]] [[Loudpark Festival]] along with [[Megadeth]], [[Judas Priest]], [[Slayer]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Rob Zombie]] & [[Arch Enemy]]. In the immediate six days following their performance at the Loudpark Festival, they held three shows in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China respectively. They finished their two-month September to October tour in Moscow, Russia. This concluded their year and a half long Blooddrunk World Tour.

=== ''Skeletons in the Closet'' (2009–2010) ===
''[[Skeletons in the Closet (Children Of Bodom album)|Skeletons in the Closet]]'' is a [[cover album]] released on September 22, 2009. It features [[cover version|covers]] released on versions of previous albums but also includes four new tracks. Covered artists include [[Suicidal Tendencies]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Iron Maiden]], [[Slayer]], [[Andrew WK]], [[Billy Idol]] and [[Scorpions]]

Pre-orders through Children Of Bodom's official website included an autographed copy of the album and a T-shirt with the album's design on it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobhc.com |title=Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Official Website |publisher=www.cobhc.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref>

Children Of Bodom featured a contest to promote their new album in which anyone could win prizes featuring an ESP/LTD M-53 electric guitar, the band's entire back catalog, and ''Skeletons in the Closet.'' The contest ran from August 25 to September 21, 2009. The winners were announced September 28, 2009.

=== ''Relentless Reckless Forever'' (2010–2012)===
After the ''Blooddrunk'' tour ended, Children Of Bodom started recording their new album.
During the recording of the drum tracks there was a small tornado and the power was cut out. Consequently, the recording was delayed until after their tour with [[Black Label Society]]. Children Of Bodom released some information to ''Metal Hammer'' magazine about new album tracks. The three track names they released were entitled: "Pussyfoot Miss Suicide", "Ugly", and "Was It Worth It?"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jorzine.com/default.aspx?Page=intNews&ID=1850&month=10&year=2010 |title=CHILDREN OF BODOM New Song titles Revealed |publisher=Jorzine.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobhc.com/index.php?id=news |title=Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Official Website |publisher=www.cobhc.com |date= |accessdate=2010-07-26}}</ref>

In November the band announced "[[The Ugly World Tour 2011]]" which would run from March–May 2011 and would feature dates around Europe. Opening Acts were [[Ensiferum]], [[Machinae Supremacy]] and [[Amon Amarth]] (UK only). On November 24, it was announced that the title of the album would be ''[[Relentless Reckless Forever]]''. The album was released on March 8, 2011. A music video for "Was It Worth It?" was produced, featuring skateboarder Chris Cole as well as noted pro skaters Jamie Thomas, Garrett Hill and Tom Asta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=153967 |title=CHILDREN OF BODOM: 'Was It Worth It?' Video Released - Feb. 15, 2011 |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref> "Was It Worth It?" was released as a downloadable track for ''[[Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock]]'' on February 2, 2011 for European [[PlayStation 3]] owners, and February 8, 2011 for [[Xbox 360]] and [[Nintendo Wii]] worldwide, as well as non-European [[PlayStation 3]] owners.

''Relentless Reckless Forever'' was certified gold (sold over 10,000 copies) in Finland on the first day of its release, March 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/childrenofbodom/posts/117006525041403 |title=Children Of Bodom |publisher=Facebook.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>
As of March 10, the album had sold over 100,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cobhc.com/site.php?id=news |title=Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Official Website |publisher=Cobhc.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-22}}</ref>

=== ''Halo of Blood'' (2012–2014)===
''[[Halo of Blood]]'' is the band's eighth studio album. It was released on June 6 in Europe, June 10 in the United Kingdom and on June 11 in North America. The [[Mayhem Festival]] tour alongside [[Rob Zombie]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] and [[Amon Amarth]] was also announced on March 18, 2013.

Music journalist Neil Kelly of ''[[PopMatters]]'' said in praise of the album, "Death metal could very well re-enter mainstream consciousness through Halo of Blood, the most accessible Children Of Bodom release yet."<ref>{{cite web|work=[[PopMatters]]|first=Neil|last=Kelly|title=Children Of Bodom: Halo of Blood|date=2013-06-19|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/171025-children-of-bodom-halo-of-blood/}}</ref>

In May 2014, the band toured eastern [[Australia]], visiting [[Brisbane]], [[Sydney]] and [[Melbourne]] with [[Eye of the Enemy]] as support, along with Orpheus Omega in Melbourne,and Emergency Gate in Brisbane and Sydney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/event/3738572+CHILDREN+OF+BODOM+%27Halo+of+Blood+Over+Australia%27+Tour+2014+%28Sydney+-+All+Ages%29 |title=Halo of Blood Over Australia Tour 2014 at The Hi-Fi Sydney (Moore Park) on 9 May 2014 — |publisher=Last.fm |date=2014-05-09 |accessdate=2015-10-27}}</ref>

=== ''I Worship Chaos'' (2015-present) ===
On April 7, 2015, the band announced that they have begun working on the follow-up of [[Halo of Blood]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/children_of_bodom_begin_work_on_new_album.html |title=Children Of Bodom Begin Work on New Album | Music News @ |publisher=Ultimate-guitar.com |date=2015-04-05 |accessdate=2015-10-27}}</ref> On May 29, 2015, the band announced on their Facebook page that Roope Latvala is no longer part of Children Of Bodom with the new album to be recorded as a four piece for the first time.<ref name=Metalinsider>{{cite web|last1=Vallecillo|first1=Alix|title=Children Of Bodom part ways with guitarist|url=http://www.metalinsider.net/metal-on-metal/children-of-bodom-part-ways-with-guitarist|website=Metal Insider|accessdate=30 May 2015}}</ref> However, the band later updated that Roope's part in the band will be filled in by Antti Wirman, keyboard player Janne Wirman's younger brother, who debuted with the band in a private live show in Helsinki. In a later interview with Janne Wirman, he stated that Antti Wirman would not join the band permanently.<ref name=Moshville>{{cite web|title=Interview: Janne Wirman from Children Of Bodom|url=http://www.moshville.co.uk/interview/2015/08/interview-janne-wirman-from-children-of-bodom|website=Moshville|accessdate=20 Aug 2015}}</ref>

On 8 June 2015 the album title was announced as 'I Worship Chaos' and was released through Nuclear Blast on October 2, 2015.

==Band members==

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'''Current members'''
* [[Alexi Laiho]] – lead vocals, lead guitar (1993–present)
* [[Jaska Raatikainen]] – drums, percussion (1993–present)
* [[Henkka Seppälä]] – bass, backing vocals (1996–present)
* [[Janne Wirman]] – keyboard, synthesizer (1997–present)

'''Current live members'''
* Antti Wirman – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2015–present)
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'''Former members'''
* Samuli Miettinen – bass, backing vocals (1993–1995)
* [[Alexander Kuoppala]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1995–2003)
* Jani Pirisjoki – keyboard, synthesizer (1995–1997)
* [[Roope Latvala]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003–2015)
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==Discography==
{{Main|Children of Bodom discography}}
;Studio albums
* ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Hatebreeder]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Follow the Reaper]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Hate Crew Deathroll]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Are You Dead Yet?]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Blooddrunk]]'' (2008)

* ''[[Relentless Reckless Forever]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Halo of Blood]]'' (2013)
* ''[[I Worship Chaos]]'' (2015)

==See also==
* [[List of best-selling music artists in Finland]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.cobhc.com}}

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Soilwork
| Img = Soilwork.jpg
| Img_capt = Soilwork performing at [[Festimad]] in [[Madrid]], 2007.
| Img_size = 250
| background = group_or_band
| alias = Inferior Breed
| origin = [[Helsingborg]], [[Sweden]]
| years_active = 1995−present
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]],<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/artist/soilwork-mn0000039406</ref> [[progressive metal]], [[alternative metal]]
| label = [[Listenable Records|Listenable]], [[Century Media Records|Century Media]], [[Nuclear Blast]]
| associated_acts = [[The Night Flight Orchestra]], [[Aborted]], [[Dark Tranquillity]], [[Darkane]], [[Dimension Zero (Swedish band)|Dimension Zero]], [[Disarmonia Mundi]], [[Embraced]], [[Evergrey]], [[Kayser (band)|Kayser]], [[Lyzanxia]], One-way Mirror, [[Scarve]], [[Terror 2000]], [[Yyrkoon (band)|Yyrkoon]], [[In Flames]], Faithful Darkness, [[Coldseed]], [[The Devin Townsend Project]]
| website = {{URL|www.soilwork.org}}
| current_members =
* [[Björn Strid]]
* Sylvain Coudret
* David Andersson
* Sven Karlsson
*Markus Wibom
* [[Dirk Verbeuren]]
| past_members = [[List of Soilwork band members]]
}}

'''Soilwork''' is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[melodic death metal]] band from [[Helsingborg]]. They are signed to [[Nuclear Blast]]. Formed in late 1995 by [[Björn Strid]] and [[Peter Wichers]], originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork (meaning "working from the ground up").

== Biography ==

=== ''In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake'' (1995–1997) ===
Formed in late 1995, originally under the name Inferior Breed. Their sound, as explained by "Speed" was influenced by such bands as [[Pantera]], [[Meshuggah]], and [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]].<ref name="MKSI">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalkings.com/reviews/soilwork/soilweng.htm |title=Soilwork Interview - Metalkings.com |publisher=Metalkings.com |accessdate=2007-08-14}}</ref> Upon changing their band name in late 1996 to Soilwork, they began to make more melodic music.<ref name="MKSI"/> Soilwork began work on a [[demo (music)|demo]] entitled ''[[In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake]]''. Before the recording ever took place, bassist Carl-Gustav Döös left the group, leaving guitarist [[Peter Wichers]] to handle the bass tracks on the demo. In a chance encounter, Soilwork met [[Michael Amott]] of [[Arch Enemy]] fame, who owned a record store in Helsingborg, and gave him a copy of their demo.<ref name="MKSI"/> This ultimately led to the band signing with [[Listenable Records]].

=== ''Steelbath Suicide'' (1998) ===
In 1998, Soilwork added keyboardist Carlos Holmberg and bassist Ola Flink. The band recorded and released their debut album ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]'' in May of that year. Soon after, guitarist Ludvig Svartz and drummer Jimmy Persson left, citing "different musical opinions."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/bands/Soilwork/1481/ |title=Svartz and Persson quit |publisher=Tartarean Desire |date=2005-12-12 |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Persson (now guitar and vocals in Faithful Darkness) was replaced by [[Henry Ranta]], while Svartz was replaced by Peter Wichers' uncle, Ola Frenning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fourteeng.net/soilwork.html |title=Wicher's Uncle Frenning Joins |date=2005-04-06 |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band toured throughout Europe in support of the album with bands such as [[Darkane]], [[Naglfar (band)|Naglfar]], and [[Krisiun]].

=== ''The Chainheart Machine'' (1999) ===
In 1999, Soilwork recorded their second full-length album, ''[[The Chainheart Machine]]'' but it was released in 2000. The album received critical acclaim and eventually landed them a recording contract with label [[Nuclear Blast]], allowing the band to tour with acts such as [[Defleshed]], [[Cannibal Corpse]], and even, briefly, with fellow melodic death metallers [[Dark Tranquillity]].<ref name="SWIF">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockdetector.com/interviews/artist,8263.sm?id=146 |title=Soilwork Interview - Rockdetector.com |publisher=Rockdetector.com |accessdate=2007-08-14 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070828025535/http://www.rockdetector.com/interviews/artist,8263.sm?id=146  |archivedate=2007-08-28}}</ref>

=== ''A Predator's Portrait'' (2000) ===
In 2000, after exhausting themselves with touring, Soilwork returned to the studio to record their third full-length album, ''[[A Predator's Portrait]]''. The release was well received and brought Soilwork to the forefront of the melodic death metal scene, alongside label mates [[In Flames]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soilwork.org/biography.php |title=Predator's Portrait brings much acclaim |author=Soilwork |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band played at [[Wacken Open Air]] that year, and toured extensively with [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] and [[Nevermore]].

=== ''Natural Born Chaos'' (2001–2002) ===
Following up on their success, Soilwork entered the studio again in late 2001 to record the follow-up to ''A Predator's Portrait'' with [[Devin Townsend]] and [[Fredrik Nordström]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Soilwork Complete Work on "Best Album We Ever Did"! |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=443 |date=2001-12-27 |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> ''[[Natural Born Chaos]]'' was released in early 2002, to much acclaim as well.{{citation needed|date=November 2008}} Soilwork toured throughout Europe to support the album, and, for the first time, throughout the [[United States]], first with bands [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]], Scar Culture, Chimaira, Unearth and [[Killswitch Engage]] during the summer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=2819 |title=Soilwork to tour US with Hypocrisy |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> then alongside label mates In Flames during the fall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=2019 |title=In Flames, Soilwork join forces for European/US tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> After touring, they started writing and recording their fifth album.

=== ''Figure Number Five'' (late 2002–2004) ===
In December 2002, Soilwork entered the studio to begin recording their fifth album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=7840|title=Soilwork To Commence Recording New CD |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> After recording, the band began a European tour with [[Children of Bodom]] and [[Shadows Fall]] throughout April and May.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=9152 |title=Shadows Fall to Support Children of Bodom, Soilwork in Europe |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> That same month, ''[[Figure Number Five]]'' was released. In early June, drummer Henry Ranta left the band, to focus more on his personal life, and was replaced a week later by Richard Evensand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=12686 |title=Soilwork Announce New Drummer |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band then embarked on another North American tour with In Flames, [[Chimaira]], and [[Unearth]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=11788 |title=In Flames, Soilwork, Chimaira, Unearth to Team up For North American Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=11930 |title=In Flames, Soilwork, Chimaira: More North American Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In September, Soilwork toured [[Japan]] with Children of Bodom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=12312 |title=Children of Bodom, Soilwork to Team up for Japanese Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Merely days after a short mini-trek tour through Japan, Soilwork also toured [[Australia]] briefly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13083 |title=Soilwork to Tour Australia |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Later that year, they again toured North America with Chimaira, [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]] and [[Bleeding Through]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=15794 |title=Chimaira And Soilwork to Team up For 'Pure Hatred' Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> After the tour, Richard Evensand left the band to replace drummer Andols Herrick who had recently left Chimaira.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=17903 |title=Former Soilwork Drummer Explains Decision to Join Chimaira |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Soilwork initially announced his temporary replacement as Dirk Verbeuren of [[Scarve]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=17929 |title=Soilwork Announce Temporary Replacement For Departed Drummer |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Verbeuren would later become the full-time replacement.<ref name="BMWichersQuits">{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=45407 |title=SOILWORK: Guitarist WICHERS Quits, Drummer VERBEUREN Named Full-Time Member |date=2005-12-11 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In early 2004, singer [[Björn "Speed" Strid]] laid down tracks with [[Italian people|Italian]] melodic death metal band [[Disarmonia Mundi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21074 |title=DISARMONIA MUNDI: Sophomore Album To Include Appearance By SOILWORK Singer |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> During April, the band announced that it had extended its contract with record label Nuclear Blast Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21562 |title=Soilwork Extend Contract With Nuclear Blast |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> That same month the band again toured Australia alongside [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Embodiment 12:14]], and Killswitch Engage. In mid-2004, Soilwork toured Japan for a second time alongside Dark Tranquillity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork to Team up for Japanese Tour|author= |publisher= Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20498|accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In September, Soilwork entered the studio to record their sixth album, ''[[Stabbing the Drama]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=23227 |title=Soilwork to Enter Studio in September |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref>

=== ''Stabbing the Drama'' (2005–2006) ===
Soilwork entered Dug Out Studios on September 14 to begin recording their sixth full-length album. A week later the band changed venues and recorded at Fascination Street Studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=26835 |title=Soilwork Begin Recording New Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> ''Stabbing the Drama'' was released in early March 2005. The album entered the Finnish charts at number 19, and in Sweden at number 14.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=33831 |title=Soilwork's 'Stabbing The Drama' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 19 |publisher= Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band also began to gain minor commercial success in the [[United States]]. ''[[Stabbing the Drama]]'' reached No. 12 and No. 21 on the [[Billboard charts#Top Heatseekers|Billboard Heatseeker]] and [[Independent Albums|Independent]] album charts, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard albums |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |url={{Allmusic |class=album |id=r730435 |pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band partook in the 2005 [[Ozzfest]], performing on the second stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34998 |title=It's Official: Mudvayne To Fill 'Mystery Band' Slot on Ozzfest's Main Stage |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In November the band toured stateside with [[Fear Factory]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=41713 |title=Soilwork to Miss First Nine Shows of Fear Factory Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In late 2005, guitarist [[Peter Wichers]] left the band due to tour exhaustion and other personal issues.<ref name="BMWichersQuits"/> The same month, Strid announced he was working on a second album with Disarmomia Mundi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=45766 |title=Soilwork Frontman Working on New Diarmonia Mundi Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In May 2006, Daniel Antonsson was announced as the replacement for Peter Wichers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51901 |title=Soilwork: North American Debut with New Guitarist Scheduled for the Fall |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Soilwork spent the summer appearing at festivals throughout Europe. In September they toured throughout the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=54076 |title=SOILWORK: U.K., Turkish Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band later pulled out of the Turkish dates, due to [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] and bombings that had recently occurred to tourists there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=59413 |title=SOILWORK Postpones Turkish Dates |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In October the band trekked North America, this time with [[Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour]], [[Mnemic]] and [[Threat Signal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=57391 |title=Soilwork, Darkest Hour, Mnemic: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=62581 |title=Threat Signal: Video Footage From Soilwork Tour Posted Online |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref>

=== ''Sworn to a Great Divide'' (2007–2010) ===
In early March 2007, Soilwork began laying down the tracks for their seventh album, ''[[Sworn to a Great Divide]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68588 |title=Soilwork: Drums for New CD Completed; Photos, Video Available |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Late in June, Ola Frenning announced that the album was finished.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75599 |title=SOILWORK Completes Work On New Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Soilwork toured in the fall alongside [[Caliban (band)|Caliban]], [[Sonic Syndicate]], and [[Dark Tranquillity]] in a tour dubbed, '[[Eastpak]] Antidote' tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75905 |title=Chimaira, Soilwork, Caliban, Sonic Syndicate: More 'Eastpak Antidote' Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The album was released on October 19, 2007 through Nuclear Blast. The album sports a sound closer to [[thrash metal|thrash]] than their previous albums, though still backed by their trademark synth elements. The band took part on an American tour with co-headliners [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] and [[Killswitch Engage]], as well as [[DevilDriver]]. The tour began on November 28, 2007 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, and ended at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico on December 17, 2007. The tour, dubbed The Clash of the Titans Tour 2007, appeared in Grand Prairie, TX at the Nokia Live Theatre on December 8, 2007 to play for the entire Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. On February 12, 2008, an official statement was posted on Soilwork's official website that Ola Frenning and Soilwork had decided to part ways, his replacement came in the form of [[Sylvain Coudret]]. In another statement on September 18, 2008, it was revealed that guitarist [[Daniel Antonsson]] would be replaced with the return of former guitarist and founding member [[Peter Wichers]] and also that Sylvain Coudret from the band [[Scarve]] who has been doing session work as second guitarist during 2008 Summer festivals became permanent guitar player for the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soilwork.org/index.php |title=The Official Soilwork website |publisher=www.soilwork.org |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref>

=== ''The Panic Broadcast'' and ''The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998-2008'' (late 2010–2012) ===
The band returned to the studio in early 2010 to write and record their eighth album, later on with Strid announcing on January 22, 2010 in a MySpace bulletin that the new album would be entitled ''[[The Panic Broadcast]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11970182&blogId=526768176 |title=SPEED REVEALS NEW SOILWORK ALBUM TITLE van Soilwork op Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=2010-01-22 |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref> On June 30, 2010, ''[[The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998-2008]]'' was released followed ''The Panic Broadcast'' on July 2 in Europe, and on July 13 in North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11970182&blogId=533118162 |title=SOILWORK - Unveil THE PANIC BROADCAST Artwork! van Soilwork op Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=2010-04-20 |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref>

=== ''The Living Infinite'' (2013-2014) ===
Soilwork announced on June 26, 2012 that Peter Wichers has left Soilwork for the second time. Following the departure, Peter was replaced by David Andersson.

Strid began to think of the band's next album as a double album during a 2011 tour. He wanted to challenge himself, instead of releasing a single album after Wicher's departure. He also wanted to show that the band could release a great album with one of their main composers gone. He wrote two songs by the end of the year, and began writing with the band in March 2012. Soilwork announced they would begin recording August 23, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=178435 |title=Soilwork To Enter Studio This Week |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2012-08-21 |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref>

The album was released February 27, 2013 in Asia, March 1 in Europe, March 4 in the UK and March 5 in North America.

=== ''Beyond the Infinite'' (2014) ===
Soilwork released a five track EP on September 24, 2014 only in Asia.

=== ''The Ride Majestic'' (2015) ===
On December 5, 2014, Soilwork frontman Strid confirmed that work had begun on a new album when he posted a picture on Facebook of him listening to new demos.<ref name="metalhammer" >{{cite web |url=http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2014-12-05/soilwork-are-better-than-ever |title=Soilwork are better than ever - Metal Hammer |publisher=Metalhammer.teamrock.com |date=2014-12-05 |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref> Strid also stated that Soilwork are sounding "better than ever."<ref name="metalhammer" /> It was also confirmed that Soilwork has teamed up with [[Testament (band)|Testament]] frontman [[Chuck Billy (vocalist)|Chuck Billy]]'s Breaking Bands LLC management company for the album.<ref name="metalhammer" />

In June 2015, Soilwork announced that longtime bassist Ola Flink and the band had parted ways and that he would be replaced by new bassist Markus Wibom.<ref>{{Cite web|title = SOILWORK - welcome new bassist Markus Wibom! - Nuclear Blast|url = http://www.nuclearblast.de/fr/label/music/band/news/details/3911595.70960.soilwork-welcome-new-bassist-markus-wibom.html|website = www.nuclearblast.de|accessdate = 2015-12-16}}</ref>

Soilwork supports [[Soulfly]] on their 2015 We Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour. [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]] and [[Shattered Sun]] also joins the tour, scheduled for a 27 concert trek starting on September 30 and ending in Albuquerque, NM on October 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://concerttournewshub.com/Rock-Music/Soulfly-Concert-Tour-Schedule.php |title=Soulfly 2015 We Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour Schedule With Decapitated, Soilwork & Shattered Sun |date=May 9, 2015 |accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soulfly-archangel-release-date-revealed-tour-with-soilwork-decapitated-announced/ |title=SOULFLY: 'Archangel' Release Date Revealed; Tour With SOILWORK, DECAPITATED Announced |date=May 4, 2015 |accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=113311 |title=Soulfly Announces North American Tour Dates With Soilwork |date=May 8, 2015 |accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soulfly.com/ |title=http://www.soulfly.com/ | accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref> Then, Soilwork goes on a European tour as headliner with [[Hatesphere|HateSphere]] and French band [[T.A.N.K (Think of A New Kind)|T.A.N.K]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Soilwork Headline Tour Of Europe {{!}} Ghost Cult Magazine|url = http://www.ghostcultmag.com/tag/soilwork-headline-tour-of-europe/|website = www.ghostcultmag.com|accessdate = 2015-12-16}}</ref> for whom Björn Strid has recorded a guest appareance on their song "Blood Relation".<ref>{{Cite web|title = T.A.N.K new video feat. Björn Strid (Soilwork). - Rock-Pix.com Media and Rock report|url = http://www.rock-pix.com/t-a-n-k-new-video-feat-bjorn-strid-soilwork/|website = Rock-Pix.com Media and Rock report|accessdate = 2015-12-16|language = nl-NL}}</ref>

== Band members ==
{{mainlist|List of Soilwork band members}}

;Current members
* [[Björn Strid|Björn "Speed" Strid]] – [[singing|vocals]] (1995–present)
* Sven Karlsson – [[electronic keyboard|keyboards]] (2001–present)
* [[Dirk Verbeuren]] – [[drum kit|drums]] (2004–present)
* Sylvain Coudret – [[lead guitar]] (2008–present)
* David Andersson – [[lead guitar]] (2012–present)
*Markus Wibom – [[bass guitar]] (2015–present)<ref>https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152960898722263&substory_index=0&id=8516817262</ref>

== Discography ==
{{mainlist|Soilwork discography}}

;Studio albums
* ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Chainheart Machine]]'' (2000)
* ''[[A Predator's Portrait]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Natural Born Chaos]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Figure Number Five]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Stabbing the Drama]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Sworn to a Great Divide]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Panic Broadcast]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Living Infinite]]'' (2013)
* ''[[The Ride Majestic]]'' (2015)

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.soilwork.org}}
* [http://www.myspace.com/soilwork Soilwork's Myspace profile]
* [http://www.nuclearblast.de Nuclear Blast - official website]
* [http://www.hardradio.com/shockwaves/soilwork1.php3 HardRadio.com interview with Bjorn Strid on Soilwork, Ozzfest, and Scandinavian Metal]

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Soilwork

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Soilwork
| Img = Soilwork.jpg
| Img_capt = Soilwork performing at [[Festimad]] in [[Madrid]], 2007.
| Img_size = 250
| background = group_or_band
| alias = Inferior Breed
| origin = [[Helsingborg]], [[Sweden]]
| years_active = 1995−present
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]],<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/artist/soilwork-mn0000039406</ref>[[progressive metal]], [[alternative metal]]
| label = [[Listenable Records|Listenable]], [[Century Media Records|Century Media]], [[Nuclear Blast]]
| associated_acts = [[The Night Flight Orchestra]], [[Aborted]], [[Dark Tranquillity]], [[Darkane]], [[Dimension Zero (Swedish band)|Dimension Zero]], [[Disarmonia Mundi]], [[Embraced]], [[Evergrey]], [[Kayser (band)|Kayser]], [[Lyzanxia]], One-way Mirror, [[Scarve]], [[Terror 2000]], [[Yyrkoon (band)|Yyrkoon]], [[In Flames]], Faithful Darkness, [[Coldseed]], [[The Devin Townsend Project]]
| website = {{URL|www.soilwork.org}}
| current_members =
* [[Björn Strid]]
* Sylvain Coudret
* David Andersson
* Sven Karlsson
*Markus Wibom
* [[Dirk Verbeuren]]
| past_members = [[List of Soilwork band members]]
}}

'''Soilwork''' is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[melodic death metal]] band from [[Helsingborg]]. They are signed to [[Nuclear Blast]]. Formed in late 1995 by [[Björn Strid]] and [[Peter Wichers]], originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork (meaning "working from the ground up").

== Biography ==

=== ''In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake'' (1995–1997) ===
Formed in late 1995, originally under the name Inferior Breed. Their sound, as explained by "Speed" was influenced by such bands as [[Pantera]], [[Meshuggah]], and [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]].<ref name="MKSI">{{cite web |url=http://www.metalkings.com/reviews/soilwork/soilweng.htm |title=Soilwork Interview - Metalkings.com |publisher=Metalkings.com |accessdate=2007-08-14}}</ref> Upon changing their band name in late 1996 to Soilwork, they began to make more melodic music.<ref name="MKSI"/> Soilwork began work on a [[demo (music)|demo]] entitled ''[[In Dreams We Fall into the Eternal Lake]]''. Before the recording ever took place, bassist Carl-Gustav Döös left the group, leaving guitarist [[Peter Wichers]] to handle the bass tracks on the demo. In a chance encounter, Soilwork met [[Michael Amott]] of [[Arch Enemy]] fame, who owned a record store in Helsingborg, and gave him a copy of their demo.<ref name="MKSI"/> This ultimately led to the band signing with [[Listenable Records]].

=== ''Steelbath Suicide'' (1998) ===
In 1998, Soilwork added keyboardist Carlos Holmberg and bassist Ola Flink. The band recorded and released their debut album ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]'' in May of that year. Soon after, guitarist Ludvig Svartz and drummer Jimmy Persson left, citing "different musical opinions."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/bands/Soilwork/1481/ |title=Svartz and Persson quit |publisher=Tartarean Desire |date=2005-12-12 |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Persson (now guitar and vocals in Faithful Darkness) was replaced by [[Henry Ranta]], while Svartz was replaced by Peter Wichers' uncle, Ola Frenning.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fourteeng.net/soilwork.html |title=Wicher's Uncle Frenning Joins |date=2005-04-06 |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band toured throughout Europe in support of the album with bands such as [[Darkane]], [[Naglfar (band)|Naglfar]], and [[Krisiun]].

=== ''The Chainheart Machine'' (1999) ===
In 1999, Soilwork recorded their second full-length album, ''[[The Chainheart Machine]]'' but it was released in 2000. The album received critical acclaim and eventually landed them a recording contract with label [[Nuclear Blast]], allowing the band to tour with acts such as [[Defleshed]], [[Cannibal Corpse]], and even, briefly, with fellow melodic death metallers [[Dark Tranquillity]].<ref name="SWIF">{{cite web |url=http://www.rockdetector.com/interviews/artist,8263.sm?id=146 |title=Soilwork Interview - Rockdetector.com |publisher=Rockdetector.com |accessdate=2007-08-14 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070828025535/http://www.rockdetector.com/interviews/artist,8263.sm?id=146  |archivedate=2007-08-28}}</ref>

=== ''A Predator's Portrait'' (2000) ===
In 2000, after exhausting themselves with touring, Soilwork returned to the studio to record their third full-length album, ''[[A Predator's Portrait]]''. The release was well received and brought Soilwork to the forefront of the melodic death metal scene, alongside label mates [[In Flames]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soilwork.org/biography.php |title=Predator's Portrait brings much acclaim |author=Soilwork |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band played at [[Wacken Open Air]] that year, and toured extensively with [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] and [[Nevermore]].

=== ''Natural Born Chaos'' (2001–2002) ===
Following up on their success, Soilwork entered the studio again in late 2001 to record the follow-up to ''A Predator's Portrait'' with [[Devin Townsend]] and [[Fredrik Nordström]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Soilwork Complete Work on "Best Album We Ever Did"! |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=443 |date=2001-12-27 |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> ''[[Natural Born Chaos]]'' was released in early 2002, to much acclaim as well.{{citation needed|date=November 2008}} Soilwork toured throughout Europe to support the album, and, for the first time, throughout the [[United States]], first with bands [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]], Scar Culture, Chimaira, Unearth and [[Killswitch Engage]] during the summer,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=2819 |title=Soilwork to tour US with Hypocrisy |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> then alongside label mates In Flames during the fall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=2019 |title=In Flames, Soilwork join forces for European/US tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> After touring, they started writing and recording their fifth album.

=== ''Figure Number Five'' (late 2002–2004) ===
In December 2002, Soilwork entered the studio to begin recording their fifth album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=7840|title=Soilwork To Commence Recording New CD |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> After recording, the band began a European tour with [[Children of Bodom]] and [[Shadows Fall]] throughout April and May.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=9152 |title=Shadows Fall to Support Children of Bodom, Soilwork in Europe |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> That same month, ''[[Figure Number Five]]'' was released. In early June, drummer Henry Ranta left the band, to focus more on his personal life, and was replaced a week later by Richard Evensand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=12686 |title=Soilwork Announce New Drummer |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band then embarked on another North American tour with In Flames, [[Chimaira]], and [[Unearth]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=11788 |title=In Flames, Soilwork, Chimaira, Unearth to Team up For North American Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=11930 |title=In Flames, Soilwork, Chimaira: More North American Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In September, Soilwork toured [[Japan]] with Children of Bodom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=12312 |title=Children of Bodom, Soilwork to Team up for Japanese Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Merely days after a short mini-trek tour through Japan, Soilwork also toured [[Australia]] briefly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13083 |title=Soilwork to Tour Australia |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Later that year, they again toured North America with Chimaira, [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]] and [[Bleeding Through]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=15794 |title=Chimaira And Soilwork to Team up For 'Pure Hatred' Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> After the tour, Richard Evensand left the band to replace drummer Andols Herrick who had recently left Chimaira.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=17903 |title=Former Soilwork Drummer Explains Decision to Join Chimaira |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Soilwork initially announced his temporary replacement as Dirk Verbeuren of [[Scarve]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=17929 |title=Soilwork Announce Temporary Replacement For Departed Drummer |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Verbeuren would later become the full-time replacement.<ref name="BMWichersQuits">{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=45407 |title=SOILWORK: Guitarist WICHERS Quits, Drummer VERBEUREN Named Full-Time Member |date=2005-12-11 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In early 2004, singer [[Björn "Speed" Strid]] laid down tracks with [[Italian people|Italian]] melodic death metal band [[Disarmonia Mundi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21074 |title=DISARMONIA MUNDI: Sophomore Album To Include Appearance By SOILWORK Singer |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> During April, the band announced that it had extended its contract with record label Nuclear Blast Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=21562 |title=Soilwork Extend Contract With Nuclear Blast |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> That same month the band again toured Australia alongside [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Embodiment 12:14]], and Killswitch Engage. In mid-2004, Soilwork toured Japan for a second time alongside Dark Tranquillity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork to Team up for Japanese Tour|author= |publisher= Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=20498|accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In September, Soilwork entered the studio to record their sixth album, ''[[Stabbing the Drama]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=23227 |title=Soilwork to Enter Studio in September |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref>

=== ''Stabbing the Drama'' (2005–2006) ===
Soilwork entered Dug Out Studios on September 14 to begin recording their sixth full-length album. A week later the band changed venues and recorded at Fascination Street Studios.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=26835 |title=Soilwork Begin Recording New Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> ''Stabbing the Drama'' was released in early March 2005. The album entered the Finnish charts at number 19, and in Sweden at number 14.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=33831 |title=Soilwork's 'Stabbing The Drama' Enters Finnish Chart At No. 19 |publisher= Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band also began to gain minor commercial success in the [[United States]]. ''[[Stabbing the Drama]]'' reached No. 12 and No. 21 on the [[Billboard charts#Top Heatseekers|Billboard Heatseeker]] and [[Independent Albums|Independent]] album charts, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard albums |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |url={{Allmusic |class=album |id=r730435 |pure_url=yes}} |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band partook in the 2005 [[Ozzfest]], performing on the second stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=34998 |title=It's Official: Mudvayne To Fill 'Mystery Band' Slot on Ozzfest's Main Stage |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In November the band toured stateside with [[Fear Factory]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=41713 |title=Soilwork to Miss First Nine Shows of Fear Factory Tour |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In late 2005, guitarist [[Peter Wichers]] left the band due to tour exhaustion and other personal issues.<ref name="BMWichersQuits"/> The same month, Strid announced he was working on a second album with Disarmomia Mundi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=45766 |title=Soilwork Frontman Working on New Diarmonia Mundi Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In May 2006, Daniel Antonsson was announced as the replacement for Peter Wichers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=51901 |title=Soilwork: North American Debut with New Guitarist Scheduled for the Fall |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Soilwork spent the summer appearing at festivals throughout Europe. In September they toured throughout the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=54076 |title=SOILWORK: U.K., Turkish Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The band later pulled out of the Turkish dates, due to [[terrorism|terrorist attacks]] and bombings that had recently occurred to tourists there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=59413 |title=SOILWORK Postpones Turkish Dates |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> In October the band trekked North America, this time with [[Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour]], [[Mnemic]] and [[Threat Signal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=57391 |title=Soilwork, Darkest Hour, Mnemic: More U.S. Tour Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=62581 |title=Threat Signal: Video Footage From Soilwork Tour Posted Online |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref>

=== ''Sworn to a Great Divide'' (2007–2010) ===
In early March 2007, Soilwork began laying down the tracks for their seventh album, ''[[Sworn to a Great Divide]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68588 |title=Soilwork: Drums for New CD Completed; Photos, Video Available |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Late in June, Ola Frenning announced that the album was finished.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75599 |title=SOILWORK Completes Work On New Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> Soilwork toured in the fall alongside [[Caliban (band)|Caliban]], [[Sonic Syndicate]], and [[Dark Tranquillity]] in a tour dubbed, '[[Eastpak]] Antidote' tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=75905 |title=Chimaira, Soilwork, Caliban, Sonic Syndicate: More 'Eastpak Antidote' Dates Announced |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=2007-07-23}}</ref> The album was released on October 19, 2007 through Nuclear Blast. The album sports a sound closer to [[thrash metal|thrash]] than their previous albums, though still backed by their trademark synth elements. The band took part on an American tour with co-headliners [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] and [[Killswitch Engage]], as well as [[DevilDriver]]. The tour began on November 28, 2007 at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Massachusetts, and ended at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico on December 17, 2007. The tour, dubbed The Clash of the Titans Tour 2007, appeared in Grand Prairie, TX at the Nokia Live Theatre on December 8, 2007 to play for the entire Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. On February 12, 2008, an official statement was posted on Soilwork's official website that Ola Frenning and Soilwork had decided to part ways, his replacement came in the form of [[Sylvain Coudret]]. In another statement on September 18, 2008, it was revealed that guitarist [[Daniel Antonsson]] would be replaced with the return of former guitarist and founding member [[Peter Wichers]] and also that Sylvain Coudret from the band [[Scarve]] who has been doing session work as second guitarist during 2008 Summer festivals became permanent guitar player for the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soilwork.org/index.php |title=The Official Soilwork website |publisher=www.soilwork.org |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref>

=== ''The Panic Broadcast'' and ''The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998-2008'' (late 2010–2012) ===
The band returned to the studio in early 2010 to write and record their eighth album, later on with Strid announcing on January 22, 2010 in a MySpace bulletin that the new album would be entitled ''[[The Panic Broadcast]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11970182&blogId=526768176 |title=SPEED REVEALS NEW SOILWORK ALBUM TITLE van Soilwork op Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=2010-01-22 |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref> On June 30, 2010, ''[[The Sledgehammer Files: The Best of Soilwork 1998-2008]]'' was released followed ''The Panic Broadcast'' on July 2 in Europe, and on July 13 in North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=11970182&blogId=533118162 |title=SOILWORK - Unveil THE PANIC BROADCAST Artwork! van Soilwork op Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=2010-04-20 |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref>

=== ''The Living Infinite'' (2013-2014) ===
Soilwork announced on June 26, 2012 that Peter Wichers has left Soilwork for the second time. Following the departure, Peter was replaced by David Andersson.

Strid began to think of the band's next album as a double album during a 2011 tour. He wanted to challenge himself, instead of releasing a single album after Wicher's departure. He also wanted to show that the band could release a great album with one of their main composers gone. He wrote two songs by the end of the year, and began writing with the band in March 2012. Soilwork announced they would begin recording August 23, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=178435 |title=Soilwork To Enter Studio This Week |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2012-08-21 |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref>

The album was released February 27, 2013 in Asia, March 1 in Europe, March 4 in the UK and March 5 in North America.

=== ''Beyond the Infinite'' (2014) ===
Soilwork released a five track EP on September 24, 2014 only in Asia.

=== ''The Ride Majestic'' (2015) ===
On December 5, 2014, Soilwork frontman Strid confirmed that work had begun on a new album when he posted a picture on Facebook of him listening to new demos.<ref name="metalhammer" >{{cite web |url=http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2014-12-05/soilwork-are-better-than-ever |title=Soilwork are better than ever - Metal Hammer |publisher=Metalhammer.teamrock.com |date=2014-12-05 |accessdate=2015-03-18}}</ref> Strid also stated that Soilwork are sounding "better than ever."<ref name="metalhammer" /> It was also confirmed that Soilwork has teamed up with [[Testament (band)|Testament]] frontman [[Chuck Billy (vocalist)|Chuck Billy]]'s Breaking Bands LLC management company for the album.<ref name="metalhammer" />

In June 2015, Soilwork announced that longtime bassist Ola Flink and the band had parted ways and that he would be replaced by new bassist Markus Wibom.<ref>{{Cite web|title = SOILWORK - welcome new bassist Markus Wibom! - Nuclear Blast|url = http://www.nuclearblast.de/fr/label/music/band/news/details/3911595.70960.soilwork-welcome-new-bassist-markus-wibom.html|website = www.nuclearblast.de|accessdate = 2015-12-16}}</ref>

Soilwork supports [[Soulfly]] on their 2015 We Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour. [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]] and [[Shattered Sun]] also joins the tour, scheduled for a 27 concert trek starting on September 30 and ending in Albuquerque, NM on October 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://concerttournewshub.com/Rock-Music/Soulfly-Concert-Tour-Schedule.php |title=Soulfly 2015 We Sold Our Souls To Metal Tour Schedule With Decapitated, Soilwork & Shattered Sun |date=May 9, 2015 |accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/soulfly-archangel-release-date-revealed-tour-with-soilwork-decapitated-announced/ |title=SOULFLY: 'Archangel' Release Date Revealed; Tour With SOILWORK, DECAPITATED Announced |date=May 4, 2015 |accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=113311 |title=Soulfly Announces North American Tour Dates With Soilwork |date=May 8, 2015 |accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soulfly.com/ |title=http://www.soulfly.com/ | accessdate=May 10, 2015}}</ref> Then, Soilwork goes on a European tour as headliner with [[Hatesphere|HateSphere]] and French band [[T.A.N.K (Think of A New Kind)|T.A.N.K]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Soilwork Headline Tour Of Europe {{!}} Ghost Cult Magazine|url = http://www.ghostcultmag.com/tag/soilwork-headline-tour-of-europe/|website = www.ghostcultmag.com|accessdate = 2015-12-16}}</ref> for whom Björn Strid has recorded a guest appareance on their song "Blood Relation".<ref>{{Cite web|title = T.A.N.K new video feat. Björn Strid (Soilwork). - Rock-Pix.com Media and Rock report|url = http://www.rock-pix.com/t-a-n-k-new-video-feat-bjorn-strid-soilwork/|website = Rock-Pix.com Media and Rock report|accessdate = 2015-12-16|language = nl-NL}}</ref>

== Band members ==
{{mainlist|List of Soilwork band members}}

;Current members
* [[Björn Strid|Björn "Speed" Strid]] – [[singing|vocals]] (1995–present)
* Sven Karlsson – [[electronic keyboard|keyboards]] (2001–present)
* [[Dirk Verbeuren]] – [[drum kit|drums]] (2004–present)
* Sylvain Coudret – [[lead guitar]] (2008–present)
* David Andersson – [[lead guitar]] (2012–present)
*Markus Wibom – [[bass guitar]] (2015–present)<ref>https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152960898722263&substory_index=0&id=8516817262</ref>

== Discography ==
{{mainlist|Soilwork discography}}

;Studio albums
* ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Chainheart Machine]]'' (2000)
* ''[[A Predator's Portrait]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Natural Born Chaos]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Figure Number Five]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Stabbing the Drama]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Sworn to a Great Divide]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Panic Broadcast]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Living Infinite]]'' (2013)
* ''[[The Ride Majestic]]'' (2015)

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.soilwork.org}}
* [http://www.myspace.com/soilwork Soilwork's Myspace profile]
* [http://www.nuclearblast.de Nuclear Blast - official website]
* [http://www.hardradio.com/shockwaves/soilwork1.php3 HardRadio.com interview with Bjorn Strid on Soilwork, Ozzfest, and Scandinavian Metal]

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Pitch Black Progress

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Pitch Black Progress
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Scar Symmetry]]
| Cover = Pitchblackprogress.jpg
| Released = {{start date|2006|4|21|mf=y}} (See [[#Release history|release history]])
| Recorded = at Black Lounge Studios in [[Avesta Municipality|Avesta]], [[Sweden]] during [[Fall (season)|Fall]] 2005
| Genre = [[Death metal]],<ref name="Allmusic"/> [[Power metal]]
| Length = {{duration|m=59|s=23}}
| Label = [[Nuclear Blast]] (United States) [[Dream On Music|Dream On]] (South Korea)
| Producer = [[Jonas Kjellgren]]
| Last album = ''[[Symmetric in Design]]'' (2005)
| This album = '''''Pitch Black Progress''''' (2006)
| Next album = ''[[Holographic Universe (album)|Holographic Universe]]'' (2008)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Pitch Black Progress
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[The Illusionist (Scar Symmetry song)|The Illusionist]]
| single 1 date = 2006
| single 2 = [[The Illusionist (Scar Symmetry song)|The Illusionist (re-release)]]
| single 2 date = 2007
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}

'''''Pitch Black Progress''''' is the second studio album by [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Heavy Metal music|metal]] band [[Scar Symmetry]]. The album was released in Europe on April 21, 2006 and in North America on May 2, 2006 through [[Nuclear Blast]].

''Pitch Black Progress'' was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Black Lounge Studios, [[Avesta (locality)|Avesta]], Sweden, on various occasions during 2005, by [[Jonas Kjellgren]].{{citation needed|date=July 2009}} The album's [[album cover|artwork]] and layout was created by Anthony Clarkson. [[Allmusic]] praised the album's "uncompromisingly extreme hard-soft dynamics and accompanying, remarkably accessible sing-and-grunt-along choruses".<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r826117|pure_url=yes}}|title=Pitch Black Progress Overview|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=October 22, 2009}}</ref>

The track "The Illusionist" was promoted with two different music videos;<ref>https://www.myspace.com/video/scar-symmetry/scar-symmetry-the-illusionist-second-version/33234165</ref> the second version used as the official video by releasing label Nuclear Blast.<ref>{{YouTube|85h5KYI0bHU}}</ref> The original version is available at the band's own YouTube site.<ref>{{YouTube|cGvMiD9zZyY}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Standard Edition
| all_lyrics = Henrik Ohlsson
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = The Illusionist
| music1 = Per Nilsson
| length1 = 4:31
| title2 = Slaves to the Subliminal
| music2 = Jonas Kjellgren, Christian Älvestam
| length2 = 5:04
| title3 = Mind Machine
| music3 = Per Nilsson, Christian Älvestam
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Pitch Black Progress
| music4 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length4 = 3:26
| title5 = Calculate the Apocalypse
| music5 = Per Nilsson
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Dreaming 24/7
| music6 = Per Nilsson, Christian Älvestam
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = Abstracted
| music7 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length7 = 3:25
| title8 = The Kaleidoscopic God
| music8 = Jonas Kjellgren, Per Nilsson, Christian Älvestam
| length8 = 7:09
| title9 = Retaliator
| music9 = Jonas Kjellgren, Christian Älvestam
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = Oscillation Point
| music10 = Jonas Kjellgren, Christian Älvestam
| length10 = 4:04
| title11 = The Path of Least Resistance
| music11 = Jonas Kjellgren, Christian Älvestam
| length11 = 4:29
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Special Edition bonus tracks

| music_credits = yes

| title12 = Carved in Stone
| music12 = Jonas Kjellgren, Christian Älvestam
| length12 = 5:29
| title13 = Deviate from the Form
| music13 = Per Nilsson
| length13 = 5:27
}}

== Credits ==
;Scar Symmetry
* [[Christian Älvestam]] – vocals
* [[Jonas Kjellgren]] – guitar
* [[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]] – guitar
* Kenneth Seil – bass guitar
* Henrik Ohlsson – drums, lyrics

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Release date
|-
|Europe
|{{start date|2006|4|21|mf=y}}
|-
|United States
|{{start date|2006|5|2}}
|-
|South Korea
|{{start date|2006|5|15|mf=y}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Scar Symmetry}}

[[Category:2006 albums]]
[[Category:Scar Symmetry albums]]
[[Category:Nuclear Blast albums]]

Symmetric in Design

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Symmetric In Design
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Scar Symmetry]]
| Cover = Symmetric.jpg
| Released = {{start date|2005|2|7|mf=y}} (See [[#Release history|release history]])
| Recorded = July – September 2004 at Black Lounge Studios, [[Avesta Municipality|Avesta]], [[Sweden]]
| Genre = [[Death metal]],<ref name="Allmusic"/> [[Progressive metal]]
| Length = 48:36
| Label = [[Cold Records|Cold]]/[[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]] ([[Europe]]) [[Nuclear Blast]] ([[United States|U.S.]]) [[Soundholic Records|Soundholic]] ([[Japan]])
| Producer =
| Last album = ''[[Seeds Of Rebellion]]'' (2004)
| This album = '''''Symmetric In Design''''' (2005)
| Next album = ''[[Pitch Black Progress]]'' (2006)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternative cover
| Type = studio
| Cover = Symmetricindesign-jap.jpg
| Lower caption = Japanese release
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}

'''''Symmetric In Design''''' is the debut album by [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Heavy metal music|metal]] band [[Scar Symmetry]]. ''Symmetric In Design'' was recorded during July through September 2004 at Black Lounge Studios, [[Avesta Municipality|Avesta]], [[Sweden]]. ''Symmetric In Design'' was released on February 7, 2005 in [[Europe]], September 6, 2005 in the [[United States]] and April 25, 2005 in [[Japan]].

The album was considered by critics to be a "standout first effort" from the band, drawing comparisons with other Swedish melodic death metal acts, such as [[Soilwork]].<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r791217|pure_url=yes}}|title=Symmetric in Design Review|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=October 20, 2009}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All lyrics written by Henrik Ohlsson.
{{Tracklist
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Chaosweaver
| music1 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = 2012: The Demise Of The 5th Sun
| music2 = Per Nilsson
| length2 = 3:51
| title3 = Dominion
| music3 = Per Nilsson
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = Underneath The Surface
| music4 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length4 = 3:50
| title5 = Reborn
| music5 = Per Nilsson
| length5 = 3:58
| title6 = Veil Of Illusions
| music6 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length6 = 5:06
| title7 = Obscure Alliance
| music7 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length7 = 3:42
| title8 = Hybrid Cult
| music8 = Jonas Kjellgren/Christian Älvestam
| length8 = 5:00
| title9 = Orchestrate The Infinite
| music9 = Per Nilsson
| length9 = 4:07
| title10 = Detach from the Outcome
| music10 = Per Nilsson
| length10 = 3:25
| title11 = Seeds Of Rebellion
| music11 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length11 = 3:12
| title12 = The Eleventh Sphere
| music12 = Jonas Kjellgren
| length12 = 5:19
|total_length = 48:36
}}

==Credits==
===Scar Symmetry===
* [[Christian Älvestam]] – [[vocals]]
* Jonas Kjellgren – [[rhythm guitar]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[audio mixing|mixing]], [[audio engineering|engineering]]
* Per Nilsson – [[lead guitar]], keyboards, engineering
* Henrik Ohlsson – [[drums]]
* Kenneth Seil – [[bass guitar]]

===Other personnel===
*Thomas Johansson – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
*Pär Johansson – [[Illustration|artwork]], [[Page layout|layout]], [[logo]]
*John Allan – [[photography]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Release date
|-
|Europe
|{{start date|2005|2|7|mf=y}}
|-
|Japan
|{{start date|2005|4|25|mf=y}}
|-
|United States
|{{start date|2005|9|6}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.scarsymmetry.com/ Official Website]

{{Scar Symmetry}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Symmetric In Design}}
[[Category:Scar Symmetry albums]]
[[Category:Nuclear Blast albums]]
[[Category:2005 debut albums]]

The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity)

2015-12-18T00:00:04Z

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{{Infobox album
| Name = The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Scar Symmetry]]
| Cover = Scar-Symmetry-The-Singularity-Neohumanity.png
| Released = October 3, 2014<ref name="youtube.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NsFx6iVOaA|title=SCAR SYMMETRY - Limits To Infinity (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)|date=22 August 2014|work=YouTube|accessdate=September 3, 2014}}</ref> (see [[#Release history|release history]])
| Recorded = December 2013 - August 2014 at Studio Overlook and Studio Kabyss
| Genre =
| Length = 43:22
| Label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
| Producer = [[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]]
| Mixed by = [[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]]
| Mastered by = [[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]]
| Last album = ''[[The Unseen Empire]]'' (2011)
| This album = '''''The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)''''' (2014)
| Next album =
}}

'''''The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)''''' is the sixth full-length studio album by [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Heavy Metal music|metal]] band [[Scar Symmetry]], released by [[Nuclear Blast]] on 3 October 2014 (EU).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.nuclearblast.de/shoplanding/2014/Scar-Symmetry/the-singularity.html|title=SCAR SYMMETRY - THE SINGULARITY - AVAILABLE AT NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS!|work=nuclearblast.de|accessdate=September 3, 2014}}</ref> This is the first album of the Singularity trilogy, and the first [[Scar Symmetry]] album to be composed, produced, mixed and mastered entirely by guitarist [[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]].

==Album information==
The first phase of the trilogy is centered on the rise of "artilects ([[artificial intelligence|artificial intellects]]) with mental capacities far above the human level of thought" and that "by the year 2030, one of the world's biggest industries will be '[[artificial brain]]s,' used to control artilects that will be genuinely intelligent and useful." The lyrical content focuses on the divide between "those who embrace the new technology and those who oppose it" due to the social issues caused by the rise of artificial intelligence and the emergence of [[transhumanism|transhumanists]] who add artilect technology to their own bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scar-symmetry-announces-concept-album-trilogy-the-singularity/|title=Scar Symmetry Announces Concept Album Trilogy 'The Singularity' - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=January 20, 2014|accessdate=September 3, 2014}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[All About The Rock]]''
| rev1score = {{Rating|8.5|10}}<ref name="All About The Rock review">{{cite web | url = http://allabouttherock.co.uk/scar-symmetry-the-singularity-phase-i-neohumanity/ | last = Biello | first = Anthony | title = Scar Symmetry – The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity) | accessdate = 2014-10-16}}</ref>
}}

Writing for [[All About The Rock]] Anthony Biello scored the album 8.5 out of 10 and said ''"I wasn’t expecting such a well written record from a band I discarded years ago. If you are a fan of Power, Progressive or Death Metal, then check this out. Scar Symmetry blends all of those genres together unlike any other band I’ve ever heard before. Supposedly this is the first concept album of a trilogy, and if the next 2 are even close to The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity), I would consider it a success."''<ref name="All About The Rock review"/>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| total_length = 43:22
| all_music = Per Nilsson
| all_lyrics = Henrik Ohlsson
| title1 = The Shape of Things to Come
| length1 = 0:52
| title2 = Neohuman
| length2 = 8:43
| title3 = Limits to Infinity
| length3 = 4:57
| title4 = Cryonic Harvest
| length4 = 6:12
| title5 = The Spiral Timeshift
| length5 = 4:50
| title6 = Children of the Integrated Circuit (instrumental)
| length6 = 2:25
| title7 = Neuromancers
| length7 = 5:11
| title8 = Technocalyptic Cybergeddon
| length8 = 10:12
}}

==Personnel==
*Lars Palmqvist – [[clean vocals]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
*Roberth Karlsson – [[Death growl|growl vocals]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]] (tracks 2 & 3)
*[[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]] – [[lead guitar]], [[rhythm guitar]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[clean vocals]] (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8), [[backing vocals]] (tracks 1-8)
*Kenneth Seil – [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Henrik Ohlsson – [[Drum kit|drums]]

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Region
!Release date
|-
|Europe<ref name="youtube.com"/>
|{{start date|2014|10|03}}
|-
|United Kingdom/France
|{{start date|2014|10|13}}
|-
|North America
|{{start date|2014|10|14}}
|}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Scar Symmetry}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singularity Phase I: Neohumanity}}
[[Category:Scar Symmetry albums]]
[[Category:Nuclear Blast albums]]
[[Category:2014 albums]]

Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I

2015-12-17T23:57:51Z

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{{refimprove|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox album 
|Name = Nightmares in the Waking State - Part 1
|Type = studio
|Artist = [[Solution .45]]
|Cover =
|Released = 20 November 2015
|Recorded = 2013-2015 at Panic Room Studios
|Genre = [[Melodic death metal]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Verhoeven|first1=Patrick|title=Solution .45 - Nightmares In The Waking State - Part I|journal=Lords of Metal|date=November 2015|issue=162|url=http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/en/reviews/view/id/30908|accessdate=November 6, 2015|publisher=Horst Vonberg}}</ref>, [[progressive metal]], [[power metal]]
|Length = 59:48
|Label = [[AFM Records]]
|Producer = [[Jani Stefanovic]]
|Last album ='''''[[For Aeons Past]]''''' (2010)
|This album = '''''Nightmares in the Waking State - Part i'''' (2015)
|Next album ='''''Nightmares in the Waking State - Part 2'''' (TBA)
}}

'''''Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I''''' is the second studio album by Swedish metal band [[Solution .45]]. It was released on November 20, 2015.

On October 16, 2015, Solution .45 released a lyric video for the track "Perfecting the Void." A second track "Winning Where Losing Is All" was released as a single on October 30, 2015.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist

| lyrics_credits = yes
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Wanderer from the Fold
| music1 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics1 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length1 = 5:19
| title2 = Perfecting the Void
| music2 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics2 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length2 = 5:31
| title3 = Bleed Heavens Dry
| music3 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics3 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length3 = 5:10
| title4 = Winning Where Losing Is All
| music4 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics4 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length4 = 5:58
| title5 = In Moments of Despair
| music5 = Älvestam
| lyrics5 = Älvestam
| length5 = 6:24
| title6 = Second to None
| music6 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics6 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length6 = 5:10
| title7 = Targeting Blaze
| music7 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics7 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length7 = 4:56
| title8 = Alter (The Unbearable Weight of Nothing)
| music8 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics8 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length8 = 4:31
| title9 = Wield the Scepter
| music9 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics9 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length9 = 5:16
| title10 = I, Nemesis
| music10 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics10 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length10 = 11:33
}}

==Band Members==
* [[Christian Älvestam]] - lead vocals
* [[Jani Stefanovic]] - lead & rhythm guitar, bass guitar
* Patrik Gardberg - rhythm & lead guitar
* Rolf Pilve - drums

==References==
<references />

[[Category:2015 albums]]
[[Category:Death metal albums]]

Solution .45

2015-12-17T23:56:22Z

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Solution .45
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Sweden
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsicano|first=Dan|title=Solution .45 - 'For Aeons Past'|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/s/gr/solution45-foraeonspast.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|accessdate=16 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=Allaeons>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=For Aeons Past|url=http://allmusic.com/album/for-aeons-past-r1783763/review|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[Alternative metal]]<ref name=Allaeons /><ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=Solution .45|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/solution-45-p2132574/biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=Solution .45|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/sweden/solution+451|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[Progressive metal]]<ref name=Allaeons /> [[Power metal]]<ref name=Allaeons />
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = AFM
| associated_acts = [[Scar Symmetry]], [[Miseration]], [[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mikael Stanne]], [[Dark Tranquility]], [[Divinefire]], [[Hateform]], [[Kotipelto]], [[Mehida]], [[Stratovarius]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many, Torchbearer, Ammotrack, Angel Blake, Incapacity, Unmoored, Solar Dawn, Scorched Earth Tactics
| current_members = [[Christian Älvestam]] [[Jani Stefanovic]] Patrik Gardberg Rolf Pilve
| past_members = [[Mikko Härkin]] Anders Edlund Tom Gardiner
}}

'''Solution .45''' is a [[heavy metal music|metal]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] from [[Sweden]], created by guitarist [[Jani Stefanovic]] ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow). Their current lineup includes vocalist [[Christian Älvestam]] ([[Miseration]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]]), guitarists Stefanovic and Patrik Gardberg (Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack), and drummer Rolf Pilve ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]]).

==History==
In late 2007 [[Jani Stefanovic]] formed Solution .45, with [[Christian Älvestam]] (who had left [[Scar Symmetry]] in 2008) joining as one of its last members. Jani stresses that despite Christian's presence in the band, it will not be a Scar Symmetry clone and that songs had been ready for some time before his arrival.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111526 "Solution .45 Guitarist: We're Not a SCAR SYMMETRY Copy"], Blabbermouth.Net, Published Dec. 26, 2008. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> In the fall of 2008 an 8-track demo was produced by Tomas "Plec" Johansson (Unmoored, Scar Symmetry), with a demo track titled "Clandestinity Now" available over the internet.{{citation needed|date=March 2010}}

Solution .45 entered Panic Room Studios in September 2009 to record its first full-length album ''[[For Aeons Past]]'', with [[Dark Tranquillity]] vocalist [[Mikael Stanne]] writing lyrics for the majority of the album. The record was finished and mastered in December 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/11/23/solution-45-are-about-to-offer-up-a-euro-metal-explosion/|title=SOLUTION.45 ARE ABOUT TO OFFER UP A EURO-METAL EXPLOSION!|date=November 23, 2009|author=Neilstein, Vince|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref> and was issued by AFM records in Europe and Marquee/Avalon in Japan;<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122795 "SOLUTION.45 Signs Japanese Deal With MARQUEE/AVALON - June 29, 2009"], Blabbermouth.com. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> released on 9 April 2010 in Europe, and May 11 in North America.<ref name="janileaves">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140881|title=SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=23 June 2010|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records}}</ref>

On 23 January 2010, it was announced that the band was parting ways with keyboardist Mikko Härkin. Mikko still contributed keyboards to the record, but he is regarded as a guest musician on the album, rather than a permanent band member.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133939 "SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Keyboardist"]</ref> Furthermore, it was announced on 29 May 2010 that Jani Stefanovic was leaving the band amicably, and Patrik Gardberg (from Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, and Ammotrack) would be his replacement. The band still wishes to involve Jani in future work, including future albums.<ref name="janileaves" />

By 25 August 2010, Solution .45 had released a music video for "Gravitational Lensing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145073|title=SOLUTION .45's 'Gravitational Lensing' Video To Premiere This Friday|date=25 August 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth.com|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref>
The video for "Lethean Tears" was initially set to launch in late 2010, but for undisclosed reasons, it was canceled. Latest news from [[Christian Älvestam]], indicates that the production of the video was resumed in early February 2011, and the video should be released later in 2011. The video for "Lethean Tears" was released on 30 July 2011.

On 11 August 2011, it was announced that Stefanovic had returned to the band, which would now feature three guitarists (Stefanovic, Gardiner, and Gardberg). It has since been announced that Anders Edlund, the groups bassist, has departed from the group on mutual terms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/solution-45-official/the-return/246753652016165|title=The Return!|date=11 August 2011|publisher=Facebook.com|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref>

As of mid-2014, the group is working on their second and third studio albums.
On 9 July 2014, the band announced that Tom Gardiner had left the band<ref>https://www.facebook.com/solution.45.official/posts/794019793956212</ref>

On August 31st 2015, on the official facebook page, the band announced November 20th 2015 as the release date of Part 1 of their new album, which will be released worldwide through vinyl, CD and most digital platforms. The album was later titled ''[[Nightmares In The Waking State: Part I]]''. Following the release of Part I, the band announced that [[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]] will be released in 2016.

==Discography==
* ''[[For Aeons Past]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]]'' (2016)

==Members==
* [[Christian Älvestam]] - vocals ([[Miseration]], [[The Few Against Many]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]])
* [[Jani Stefanovic]] - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many)
* Patrik Gardberg - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Divinefire]], Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack)
* Rolf Pilve - drums ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]])

===Former Members===
* [[Mikko Härkin]] - keyboards ([[Symfonia]], [[Kotipelto]], ex-[[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mehida]])
* Anders Edlund - bass (Angel Blake, The Few Against Many)
* Tom "Tomma" Gardiner - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Hateform]], ex-[[Mors Principium Est]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540303901 Solution .45 at Metal Archives]
* [https://www.myspace.com/solution45 Solution .45 at MySpace]

[[Category:Swedish melodic death metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Heavy metal supergroups]]
[[Category:Swedish progressive metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Swedish technical death metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Swedish power metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Finnish melodic death metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Finnish progressive metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Finnish power metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2008]]

Solution .45

2015-12-17T23:55:49Z

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Solution .45
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Sweden
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsicano|first=Dan|title=Solution .45 - 'For Aeons Past'|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/s/gr/solution45-foraeonspast.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|accessdate=16 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=Allaeons>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=For Aeons Past|url=http://allmusic.com/album/for-aeons-past-r1783763/review|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[Alternative metal]]<ref name=Allaeons /><ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=Solution .45|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/solution-45-p2132574/biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=Solution .45|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/sweden/solution+451|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[Progressive metal]]<ref name=Allaeons /> [[power metal]]<ref name=Allaeons />
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = AFM
| associated_acts = [[Scar Symmetry]], [[Miseration]], [[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mikael Stanne]], [[Dark Tranquility]], [[Divinefire]], [[Hateform]], [[Kotipelto]], [[Mehida]], [[Stratovarius]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many, Torchbearer, Ammotrack, Angel Blake, Incapacity, Unmoored, Solar Dawn, Scorched Earth Tactics
| current_members = [[Christian Älvestam]] [[Jani Stefanovic]] Patrik Gardberg Rolf Pilve
| past_members = [[Mikko Härkin]] Anders Edlund Tom Gardiner
}}

'''Solution .45''' is a [[heavy metal music|metal]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] from [[Sweden]], created by guitarist [[Jani Stefanovic]] ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow). Their current lineup includes vocalist [[Christian Älvestam]] ([[Miseration]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]]), guitarists Stefanovic and Patrik Gardberg (Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack), and drummer Rolf Pilve ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]]).

==History==
In late 2007 [[Jani Stefanovic]] formed Solution .45, with [[Christian Älvestam]] (who had left [[Scar Symmetry]] in 2008) joining as one of its last members. Jani stresses that despite Christian's presence in the band, it will not be a Scar Symmetry clone and that songs had been ready for some time before his arrival.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111526 "Solution .45 Guitarist: We're Not a SCAR SYMMETRY Copy"], Blabbermouth.Net, Published Dec. 26, 2008. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> In the fall of 2008 an 8-track demo was produced by Tomas "Plec" Johansson (Unmoored, Scar Symmetry), with a demo track titled "Clandestinity Now" available over the internet.{{citation needed|date=March 2010}}

Solution .45 entered Panic Room Studios in September 2009 to record its first full-length album ''[[For Aeons Past]]'', with [[Dark Tranquillity]] vocalist [[Mikael Stanne]] writing lyrics for the majority of the album. The record was finished and mastered in December 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/11/23/solution-45-are-about-to-offer-up-a-euro-metal-explosion/|title=SOLUTION.45 ARE ABOUT TO OFFER UP A EURO-METAL EXPLOSION!|date=November 23, 2009|author=Neilstein, Vince|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref> and was issued by AFM records in Europe and Marquee/Avalon in Japan;<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122795 "SOLUTION.45 Signs Japanese Deal With MARQUEE/AVALON - June 29, 2009"], Blabbermouth.com. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> released on 9 April 2010 in Europe, and May 11 in North America.<ref name="janileaves">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140881|title=SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=23 June 2010|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records}}</ref>

On 23 January 2010, it was announced that the band was parting ways with keyboardist Mikko Härkin. Mikko still contributed keyboards to the record, but he is regarded as a guest musician on the album, rather than a permanent band member.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133939 "SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Keyboardist"]</ref> Furthermore, it was announced on 29 May 2010 that Jani Stefanovic was leaving the band amicably, and Patrik Gardberg (from Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, and Ammotrack) would be his replacement. The band still wishes to involve Jani in future work, including future albums.<ref name="janileaves" />

By 25 August 2010, Solution .45 had released a music video for "Gravitational Lensing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145073|title=SOLUTION .45's 'Gravitational Lensing' Video To Premiere This Friday|date=25 August 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth.com|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref>
The video for "Lethean Tears" was initially set to launch in late 2010, but for undisclosed reasons, it was canceled. Latest news from [[Christian Älvestam]], indicates that the production of the video was resumed in early February 2011, and the video should be released later in 2011. The video for "Lethean Tears" was released on 30 July 2011.

On 11 August 2011, it was announced that Stefanovic had returned to the band, which would now feature three guitarists (Stefanovic, Gardiner, and Gardberg). It has since been announced that Anders Edlund, the groups bassist, has departed from the group on mutual terms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/solution-45-official/the-return/246753652016165|title=The Return!|date=11 August 2011|publisher=Facebook.com|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref>

As of mid-2014, the group is working on their second and third studio albums.
On 9 July 2014, the band announced that Tom Gardiner had left the band<ref>https://www.facebook.com/solution.45.official/posts/794019793956212</ref>

On August 31st 2015, on the official facebook page, the band announced November 20th 2015 as the release date of Part 1 of their new album, which will be released worldwide through vinyl, CD and most digital platforms. The album was later titled ''[[Nightmares In The Waking State: Part I]]''. Following the release of Part I, the band announced that [[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]] will be released in 2016.

==Discography==
* ''[[For Aeons Past]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]]'' (2016)

==Members==
* [[Christian Älvestam]] - vocals ([[Miseration]], [[The Few Against Many]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]])
* [[Jani Stefanovic]] - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many)
* Patrik Gardberg - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Divinefire]], Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack)
* Rolf Pilve - drums ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]])

===Former Members===
* [[Mikko Härkin]] - keyboards ([[Symfonia]], [[Kotipelto]], ex-[[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mehida]])
* Anders Edlund - bass (Angel Blake, The Few Against Many)
* Tom "Tomma" Gardiner - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Hateform]], ex-[[Mors Principium Est]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540303901 Solution .45 at Metal Archives]
* [https://www.myspace.com/solution45 Solution .45 at MySpace]

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[[Category:Swedish progressive metal musical groups]]
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[[Category:Finnish progressive metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Finnish power metal musical groups]]
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Solution .45

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Solution .45
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Sweden
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Marsicano|first=Dan|title=Solution .45 - 'For Aeons Past'|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/s/gr/solution45-foraeonspast.htm|publisher=[[About.com]]|accessdate=16 March 2011}}</ref><ref name=Allaeons>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=For Aeons Past|url=http://allmusic.com/album/for-aeons-past-r1783763/review|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[Alternative metal]]<ref name=Allaeons /><ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=Solution .45|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/solution-45-p2132574/biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=Solution .45|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/sweden/solution+451|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|accessdate=2011-03-16}}</ref> [[Progressive metal]],<ref name=Allaeons />[[power metal]]<ref name=Allaeons />
| years_active = 2008–present
| label = AFM
| associated_acts = [[Scar Symmetry]], [[Miseration]], [[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mikael Stanne]], [[Dark Tranquility]], [[Divinefire]], [[Hateform]], [[Kotipelto]], [[Mehida]], [[Stratovarius]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many, Torchbearer, Ammotrack, Angel Blake, Incapacity, Unmoored, Solar Dawn, Scorched Earth Tactics
| current_members = [[Christian Älvestam]] [[Jani Stefanovic]] Patrik Gardberg Rolf Pilve
| past_members = [[Mikko Härkin]] Anders Edlund Tom Gardiner
}}

'''Solution .45''' is a [[heavy metal music|metal]] [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] from [[Sweden]], created by guitarist [[Jani Stefanovic]] ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow). Their current lineup includes vocalist [[Christian Älvestam]] ([[Miseration]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]]), guitarists Stefanovic and Patrik Gardberg (Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack), and drummer Rolf Pilve ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]]).

==History==
In late 2007 [[Jani Stefanovic]] formed Solution .45, with [[Christian Älvestam]] (who had left [[Scar Symmetry]] in 2008) joining as one of its last members. Jani stresses that despite Christian's presence in the band, it will not be a Scar Symmetry clone and that songs had been ready for some time before his arrival.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BlabberMouth.Net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111526 "Solution .45 Guitarist: We're Not a SCAR SYMMETRY Copy"], Blabbermouth.Net, Published Dec. 26, 2008. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> In the fall of 2008 an 8-track demo was produced by Tomas "Plec" Johansson (Unmoored, Scar Symmetry), with a demo track titled "Clandestinity Now" available over the internet.{{citation needed|date=March 2010}}

Solution .45 entered Panic Room Studios in September 2009 to record its first full-length album ''[[For Aeons Past]]'', with [[Dark Tranquillity]] vocalist [[Mikael Stanne]] writing lyrics for the majority of the album. The record was finished and mastered in December 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/11/23/solution-45-are-about-to-offer-up-a-euro-metal-explosion/|title=SOLUTION.45 ARE ABOUT TO OFFER UP A EURO-METAL EXPLOSION!|date=November 23, 2009|author=Neilstein, Vince|accessdate=26 November 2009}}</ref> and was issued by AFM records in Europe and Marquee/Avalon in Japan;<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=122795 "SOLUTION.45 Signs Japanese Deal With MARQUEE/AVALON - June 29, 2009"], Blabbermouth.com. Accessed on July 20, 2009</ref> released on 9 April 2010 in Europe, and May 11 in North America.<ref name="janileaves">{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140881|title=SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement|date=29 May 2010|accessdate=23 June 2010|work=Blabbermouth.net|publisher=Roadrunner Records}}</ref>

On 23 January 2010, it was announced that the band was parting ways with keyboardist Mikko Härkin. Mikko still contributed keyboards to the record, but he is regarded as a guest musician on the album, rather than a permanent band member.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=133939 "SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Keyboardist"]</ref> Furthermore, it was announced on 29 May 2010 that Jani Stefanovic was leaving the band amicably, and Patrik Gardberg (from Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, and Ammotrack) would be his replacement. The band still wishes to involve Jani in future work, including future albums.<ref name="janileaves" />

By 25 August 2010, Solution .45 had released a music video for "Gravitational Lensing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=145073|title=SOLUTION .45's 'Gravitational Lensing' Video To Premiere This Friday|date=25 August 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth.com|accessdate=22 January 2011}}</ref>
The video for "Lethean Tears" was initially set to launch in late 2010, but for undisclosed reasons, it was canceled. Latest news from [[Christian Älvestam]], indicates that the production of the video was resumed in early February 2011, and the video should be released later in 2011. The video for "Lethean Tears" was released on 30 July 2011.

On 11 August 2011, it was announced that Stefanovic had returned to the band, which would now feature three guitarists (Stefanovic, Gardiner, and Gardberg). It has since been announced that Anders Edlund, the groups bassist, has departed from the group on mutual terms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/solution-45-official/the-return/246753652016165|title=The Return!|date=11 August 2011|publisher=Facebook.com|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref>

As of mid-2014, the group is working on their second and third studio albums.
On 9 July 2014, the band announced that Tom Gardiner had left the band<ref>https://www.facebook.com/solution.45.official/posts/794019793956212</ref>

On August 31st 2015, on the official facebook page, the band announced November 20th 2015 as the release date of Part 1 of their new album, which will be released worldwide through vinyl, CD and most digital platforms. The album was later titled ''[[Nightmares In The Waking State: Part I]]''. Following the release of Part I, the band announced that [[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]] will be released in 2016.

==Discography==
* ''[[For Aeons Past]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Nightmares in the Waking State: Part II]]'' (2016)

==Members==
* [[Christian Älvestam]] - vocals ([[Miseration]], [[The Few Against Many]], ex-[[Scar Symmetry]])
* [[Jani Stefanovic]] - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Miseration]], [[Divinefire]], Essence of Sorrow, The Few Against Many)
* Patrik Gardberg - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Divinefire]], Torchbearer, The Few Against Many, Ammotrack)
* Rolf Pilve - drums ([[Miseration]], Essence of Sorrow, [[Stratovarius]])

===Former Members===
* [[Mikko Härkin]] - keyboards ([[Symfonia]], [[Kotipelto]], ex-[[Sonata Arctica]], [[Mehida]])
* Anders Edlund - bass (Angel Blake, The Few Against Many)
* Tom "Tomma" Gardiner - lead and rhythm guitars ([[Hateform]], ex-[[Mors Principium Est]])

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540303901 Solution .45 at Metal Archives]
* [https://www.myspace.com/solution45 Solution .45 at MySpace]

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[[Category:Heavy metal supergroups]]
[[Category:Swedish progressive metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Swedish technical death metal musical groups]]
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[[Category:Finnish progressive metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Finnish power metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2008]]

Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I

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{{refimprove|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox album 
|Name = Nightmares in the Waking State - Part 1
|Type = studio
|Artist = [[Solution .45]]
|Cover =
|Released = 20 November 2015
|Recorded = 2013-2014 at Panic Room Studios
|Genre = [[Melodic death metal]]<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Verhoeven|first1=Patrick|title=Solution .45 - Nightmares In The Waking State - Part I|journal=Lords of Metal|date=November 2015|issue=162|url=http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/en/reviews/view/id/30908|accessdate=November 6, 2015|publisher=Horst Vonberg}}</ref>, [[progressive metal]]
|Length = 59:48
|Label = [[AFM Records]]
|Producer = [[Jani Stefanovic]]
|Last album ='''''[[For Aeons Past]]''''' (2010)
|This album = '''''Nightmares in the Waking State - Part i'''' (2015)
|Next album ='''''Nightmares in the Waking State - Part 2'''' (TBA)
}}

'''''Nightmares in the Waking State: Part I''''' is the second studio album by Swedish metal band [[Solution .45]]. It was released on November 20, 2015.

On October 16, 2015, Solution .45 released a lyric video for the track "Perfecting the Void." A second track "Winning Where Losing Is All" was released as a single on October 30, 2015.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist

| lyrics_credits = yes
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Wanderer from the Fold
| music1 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics1 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length1 = 5:19
| title2 = Perfecting the Void
| music2 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics2 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length2 = 5:31
| title3 = Bleed Heavens Dry
| music3 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics3 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length3 = 5:10
| title4 = Winning Where Losing Is All
| music4 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics4 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length4 = 5:58
| title5 = In Moments of Despair
| music5 = Älvestam
| lyrics5 = Älvestam
| length5 = 6:24
| title6 = Second to None
| music6 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics6 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length6 = 5:10
| title7 = Targeting Blaze
| music7 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics7 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length7 = 4:56
| title8 = Alter (The Unbearable Weight of Nothing)
| music8 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics8 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length8 = 4:31
| title9 = Wield the Scepter
| music9 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics9 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length9 = 5:16
| title10 = I, Nemesis
| music10 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| lyrics10 = Älvestam & Stefanovic
| length10 = 11:33
}}

==Band Members==
* [[Christian Älvestam]] - lead vocals
* [[Jani Stefanovic]] - lead & rhythm guitar, bass guitar
* Patrik Gardberg - rhythm & lead guitar
* Rolf Pilve - drums

==References==
<references />

[[Category:2015 albums]]
[[Category:Death metal albums]]

Remedy Lane

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{{refimprove|date = August 2013}}
{{Infobox album | 
Name = Remedy Lane |
Type = studio |
Artist = [[Pain of Salvation]] |
Cover = PainOfSalvation-RemedyLane.jpg |
Released = 15 January 2002 |
Recorded = Roasting House Recording Studio; Malmö, [[Sweden]], autumn 2001 |
Genre = [[Progressive metal]] |
Length = 68:12 |
Label = [[InsideOut Music]] |
Producer = Daniel Gildenlöw and Anders "Theo" Theander|
Last album = ''[[The Perfect Element, Part I]]'' (2000) |
This album = '''''Remedy Lane''''' (2002) |
Next album = ''[[12:5]]'' (2004) |
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r570720 |title=Remedy Lane - Pain of Salvation | AllMusic |first=Robert |last=Taylor |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=22 August 2011}}</ref>
}}
'''''Remedy Lane''''' is the fourth album by Swedish [[progressive metal]] band [[Pain of Salvation]], released in Spring 2002. It is a [[concept album]] focusing on a character's search for self-discovery. It was described by [[Allmusic]] as Pain of Salvation's breakthrough album.<ref name=allmusic />

==Outline==
While both ''Remedy Lane'' and Pain of Salvation's second album, ''[[One Hour by the Concrete Lake]]'', feature a protagonist searching for self-discovery, ''Remedy Lane'' addresses a wider variety of themes, including love, loss, lust, sex and self-understanding. The album, written by guitarist and vocalist [[Daniel Gildenlöw]], is semi-autobiographical in nature.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} The [[liner notes]] include poems and photos related to the concept as well as date markings to signify the chronological order of the album.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Gildenlöw has said that the inspiration for ''Remedy Lane'' was an era of his life in which he wished to understand the nature of freedom.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

The album's production is similar to its predecessor, ''[[The Perfect Element, part I]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} While its mood is dark, there are some moments of happiness.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

==Track listing==
All lyrics by Daniel Gildenlöw. All music by Daniel Gildenlöw, except instrumental part of "Rope Ends" by Daniel Gildenlöw and Fredrik Hermansson.

# Of Two Beginnings – 2:24

'''Chapter I:'''

#<li value = 2> Ending Theme – 4:59
# Fandango – 5:51
# A Trace of Blood – 8:17
# This Heart of Mine (I Pledge) – 4:01

'''Chapter II:'''

#<li value = 6> Undertow – 4:47
# Rope Ends – 7:02
# Chain Sling – 3:58
# Dryad of the Woods (instrumental) – 4:56

'''Chapter III:'''

#<li value = 10> Remedy Lane (instrumental) – 2:15
# Waking Every God – 5:19
# Second Love – 4:21
# Beyond the Pale – 9:56

The Japanese edition of this album also contains a bonus track titled "Thorn Clown" that is sequenced between "This Heart of Mine (I Pledge)" and "Undertow". However, the Official Pain of Salvation Website shows the song as inserted between "Dryad of the Woods" and "Remedy Lane".{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}

== Personnel ==
*[[Daniel Gildenlöw]] - lead vocals, guitar, concept and lyrics
*[[Kristoffer Gildenlöw]] - bass, backing vocals
*[[Johan Hallgren]] - guitar, backing vocals
*[[Fredrik Hermansson]] - keyboards
*[[Johan Langell]] - drums, backing vocals

;Additional personnel
*Anders "Theo" Theander - producer, engineering
*Pontus Lindmark - engineering
*Jörgen Tannander - editing
*Johanna Iggsten - photography

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Pain of Salvation}}

[[Category:Pain of Salvation albums]]
[[Category:2002 albums]]
[[Category:Concept albums]]
[[Category:Inside Out Music albums]]

Freedom Call (EP)

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Freedom Call
| Type = EP
| Artist = [[Angra (band)|Angra]]
| Cover = Angra - Freedom Call EP - Cover.jpg
| Released = December 1996 <ref name="metalarchives">[http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Angra/Freedom_Call/2735 Entry] on the ''Encyclopaedia Metallum'' for the Freedom Call EP, (accessed 1 September 2015).</ref>
| Recorded = [[São Paulo]], May 1996
| Genre = [[Power metal]], [[Progressive metal]]
| Length = 45:59
| Label = [[Limb Music]]/Rising Sun
| Producer = [[Charlie Bauerfeind]] & [[Sascha Paeth]]
| Reviews =
| Last album = ''[[Holy Land (album)|Holy Land]]'' (1996)
| This album = '''''Freedom Call''''' (1996)
| Next album = ''[[Holy Live]]'' (1997)
}}
'''''Freedom Call''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by the [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Angra (band)|Angra]] released in December 1996 through [[Limb Music|LMP]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Angra - Freedom Call|url = http://www.discogs.com/Angra-Freedom-Call/release/6283011|website = Discogs|accessdate = 2015-08-31}}</ref> It was re-released by [[Century Media Records|Century Media]] in the US with three additional live tracks in 1999.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Angra - Freedom Call|url = http://www.discogs.com/Angra-Freedom-Call/release/3758028|website = Discogs|accessdate = 2015-08-31}}</ref> The EP contains largely re-recorded versions or remixes that were compiled by the band in São Paulo during May 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Resenha - Freedom Call - Angra|url = http://whiplash.net/materias/cds/003331-angra.html|accessdate = 2015-08-31|website = whiplash.net|last = Dantas|date = 16 December 2003|first = Tiago|language = Portuguese}}</ref> It was mixed and produced by Charlie Bauerfeind and Sascha Paeth in the summer of 1996. The three bonus tracks were recorded at a live acoustic set at the [[Fnac|FNac Forum]], Paris in May 1995.<ref name=":0" />

== Track listing ==

{{track listing
| title1 = Freedom Call (new track)
| length1 = 5:07
| title2 = Queen Of The Night (remix)
| length2 = 4:37
| title3 = Reaching Horizons (re-recording)
| length3 = 5:10
| title4 = Stand Away (orchestral version)
| length4 = 4:38
| title5 = [[Painkiller (Judas Priest song)|Painkiller]] (remix)
| length5 = 6:05
| title6 = Deep Blue (edit)
| length6 = 3:57
}}
{{track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = Bonus Tracks
| title1 = Angels Cry
| length1 = 9:54
| title2 = Chega de Saudade
| length2 = 2:55
| title3 = Never Understand
| length3 = 6:22
}}

==Personnel==
*[[André Matos]] - vocals
*[[Kiko Loureiro]] - guitars
*[[Rafael Bittencourt]] - guitars
*[[Luis Mariutti]] - bass
*[[Ricardo Confessori]] - drums

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Angra}}

[[Category:1996 EPs]]
[[Category:Angra (band) EPs]]
[[Category:Limb Music albums]]

{{1990s-metal-album-stub}}

[[es:Freedom Call]]

Evernight (album)

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{{unreferenced|date=September 2012}}
{{Infobox album 
| Name = Evernight
| Type = Studio
| Artist = [[Battlelore]]
| Cover = Battlelore_-_Evernight.jpg
| Caption = Cover art from the modified work 'Tol Bandir' by [[Ted Nasmith]]
| Released = 26 February 2007
| Recorded = Music Bros Studios, [[Imatra]], [[Finland]], September–November 2006
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[gothic metal]], [[power metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=42|s=56}}
| Label = [[Napalm Records|Napalm]]
| Producer = Miitri Aaltonen, Battlelore
| Last album = ''[[Third Age of the Sun]]'' (2005)
| This album = '''''Evernight''''' (2007)
| Next album = ''[[The Last Alliance (album)|The Last Alliance]]'' (2008)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternative cover
| Type = Studio album
| Cover = Battlelore_-_EvernightSpecialediton.jpg
| Lower caption = Special edition [[Digipak]] cover}}}}

'''''Evernight''''' is the fourth [[studio album]] by the Finnish [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Battlelore]], released in 2007. As previously, the songs are all based on [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]]. Overall the sound of the album was darker and denser than the band's earlier releases with a much thicker and heavier guitar sound. The album also was more consistent in sound with less variation between songs to present a more cohesive piece of work. In this album the band choose not to use names and direct references to [[Tolkien's legendarium]] to make the lyrics accessible to a broader audience.

==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| all_lyrics = Jyri Vahvanen, except "Summon the Wolves" by Vahvanen & Tomi Mykkänen and "Beneath the Waves" by Vahvanen & Jussi Rautio
| music_credits = yes
| total_length = 49:45
| title1 = House of Heroes
| music1 = Jussi Rautio, Battlelore
| length1 = 4:06
| title2 = Ocean's Elysium
| music2 = Tomi Mykkänen, Battlelore
| length2 = 4:16
| title3 = Summon the Wolves
| music3 = Rautio, Battlelore
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = We Are the Legions
| music4 = Jyri Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length4 = 3:58
| title5 = Into the New World
| music5 = Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length5 = 6:32
| title6 = Longing Horizon
| music6 = Rautio, Battlelore
| length6 = 4:35
| title7 = Mask of Flies
| music7 = Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length7 = 4:51
| title8 = The Cloak and the Dagger
| music8 = Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length8 = 4:35
| title9 = Beneath the Waves
| music9 = Rautio, Battlelore
| length9 = 5:23
| title10 = The Tale of the Downfall
| music10 = Battlelore
|note10 = bonus outro
| length10 = 3:26
| title11 = Doom and Oblivion
| music11 = Battlelore
|note11 = Digipak edition bonus track
| length11 = 3:20
}}

==Credits==
;Band members
*[[Kaisa Jouhki]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Tomi Mykkänen]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Jussi Rautio]] - [[guitar]], backing vocals
*[[Jyri Vahvanen]] - [[guitar]], backing vocals
*[[Timo Honkanen]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Henri Vahvanen]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Maria Honkanen]] - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

;Production
*Miitri Aaltonen - producer, engineer, mixing
*Mika Jussila - mastering at [[Finnvox Studios]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.battlelore.net/ Battlelore Official Homepage]

{{Battlelore}}

[[Category:2007 albums]]
[[Category:Battlelore albums]]
[[Category:Napalm Records albums]]

Scar Symmetry

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Scar Symmetry
| image = Scar Symmetry in Avesta april 2010 32-Jonas Kjellgren, Lars Palmqvist, Per Nilsson.jpg
| background = group_or_band
| years_active = 2004−present
| origin = [[Avesta (locality)|Avesta]], [[Sweden]]
| genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[progressive metal]], [[power metal]]
| label = [[Nuclear Blast]], [[Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade]]
| associated_acts = [[Altered Aeon]], [[Solution .45]], [[Raubtier]], [[The Absence]] Miseration
| current_members = Roberth Karlsson Lars Palmqvist [[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]] [[Kenneth Seil]] Henrik Ohlsson
| past_members = [[Jonas Kjellgren]] [[Christian Älvestam]]
}}

'''Scar Symmetry''' is a Swedish [[Heavy metal music|metal]] band from [[Avesta Municipality|Avesta]] in [[Dalarna County]], Sweden, formed in 2004. The band has released six albums, with seven released singles. They are currently signed to [[Nuclear Blast]] records.

==History==

===Formation and Symmetric in Design (2004-2005)===
[[Image:Scar Symmetry Avesta 2011-04-30 (087).JPG|left|thumb|130px|upright|Drummer Henrik Ohlsson is the band's main lyricist.]]
Formed in April 2004, Scar Symmetry came together during the band Altered Aeon's recording session at [[Jonas Kjellgren]]'s Black Lounge Studios by guitarists Jonas Kjellgren, [[Per Nilsson (Guitarist)|Per Nilsson]] and drummer Henrik Ohlsson.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jonas Kjellgren of Scar Symmetry Interview|author=Patrick Rennick|publisher=Metal Review|date= |url=http://www.metalreview.com/viewinterview.aspx?ID=30103|accessdate=July 29, 2007|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071102040737/http://www.metalreview.com/viewinterview.aspx?ID=30103 |archivedate=November 2, 2007}}</ref> That same month, vocalist Christian Älvestam and bassist Kenneth Seil joined the band, which then recorded a [[demo (music)|demo]] for the song "Seeds of Rebellion" which helped the band get a recording contract with Cold Records (a subsidiary of [[Metal Blade Records]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry Bio|author= |publisher=The Gauntlet|date= |url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/bio/1160/Scar-Symmetry.html|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry Complete Work on Debut Album|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=29020|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref>

In July 2005, the band entered Black Lounge Studios to begin recording its debut album, ''[[Symmetric in Design]]''. It followed it up by playing festivals in [[Europe]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry Confirmed for Progpower UK Festival|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=53142|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref> as well as touring with [[Soilwork]], [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]], and [[One Man Army and the Undead Quartet|One Man Army]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Soilwork Frontman Says New Guitarist Hasn't Yet Been Confirmed|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=52115|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref>

===Pitch Black Progress (2006-2007)===
In June 2006, the band signed a new [[recording contract|record deal]] with [[Nuclear Blast]] records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry Sign with Nuclear Blast Records|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=38427|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref> Eight months after the release of ''Symmetric in Design'' the band started recording its follow-up, ''[[Pitch Black Progress]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry Bio on Nuclear Blast|author= |publisher=Nuclear Blast|date= |url=http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/bands/scarsymmetry.html|accessdate=July 29, 2007|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070607210854/http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/bands/scarsymmetry.html |archivedate=June 7, 2007}}</ref> The band again followed up its recording by touring, this time with [[Communic]] for the ''Waves of Pitch Black Decay Tour 2006'' throughout Europe, and they toured [[North America]] with melodic death metal pioneers [[Dark Tranquillity]] and [[The Haunted]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry to Team Up with Communic for 'Waves Of Pitch Black Decay' European Tour|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=54737|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry Guitarist Comments on Maiden Tour of North America|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=66911|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref> The song "The Illusionist" began receiving air-play on [[MTV2]]'s ''[[Headbangers Ball]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry: "The Illusionist" Video to Receive 'Headbanger's Ball' Premiere|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=54298|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref> In September 2007, the band embarked on another North American tour with headliners [[Katatonia]], [[Insomnium]], and [[Swallow the Sun]], the "Live Consternation Tour".<ref>{{cite web|title=Katatonia, Scar Symmetry, Insomnium, Swallow the Sun: North American Dates Announced|author= |publisher=Blabbermouth.net|date= |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=73128|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref>

===Holographic Universe and New Vocalists (2008-2009)===
The band's third album, ''[[Holographic Universe (album)|Holographic Universe]]'', was released on June 20, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry: New Album Preview|author= |publisher=Nuclear Blast Records|date= |url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/splash/scarsymmetry/index.html|accessdate=June 21, 2008}}</ref> Following the release, despite an outpouring of good reviews and press for the album as well as the success of the single for "Morphogenesis", Scar Symmetry did not embark on tours. The band released a statement on September 11, 2008 announcing that they had fired vocalist Christian Älvestam, due to touring conflicts, creative and personal differences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=104530|title=SCAR SYMMETRY Parts Ways With Singer|publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com|date= |accessdate=November 6, 2011}}</ref> On October 6, they announced the replacements for Christian Älvestam: they would continue with two singers, Roberth Karlsson (growls and backing clean vocals) and Lars Palmqvist (clean vocals and backing growls)<ref>{{cite web|title=Scar Symmetry - New Vocalists Announced|url=http://www.metalstorm.ee/events/news_comments.php?news_id=7420|publisher=www.metalstorm.ee|accessdate=November 6, 2011}}</ref> and the band finally began touring in support of the new album in December after six months.

===Dark Matter Dimensions (2009-2010)===
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The band's fourth album, ''[[Dark Matter Dimensions]]'', was released on October 2, 2009 in Europe, and on October 20, 2009 in the US. It is the band's first album to feature new vocalists Karlsson and Palmqvist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/showShopProductDetail.php?artikelnummer=161124&kat=|title=Scar Symmetry: Dark Matter Dimensions|date=July 14, 2009|publisher=www.nuclearblast.de|accessdate=July 14, 2009}}</ref> Despite the replacement of previous singer, the album received generally positive reviews upon its release. A music video was filmed for the songs "Noumenon & Phenomenon",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127825|title=SCAR SYMMETRY Films 'Noumenon & Phenomenon' Video|date=September 29, 2009|accessdate=October 5, 2009|publisher=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> "Ascension Chamber" and "The Iconoclast".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=131227|title=SCAR SYMMETRY: 'Ascension Chamber' Video Released|date=December 1, 2009|accessdate=December 2, 2009}}</ref>

From late October 2009, Scar Symmetry took part in the Neckbreakers Ball Tour alongside [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]], [[DevilDriver]] and [[Arsis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=120003|title=BEHEMOTH, DEVILDRIVER, SCAR SYMMETRY, ARSIS To Team Up For 'Neckbreakers Ball Tour'|date=May 13, 2009|accessdate=January 22, 2011|publisher=Blabbermouth.com}}</ref> In February 2010, Scar Symmetry announced that they were to support head-liners [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] at the "A Taste of Extreme Divinity" tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134972|title=SCAR SYMMETRY Added To HYPOCRISY Tour|date=February 11, 2010|accessdate=January 22, 2011}}</ref> Towards the end of 2010, they toured with [[Epica (band)|Epica]] in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] - starting in [[West Springfield, Virginia]] on 16 November, and finishing in [[Raleigh, North Carolina]] on 18 December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149825|title=EPICA: Worcester Footage Available|date=November 22, 2010|accessdate=January 22, 2011|publisher=Blabbermouth}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=142125|title=EPICA: 'This Is The Time' Video Available|date=June 25, 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=January 22, 2010}}</ref>

===The Unseen Empire (2011-2013)===
Scar Symmetry's fifth album, titled ''[[The Unseen Empire]]'', was released in Europe on April 18, 2011. Drummer Henrik Ohlsson states that the title of the album "seeks to expose the hidden hand of the elite that pull the strings of mankind in order to fulfill their agenda of global domination".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155053|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=March 10, 2011|title=SCAR SYMMETRY: New Song Available For Streaming|date=March 9, 2011}}</ref> The album is the band's best-selling yet in America in terms of first-week sales. It sold 1,500 copies, landing it at number 11 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158871|title=SCAR SYMMETRY: 'The Unseen Empire' First-Week Sales Revealed|publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com|date= |accessdate=November 6, 2011}}</ref> The band unofficially started to write their next record. In August 2013 the band announced that guitarist Jonas Kjellgren had left the band due to scheduling conflicts with his studio work and his other bands Raubtier and Bourbon Boys.<ref>{{cite web|title = SCAR SYMMETRY Parts Ways With Guitarist Jonas Kjellgren|url = http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scar-symmetry-parts-ways-with-guitarist-jonas-kjellgren/|accessdate = 21 February 2014}}</ref> Kjellgren will not be replaced officially, but his place will be taken by session guitarists for live shows.

===The Singularity trilogy (2014-present)===
On 20 January 2014, the band announced that they were working on a trilogy of albums, all revolving around the theme of [[transhumanism]]. The artwork for the first in the series of albums, [[The Singularity, Phase 1: Neohumanity|The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)]] was revealed on the same day, along with a short clip of a pre-production demo for the new album.<ref name=Blabbermouth2014>{{cite web|title = SCAR SYMMETRY Announces Concept Album Trilogy The Singularity|url = http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scar-symmetry-announces-concept-album-trilogy-the-singularity/|accessdate = 21 February 2014}}</ref> This album marks the first Scar Symmetry album to be produced, mixed and mastered entirely by Per Nilsson.

====Phase I: Neohumanity====
The band explained that the first phase of the trilogy would be centred on the rise of "artilects (artificial intellects) with mental capacities far above the human level of thought" and that "by the year 2030, one of the world's biggest industries will be 'artificial brains,' used to control artilects that will be genuinely intelligent and useful." As well as this, the lyrical content will focus on the divide between "those who embrace the new technology and those who oppose it" due to the social issues caused by the rise of artificial intelligence and the emergence of transhumanists adding artilect technology to their own bodies.<ref name=Blabbermouth2014 />

====Phase II: TBA====
On January 9th, 2015, Scar Symmetry announced that vocalist Roberth Karlsson had a child on the way, so the band would not do any touring until the Fall of 2015, at the earliest. In the meantime, throughout 2015, Per Nilsson and Henrik Ohlsson would be writing Phase II of the planned album trilogy.<ref>http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/scar-symmetry-is-writing-the-second-installment-of-the-singularity-album-series</ref> Jokingly, they stated that the album would be entitled, ''"Phase II: The Force Awakens"'', but then later clarified that the actual album title would be much cooler, and didn't want to risk a lawsuit over naming their album after the new Disney owned Star Wars film.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/scarsymmetry/posts/10155190648665331</ref> As of July the album has yet to be recorded, nor is there a scheduled release date, although it's been heard that it might be released next year.

==Band members==
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===Current members===
* [[Per Nilsson (guitarist)|Per Nilsson]] – guitars, keyboards, programming, clean vocals (since 2008)
* Henrik Ohlsson – drums
* Kenneth Seil – bass guitar
* Roberth Karlsson – harsh vocals (since 2008)
* Lars Palmqvist – clean vocals (since 2008)

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===Former members===
* [[Christian Älvestam]] – lead vocals (2004–2008)
* [[Jonas Kjellgren]] – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals (2004–2013)

===Session members===
* Benjamin Ellis - guitar (2014)
* Richard Bendler – harsh vocals (2011)
* Fredrik Groth - guitar (2012-2014)
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=== Timeline ===
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==Discography==

===Demos===
* ''Seeds of Rebellion'' (2004)

===Studio albums===
* ''[[Symmetric in Design]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Pitch Black Progress]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Holographic Universe (album)|Holographic Universe]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Dark Matter Dimensions]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Unseen Empire]]'' (2011)
* ''[[The Singularity, Phase 1: Neohumanity|The Singularity (Phase I - Neohumanity)]]'' (2014)
* ''The Singularity (Phase II:)'' (2016)

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/scarsymmetry Scar Symmetry] at [[Facebook]]
* [http://www.myspace.com/scarsymmetry Scar Symmetry] at [[MySpace]]

{{Scar Symmetry}}

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Magic Never Dies

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Magic Never Dies
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Power Quest]]
| Cover = PQCover3.jpg
| Released = August 21, 2005
| Recorded = November 2004 - April 2005
| Genre = [[Power metal]]
| Length = 63:35
| Label = Majestic Rock Records
| Producer =
| Reviews =
| Last album = ''[[Neverworld]]'' (2003) |
| This album = '''''Magic Never Dies''''' (2005)
| Next album = ''[[Master of Illusion (album)|Master of Illusion]]'' (2007)
}}

'''''Magic Never Dies''''' is [[Power Quest]]'s third studio album. It was released in 2005 worldwide.

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| lyrics_credits = no
| music_credits = no
| title1 = Ascension
| length1 = 2:04
| title2 = Find My Heaven
| length2 = 4:12
| title3 = Galaxies Unknown
| length3 = 5:02
| title4 = Hold on to Love
| length4 = 5:01
| title5 = Diamond Sky
| length5 = 4:00
| title6 = The Message
| length6 = 6:14
| title7 = Soulfire
| length7 = 5:04
| title8 = Children of the Dream
| length8 = 6:08
| title9 = Strike Force
| length9 = 6:22
| title10 = Another World
| length10 = 7:43
| title11 = Magic Never Dies
| length11 = 6:13
}}
'''Japanese bonus track'''
{{tracklist
| lyrics_credits = no
| music_credits = no
| title12 = The Longest Night
| length12 = 5:25
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Alessio Garavello]] – vocals
* [[Steve Williams (musician)|Steve Williams]] – keyboards, backing vocals
* [[Andrea Martongelli]] – guitars, backing vocals
* [[Steve Scott (musician)|Steve Scott]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
* [[Francesco Tresca]] – drums

{{PowerQuest}}

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[[Category:2005 albums]]

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Magic Never Dies

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The Missing Link (Rage album)

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = The Missing Link
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage the missing link.jpg
| Released = 1 August 1993
| Recorded = Rocktech Studio, [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], May-June 1993
| Genre = [[Speed metal]], [[power metal]], [[thrash metal]]
| Label = [[Noise Records| Noise]]
| Length = 45:46
| Producer = Sven Conquest
| Last album =''[[Trapped! (album)|Trapped!]]'' (1992)
| This album ='''''The Missing Link''''' (1993)
| Next album =''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (1994)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = The Missing Link
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[Refuge (EP)|Refuge]]
| single 1 date = March 24, 1994}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref> {{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-missing-link-r498357/review | title = Rage The Missing Link review | accessdate = 2011-09-15 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''The Missing Link''''' is the seventh full-length album released by the [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] in 1993. The album was remastered by [[Noise Records|Noise]]/[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]] in 2002 with five bonus tracks, three of them are from the EP ''[[Refuge (EP)|Refuge]]''.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/The_Missing_Link/2477 | title = Rage - The Missing Link | accessdate = 2011-09-15 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
# "Firestorm" ''([[Manni Schmidt]], [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 4:56
# "Nevermore" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:28
# "[[Refuge (EP)|Refuge]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:38
# "The Pit and the Pendulum" ''(Chris Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:18
# "From the Underworld" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 3:10
# "Certain Days" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:46
# "Who Dares?" ''(Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:29
# "Wake Me When I'm Dead" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:22
# "Lost in the Ice" ''(Wagner)'' - 9:50
# "Her Diary's Black Pages" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:34
# "The Missing Link" ''(Efthimiadis, Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 4:24
# "Raw Caress" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:26

;Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
#<li value="13"> "Another Kind of Madness" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:11 (P Wagner)
# "[[Truth Hits Everybody]]" ''([[Sting (musician)|Sting]])'' - 2:26 ([[The Police]] cover)
# "[[I Can't Control Myself (song)|I Can't Control Myself]]" ''([[Reg Presley]])'' - 2:48 ([[The Troggs]] cover)
# "Beyond the Pale" ''([[Craig Adams (musician)|Craig Adams]], Mick Brown, [[Simon Hinkler]], [[Wayne Hussey]])'' - 6:34 ([[The Mission (band)|The Mission]] cover)
# "[[Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)|Paranoid]]" (demo version) ''([[Geezer Butler]], [[Tony Iommi]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]])'' - 2:40 ([[Black Sabbath]] cover)

==Personnel==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, arrangements
*[[Manni Schmidt]] - guitars
*Chris Ephthimiadis - drums

;Production
*Sven Conquest - producer, engineer, mixing
*Bernd Steinwedel - mastering
*Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

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Young Heretics

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Young Heretics
| image =
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| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
| genre = [[Doom metal]] [[Alternative metal]] [[Pop rock]] [[Indie pop]]
| associated_acts = Magic Spells [[The Getaway Plan]]
| years_active = 2009–2010
| label = CocoHeart (Japan) Boomtown Records (AUS)<ref>{{Citation | last = Jones | first = Briony | author-link = | date = 22 July 2010 | title = Say Your Prayers For The Young Heretics | periodical = Beat Magazine | url = http://www.beat.com.au/content/say-your-prayers-young-heretics }}</ref>
| website = [http://youngheretics.com/ www.youngheretics.com]
| current_members = Kitty Hart Matthew Wright }}

'''Young Heretics''' were a musical duo based in [[Melbourne, Victoria]], formed in 2009. The project comprises Kitty Hart and her half-brother, [[The Getaway Plan]] frontman Matthew Wright.<ref name = "rave">{{Citation | last = Pickering | first = Chris | author-link = | date = 13 July 2010 | title = Young Heretics | periodical = Rave Magazine | url = http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/21645/30/ }}</ref>

After their debut release EP ''The Dreamers'' was met with acclaim from the underground music scene worldwide,<ref>http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=39419</ref><ref>http://www.killyourstereo.com/reviews/315/young-heretics-the-dreamers/</ref> the siblings followed up with their debut album titled ''We Are The Lost Loves'' seven months later.<ref>{{Citation | last = Johnston | first = Chris | author-link = | date = 28 May 2010 | title = We Are The Lost Loves review | periodical = The Age }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 5 June 2010 | title = we are the lost loves review | periodical = The Gold Coast Bulletin }}</ref><ref>http://www.messandnoise.com/releases/2000634</ref><ref>http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/music/23389/Young-Heretics--We-Are-The-Lost-Loves-.htm</ref><ref>http://musicfeeds.com.au/album/young-heretics-we-are-the-lost-loves/</ref> The months in-between were spent touring the country alongside Australian bands Kid Sam, [[Parades]], Jonathan Boulet, [[Gin Wigmore]], [[Bertie Blackman]] and [[Philadelphia Grand Jury]].

The self-produced album was recorded with the help of [[Tom Larkin]] (of [[Shihad]] fame) at three different Melbourne studios.<ref name = "rave"/>

More than 60 musicians and audio effects by movie maker [[Peter Jackson]] were used to create the album. The band caused a stir within the media when they decided to leak the full album for free a month before its official release.<ref>http://www.soulshine.com.au/article/2010/04/21/673-young-heretics-unleash-debut-album.html</ref>

The duo commenced their first full band tour around Australia in July 2010 in support of the album, with Comic Sans, Siren Lines and Guineafowl supporting.<ref>http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/local/23656/Young-Heretics-tour.htm</ref>

In July 2010 Young Heretics signed to Japanese indie label Cocoheart Records; their album was released into stores in Japan on 22 September 2010.<ref>http://cocoheartrecords.com/news/</ref>

Kitty Hart is a passionate animal rights activist and member of Animals Australia. Young Heretics headlined World Vegan Day 2010.<ref>http://www.liveguide.com.au/Events/677263/Young_Heretics/World_Vegan_Day</ref>

In 2011 the band went on hiatus while Matthew records the second album with Rock band [[The Getaway Plan]] and Kitty is writing for indie folk project Magic Spells.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/magicspellsmusic {{dead link|date=August 2013}}</ref>

==Personnel==
* Kitty Hart
* Matthew Wright

==Discography==

===Studio albums===
*2010: ''We Are The Lost Loves''

===Extended plays===
*2009: ''The Dreamers EP''

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.youngheretics.com Young Heretics] Official Blog

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[[Category:Victoria (Australia) musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2009]]

Theatre of Tragedy

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Theatre of Tragedy
| image = Theatre of Tragedy.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatre of Tragedy at Teatro Teletón, Santiago, Chile, 2010.
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Stavanger]], [[Norway]]
| instrument =
| genre = [[Death/doom]] (early) [[Industrial metal]], [[Electronic rock]] (mid) [[Gothic metal]] (late)
| occupation =
| years_active = 1993–2010
| label = [[AFM Records|AFM]] / [[Candlelight Records|Candlelight]] (2006–10){{-}}[[Nuclear Blast Records|Nuclear Blast]] (2000–05){{-}}[[Massacre Records|Massacre]]/[[Century Media]] (1995–99)
| website = [http://www.theatreoftragedy.com/ Official site]
| current_members =
| past_members = Raymond Rohonyi Tommy Lindal Pål Bjåstad [[Hein Frode Hansen]] Eirik T. Saltrø [[Lorentz Aspen]] [[Liv Kristine]] Geir Flikkeid [[Frank Claussen]] Tommy Olsson Vegard K. Thorsen [[Nell Sigland]]
}}
'''Theatre of Tragedy''' was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] band from [[Stavanger]], active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which influenced the [[gothic metal]] genre.

==Biography==
Theatre of Tragedy was founded in 2 October 1993 by vocalist Raymond István Rohonyi, guitarists Pål Bjåstad and Tommy Lindal. Drummer [[Hein Frode Hansen]] had recently quit his former band Phobia and started looking for a new musical project to play in. A friend of his told Hein that a band called '''Suffering Grief''' was looking for a new drummer, and after contacting them, he joined the band. At the time, Suffering Grief was composed of vocalist Raymond István Rohonyi and guitarists Pål Bjåstad and Tommy Lindal. No bassist had joined the band yet, but Eirik T. Saltrø had agreed to play with them in live concerts.

After finding a rehearsal place, the band decided to work upon a couple of [[piano]] arrangements composed by [[Lorentz Aspen]]. The vocals, at the time, were mostly entirely composed by raw [[death grunt]]s.

After composing their first song, "Lament of the Perishing Roses", the band changed its name to '''La Reine Noir''' and then to Theatre of Tragedy. They subsequently invited singer [[Liv Kristine Espenæs]] to do female vocals for one song, but quickly invited her to join the band permanently.

In 1994, their first studio [[Demo (music)|demo]] was recorded, and in 1995, the debut album ''[[Theatre of Tragedy (album)|Theatre of Tragedy]]'' was released, followed by ''[[Velvet Darkness They Fear]]'' in 1996 and the ''[[A Rose for the Dead]]'' [[extended play|EP]] in 1997, which contained unreleased material from ''Velvet Darkness They Fear''. Arguably, the band reached the apogee of its career in 1998, with the release of the critically acclaimed album ''[[Aégis]]''.

Released in 2000, ''[[Musique (album)|Musique]]'' was a massive departure from the gothic metal sound that Theatre of Tragedy had developed over the previous three albums. The heavy guitars and Early Modern English lyrics were replaced by [[electropop]] and [[Industrial music|industrial]]-influenced metal. It was met with a very mixed reception, and while some older fans were understandably shocked by the new direction of the band, it did gain them a number of new fans.

With 2002's ''[[Assembly (Theatre of Tragedy album)|Assembly]]'', the band continued along the same musical path as on their previous album. It was seen as a more refined and confident electropop record than its predecessor. It was also the first album to feature their long-time session guitarist, Vegard K. Thorsen, as a full member of the band.
[[File:Livtot3.jpg|thumb|Liv Kristine former member of TOT]]

In August 2003, the band declared in an official statement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=14758|title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref> on their [[website]], that Liv Kristine was removed from the band's line-up due to "musical differences which could not be bridged".

Female singer [[Nell Sigland]] (from [[The Crest (band)|The Crest]]) joined Theatre of Tragedy on the following year. In winter 2004/2005 a short concert tour (together with [[Pain (musical project)|Pain]], [[Sirenia (band)|Sirenia]] and [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]]) with Sigland singing was performed.

The band released their sixth [[studio album]] ''[[Storm (Theatre of Tragedy album)|Storm]]'' on March 24, 2006 and a [[Europe]]an tour followed, with [[Gothminister]] as supporting act. The album's title song was released as a single on February 24, 2006. While still keeping on the industrial and electronic roots of the last two albums, the album showed a return to some of the sounds developed in their first albums.

On 2 October 2008, Theatre of Tragedy celebrated their 15th anniversary. In December 2008 the band posted a snippet of new track "Frozen," which was expected to be on the new album, on their MySpace music page:

::"''Time for some updates. Things are slowly moving forward with the next album. As usual with the Theatre machinery there is many things to take into consideration when doing stuff and recently we were forced to change collaborators for the production of the album, and postpone the recordings. But fear not the heavy responsibility has been entrusted to Alexander Møklebust (Zeromancer, Seigmen, Gåte, Monomen, Delaware etc) and the ToT crew will enter Room 13 in May and June for recordings and general mayhem! Estimated release from AFM is end of September. Rumor has it that there will be a vinyl version for the diehard fans. We will keep you posted.''"

In June 2009 saw the band reveal ''Forever Is The World'' as the title of the new album. Their 7th album, it was released in Europe on 21 September 2009, with the band making a step towards their earlier sound of ''Aégis''. A special Tour Edition of ''Forever Is The World'' was issued on March 12, 2010. The Tour Edition contained a bonus CD known as the "Addenda EP" which contains song reworkings and unreleased tracks.

Metal Mind Productions issued a press release in July stating that they were, with the co-operation of the band, re-releasing ''[[Musique (album)|Musique]]'' and ''[[Assembly (Theatre of Tragedy album)|Assembly]]''. Both albums have been remastered and will be backed with bonus tracks. New liner notes and artwork are said to be a part of the package. Each album is limited to 2000 numbered copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalmind.com.pl/index.php?dzial=newsy&more=2063|title=Strona Główna|author=ortheza|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>

On 1 March 2010, Theatre of Tragedy issued a statement informing fans of their decision to split on 2 October 2010. The statement cited personal desires to spend more time with family and an inability to juggle their everyday working lives with a "rock and roll" lifestyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=135933|title=Theatre Of Tragedy Calling It Quits - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref> On 12 March, Theatre of Tragedy kicked off their farewell tour, "Forever is the World Tour". The Norwegian symphonic goth metal band [[:no:Where angels fall|Where Angels Fall]] played support on the European part of the tour. In September, fans helped the band to secure funds to finish their first and last DVD by making donations when the label pulled out most of the funding for the production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreoftragedy.com/news.php?postID=145123|title=Official web site|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref> The result was Last Curtain Call,
a concert film from their very last show on October 2nd 2010 in their hometown Stavanger.

On 5 July 2013, the band's first three albums were re-released and [[remastered]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theatreoftragedy.com/news.php?postID=146398|title=Pages of Tragedy - News|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>

==Musical style==
The band made use of contrasting vocals – male [[Bass (vocal range)|bass vocals]] (making some use of [[death grunt]]s) and female [[soprano|soprano singing]] (commonly referred to as "Beauty and the Beast" vocals) – and on their first three albums, presented lyrics written predominantly in [[Early Modern English]]. Starting from the album ''[[Musique (album)|Musique]]'', however, Theatre of Tragedy made drastic changes to its style, which became significantly inspired by the [[industrial rock]] genre, abandoning Early Modern English writing and death grunts in the process.
On their two last releases, ''[[Storm_(Theatre_of_Tragedy_album)|Storm]]'' and ''[[Forever_Is_the_World |Forever Is The World]]'', the band returned to a more classic gothic rock/metal sound.

==Members==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
===Final lineup===
* [[Nell Sigland]] – [[vocals]] (2004–2010)
* Raymond István Rohonyi – vocals (1993–2010)
* [[Frank Claussen]] – [[electric guitar|guitar]] (1997–2010)
* Vegard K. Thorsen – guitar (2001–2010)
* [[Lorentz Aspen]] – [[keyboards]], [[synthesizers]] (1993–2010)
* Erik Torp – [[session musician|session]] [[bass guitar|bass]] (2010)
* [[Hein Frode Hansen]] – [[drums]] (1993–2010)

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===Pre-final lineup members===
;Vocals
* [[Liv Kristine]] – (1993–2003)

;Bass
* Eirik T. Saltrø – (1993–2000)
* Magnus Westgaard – (2006, 2009)

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;Guitar
* Tommy Lindal – (1993–1997)
* Bjørnar Landa – (2006) - session musician

;Guitar
* Pål Bjåstad – (1993–1995)
* Geir Flikkeid – (1995–1997)
* Mathias Röderer – (1996) - session musician
* Tommy Olsson – (1997–1999)

{{col-end}}

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |GER <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Theatre+of+Tragedy&x=1&y=6&country=de|title=charts.de|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Theatre of Tragedy (album)|Theatre of Tragedy]]''
|
* Released: July 4, 1995
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/theatre-of-tragedy/id268451467|title=iTunes - Music - Theatre of Tragedy by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|| —
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Velvet Darkness They Fear]]''
|
* Released: August 26, 1996
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/velvet-darkness-they-fear/id268452287|title=iTunes - Music - Velvet Darkness They Fear by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|| —
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Aégis]]''
|
* Released: August 18, 1998
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/aegis/id268451907|title=iTunes - Music - Aégis by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|| 40
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Musique (album)|Musique]]''
|
* Released: October 2, 2000
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: CD, CS, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/musique/id192526039|title=iTunes Store|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|| 39
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Assembly (Theatre of Tragedy album)|Assembly]]''
|
* Released: March 4, 2002
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: CD, CS, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/assembly/id192644289|title=iTunes Store|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|| 75
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Storm (Theatre of Tragedy album)|Storm]]''
|
* Released: March 24, 2006
* Label: AFM Records
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/storm/id450583223|title=iTunes - Music - Storm by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|| —
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Forever Is the World]]''
|
* Released: September 18, 2009
* Label: AFM Records
* Formats: CD, LP, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/forever-is-the-world/id450735054|title=iTunes - Music - Forever Is the World by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|| —
|-
| colspan="10" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Closure: Live|closure:live]]''
|
* Released: May 28, 2001
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/closure-live/id268500417|title=iTunes - Music - Closure: Live by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Last Curtain Call''
|
* Released: May 20, 2011
* Label: AFM Records
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/last-curtain-call/id450740747|title=iTunes - Music - Last Curtain Call by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|}

===DVDs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''Last Curtain Call''
|
* Released: May 20, 2011
* Label: AFM Records
* Formats: DVD
|}

===EPs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Der Tanz der Schatten]]''
|
* Released: September 16, 1996
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD
|-
! scope="row" |''[[A Rose for the Dead]]''
|
* Released: April 1, 1997
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD, CS, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-rose-for-the-dead/id268449780|title=iTunes - Music - A Rose for the Dead by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Virago (EP)|Virago]]''
|
* Released: May 26, 1999
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Inperspective (EP)|Inperspective]]''
|
* Released: December 4, 2000
* Label: Massacre Records
* Formats: CD, CS, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/inperspective/id270701319|title=iTunes - Music - Inperspective by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Machine (Theatre of Tragedy song)#Singles|Machine]]''
|
* Released: January 22, 2001
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/machine/id192995677|title=iTunes Store|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Storm EP|Storm]]''
|
* Released: February 24, 2006
* Label: AFM Records
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/storm-ep/id450648599|title=iTunes - Music - Storm - EP by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Addenda EP|Addenda]]''
|
* Released: March 12, 2010
* Label: AFM Records
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/addenda-ep/id450660813|title=iTunes - Music - Addenda - EP by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Album
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Cassandra (Theatre of Tragedy song)|Cassandra]]"
|1998
|''Aégis''
|-
! scope="row" |"Image"
|2000
|''Musique''
|-
! scope="row" |"Let You Down"
|2002
|''Assembly''
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Storm (Theatre of Tragedy song)|Storm]]"
|2006
|''Storm''
|-
! scope="row" |"Deadland"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/deadland-single/id450664658|title=iTunes - Music - Deadland - Single by Theatre of Tragedy|work=iTunes|accessdate=28 October 2014}}</ref>
|2009
|''Forever Is the World''
|}
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.theatreoftragedy.com/ Official website]
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

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{{About|the 1958 film|the remake|Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993 film)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
| image = Attackofthe50ftwoman.jpg
| caption = Original [[film poster|theatrical poster]] by [[Reynold Brown]]
|alt=Poster art. A giant woman clad in a white bikini straddles an elevated, 4-lane highway. She has an angry expression, and she's holding one smoking car in her left hand as if it were a toy. She is reaching down to grab another. There are several car crashes on the highway, and people are fleeing from her as if they were small insects.
| writer = [[Mark Hanna (screenwriter)|Mark Hanna]]
| starring = [[Allison Hayes]] [[William Hudson (actor)|William Hudson]] [[Yvette Vickers]]
| director = [[Nathan H. Juran]]
| producer = [[Bernard Woolner]]
| music = [[Ronald Stein]]
| cinematography = Jacques R. Marquette
| editing = Edward Mann
| distributor = [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation]]
| released = {{Film date|1958|05|19}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $89,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16187/Attack-of-the-50-Foot-Woman/articles.html |title=Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) - Articles |publisher=TCM.com |date= |accessdate=2013-07-23}}</ref>
| gross = $480,000 (USA)
}}

'''''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman''''' is a 1958 American [[low-budget]] [[science fiction film|science fiction]] [[feature film]] produced by [[Bernard Woolner]] for [[Allied Artists Pictures]]. It was directed by [[Nathan H. Juran]] (credited as Nathan Hertz) from a [[screenplay]] by [[Mark Hanna (screenwriter)|Mark Hanna]], and starred [[Allison Hayes]], [[William Hudson (actor)|William Hudson]] and [[Yvette Vickers]]. The original music score was composed by [[Ronald Stein]]. The film was a take on other movies that had also featured size-changing humans, namely ''[[The Amazing Colossal Man]]'' and ''[[The Incredible Shrinking Man]]'', but substituting a woman as the protagonist instead of a man. The story concerns the plight of a wealthy heiress whose close encounter with an [[Extraterrestrial life|enormous alien]] being causes her to grow into a [[giantess]].<ref>[http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/inc/archive_image.php?id=3397418 eMoviePoster.com]</ref>

==Plot==
A television announcer reports sightings of a red fireball around the world. Facetiously, he calculates its path will lead it to California. Nancy Archer ([[Allison Hayes]]), a wealthy but highly troubled woman with a history of emotional instability and immoderate drinking, is driving on a road in an American desert that night. A glowing sphere settles on the deserted highway in front of her, causing her to veer off the road. When she gets out to investigate, a huge creature exits the object and reaches for her (the viewer sees only an enormous hand falling upon the screaming woman). Nancy escapes and runs back to town, but nobody believes her story due to her known drinking problem and recent stay in a [[sanatorium]]. Her philandering husband, Harry Archer ([[William Hudson (actor)|William Hudson]]), is more interested in his latest girlfriend, town floozy Honey Parker ([[Yvette Vickers]]), but pretends to be the good husband in the hope that Nancy will "snap" and return to the "booby hatch", leaving him in control of her $50 million.

Nancy bargains with Harry, asking him to search the desert with her for the "flying satellite," agreeing to a voluntary return to the sanatorium if they find no evidence. As night falls, they find the spacecraft. The alien creature, now seen as an enormous male humanoid, emerges. Harry fires his pistol at it, but the gunfire has no effect on the creature. Harry flees, leaving Nancy behind.

Nancy is later discovered on the roof of her pool house, but is delirious and must be sedated by her family physician, Dr. Cushing (Roy Gordon). The doctor comments on some scratches he finds on Nancy's neck, and theorizes that she was exposed to radiation. Harry, egged on by his mistress Honey, plans to inject Nancy with a lethal dose of her sedative, but when he sneaks up to her room, he discovers that she has grown into a giant. (In a scene paralleling that of Nancy's first encounter with the alien, the viewer sees only an enormous prop hand as the film characters react in horror.) Cushing and Dr. Von Loeb, a specialist he has called in, are at a loss how to treat their patient. They keep her in a coma with [[morphine]] and restrain her with chains while waiting for the authorities. The sheriff and Jess ([[Ken Terrell]]), Nancy's faithful butler, track enormous footprints leading away from the estate to the alien sphere. Inside the sphere, they find Nancy's diamond necklace (containing the largest diamond in the world) and other large diamonds, each in a clear orb. They speculate that the jewels are being used as a power source for the alien ship. The huge alien reappears, and the sheriff and Jess flee.

Meanwhile, the gigantic Nancy awakens and breaks free of her restraints. She tears off the roof of her mansion and, clothed in a bikini-like arrangement of bed linens, makes her way to town, to avenge herself on her unfaithful husband. When she rips the roof off the bar to get at Harry, she spots Honey. She drops a ceiling beam on her rival, killing her. Harry panics, grabs Deputy Charlie's gun, and begins shooting, but she picks Harry up and walks away. Gunshots have no apparent effect on her. The sheriff fires a riot gun, which causes a nearby power line transformer to blow up, killing Nancy. The doctors find Harry lying dead in her hand.

The film ends with the presence of the alien sphere and its huge passenger unresolved and unexplained.

==Cast==
* [[Allison Hayes]] as Nancy Fowler Archer
* [[William Hudson (actor)|William Hudson]] as Harry Archer
* [[Yvette Vickers]] as Honey Parker
* [[Roy Gordon]] as Dr. Isaac Cushing
* George Douglas as Sheriff Dubbitt
* [[Ken Terrell]] as Jess Stout
* [[Otto Waldis]] as Dr. Heinrich Von Loeb
* Eileen Stevens as Nurse
* Michael Ross as Tony the Bartender / Space Giant
* [[Frank Chase]] as Deputy Charlie

==Critical reception==
[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film a score of 75% based on reviews from 12 critics. The website reported the critical consensus as "''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman'' may well be one of the worst science-fiction films of all time, but that's not to say that it isn't thoroughly enjoyable.<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/mobile/m/1001323-attack_of_the_50_foot_woman/|title=Attack of the 50 Foot Woman |publisher= [[Flixster]] | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=February 21, 2015}}</ref>

==Remakes and sequels==
With its low budget — the film was made for around $88,000 — ''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman'' made enough money to prompt discussion of a sequel. According to producer Jacques Marquette, the sequel was to be produced at a higher budget, and in color. A script was also written, though the project never advanced beyond the discussion phase.<ref>Bill Warren, ''Keep Watching The Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the 1950s, Vol. 2, 1958-1962'' (New York: McFarland & Co, 1986), 16.</ref>

In the mid-1980s, filmmaker [[Jim Wynorski]] was considering a remake of the 1958 movie, with [[Sybil Danning]] in the title role.<ref>See ''Femme Fatales'' 1:2.</ref> Wynorski made it as far as a shooting a photo session with Danning dressed as the 50-foot woman,<ref>[http://comicmastersonline.com/shop/images/FF%20I%20II.jpg One image appears as the cover of ''Femme Fatales'' 1:2]</ref> but again, the project never materialized, as Wynorski opted to film the 1988 remake of ''[[Not of This Earth (1988 film)|Not of This Earth]]'' instead.<ref>''Femme Fatales'', 1:2.</ref>

The film was finally remade in a 1993 HBO movie, ''[[Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993 film)|Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman]]''. The film, directed by [[Christopher Guest]] with a script by ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|Thirtysomething]]'' scribe [[Joseph Dougherty]], starred [[Daryl Hannah]] in the title role, who also produced the film.

In 1995, [[Fred Olen Ray]] produced a parody entitled ''[[Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold]]'', starring [[J. J. North]] and Tammy Parks. Beyond the basic premise, the plot had little in common with the original movie, being concerned with the side effects of a beauty-enhancing formula on two ambitious female models. The movie was deliberately farcical and made on an extremely low budget; the illusion of size difference was achieved using [[forced perspective]], unlike the earlier movies which used [[Composite image|composite imaging]].

In late 2011, [[Roger Corman]] and his New Horizon company produced a [[3D film]] called ''[[Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader]]'', it was released in August 25, 2012. The film was written by Mike MacLean (who also penned [[Sharktopus]] for Corman) and directed by Kevin O'Neill. The film stars [[Jena Sims]], a former [[Miss Georgia Teen USA]], in the title role; Cassie Stratford; and Olivia Alexander as Sims's rival Brittany Andrews. Both Alexander and Sim had hinted that a sequel is underway.

[[Netflix]] announced that they are currently working on a remake of the film with [[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] in the title role and is scheduled for a 2016 release on their streaming network.

==In popular culture==

*The [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 TMNT cartoon episode]] "Attack of the 50 Foot Irma" (1989) includes a similar plot, where [[April O'Neil|April's]] friend Irma is hit by a beam, created from a meteorite crashing to [[Earth]], and turns into a giant woman and ends up chased by the authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1987/attack-of-the-50-foot-irma-57359/|title=Attack of the 50 Foot Irma|publisher=TV.com|date=23 October 1989|accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref>
*[[Planet 51]] makes a reference: when the military police were going through books on how to treat aliens there is a book stating "Invasion of 50ft Women.
* Clips from the movie are spoofed in the music video for [[Neil Finn]]'s 1998 single "[[She Will Have Her Way (song)|She Will Have Her Way]]".
* Various animated television series have referenced the film, usually in episodes which involve a female character becoming giant-sized. For example, ''[[Challenge of the Superfriends]]'' from 1978 features the origins of superhero [[Apache Chief]] and supervillainess [[Giganta]].<ref>Challenge of the Superfriends, History of Doom, Part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atf-IdmoI04, position 6:58</ref>
* The TV sitcom [[Night Court]] referenced the movie when the attorney Dan Fielding is approached and propositioned by a defendant, a tall, imposing, and sexually-charged female circus performer; intimidated, he retreats to ask two other characters if they'd seen "Attack of the 50-foot Woman?".
* Various Clips from the movie were featured in the original opening sequence of WPIX's [[Chiller Theatre (New York)|Chiller Theatre]] in the 1960s, including the classic goof where one brand of car is picked up by the giant alien and another brand of car, apparently a "Woody" is thrown into a ditch.
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s "Discworld" book ''[[Moving Pictures (novel)|Moving Pictures]]'' climaxes with a giant, 50 foot woman carrying a screaming ape up a tall tower. This is also an inversion of the ending of ''[[King Kong]]'', with flying wizards on broomsticks taking the place of the airplanes.
* The film was also homaged in ''[[Avengers (comics)#Marvel Adventures: The Avengers|Marvel Adventures: The Avengers#13]]'', a story entitled ''Attack of the Fifty-Foot Girl!'', spotlighting Avengers member [[Wasp (comics)#Marvel Adventures|Giant-Girl]]. the cover of this issue was also based upon the movie's poster.
* The 2004 [[PlayStation 2]] [[videogame]] ''The Daibijin'' (The Gigantic Beauty) faithfully follows the film's original premise when [[japanese idol]] Riho Futaba becomes a giantess after being attacked by a crab-like alien.
* In the episode of ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', "Jumbo Johnny", the film was shown in a cinema while two guys complained about it before Johnny squished them.
* An episode of ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' is titled "Attack of the 5½ Ft. Geek".
* In the 2009 film ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', [[Reese Witherspoon]]'s character Susan Murphy (aka Ginormica) was inspired by this film. Ginormica was, originally, exactly 50 feet.
* In the 1988 [[Cult film|cult classic]] film ''[[Saturday the 14th Strikes Back]]'', the oldest sister, Linda Baxter, played by Julianne McNamara, becomes a 50-foot woman and is stuck inside her house.
* An episode of ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' titled "Attack of the 50 Foot Mandy" features Mandy as a giantess. The episode also features a scene that closely resembles the movie poster from ''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman''. But however she ends up getting eliminated at the end of the episode.
* In the special of "[[Total Drama Action]]" titled "Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special" shows a poster with Izzy parodying the titular character.
* An episode of "[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]" named "Giant Squidward" shows SpongeBob and Patrick turning Squidward into a giant.
* In the [[Phineas and Ferb]] episode "Attack of the 50 Foot Sister", Candace drinks a growth elixir Phineas and Ferb created that makes her extremely large.
* The cover of a 2010 [[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] issue parodies the movie by depicting [[Sarah Palin]] as the titular character.
* An episode of ''[[Archie's Weird Mysteries]]'' titled "Attack of the 50 Foot Veronica" features [[Veronica Lodge]] as a giantess.
* The album ''[[The Completion Backward Principle]]'' by [[The Tubes]] has a song called "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman".
* The movie ''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]'' has an unused monster that is similar to Nancy shown in behind-the-scenes footage where she is trapped in her [[Cube (film)|cube prison]].
* The album ''[[You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into]]'' by [[Does It Offend You, Yeah?]] has a song called "Attack of the 60 Foot Lesbian Octopus".
* In a 2012 ''Elle'' magazine spread featuring television actresses portraying horror movie characters, ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' co-star [[Dianna Agron]] posed as the 50-Foot Woman.
* The opening track of the 2012 album ''Bang! Is This Your Vehicle Sir?'', by British songwriter and comedian [[Boothby Graffoe (comedian)|Boothby Graffoe]], is entitled "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" and consists of a comic account of the film.
*The 2012 [[Nintendo]] games ''[[Pokemon Black and White 2]]'' have a movie making sidequest, and one of the films which can be made is based on the 50 foot Woman.
*The video for the 1985 single "[[Call Me (Go West song)|Call Me]]" by British band [[Go West (band)|Go West]] is based on ''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman'', including the [[Film poster|movie poster]] at the start of the video and a 50-foot woman attacking a 1950s-style town.

==Home media==
The original ''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman'' was released on DVD by [[Warner Bros.]] on June 26, 2007. It was also available in a Warner Bros. three-disc box set titled Cult Camp Classics 1: Sci-Fi Thrillers, which included the films [[The Giant Behemoth]] and ''[[Queen of Outer Space]]''. The DVD includes an audio commentary with co-star Yvette Vickers and interviewer Tom Weaver. The DVDs are officially out-of-print. On September 20, 2011, Warner Bros. added it to the Warner Archive collection; the content is the same as the previous DVD release. Warner Bros. has yet to announce a Blu-ray release.

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1958]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0051380|Attack of the 50 Foot Woman|(1958)}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=16187}}
* {{amg movie|3263|Attack of the 50 Foot Woman}}
* Trailer of {{Internet Archive film|id=attack_of_the_50_ft_woman}}
* [http://trailersfromhell.com/trailers/1 Joe Dante on ''Attack of the 50 Foot Woman''] at [[Trailers From Hell]]

{{Nathan Juran}}

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The Missing Link (Rage album)

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{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = The Missing Link
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rage (German band)|Rage]]
| Cover = Rage the missing link.jpg
| Released = 1 August 1993
| Recorded = Rocktech Studio, [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], May-June 1993
| Genre = [[Progressive metal]], [[speed metal]], [[power metal]]
| Label = [[Noise Records| Noise]]
| Length = 45:46
| Producer = Sven Conquest
| Last album =''[[Trapped! (album)|Trapped!]]'' (1992)
| This album ='''''The Missing Link''''' (1993)
| Next album =''[[10 Years in Rage]]'' (1994)
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = The Missing Link
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[Refuge (EP)|Refuge]]
| single 1 date = March 24, 1994}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref> {{cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-missing-link-r498357/review | title = Rage The Missing Link review | accessdate = 2011-09-15 | last=Rivadavia | first= Eduardo | work = [[Allmusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''The Missing Link''''' is the seventh full-length album released by the [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] in 1993. The album was remastered by [[Noise Records|Noise]]/[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]] in 2002 with five bonus tracks, three of them are from the EP ''[[Refuge (EP)|Refuge]]''.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Rage/The_Missing_Link/2477 | title = Rage - The Missing Link | accessdate = 2011-09-15 | publisher = [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
# "Firestorm" ''([[Manni Schmidt]], [[Peavy Wagner|Peter Wagner]])'' - 4:56
# "Nevermore" ''(Wagner)'' - 4:28
# "[[Refuge (EP)|Refuge]]" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:38
# "The Pit and the Pendulum" ''(Chris Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:18
# "From the Underworld" ''(Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 3:10
# "Certain Days" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:46
# "Who Dares?" ''(Efthimiadis, Wagner)'' - 4:29
# "Wake Me When I'm Dead" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:22
# "Lost in the Ice" ''(Wagner)'' - 9:50
# "Her Diary's Black Pages" ''(Wagner)'' - 3:34
# "The Missing Link" ''(Efthimiadis, Schmidt, Wagner)'' - 4:24
# "Raw Caress" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:26

;Remastered CD edition bonus tracks
#<li value="13"> "Another Kind of Madness" ''(Wagner)'' - 5:11 (P Wagner)
# "[[Truth Hits Everybody]]" ''([[Sting (musician)|Sting]])'' - 2:26 ([[The Police]] cover)
# "[[I Can't Control Myself (song)|I Can't Control Myself]]" ''([[Reg Presley]])'' - 2:48 ([[The Troggs]] cover)
# "Beyond the Pale" ''([[Craig Adams (musician)|Craig Adams]], Mick Brown, [[Simon Hinkler]], [[Wayne Hussey]])'' - 6:34 ([[The Mission (band)|The Mission]] cover)
# "[[Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)|Paranoid]]" (demo version) ''([[Geezer Butler]], [[Tony Iommi]], [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]])'' - 2:40 ([[Black Sabbath]] cover)

==Personnel==
;Band members
*[[Peavy Wagner|Peter "Peavy" Wagner]] - vocals, bass, arrangements
*[[Manni Schmidt]] - guitars
*Chris Ephthimiadis - drums

;Production
*Sven Conquest - producer, engineer, mixing
*Bernd Steinwedel - mastering
*Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - executive producer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rage}}

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Futility (album)

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{{Infobox Album |
Name = Futility |
Type = studio |
Artist = [[Dååth]] |
Cover = DÅÅTHFutility.jpg |
Released = 2004 |
Recorded = ''Hairy Breakfest Studios'' |
Genre = [[Death metal]], [[avant-garde metal]], [[groove metal]] |
Length = |
Label = Self-released |
Producer = [[Eyal Levi]] |
Reviews = |
Last album = |
This album = '''''Futility''''' (2004) |
Next album = ''[[The Hinderers]]'' (2007) |
}}
'''''Futility''''' is [[Dååth]]'s first (and only) self-released album. The cover painting was created by [http://www.amberboardman.com/ Amber Boardman].

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Mike Kameron and Eyal Levi
| title1 = The One
| length1 = 1:27
| title2 = Placenta
| length2 = 1:33
| title3 = Filter
| length3 = 3:40
| title4 = Child Says
| length4 = 2:41
| title5 = Infestation
| length5 = 3:34
| title6 = Concentrate Living
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Blender for the Baby
| length7 = 4:17
| title8 = Slow
| length8 = 4:04
| title9 = Just for a Second
| length9 = 3:06
| title10 = Crystasis
| length10 = 5:48
| title11 = Illuminator
| note11 = Hidden Track
| length11 = 2:51
}}

==Personnel==
*Sean Farber - vocals
*[[Eyal Levi]] – [[electric guitar|guitar]], [[synthesizer]]
*Mike Kameron – keyboards, backing vocals
*[[Emil Werstler]] - guitar

===Session members===
*Eric Sanders - [[Drum kit|drums]]
*Kris Dale - [[bass guitar|bass]]

==External links==
* [http://www.daathmusic.com/ www.daathmusic.com]

{{Dååth}}

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A Virgin and a Whore

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{{Infobox Album 
| Name = A Virgin and a Whore
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Eternal Tears of Sorrow]]
| Cover = A Virgin and a Whore.jpg
| Genre = [[Symphonic death metal]], [[Gothic metal]]
| Length = 47:06
| Released = 7 November 2001
| Label = [[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]]
| Recorded = Tico-Tico Studio, [[Kemi]], [[Finland]], 2001
| Producer =
| Last album = ''[[Chaotic Beauty]]'' (2000)
| This album = '''''A Virgin and a Whore''''' (2001)
| Next album = ''[[Before the Bleeding Sun]]'' (2006)
|}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[sputnikmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.0|5}} [http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=22016 link]
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''A Virgin and a Whore''''' is the fourth [[album]] by [[Finland|Finnish]] [[symphonic death metal]] band [[Eternal Tears of Sorrow]]. It was their last album before their break they had between 2003 and 2005. This is the last EToS album to feature keyboardist Pasi Hiltula (who had been in the band since early 1999) and the only album to feature guitarist [[Antti Kokko]].

The seventh song on the album, "Sick, Dirty and Mean" is a [[cover version|cover song]], originally written and performed by [[Accept (band)|Accept]]. The band had rehearsed the song for a two-part [[tribute album]] (''Tribute to Accept vol. 1 & 2'') in 1999 but didn't have any extra time to record it. So, they decided to include the song on ''A Virgin and a Whore''.

The album [[album cover|cover art]] was made by [[Niklas Sundin]] of [[Cabin Fever Media]] and guitarist of [[Dark Tranquillity]].

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| lyrics_credits = yes
| music_credits = yes

| title1 = Aurora Borealis
| lyrics1 = Veteläinen & Puolakanaho
| music1 = Hiltula & Puolakanaho & Veteläinen
| length1 = 5:04

| title2 = Heart of Wilderness
| lyrics2 = Veteläinen & Puolakanaho
| music2 = Kokko & Hiltula
| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = Prophetian
| lyrics3 = Veteläinen & Puolakanaho & Sankala
| music3 = Hiltula & Puolakanaho & Kokko
| length3 = 5:24

| title4 = Fall of Man
| lyrics4 = Puolakanaho & Veteläinen
| music4 = Puolakanaho & Hiltula
| length4 = 4:58

| title5 = The River Flows Frozen
| lyrics5 = Veteläinen & Kokko & Puolakanaho
| music5 = Kokko & Puolakanaho
| length5 = 5:47

| title6 = The Last One for Life
| lyrics6 = Veteläinen & Puolakanaho
| music6 = Puolakanaho & Kokko & Hiltula
| length6 = 4:59

| title7 = Sick, Dirty and Mean
| lyrics7 = Accept
| music7 = Accept
| length7 = 4:16

| title8 = Blood of Hatred
| lyrics8 = Veteläinen
| music8 = Kokko & Hiltula
| length8 = 3:12

| title9 = Aeon
| lyrics9 = Veteläinen & Puolakanaho
| music9 = Veteläinen & Hiltula & Puolakanaho & Kokko
| length9 = 5:45
}}

'''Japanese bonus tracks''': 
#<li value="10"> "As I Die" ([[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] cover) – 4:03
# "The River Flows Frozen" (Acoustic Version) – 5:47

==Credits==
===Band members===
* [[Altti Veteläinen]] – [[singing|vocals]], [[bass guitar]]
* [[Jarmo Puolakanaho]] – [[electric guitar|guitar]]
* [[Antti Kokko]] – [[lead guitar]]
* [[Pasi Hiltula]] – [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[Petri Sankala]] – [[drum kit|drums]]

===Guest appearances===
* [[Juha Kylmänen]] – [[clean vocals]] (on tracks #5, #6 and #11)

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{{Eternal Tears of Sorrow}}

The Black Waltz

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{{refimprove|date=January 2008}}
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Avatar (Swedish band)|Avatar's]] album [[Black Waltz]]}}
{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = The Black Waltz
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Kalmah]]
| Cover = Kansi bw.gif
| Released = June 26, 2006
| Recorded = Nov 2005 - Feb 2006 Tico-Tico studios, [[Kemi]], [[Finland]]
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[Thrash metal]]
| Length = 47:24
| Label = [[Spinefarm Records|Spinefarm]]
| Producer = Kalmah
| Reviews =
| Last album = ''[[Swampsong]]'' (2003)
| This album = '''''The Black Waltz''''' (2006)
| Next album = ''[[For the Revolution]]'' (2008)
}}

'''''The Black Waltz''''' <ref>[http://www.kalmah.com/discography.html Kalmah.com Discography]</ref> is the fourth full-length [[studio album]] by the [[Finnish people|Finnish]] [[melodic death metal]] band [[Kalmah]] and their first with keyboard player [[Marco Sneck]]. This album has them gravitating more towards [[thrash metal]], which has often been cited as the Kokko brothers' primary musical influence. The vocals have changed to lower [[death vocals]], compared to their higher pitched growls in previous albums.

The instrumental "Svieri Doroga" is a combination of the name of their first [[demo (music)|demo]] ''Svieri Obraza'' and a track on that demo entitled "Vezi Doroga".

The video for "The Groan of Wind"<ref>[http://www.metalfromfinland.com/Kalmah/videos#77 Metal From Finland - The Groan of Wind]</ref> shows the band members playing inside a cave, with alternating shots of a young boy and girl running from their possessed family members. They are later rescued by a disfigured old man, the Swamplord ([[Odin]]), whose picture is on the cover of the album.

The album ranked in the top three [[melodic death metal]]/[[Gothenburg, Sweden|Gothenburg]] albums in 2006. The album peaked at number 48 on the national Finnish album charts.<ref>[http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{07FCEE30-9883-4375-A86F-E677C3E MusicMight Kalmah Detailed Biography]</ref>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Defeat
| music1 = A. Kokko, P. Kokko
| length1 = 5:32
| title2 = Bitter Metallic Side
| music2 = A. Kokko
| length2 = 4:27
| title3 = Time Takes Us All
| music3 = M. Sneck
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = To the Gallows
| music4 = P. Kokko
| length4 = 4:40
| title5 = Svieri Doroga
| music5 = A. Kokko
| length5 = 1:08
| title6 = The Black Waltz
| music6 = A. Kokko
| length6 = 4:37
| title7 = With Terminal Intensity
| music7 = M. Sneck
| length7 = 4:56
| title8 = Man of the King
| music8 = A. Kokko, P.Kokko, Lehtinen
| length8 = 4:02
| title9 = The Groan of Wind
| music9 = A. Kokko, P. Kokko
| length9 = 5:02
| title10 = Mindrust
| music10 = M. Sneck
| length10 = 4:06
| title11 = One from the Stands
| music11 = A. Kokko, P. Kokko
| length11 = 4:32
| title12 = This Mortal Coil
| note12 = [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] cover) ([[Japan]] Bonus Track
| length12 = 3:36
}}
All lyrics are written by Pekka Kokko, except Track 10 (P. Kokko and A. Kokko)

==Credits==
===Band members===
* [[Pekka Kokko]] − [[Electric guitar|guitar]], [[singing|vocals]]
* [[Antti Kokko]] − guitar
* [[Marco Sneck]] − [[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]]
* [[Timo Lehtinen]] − [[bass guitar]]
* Janne Kusmin − [[Drum kit|drums]]

===Production and other===
* All [[guitar solo]]s performed by Antti Kokko
* [[Choirs]] on "Defeat" and "To The Gallows" performed by The Official Kalmah Pig Unit
* Recorded and mixed at Tico-Tico studios in November 2005 by Ahti Kortelainen
* Mastered at Finnvox studios in December 2005 by Mika Jussila
* All [[music]] arranged and produced by Kalmah
* Cover artwork, layout and photography by [[Vesa Ranta]]

==External links==
* [http://kalmah.com Kalmah official web site]
* [http://www.metalfromfinland.com/Kalmah/albums#232 The Black Waltz @ MetalfromFinland site]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kalmah}}

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[[Category:2006 albums]]

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Something Wild (album)

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Something Wild
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Children of Bodom]]
| Cover = First edition cover with original logo.jpg
| Released = October 31 1997
| Recorded = July - August 1997 Astia-Studios
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[neo-classical metal]], [[symphonic black metal]]
| Length = 35:50
| Label = [[Spinefarm Records]] [[Nuclear Blast]]
| Producer = [[Anssi Kippo]] and [[Children of Bodom]]
| Last album = '''''[[Children of Bodom (song)|Children of Bodom]]''''' (1997)
| This album = '''''Something Wild''''' (1997)
| Next album = ''[[Hatebreeder]]'' (1999)
| Misc = {{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternative cover
| Type = album
| Cover =
| Lower caption = Reissue with revised band logo
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}} <ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r348268}}</ref>
}}
'''''Something Wild''''' is the debut full-length album by Finnish [[melodic death metal]] band [[Children of Bodom]], released in 1997.

==Label==
With Children of Bodom being a band years before this album and releasing demos with little support, it led them to the point where Something Wild was supposed to be released under their old name Inearthed and by a small Belgian label named Shiver Records. The band signed a contract to release the album with the label, but Sami Tenetz from [[Thy Serpent]], acquired a copy of their album through the hands of Children of Bodom's guitarist Alexander Kuoppala, at the same company they both worked for at the time. Tenetz then gave the copy to Spinefarm Records' boss who immediately became interested in signing them for a country-wide release. The latter deal was much more attractive to the band since Shiver Records was offering them close to no help to the point where the band would have to distribute and sell the album themselves. To get out of the contract from Shiver Records, the band faked a break-up under the old name and renamed themselves to Children of Bodom.

==Style, Samples & Covers==
The album was in [[C♯ tuning]] (C♯, F♯, B, E, G♯, C♯). It presents a darker and generally more experimental sound than the one present in their later albums, and contributed most to the infamous genre controversy of their classification as a [[death metal]] or [[black metal]] band at the time. A fair helping of black metal was still present, due to [[Alexi Laiho]]'s stint (as lead guitarist) in [[Impaled Nazarene]] and his self-professed "roots being in black metal". In an interview Laiho claims that the band at the time were inspired by "a lot of black and death metal bands" such as [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]] and [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] as well as classic rock/metal bands like the [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] (who they ended up [[cover (music)|covering]] for the reissue of this album), and that many other new bands in the scene were "trying to sound like [[Dimmu Borgir]]", leading to them wanting to do something "different". Although Laiho is very critical of all of the music he has written, he notes that he dislikes Something Wild the most of all of his albums. When recording this album, Laiho had tried to mimic the style of one of his idols, [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], which is why Something Wild is considered one of the most technical albums Children of Bodom have ever produced. Despite this, he still considers it to be their "most important" record, as it "put them on the map". The song-writing here is much more free-flowing and the use of keyboards and strong [[neo-classical metal]] influences are much more prevalent than they would be in future releases such as ''[[Hatebreeder]]'' or ''[[Follow the Reaper]]''.

The album is filled with covers, even [[Classical music|classical]] miniature parts within the band's songs; two being from [[Bach]] with songs like "The Nail" containing a piece from his ''[[Toccata and Fugue in D minor]]'' and "Red Light In My Eyes Part 1" containing a part of ''[[Inventions and Sinfonias (Bach)|Invention No. 13 in A minor]]''. "Red Light In My Eyes Part 2" has musical pieces from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], with the [[Introduction (music)|intro]] having ''[[Symphony No. 25 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 25 in G minor]]'' and a little later on and the main theme from the ''Confutatis'' section of ''[[Requiem Mass in D minor]]'', appears. The album also uses [[film]] [[sampling (music)|samples]] in the intros of the band's songs like with once again "The Nail" quoting [[Jack Hawkins]]' character in the 1959 film ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' and with "Deadnight Warrior" containing [[Screenplay|lines]] from ''[[A Nightmare On Elm Street]]'' and ''[[It (1990 film)|It]]''. The song also has a [[music video]], released in 1998 and [[Music video director|directed]] by Ed Grain and Mika Lindberg, at a slim budget of €1000. It made use of simple scenery, which consisted essentially of an outdoors location after a snowstorm. The band played for a couple of hours at night, with an average temperature of minus fifteen degrees Celsius. To continue, a mix of cover with film and [[television]] production was put in on "Touch Like Angel of Death", with the track actually ending at 5:30, followed by a silence and then an [[hidden track]], which is a shorter version of the ''[[Miami Vice Theme]]'', that's 1:20 second long, performed on keyboard by Laiho and Kuoppala, who were both [[drunk]]. This track is called "Coda". Second hidden track called is "Bruno the Pig". "Bruno the Pig" is ninth second track of silence finishers after "Coda". "Bruno the Pig" was a joke. The 2008 edition of the album does contain the theme, but this time it is at the end of the bonus song "Mass Hypnosis".

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| title1 = Deadnight Warrior
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = In the Shadows
| length2 = 6:01
| title3 = Red Light in My Eyes Pt. 1
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Red Light in My Eyes Pt. 2
| length4 = 3:50
| title5 = Lake Bodom
| length5 = 4:02
| title6 = The Nail
| length6 = 6:18
| title7 = Touch Like Angel of Death
| note7 = contains hidden tracks "Coda" and "Bruno the Pig"
| length7 = 7:49
}}
{{tracklist
| collapsed = no
| headline = Reissue
| title8 = Silent Scream
| note8 = [[Slayer]] cover
| length8 = 3:17
| title9 = Don't Stop at the Top
| note9 = [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] cover
| length9 = 3:24
| title10 = Mass Hypnosis
| note10 = [[Sepultura]] cover
| length10 = 4:07
}}
{{tracklist
| collapsed = no
| headline = Spinefarm Digipack re-release bonus tracks
| title8 = [[Children of Bodom (song)|Children of Bodom (Original Single Version)]]
| length8 = 5:10
| title9 = Mass Hypnosis
| note9 = [[Sepultura]] cover
| length9 = 7:18
}}

==Personnel==
;Children of Bodom
*[[Alexi Laiho]] – [[singing|vocals]], [[lead guitar]], [[songwriting]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] (on ''Miami Vice Theme'')
*[[Alexander Kuoppala]] – [[rhythm guitar]], keyboards (on ''Miami Vice Theme'')
*[[Janne Wirman]] – keyboards (on everything except ''Miami Vice Theme'')
*[[Henkka Seppälä]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Jaska Raatikainen]] – [[drum kit|drums]]

;Production
* [[record producer|Produced]] by [[Anssi Kippo]], Alexi Laiho, Jaska Raatikainen, and Children of Bodom
* [[audio engineering|Recorded]] and [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixed]] by Anssi Kippo
*Assistant engineer – Jokke Ryhanen
*Assistant mixing engineer – Pasi Karppa
*Cover photo by Graham French
*Band photography by Toni Harkonen
*Cover artwork by Flea Black

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{COBHC}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Something Wild}}
[[Category:Children of Bodom albums]]
[[Category:1997 debut albums]]

Dissection (band)

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Dissection
| image = Dissection live in 2005.png
| caption = Dissection live in 2005
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Strömstad]], [[Sweden]]
| genre = {{nowrap|[[Black metal]],<ref>[[Michael Moynihan (journalist)|Michael Moynihan]], Didrik Søderlind: ''[[Lords of Chaos (book)|Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground]]''. Feral House 1998, p. 268.</ref><ref>Daniel Ekeroth: [http://books.google.com/books?id=jRRvfWp95FIC ''Swedish Death Metal'']. Second printing. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 397.</ref><ref>Joel Ilver: [http://books.google.de/books?id=z-d_D6g_LdkC ''Extreme Metal II''].</ref> [[death metal]],<ref name=ekeroth267>Daniel Ekeroth: [http://books.google.com/books?id=jRRvfWp95FIC&pg=PA267 ''Swedish Death Metal'']. Second printing. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 267.</ref><ref name=ekeroth336>Daniel Ekeroth: [http://books.google.com/books?id=jRRvfWp95FIC&pg=PA336 ''Swedish Death Metal'']. Second printing. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 336.</ref>}} [[melodic death metal]]<ref name=ekeroth223>Daniel Ekeroth: [http://books.google.com/books?id=jRRvfWp95FIC&pg=PA223 ''Swedish Death Metal'']. Second printing. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 223.</ref><ref name=ekeroth343>Daniel Ekeroth: [http://books.google.com/books?id=jRRvfWp95FIC&pg=PA343 ''Swedish Death Metal'']. Second printing. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 343.</ref><ref>Daniel Ekeroth: [http://books.google.com/books?id=jRRvfWp95FIC ''Swedish Death Metal'']. Second printing. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points 2009, p. 349.</ref>
| years_active = 1989–1997, 2004–2006
| label = [[The End Records|The End]]
| associated_acts = [[Ophthalamia]], [[Watain]], Soulreaper, [[Cardinal Sin (band)|Cardinal Sin]], [[Deathstars]]
| website = http://www.dissection.se/
| past_members = [[Jon Nödtveidt]] [[Set Teitan]] Tomas Asklund Mattias "Mäbe" Johansson [[John Zwetsloot]] Johan Norman Peter Palmdahl [[Emil Nödtveidt]] Brice Leclerq Hakon Forwald Erik Danielsson [[Ole Öhman]] Tobias Tjellgren
}}

'''Dissection''' was a Swedish [[extreme metal]] band. They formed in 1989 by [[Jon Nödtveidt]] and later disbanded in 2006, followed by Nödtveidt's suicide.{{TOClimit|3}}

== History ==

=== First era ===
In 1988, a [[thrash metal]] band by the name of Siren’s Yell was formed in the Swedish town of [[Strömstad]]. Its members were Jon Nödtveidt, [[Ole Öhman]], Peter Palmdahl, and Mattias “Mäbe” Johansson. The group recorded a single demo before breaking up in 1989.<ref name=biography>Andrea Biagi: [http://web.archive.org/web/20031005065926/http://www.dissection.nu/biography.htm ''Biography Part One''. ''"The First Era"''].</ref> Nödtveidt joined the band Rabbit’s Carrot, where Öhman played drums. Nödtveidt and Öhman “were never very comfortable in Rabbit's Carrot, which also explains their short time in that band, as they wanted the music and lyrics to evolve on the extreme dark side. Jon would write songs and arrange them together with Ole in the rehearsal place, but the other members, didn't feel that the material would fit the band.”<ref name=biography/> In autumn 1989, Jon Nödtveidt formed Dissection together with Palmdahl on bass. In the spring of 1990, they recruited drummer Öhman. In April 1990, the first official rehearsal tape ''Severing into Shreds'' was recorded and sent to underground [[fanzine]]s worldwide “to mark the birth of DISSECTION, a band that was about to make heavy impact on the scene”.<ref name=biography/> The band recruited former Siren’s Yell bassist Mattias “Mäbe” Johansson, who was now playing with the local death/thrash metal band Nosferatu, as a live session member playing the rhythm guitar. Dissection’s first concert was held in October 1990 with death metal act [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]].<ref name=biography/>

In December 1990, the band recorded and released the demo ''The Grief Prophecy''.<ref name=biography/> It contained three songs and featured illustrations by the artist known as [[Kristian Wåhlin|Necrolord]], who later created most Dissection album artworks.

In January 1991, second guitarist [[John Zwetsloot]] joined the band, which now had a complete line-up “and could further develop their characteristic dual-harmony guitar-sound that was to become an important part of the band's sound”. The first concert with Zwetsloot was held in February 1991 at a local death metal event in the band’s hometown Strömstad. As the demo was spreading in the underground scene, the [[France|French]] [[record label]] Corpsegrinder Records offered Dissection a deal to record an EP.<ref name=biography/>

In April 1991, [[Per "Dead" Ohlin|Dead]], the notorious [[Norway|Norwegian]] black metal group [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]]’s vocalist, committed suicide. A few days later, Dissection played the Mayhem song ''Freezing Moon'' in honour of Dead at a show in Falkenberg, Sweden, and made an unofficial special edition of the ''The Grief Prophecy'' demo with a cover drawn by Dead. In September 1991 the band record three new tracks for the 7” EP ''Into Infinite Obscurity'', released in December 1991 by Corpsegrinder Records in a limited edition of 1000 copies. In December 1991 Nödtveidt and Öhman also played live in Askim, Norway, at a black metal concert arranged by the Norwegian Black Circle Nödtveidt had joined, and [[Euronymous]], who led the Circle and the band Mayhem. Nödtveidt, Öhman and Euronymous performed ''Freezing Moon'' live.<ref name=biography/>

In 1992 Dissection recorded a four-track promo tape and signed a one-album deal with [[No Fashion Records]]. In March 1993, the band recorded the full-length album ''[[The Somberlain]]'', recorded and mixed at Hellspawn/[[Unisound]] studios with [[Dan Swanö]]. During that time, the band’s members, who were temporarily living in different towns, all moved to [[Gothenburg]] after the summer of 1993, where they shared a steady rehearsal place with [[At the Gates]]. The album was released in December 1993 and dedicated to Euronymous, who had been murdered earlier the same year.<ref name=biography/>

As the band members “would find themselves rehearsing more and more without John [Zwetsloot] even showing up” and “even had to cancel gigs because he didn't show up for the preparing rehearsals”, they “felt they had their hands tied behind their backs with John still in the band and that they could do nothing but kick him out”. The last concert with Zwetsloot was performed in Oslo, Norway, on 14 April 1994. The day Zwetsloot was fired, Dissection called Johan Norman from Satanized (a short-lived project Nödtveidt was involved with), who showed up one day later and “proved to be a worthy replacement for John, having the motivation that John was lacking”. Dissection continued playing live, wrote songs for a second album, and entered the studio twice to record demos of new songs and the contribution ''Anti-Christ'' for the [[Slayer]] tribute compilation album ''Slatanic Slaughter'' on Black Sun Records. In November 1994, Dissection signed a deal with [[Nuclear Blast]] and focussed on the second album. In March 1995, Dissection returned to the Hellspawn/Unisound studios to record the second full-length album ''[[Storm of the Light's Bane|Storm of the Light’s Bane]]'', followed by a three date tour through the UK with [[Cradle of Filth]] and a few concerts in Sweden.<ref name=biography/>

During the summer of 1995 Nödtveidt and Norman joined the newly formed [[Satanism|Satanic]] organization Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO). In September 1995 drummer Ole Öhman left Dissection and was replaced by Tobias Kellgren (ex-Satanized). He was introduced to the Swedish fans at a show with [[Morbid Angel]] at Kåren in Gothenburg, the 10th of October 1995.<ref name=biography/>

In November 1995, ''Storm of the Light’s Bane'' was released by Nuclear Blast, followed by a two-week European tour through Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Sweden in December 1995, and the World Tour of the Light’s Bane" covering Europe and America, ending in 1997.<ref name=biography/>

By the beginning of January 1996, Dissection was playing shows in Sweden before leaving for a UK tour with At the Gates in February, followed by a vast US tour with At the Gates and Morbid Angel in March. Back in Scandinavia, Dissection played at the Rockefeller in Oslo together with [[Darkthrone]] and [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]], marking the start of a co-headlining European tour. In April, in connection with the co-headlining European tour, Dissection released the ''[[Where Dead Angels Lie]]'' MCD, which contained the title track’s studio and demo version as well as other demo recordings and two cover songs.<ref name=biography/>

In 1997, Dissection played the Gods of Darkness tour together with Cradle of Filth, [[In Flames]] and [[Dimmu Borgir]].<ref name=biography/> Dissection’s and Dimmu Borgir’s show at the Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany, on 31 March 1997,<ref>Dimmu Borgir/Dissection: ''Live & Plugged Vol. II'', Nuclear Blast 1997.</ref> was recorded and released by Nuclear Blast on the live split video cassette ''Live & Plugged Vol. II''. Dissection’s World Tour of the Light's Bane ended with an appearance at the [[Wacken Open Air]] festival, which was recorded and released on the ''[[Live Legacy]]'' album, and the Nuclear Blast festivals.<ref name=biography/>

Although "[t]he first era of DISSECTION was now at its peak" and "the situation, at least on the surface, seemed to be stable and prosperous with the band's success peaking, personal differences prevailed". This resulted in Palmdahl leaving the band and being replaced by Jon Nödtveidt's brother Emil Nödtveidt for the summer festivals. After the summer Norman "suddenly 'disappeared' for several months without notice, with Tobias covering up for him claiming to know nothing (however remaining in close contact with Johan throughout this period). The background of this 'disappearance' being that Johan had turned his back on and betrayed the MLO, fearing their retribution." As Nödtveidt was a member of MLO, Norman and also left Dissection behind, Nödtveidt being the only member left in the band. He recruited a new line-up and booked the Studio Fredman for the supposed recording of the third studio album.<ref name=biography/>

====Nödtveidt's murder conviction====
{{Main article|Keillers Park murder}}
On 18 December 1997, Nödtveidt and fellow MLO member Vlad were arrested for the murder of a 37-year-old homosexual man, [[Keillers Park murder|Josef ben Meddour]], on July the 22, 1997.<ref name=killing>Andrea Biagi: [http://web.archive.org/web/20040216045715/http://www.dissection.nu/killing.htm ''THE KILLING''].</ref> Nödtveidt received a 10-year sentence,<ref name=biography/><ref name=killing/> and [[Necropolis Records]] released the compilation album ''[[The Past Is Alive (The Early Mischief)]]''.

=== Rebirth ===
Upon his release in 2004, Nödtveidt restarted the band with a completely new line-up, including only members able to "stand behind and live up to the demands of Dissection's Satanic concept".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040127040134/http://www.dissection.nu/faustleaves.htm ''FAUST LEAVES DISSECTION BECAUSE OF THE SATANIC CONCEPT''].</ref> Dissection recorded a two-track EP entitled ''[[Maha Kali]]'' and toured heavily with the ''The Rebirth of Dissection'' tour.

In 2006, Dissection released their third full-length album ''[[Reinkaos]]'' through their own label, in association with [[The End Records]]. The band followed the teachings of the Swedish organisation known as the Misanthropic Luciferian Order (MLO), now known as [[Temple of the Black Light]], and the lyrics in the ''Reinkaos'' album contain [[magical formula]]e from the ''Liber Azerate'', and are based on the organisation's teachings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080208150021/http://www.dissection.nu/disc/reinkaos.htm |title=REINKAΩS |publisher=dissection.nu |date= |accessdate=2011-02-10}}</ref>

=== Breakup ===
In May 2006, shortly after the release of ''Reinkaos'', the band announced plans to split following a short tour. The tour was scheduled to include two appearances in the United States, but these were eventually canceled after Nödtveidt was denied an [[Visa (document)|entry visa]] to the country, due to his previous incarceration. The band played its final European concert in Stockholm on [[Midsummer]], 24 June 2006. Some former members of Dissection have gone on to form other bands, also influenced by their beliefs based on the MLO.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/shaarimoth.html |title=Shaarimoth interview @ |publisher=Tartareandesire.com |date= |accessdate=2011-02-10}}</ref>

=== Nödtveidt’s suicide ===
On 13<ref>"I onsdags kväll hittades Nödtveidt död i sin lägenhet i Stockholmsförorten Hässelby." Kajsa Sigvardsson: [http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article430279.ab ''Hittad död-hemma''. ''Morddömde stjärnans vän: Fruktansvärt'']. In: ''[[Aftonbladet]]'', 19. August 2006.</ref> or 16<ref>A2 poster of Jon Nödtveidt in ''Slayer'', no. 20, 2010.</ref> August 2006, frontman Jon Nödtveidt committed suicide. According to the Swedish ''[[Expressen]]'', the police said that Nödtveidt was found with a Satanic Bible in front of him,<ref>Anna Wahlgren, Lars Johansson, Niclas Rislund: [http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/svenske-hardrocksstjarnan-jon-nodtveidt-tog-sitt-liv/ ''Svenske hårdrocksstjärnan Jon Nödtveidt tog sitt liv''].</ref> which ''[[Blabbermouth.net]]'' falsely reported to be a copy of ''[[The Satanic Bible]]''.<ref>[http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=56732 ''DISSECTION Frontman Shot Himself In Head As Part Of Ritual Suicide''].</ref> It was later confirmed by band member Set Teitan to be a Satanic grimoire,<ref>[http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=56947 ''DISSECTION Guitarist: JON NÖDTVEIDT Didn't Have Copy Of 'The Satanic Bible' At Suicide Scene''].</ref> which is believed to be a copy of the ''Liber Azerate'' written by [[Frater Nemidal]], leader of the MLO. With Nödtveidt's death, any possibility to realize a reunion was lost, as he had remained the only original member since Dissection's foundation; in fact, second founding member Peter Palmdahl had left the band in 1997, when Nödtveidt was arrested.

== Musical style ==
According to Daniel Ekeroth, the band "developed their own melancholic and atmospheric [[death metal]] style",<ref name=ekeroth336/> which "combine[d] strong melodies with musical brutality".<ref name=ekeroth267/> Dissection considered the "characteristic dual-harmony guitar-sound" to be "an important part of the band's sound"<ref name=biography/> and therefore needed a second guitarist.<ref name=biography/> Due to the band's turn towards [[melodic death metal]],<ref name="ekeroth343"/> [[Tomas Lindberg|Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg]] sees Dissection as a part of the Gothenburg scene.<ref name=ekeroth223/>

== Involvement in MLO ==
{{Main article|Temple of the Black Light}}
The lead vocalist of Dissection, Jon Nödtveidt, was a member of the [[Temple of the Black Light|Misanthropic Luciferian Order]] founded in 1995.<ref name="mlo_interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/extreme/slayermagazine/interview_mlo2.html |title=interview_mlo |publisher=Angelfire.com |date= |accessdate=2011-02-10}}</ref> Nödtveidt was introduced to the organisation by close friends at a quite early stage.<ref name="rockdedector">[http://www.musicmight.com/artist/sweden/stromstad/dissection ''DISSECTION''].</ref><ref name=metalcentre>{{cite web|author=ataman Tolovy |url=http://www.metalcentre.com/webzine.php?p=interviews&lang=eng&nr=123 |title=DISSECTION. Interview with Jon Nödtveidt |publisher=Metalcentre.com |date= |accessdate=2011-02-10}}</ref> Nödtveidt said of the MLO in an interview: "MLO is a [[Chaos (cosmogony)|Chaos]]-Gnostic order, which seek the true light of [[Lucifer]] through the study, development and practice of all dark, [[Gnosticism|gnostic]] and Satanic magical systems. Our goal is to create a synthesis between the dark traditions of all [[aeon]]s, this way creating the [[occult]] keys that shall open the gates to the forthcoming endless dark aeon. My status within the order is the one of a full member of the second grade and a [[Priest of Satan]]. To become a candidate one must first of all already be an Anti-cosmic Satanist and actively practicing [[black magic]]ian. He/She must wholeheartedly sympathize and share the [[Misanthropy|misanthropic]] and anti-cosmic values of the order, and then be ready to dedicate his/her entire existence to following his/her true will in accordance to the dark gods. Becoming an initiate is a long and hard process and can take several years."<ref name=metalcentre/>

Some members of Dissection were very involved in the Misanthropic Luciferian Order. Former bassist, Haakon Forwald of [[Disiplin]], pulled out of Dissection, saying it was partly in order to concentrate on his esoteric studies.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alternatives Musikmagazin - Whiskey-Soda |url=http://www.whiskey-soda.de/news.php?id=12247 |title=Dissection-Bassist Haakon Forwald ist raus |publisher=whiskey-soda.de |date= |accessdate=2011-02-10}}</ref>

When the police investigated the MLO after the murder of Josef ben Meddour, they interrogated its former members, who described the organisation and narrated the occult ceremonies they had attended. Rituals included meditation, invocations of demons and animal sacrifices – cats, which were bought through classified ads. During the weeks that preceded the murder of Josef ben Meddour, Vlad had been more and more extremist in his speech, and the idea of performing human sacrifices, followed by a mass suicide, was discussed at length. During a meeting at Nödtveidt's place, a list of possible victims was made. It included a former follower who had defected, band members from Dissection, and even Nödtveidt's girlfriend.<ref>Ohlin (2012), p. 13-14.</ref>

== Band members ==

===Final line-up===
* [[Jon Nödtveidt]] (deceased) – [[Singing|vocals]], [[guitars]] (1989–1997, 2004–2006)
* [[Set Teitan]] – [[guitars]] (2004–2006)
* Tomas Asklund – [[Drum set|drums]] (2004–2006)

===Former members===
* Mattias "Mäbe" Johansson – guitars (1990) (session live)
* [[John Zwetsloot]] – guitars (1991–1994)
* Johan Norman – guitars (1994–1997)
* Peter Palmdahl – bass guitar (1989–1997)
* Emil Nödtveidt – bass guitar (1997) (session live)
* Brice LeClercq – bass guitar (2004–2005)
* Hakon Forwald – bass guitar (2005)
* Erik Danielsson – bass guitar (2005–2006) (session live)
* [[Ole Öhman]] – drums (1990–1995)
* Tobias Kjellgren – drums (1995–1997)


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== Discography ==

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Album details
! scope="col" | Sales
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Somberlain]]''
|
* Released: March 3, 1993
* Label: No Fashion Records
* Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-somberlain/id778400888 | title=The Somberlain - Dissection | publisher= itunes.apple.com| accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Storm of the Light's Bane]]''
|
* Released: November 17, 1995
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/storm-of-the-lights-bane/id778403553 | title=Storm of the Light's Bane - Dissection | publisher= itunes.apple.com| accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
|
* US: 8,939+<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30341| title= Sludge Scans For June 2000 | publisher=www.metalsludge.tv | accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Reinkaos]]''
|
* Released: April 30, 2006
* Label: Black Horizon
* Formats: CD, CS, LP, digital download<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/reinkaos/id332509045 | title=Reinkaos - Dissection | publisher= itunes.apple.com| accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
|
|}

=== Compilation albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''[[The Past Is Alive (The Early Mischief)]]''
|
* Released: July 20, 1997
* Label: Necropolis Records
* Formats: CD
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Album details
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Live Legacy]]''
|
* Released: February 17, 2003
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-legacy/id193036038 | title=Live Legacy - Dissection | publisher= itunes.apple.com| accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Live in Stockholm 2004''
|
* Released: September 22, 2009
* Label: Escapi Music
* Formats: CD, digital download<ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-in-stockholm-2004/id402294850 | title=Live in Stockholm 2004 - Dissection | publisher= itunes.apple.com| accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Live Rebirth''
|
* Released: March 2010
* Label: High Roller Records
* Formats: CD
|}

===EPs===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Album details
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Into Infinite Obscurity]]''
|
* Released: September 5, 1991
* Label: Corpse Grinder Records
* Formats: LP
|
* Limited to 1,000 copies
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Where Dead Angels Lie]]''
|
* Released: April 26, 1996
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: CD
|
|-
! scope="row" |''[[Maha Kali]]''
|
* Released: November 10, 2004
* Label: Escapi Music
* Formats: CD
|
* Limited to 1,000 copies
|}

===Demos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Demo details
|-
! scope="row" |''The Grief Prophecy''
|
* Released: February 1991
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: CS
|}

===Video albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |SWE <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/| title= Veckolista DVD Album - Vecka 31, 3 augusti 2006 | publisher= www.sverigetopplistan.se| accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |''Live & Plugged Vol. 2'' (split with [[Dimmu Borgir]])
|
* Released: 1997
* Label: Nuclear Blast
* Formats: VHS
|| —
|-
! scope="row" |''Rebirth of Dissection''
|
* Released: July 29, 2006
* Label: Escapi Music
* Formats: DVD
|| 5
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | — denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
* Black Metal Foundations Top 20: The First Wave. (2005). ''Terrorizer, 128,'' 42-43.

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Dissection (Swedish band)|Dissection}}
* {{Official website|http://www.dissection.se/}}

{{Dissection}}

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Sword's Song

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Sword's Song
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Battlelore]]
| Cover = Battleore_-_Sword's_Song.jpg
| Caption = Cover art by [[Ted Nasmith]]
| Released = July 22, 2003
| Recorded = Music Bros Studios, [[Imatra]], Finland, December 2002–March 2003
| Genre = [[Gothic metal]], [[symphonic metal]], [[celtic metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=42|s=57}}
| Label = [[Napalm Records|Napalm]]
| Producer = Miitri Aaltonen, Battlelore, Eric Zacharias
| Last album = ''[[...Where the Shadows Lie]]'' (2002)
| This album = '''''Sword's Song''''' (2003)
| Next album = ''[[Third Age of the Sun]]'' (2005)
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Sputnikmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sputnikmusic.com/review/4578/Battlelore-Swords-Song/| title = Battlelore Sword's Song| accessdate = 2012-05-31 | date= 12 December 2005 | publisher = [[Sputnikmusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 =[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]
| rev2Score = (6.5/10)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=6444 | title = Battlelore - Sword's Song review | accessdate = 2012-05-31 | date = 6 August 2009 | publisher = [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]}}</ref>
| rev3 =The Metal Crypt
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=1186 | title = Battlelore - Sword's Song | accessdate = 2012-05-31 | last = Batteiger | first = Paul | publisher = The Metal Crypt.com}}</ref>
| noprose=yes
}}

'''''Sword's Song''''' is the second [[studio album]] released by the Finnish [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Battlelore]], released in 2003. As with all of the band's other albums, the lyrics are based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|J.R.R. Tolkien's]] [[Middle-earth]] sagas. ''Sword's Song'''s music and lyrics are essentially similar to those of their debut album, but in the opinion of most reviewers and fans showed an improvement in both strength of the material and quality of the performances.

The album was the last to feature original vocalist [[Patrik Mennander]] and bass player Miika Kokkola and, as a result, following releases saw a noticeable change in the sound of Battlelore.

==Track listing==
All music by Battlelore, all lyrics by Jyri Vahvanen.
{{tracklist
| total_length = 46:54
| title1 = Sons of Riddermark
| length1 = 04:06
| title2 = Sword's Song
| length2 = 04:08
| title3 = The Mark of the Bear
| length3 = 04:27
| title4 = Buccaneers Inn
| length4 = 03:54
| title5 = Attack of the Orcs
| length5 = 03:13
| title6 = Dragonslayer
| length6 = 03:30
| title7 = Khazad-Dûm Pt.2 (Silent Caverns)
| length7 = 04:08
| title8 = Horns of Gondor
| note8 = instrumental
| length8 = 03:52
| title9 = The War of Wrath
| length9 = 03:57
| title10 = Forked Height
| length10 = 03:18
| title11 = Starlight Kingdom
| length11 = 04:24
| title12 = The Curse of the Kings
| note12 = digipack edition bonus track
| length12 = 03:57
}}

==Credits==
;Band members
*[[Kaisa Jouhki]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Patrik Mennander]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Jussi Rautio]] - [[guitar]]
*[[Jyri Vahvanen]] - [[guitar]]
*[[Miika Kokkola]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Henri Vahvanen]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Maria Honkanen]]- [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

;Production
*Miitri Aaltonen - producer, engineer, mixing
*Eric Zacharias - pre-production, additional synthesizer arrangements
*Pauli Saastamoinen - mastering at [[Finnvox Studios]]

==Lyrical references==
* "Sons of Riddermark" deals with the history of the [[Éothéod]].
* "The Mark of the Bear" is about the [[Beornings]].
* "Buccaneers Inn" deals with the [[Black Númenóreans]].
* "Attack of the Orcs" is about the [[Orc (Middle-earth)|Orken]] hordes in the Third Age.
* "Dragonslayer" is based on the story of [[Túrin Turambar]].
* "Khazad-Dûm Pt. 2 (Silent Caverns)" deals with the invasion of [[Moria (Middle-earth)|Moria]].
* "The War of Wrath" is based on the [[War of Wrath]].
* "Forked Height" deals with the tower of [[Orthanc]].
* "The Curse of the Kings" is about the [[Nazgûl]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.battlelore.net/ Battlelore Official Homepage]

{{Battlelore}}

[[Category:Battlelore albums]]
[[Category:2003 albums]]
[[Category:Napalm Records albums]]

Third Age of the Sun

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{{about|the heavy metal album|the use in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium|Third Age}}
{{Infobox album 
| Name = Third Age of the Sun
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Battlelore]]
| Cover = PicBattlelore200.jpg
| Released = 25 July 2005
| Recorded = Sound Suite Studio, [[Marseille]], France, March–April 2005
| Genre = [[Melodic death metal]], [[folk metal]], [[celtic metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=49|s=45}}
| Label = [[Napalm Records|Napalm]]
| Producer = [[Terje Refsnes]], Battlelore
| Last album = ''[[Sword's Song]]'' (2003)
| This album = '''''Third Age of the Sun''''' (2005)
| Next album = ''[[Evernight (album)|Evernight]]'' (2007)
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =Metal Review
| rev1Score = (6.9/10)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://metalreview.com/reviews/1849/battlelore-third-age-of-the-sun | title = Review of Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun | accessdate = 2012-06-02 | last = Carlson | first = Harley | date = 1 September 2005 | publisher = Metal Review.com}}</ref>
| rev2 =[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]
| rev2Score = (6.5/10)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=1097 | title = Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun review | accessdate = 2012-06-02 | date = 16 November 2005 | publisher = [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]}}</ref>
| rev3 =Lords of Metal
| rev3Score = (60/100)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showreview.php?id=5936&lang=en | title = Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun | accessdate = 2012-06-02 | last = Barten | first = MIchiel | publisher = Lords of Metal.nl}}</ref>
| rev4 =The Metal Crypt
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=2412 | title = Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun | accessdate = 2012-06-02 | last = Batteiger | first = Paul | publisher = The Metal Crypt.com}}</ref>
| noprose=yes
}}

'''''Third Age of the Sun''''' is the third [[studio album]] released by the Finnish [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Battlelore]], released in 2005. As on previous albums, the songs are all based on [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]] sagas. This album introduced new bass player Timo Honkanen and new vocalist Tomi Mykkänen, who had previously toured with the band when Miika Kokkola and [[Patrik Mennander]] had been unavailable. The sound of the album differs from the first two Battlelore albums, as the instrumentation has a more live and organic feel and also due to the absence of clean male vocals.

The album peaked at position 38 in [[The Official Finnish Charts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Battlelore |title=Battlelore in Finnish Charts |work=finnishcharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=2012-09-23}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| all_lyrics = Jyri Vahvanen, except "Usvainen Rhûn" by Kaisa Jouhki
| music_credits = yes
| total_length = 61:57
| title1 = Usvainen Rhûn
| music1 = Maria Honkanen
| length1 = 1:36
| title2 = Storm of the Blades
| music2 = Jyri Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length2 = 3:22
| title3 = Ghân of the Woods
| music3 = Jussi Rautio, Battlelore
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = Gwaith-i-Mírdain
| music4 = Battlelore
| length4 = 3:43
| title5 = Trollshaws
| music5 = Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length5 = 4:07
| title6 = Elves of Lúva
| music6 = Rautio, Jouhki
| length6 = 4:39
| title7 = Valier - Queens of the Valar
| music7 = Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length7 = 4:19
| title8 = Thousand Caves
| music8 = Rautio, Battlelore
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Cloaked in Her Unlight
| music9 = Rautio, Battlelore
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = Of Orcs and Elves
| music10 = Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length10 = 4:26
| title11 = Touch of Green and Gold
| music11 = Vahvanen, Battlelore
| length11 = 3:59
| title12 = Pallando - Forgotten Wizards I
| music12 = Vahvanen, Rautio, Battlelore
| length12 = 3:31
| title13 = Gollum's Cry
| music13 = Honkanen
| length13 = 3:03
| title14 = Alatar - Forgotten Wizards II
| music14 = Battlelore
| note14 = Digipak edition bonus track
| length14 = 3:33
| title15 = Elessar's Call
| music15 = Battlelore
| note15 = Digipak edition bonus track
| length15 = 4:11
| title16 = Dwimmerlaik
| music16 = Battlelore
| note16 = Digipak edition bonus track
| length16 = 4:28
}}

==Credits==
;Band members
*[[Kaisa Jouhki]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Tomi Mykkänen]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Jussi Rautio]] - [[guitar]], [[acoustic guitars]]
*[[Jyri Vahvanen]] - [[guitar]]
*[[Timo Honkanen]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Henri Vahvanen]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Maria Honkanen]] - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

;Production
*[[Terje Refsnes]] - producer, engineer, mixing
*Miitri Aaltonen - additional pre-production
*Tommi Havo - additional growl-vocals arrangements
*Mika Jussila - mastering at [[Finnvox Studios]]

==Lyrical references==
* "Usvainen Rhûn" refers titular to the land of [[Rhûn]].
* "Ghân of the Woods" is about [[Ghân-buri-Ghân]] and the [[Drúedain]].
* "Gwaith-i-Mírdain" tells about the elven smiths who forged the [[Rings of Power]].
* "Trollshaws" is about the encounter in the troll-woods, from ''[[The Hobbit]]''.
* "Valier - Queens of the Valar" is about the Queens of the [[Vala (Middle-earth)|Valar]].
* "Thousand Caves" is about the Thousand Caves of [[Menegroth]] in [[Doriath]].
* "Cloaked in Her Unlight" tells about [[Ungoliant]] and the destruction of the [[Two Trees of Valinor]].
* "Of Orcs and Elves" is about the breeding of [[Orc (Middle-earth)|Orcs]] from [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]].
* "Touch of Green and Gold" is about [[Tom Bombadil]].
* "Pallando - Forgotten Wizards I" is about Pallando, one of the [[Blue Wizards]].
* "Gollum's Cry" is about [[Gollum]] during ''[[The Two Towers]]''.
* "Elessar's Call" is about the gifts [[Aragorn]] receives to aid the Fellowship.
* "Alatar - Forgotten Wizards II" is about Alatar, one of the [[Blue Wizards]].
* "Dwimmerlaik" is a dialogue-like song between [[Éowyn]] and the [[Witch-king of Angmar]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.battlelore.net/ Battlelore Official Homepage]

{{Battlelore}}

[[Category:Battlelore albums]]
[[Category:Napalm Records albums]]
[[Category:2005 albums]]

Sword's Song

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = Sword's Song
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Battlelore]]
| Cover = Battleore_-_Sword's_Song.jpg
| Caption = Cover art by [[Ted Nasmith]]
| Released = July 22, 2003
| Recorded = Music Bros Studios, [[Imatra]], Finland, December 2002–March 2003
| Genre = [[Gothic metal]], [[power metal]], [[celtic metal]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=42|s=57}}
| Label = [[Napalm Records|Napalm]]
| Producer = Miitri Aaltonen, Battlelore, Eric Zacharias
| Last album = ''[[...Where the Shadows Lie]]'' (2002)
| This album = '''''Sword's Song''''' (2003)
| Next album = ''[[Third Age of the Sun]]'' (2005)
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Sputnikmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sputnikmusic.com/review/4578/Battlelore-Swords-Song/| title = Battlelore Sword's Song| accessdate = 2012-05-31 | date= 12 December 2005 | publisher = [[Sputnikmusic]]}}</ref>
| rev2 =[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]
| rev2Score = (6.5/10)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=6444 | title = Battlelore - Sword's Song review | accessdate = 2012-05-31 | date = 6 August 2009 | publisher = [[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]}}</ref>
| rev3 =The Metal Crypt
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=1186 | title = Battlelore - Sword's Song | accessdate = 2012-05-31 | last = Batteiger | first = Paul | publisher = The Metal Crypt.com}}</ref>
| noprose=yes
}}

'''''Sword's Song''''' is the second [[studio album]] released by the Finnish [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Battlelore]], released in 2003. As with all of the band's other albums, the lyrics are based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|J.R.R. Tolkien's]] [[Middle-earth]] sagas. ''Sword's Song'''s music and lyrics are essentially similar to those of their debut album, but in the opinion of most reviewers and fans showed an improvement in both strength of the material and quality of the performances.

The album was the last to feature original vocalist [[Patrik Mennander]] and bass player Miika Kokkola and, as a result, following releases saw a noticeable change in the sound of Battlelore.

==Track listing==
All music by Battlelore, all lyrics by Jyri Vahvanen.
{{tracklist
| total_length = 46:54
| title1 = Sons of Riddermark
| length1 = 04:06
| title2 = Sword's Song
| length2 = 04:08
| title3 = The Mark of the Bear
| length3 = 04:27
| title4 = Buccaneers Inn
| length4 = 03:54
| title5 = Attack of the Orcs
| length5 = 03:13
| title6 = Dragonslayer
| length6 = 03:30
| title7 = Khazad-Dûm Pt.2 (Silent Caverns)
| length7 = 04:08
| title8 = Horns of Gondor
| note8 = instrumental
| length8 = 03:52
| title9 = The War of Wrath
| length9 = 03:57
| title10 = Forked Height
| length10 = 03:18
| title11 = Starlight Kingdom
| length11 = 04:24
| title12 = The Curse of the Kings
| note12 = digipack edition bonus track
| length12 = 03:57
}}

==Credits==
;Band members
*[[Kaisa Jouhki]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Patrik Mennander]] - [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Jussi Rautio]] - [[guitar]]
*[[Jyri Vahvanen]] - [[guitar]]
*[[Miika Kokkola]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*[[Henri Vahvanen]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Maria Honkanen]]- [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]

;Production
*Miitri Aaltonen - producer, engineer, mixing
*Eric Zacharias - pre-production, additional synthesizer arrangements
*Pauli Saastamoinen - mastering at [[Finnvox Studios]]

==Lyrical references==
* "Sons of Riddermark" deals with the history of the [[Éothéod]].
* "The Mark of the Bear" is about the [[Beornings]].
* "Buccaneers Inn" deals with the [[Black Númenóreans]].
* "Attack of the Orcs" is about the [[Orc (Middle-earth)|Orken]] hordes in the Third Age.
* "Dragonslayer" is based on the story of [[Túrin Turambar]].
* "Khazad-Dûm Pt. 2 (Silent Caverns)" deals with the invasion of [[Moria (Middle-earth)|Moria]].
* "The War of Wrath" is based on the [[War of Wrath]].
* "Forked Height" deals with the tower of [[Orthanc]].
* "The Curse of the Kings" is about the [[Nazgûl]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.battlelore.net/ Battlelore Official Homepage]

{{Battlelore}}

[[Category:Battlelore albums]]
[[Category:2003 albums]]
[[Category:Napalm Records albums]]

Renegade (HammerFall album)

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{{Refimprove|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox Album | 
| Name = Renegade
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[HammerFall]]
| Cover = Renegade.jpg|px 220 |
| Released = October 9, 2000
| Recorded = WireWorld Studios, [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], 1999-2000
| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[power metal]]
| Length = 46:46
| Label = [[Nuclear Blast]]
| Producer = [[Michael Wagener]]
| Last album = ''[[Legacy of Kings]]'' (1998)
| This album = ''Renegade'' (2000)
| Next album = ''[[Crimson Thunder]]'' (2002)
| Misc =
{{Singles
| Name = Renegade
| Type = Studio
| single 1 = [[Renegade (HammerFall song)|Renegade]]
| single 1 date = August 21, 2000
| single 2 = [[Always Will Be (HammerFall song)|Always Will Be]]
| single 2 date = April 9, 2001
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{cite web|author=Vincent Jeffries |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/renegade-mw0000104171 |title=Renegade - Hammerfall | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=2000-11-14 |accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref>
}}

'''''Renegade''''' is [[HammerFall]]'s third album, the first with the drummer [[Anders Johansson]]. It was released on October 9, 2000, on the [[Nuclear Blast Records]] label. As shown in the tracklist, the founding guitarist of In Flames and founding member of HammerFall, [[Jesper Strömblad]], was the co-writer of several of the songs in the album. The album entered the Swedish charts at number one and was eventually awarded a gold certification.

==Track listing==
===Deluxe edition===
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = Templars of Steel
| writer1 = [[Oscar Dronjak|Dronjak]], [[Joacim Cans|Cans]]
| length1 = 5:26
| title2 = Keep the Flame Burning
| writer2 = Dronjak, Cans, [[Jesper Strömblad|Strömblad]]
| length2 = 4:41
| title3 = [[Renegade (HammerFall song)|Renegade]]
| writer3 = Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = Living in Victory
| writer4 = Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad
| length4 = 4:44
| title5 = [[Always Will Be (HammerFall song)|Always Will Be]]
| writer5 = Dronjak
| length5 = 4:51
| title6 = The Way of the Warrior
| writer6 = Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad
| length6 = 4:08
| title7 = Destined for Glory
| writer7 = Dronjak, Cans
| length7 = 5:11
| title8 = The Champion
| writer8 = Dronjak, Cans, Strömblad
| length8 = 4:58
| title9 = Raise the Hammer
| note9 = Instrumental
| writer9 = Dronjak, [[Stefan Elmgren|Elmgren]]
| length9 = 3:24
| title10 = A Legend Reborn
| writer10 = Dronjak, Cans
| length10 = 5:10
}}
'''Digipak and Brazilian Bonus Tracks'''
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes
| title11 = Head Over Heels
| note11 = [[Accept (band)|Accept]] cover - Feat. Udo Dirkschneider
| writer11 = [[Accept (band)|Accept]], [[Deaffy]]
| length11 = 4:30
| title12 = Breaking the Law
| note12 = [[Judas Priest]] cover
| writer12 = [[Glenn Tipton|Tipton]], [[K. K. Downing|Downing]], [[Rob Halford|Halford]]
| length12 = 2:14
| title13 = I Want Out
| note13 = [[Helloween]] cover
| writer13 = [[Kai Hansen|Hansen]]
| length13 = 4:38
| title14 = Man on the Silver Mountain
| note14 = [[Rainbow]] cover
| writer14 = [[Ritchie Blackmore|Blackmore]], [[Ronnie James Dio|Dio]]
| length14 = 3:26
| title15 = Run With The Devil
| note15 = [[Heavy Load (band)|Heavy Load]] Cover
| writer15 = S. Wlashquist
| length15 = 3:35
| title16 = Always Will Be
| note16 = Acoustic Version
| writer16 = Dronjak
| length16 = 4:47
}}

==Chart positions<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=HammerFall&titel=Renegade&cat=a |title=HammerFall - Renegade |publisher=swedishcharts.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref>==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Country
! Ranked
|-
|Switzerland
|style="text-align:center;"|72
|-
|Germany
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
|Austria
|style="text-align:center;"|43
|-
|Finland
|style="text-align:center;"|34
|-
|Sweden
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

==Personnel==
*[[Joacim Cans]] - lead and backing vocals
*[[Oscar Dronjak]] - guitars and backing vocals
*[[Stefan Elmgren]] - guitars and backing vocals
*[[Magnus Rosén]] - bass guitar
*[[Anders Johansson]] - drums
*[[Jamie Simmons]], [[Paul Simmons]], John Alexander - additional backing vocals on "Destined For Glory"

==Recording information==
*Recorded at WireWorld Studios in [[Nashville]], Tennessee, April- June 2000.
*Produced, recorded, engineered and mixed by [[Michael Wagener]].
*Mastered by Eric Conn.
*[[Harley-Davidson]] sound on "Renegade" provided by Promise Breakers Motorcycle Club Nashville

==Music video==

* The band created a music video entitled "Always Will Be".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Rhr_mKZbU |title=Hammerfall - Always Will Be (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref>

*The track "Renegade" was also made into a music video. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcG6xt5-iwQ |title=Hammerfall - Renegade (Official Music Video) |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2014-05-19}}</ref>

==Art information==
* Front and back cover artwork by [[Andreas Marschall]] and logo designs by [[Peter Stålfors]]
* Following original ideas by [[Joacim Cans]] and [[Oscar Dronjak]]
* Photos by Michael Johansson.

==Release information==
*Formats: CD, LP, shaped CD, picture LP.

==Additional information==
*The Russian version has the following bonus tracks: "Run With The Devil" ([[Heavy Load (band)|Heavy Load]] cover) and "Head Over Heels" ([[Accept (band)|Accept]] cover).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.hammerfall.net Official HammerFall website]
* [http://www.hammerfall.net/releases/albums/renegade/ Album information]
* [http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/hammerfall/renegade.html Lyrics at Darklyrics]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/HammerFall/Renegade/842 Encyclopaedia Metallum]

{{HammerFall}}

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Back Through Time

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{{Use British English|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox album | 
| Name = Back Through Time
| Type = Album
| Artist = [[Alestorm]]
| Cover = Back Through Time cover.jpg
| Released = 3 June 2011
| Recorded = January - February 2011 at LSD Studios in Lübeck, [[Germany]]
| Genre = [[Power metal]] [[Folk Metal]]
| Length = 40:07 (Regular) 44:38 (Limited)
| Label = [[Napalm Records|Napalm]]
Scarecrow Records<ref>Back Through Time at [http://www.ozproductions.com/discos_pop.php?id=1478 Oz Productions]</ref>
| Producer = Lasse Lammert<ref name='album details' />
| Last album = ''[[Black Sails at Midnight]]'' (2009)
| This album = '''''Back Through Time''''' (2011)
| Next album = ''[[Sunset on the Golden Age]]'' (2014)
}}

'''''Back Through Time''''' is the third [[studio album]] by [[pirate metal]] band [[Alestorm]]. It was released on 3 June 2011 by Napalm Records and is the first Alestorm recording to feature [[Peter Alcorn]] on drums.<ref name="album details">[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155504] 'Back Through Time' Album Details www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net</ref><ref name="Announcement 3rd Album">[https://www.facebook.com/notes/alestorm/announcing-the-3rd-alestorm-album-back-through-time/172409262793737] Official announcement of Alestorm's 3rd studio album (Facebook)</ref><ref>[http://www.soundworkstouring.com/australia/tour/47.php] ALESTORM 'BACK THROUGH TIME' Australian/ New Zealand Tour May 2011 www.soundworkstouring.com</ref> The album is available in [[jewelcase]], [[digipack]], [[LP record|LP]], and Special Edition Boxset formats which includes two bonus cover songs.<ref name="album details" /><ref name="Official Announcement">[http://www.splen.co.uk/alestorm/] Back Through Time info at Alestorm.net</ref> Alestorm did a ''Back Through Time'' World Tour starting in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].<ref>[http://www.voltagemedia.com.au/news/2011/02/01/alestorm-australian-and-new-zealand-tour-2011] Australian and New Zealand Tour 2011 www.voltagemedia.com.au</ref><ref>[http://www.liveguide.com.au/Tours/687038/Alestorm/Alestorm_Back_Through_Time_Australian_Tour] Australian Tour www.liveguide.com.au</ref> The album reached #42 on the [[German Albums Chart]]<ref>[http://acharts.us/album/63920 Alestorm - Back Through Time]</ref>

==Track listing<ref name="Official Announcement"/>==
{{track listing
| lyrics_credits = yes
| music_credits = yes
| title1 = Back Through Time
| lyrics1 = Christopher Bowes
| music1 = Christopher Bowes
| length1 = 5:03
| note1 =
| title2 = Shipwrecked
| lyrics2 = Christopher Bowes
| music2 = Christopher Bowes
| length2 = 3:31
| note2 =
| title3 = The Sunk'n Norwegian
| lyrics3 = Christopher Bowes
| music3 = Christopher Bowes
| length3 = 4:07
| note3 = Hans-Jørgen Martinus Hansen of [[Svartsot]] on Whistles
| title4 = Midget Saw
| lyrics4 = Christopher Bowes & Alan Carr
| music4 = Christopher Bowes & Peter Alcorn
| length4 = 3:18
| note4 = Hans-Jørgen Martinus Hansen of [[Svartsot]] on Whistles
| title5 = Buckfast Powersmash
| lyrics5 = Christopher Bowes & Tim Shaw
| music5 = Christopher Bowes
| length5= 2:33
| note5 =
| title6 = Scraping the Barrel
| lyrics6 = Christopher Bowes
| music6 = Christopher Bowes
| length6 = 4:40
| note6 = Hans-Jørgen Martinus Hansen of [[Svartsot]] on Whistles
| title7 = Rum
| lyrics7 = Christopher Bowes
| music7 = Christopher Bowes
| length7 = 3:29
| note7 =
| title8 = Swashbuckled
| lyrics8 = Christopher Bowes
| music8 = Christopher Bowes
| length8 = 3:53
| note8 =
| title9 = Rumpelkombo
| lyrics9 = [[Chris Boltendahl]]
| music9 = Christopher Bowes
| length9 = 0:07
| note9 =
| title10 = [[Barrett's Privateers]]
| lyrics10 = Stan Rogers
| music10 = Stan Rogers
| length10 = 4:41
| note10 = [[Stan Rogers]] cover Featuring Heri Joensen of [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
| title11 = Death Throes of the Terrorsquid
| lyrics11 = Christopher Bowes
| music11 = Christopher Bowes
| length11 = 7:45
| note11 = Featuring Ken Sorceron of [[Abigail Williams (band)|Abigail Williams]]
| title12 = I Am a Cider Drinker
| lyrics12 =
| music12 =
| length12 = 2:58
| note12 = [[The Wurzels]] cover – Bonus track on LTD editions
| title13 = You Are a Pirate
| lyrics13 =
| music13 =
| length13 = 1:33
| note13 = [[LazyTown (soundtrack)|LazyTown]] cover – Bonus track on LTD editions
}}

==Personnel==
* Christopher Bowes – Lead Vocals; Keyboards
* Dani Evans – Lead/Rhythm Guitars; Backing Vocals
* Gareth Murdock – Bass Guitars; Backing Vocals
* [[Peter Alcorn]] - Drums; Percussion

With:
* [[James Fogarty|Lord Jaldaboath]] - Narration (Track 1)
* [[Ken Sorceron]] - Co-Lead Vocals (11)
* Lasse Lammert - Guitar Solo (6); Vibraslap
* [[Heri Joensen]] - Guitar Solo (10)
* Chris Jones - Accordion
* Maria Odvody - Violin
* Tobias Hain - Trumpet
* Florian Frambach - Trumpet
* Derek Fobaire - Trombone
* Hans-Jørgen Martinus Hansen - Whistles
* Brenden Casey - Backing Vocals
* Gordon Krei - Orchestral Arrangements; Programming

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[About.com]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Zed |first=Natalie |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/alestorm/fr/Alestorm-Back-Through-Time-Review.htm |title=About.com Review |publisher=About.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]
|rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Geist |first=Brandon |url=http://www.revolvermag.com/reviews/review-alestorm-back-through-time.html |title=Review: Alestorm – Back Through Time |publisher=Revolver |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[Rock sound|Rock Sound]]
|rev3Score = {{Rating|7|10}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Clark |first=Peter |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/article/alestorm-back-through-time |title=Alestorm - Back Through Time |publisher=Rock Sound |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev4 = [http://hardrockhaven.net/online/ Hardrock Haven]
|rev4Score = {{Rating|7.5|10}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Gaines |first=Justin |url=http://hardrockhaven.net/online/2011/alestorm-back-through-time/ |title=Alestorm : ''Back Through Time'' |publisher=Hardrock Haven |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev5 = [http://espyrock.com/ EspyRock]
|rev5Score = {{Rating|6|10}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson |first=Scott |url=http://espyrock.com/reviews/album-review-alestorm-back-through-time |title=Album Review: Alestorm – Back Through Time |publisher=EspyRock |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev6 = [http://www.dangerdog.com/ Dangerdog Music Reviews]
|rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Hartranft |first=Craig |url=http://www.dangerdog.com/2011-music-reviews/alestorm-back-through-time-review.php |title=Alestorm: Back Through Time |publisher=Dangerdog Music Reviews |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev7 = [http://metalreview.com/ Metal Review]
|rev7Score = (8.3/10) <ref>{{cite web|last=Amitay |first=Rae |url=http://metalreview.com/reviews/6229/alestorm-back-through-time |title=Review of Alestorm - Back Through Time |publisher=Metal Review |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev8 = [http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/ Reflections of Darkness]
|rev8Score = {{Rating|8.5|10}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Butzen |first=Björn |url=http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/artists-a-e-cdreviews-131/9684-cd-review-alestorm-back-through-time.html |title=CD Review: Alestorm - Back Through Time |publisher=Reflections of Darkness |date= |accessdate=2011-06-14}}</ref>
| rev9 = [http://www.jukeboxmetal.com/ Jukebox Metal]
|rev9Score = {{Rating|2|5}} <ref>{{cite web|last=Donovan |first=James |url=http://www.jukeboxmetal.com/2011/alestorm-back-through-time/ |title=CD Review: Alestorm - Back Through Time |publisher=Jukebox Metal }}</ref>
}}

* ''[[About.com]]'' (2011) - 3 Stars - "There are no surprises here, just plenty of salty buccaneer lyrics, keytar-flavored melodies, and maddeningly infectious choruses."

* ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]'' (13 June 2011) - 3 Stars - "An entertaining, if repetitive, collection of power-shanties, it’s ready to please anyone with brine on the brain."

* ''[[Rock sound|Rock Sound]]'' (2 June 2011) - 7/10 - "With accordion embedded songs about midgets, it’s quite hard to dispute with how much fun their songs can be, and that’s where Alestorm succeed, in wanting nothing more than having a good time."

* ''[http://hardrockhaven.net/online/ Hardrock Haven]'' (16 May 2011) - 7.5/10 - "Like [[Korpiklaani]] and [[Finntroll]], Alestorm is one of those “go to” bands when you want an album to crank up, cut loose and raise a glass (or ten), and in that area ''Back Through Time'' does its job very well."
* [http://espyrock.com/ EspyRock] (5 June 2011) - 6/10 - "Alestorm’s greatest strength is also their greatest weakness – nothing here is groundbreaking by their standards, and it is all rather predictable, as far as pirate-themed metal goes."

* ''[http://www.dangerdog.com/ Dangerdog Music Reviews]'' (30 May 2011) - 3.5 Stars - "''Back Through Time'' sure is a lot of fun. So raise a pint of your favorite brew, Matey, and hail Alestorm. Recommended."

* ''[http://metalreview.com/ Metal Review]'' (8 June 2011) - 8.3/10 - "This is music to sing along with and drink to, and if that’s your cup of tea (or rum, as it were), then ''Back Through Time'' will leave you fully satisfied -- albeit a bit hung over the next morning."

* ''[http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.com/ Reflections of Darkness]'' (8 June 2011) - 8.5/10 - "The whole album appears to be more courageous and aims to be more diversified while on the other hand staying safely on shore. There’s a lot of songs to bawl and bark, epic hook lines and musical surprises - what else do you need?"

* ''[http://www.jukeboxmetal.com/ Jukebox Metal]'' (June 2011) - 2/5 - "Back Through Time sounds like a band who are cynically churning out yet another record to keep the bills paid, without any real inspiration."

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*Music video for {{YouTube|ggyC0FOzqHM|Shipwrecked}}

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