MOB RULES
''TIMEKEEPER: 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX, DISC THREE''
OCTOBER 13 2014
136:41
DISC ONE (78:39)
1 Temple Fanfare 02:23
2 Pilot Of Earth 02:47
3 Black Rain 05:40
4 Cannibal Nation 04:15
5 Astral Hand 05:46
6 Close My Eyes 06:19
7 Dead Man's Face 05:38
8 Among The Gods 07:28
9 In The Land Of Wind And Rain 05:59
10 Hollowed Be Thy Name 05:52
11 Last Farewell 05:10
12 Ice And Fire 04:25
13 Lord Of Madness (Live) 05:33
14 With Sparrows 05:37
15 Rain Song (Live) 05:37
DISC TWO (48:16)
1 Insurgeria (new recording, with Udo Dirkschneider & Marco Wriedt) 03:23
2 Celebration Day (new recording, with Bernhard Weiss) 06:12
3 Lights Out (new recording, with Peter Knorn) 05:10
4 End Of All Days (new recording, with Amanda Somerville & Corvin Bahn) 08:31
5 Broken (new track) 03:35
6 All Above The Atmossphere (new recording, with Herbie Langhans & Herman Frank) 03:58
7 Coast To Coast (new recording, with Michael Ehre, Stephan Lill & Chitral 'Chity' Somapala) 04:19
8 How The Gypsy Was Born (remastered, with Peavy Wagner) 05:49
9 Run With The Wolf (new recording, with Sacha Paeth) 03:39
10 My Kingdom Come (new track, orchestral version, with Corvin Bahn) 03:36
DISC THREE (9:46)
1 My Kingdom Come 05:10
2 Meet You In Heaven (Live At Pumpwerk, Wilhelmshaven, 2004) 04:35
Corvin Bahn/Featured Artist, Keyboards
Markus Brinkmann/Bass, Group Member
Klaus Dirks/Group Member, Vocals
Udo Dirkschneider/Featured Artist, Vocals
Michael Ehré/Drums, Featured Artist
Herman Frank/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
Nikolas Fritz/Drums, Group Member
Jan Christian Halfbrodt/Group Member, Keyboards
Peter Knorn/Bass, Featured Artist
Herbie Langhans/Featured Artist, Vocals
Stephan Lill/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
Sven Luedke/Group Member, Guitar
Matthias Mineur/Group Member, Guitar
Sascha Paeth/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
Jürgen Rehberg/Choir/Chorus
Amanda Somerville/Featured Artist, Vocals
Chitral "Chity" Sompala/Featured Artist, Vocals
Markus Teske/Choir/Chorus, Keyboards
Astrid Vosberg/Choir/Chorus
Peavy Wagner/Featured Artist, Vocals
Bernhard Weiß/Featured Artist, Vocals
Christine Wolff/Choir/Chorus
Marco Wriedt/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
BIOGRAPHY
by Eduardo Rivadavia, AMG
Taking their name from the classic, Ronnie Dio-fronted Black Sabbath album, Mob Rules is a melodic power metal band formed in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, circa 1994, by ex-Van Blanc members Matthias Mineur (guitar) and Torsten Plorin (bass). After drafting vocalist Klaus Dirks and drummer Arved Mannott they began performing locally and demoing material for an independent EP, which in turn led to a record deal with Limb Music, and the 1999 release of the group's debut album, Savage Land, also featuring second guitarist Matthias Mineur. A keyboard player, Sascha Onnen, was then brought on board for 2000's Temple of Two Suns, and Mob Rules would continue to crank out albums like 2002's Hollowed Be Thy Name and 2004's Among the Gods (both on SPV), while performing their Iron Maiden-derived and largely thrash-free brand of kinetic metal on tours in support of Savatage, Company of Snakes, and others, across mainland Europe. Despite the reliable quality of these releases, however, Mob Rules never reached the higher echelons of the Euro-metal pyramid, and remain largely anonymous in America. And, by the release of 2006's Ethnolution A.D. album (featuring a 25-minute, multi-sectioned title track!), the band had lost both of its founding members, replacing them with guitarist Sven Lüdke and bassist Markus Brinkmann, but by all accounts planning to carry on henceforth with business as usual.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
''TIMEKEEPER: 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX, DISC THREE''
OCTOBER 13 2014
136:41
DISC ONE (78:39)
1 Temple Fanfare 02:23
2 Pilot Of Earth 02:47
3 Black Rain 05:40
4 Cannibal Nation 04:15
5 Astral Hand 05:46
6 Close My Eyes 06:19
7 Dead Man's Face 05:38
8 Among The Gods 07:28
9 In The Land Of Wind And Rain 05:59
10 Hollowed Be Thy Name 05:52
11 Last Farewell 05:10
12 Ice And Fire 04:25
13 Lord Of Madness (Live) 05:33
14 With Sparrows 05:37
15 Rain Song (Live) 05:37
DISC TWO (48:16)
1 Insurgeria (new recording, with Udo Dirkschneider & Marco Wriedt) 03:23
2 Celebration Day (new recording, with Bernhard Weiss) 06:12
3 Lights Out (new recording, with Peter Knorn) 05:10
4 End Of All Days (new recording, with Amanda Somerville & Corvin Bahn) 08:31
5 Broken (new track) 03:35
6 All Above The Atmossphere (new recording, with Herbie Langhans & Herman Frank) 03:58
7 Coast To Coast (new recording, with Michael Ehre, Stephan Lill & Chitral 'Chity' Somapala) 04:19
8 How The Gypsy Was Born (remastered, with Peavy Wagner) 05:49
9 Run With The Wolf (new recording, with Sacha Paeth) 03:39
10 My Kingdom Come (new track, orchestral version, with Corvin Bahn) 03:36
DISC THREE (9:46)
1 My Kingdom Come 05:10
2 Meet You In Heaven (Live At Pumpwerk, Wilhelmshaven, 2004) 04:35
Corvin Bahn/Featured Artist, Keyboards
Markus Brinkmann/Bass, Group Member
Klaus Dirks/Group Member, Vocals
Udo Dirkschneider/Featured Artist, Vocals
Michael Ehré/Drums, Featured Artist
Herman Frank/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
Nikolas Fritz/Drums, Group Member
Jan Christian Halfbrodt/Group Member, Keyboards
Peter Knorn/Bass, Featured Artist
Herbie Langhans/Featured Artist, Vocals
Stephan Lill/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
Sven Luedke/Group Member, Guitar
Matthias Mineur/Group Member, Guitar
Sascha Paeth/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
Jürgen Rehberg/Choir/Chorus
Amanda Somerville/Featured Artist, Vocals
Chitral "Chity" Sompala/Featured Artist, Vocals
Markus Teske/Choir/Chorus, Keyboards
Astrid Vosberg/Choir/Chorus
Peavy Wagner/Featured Artist, Vocals
Bernhard Weiß/Featured Artist, Vocals
Christine Wolff/Choir/Chorus
Marco Wriedt/Featured Artist, Guitar, Soloist
BIOGRAPHY
by Eduardo Rivadavia, AMG
Taking their name from the classic, Ronnie Dio-fronted Black Sabbath album, Mob Rules is a melodic power metal band formed in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, circa 1994, by ex-Van Blanc members Matthias Mineur (guitar) and Torsten Plorin (bass). After drafting vocalist Klaus Dirks and drummer Arved Mannott they began performing locally and demoing material for an independent EP, which in turn led to a record deal with Limb Music, and the 1999 release of the group's debut album, Savage Land, also featuring second guitarist Matthias Mineur. A keyboard player, Sascha Onnen, was then brought on board for 2000's Temple of Two Suns, and Mob Rules would continue to crank out albums like 2002's Hollowed Be Thy Name and 2004's Among the Gods (both on SPV), while performing their Iron Maiden-derived and largely thrash-free brand of kinetic metal on tours in support of Savatage, Company of Snakes, and others, across mainland Europe. Despite the reliable quality of these releases, however, Mob Rules never reached the higher echelons of the Euro-metal pyramid, and remain largely anonymous in America. And, by the release of 2006's Ethnolution A.D. album (featuring a 25-minute, multi-sectioned title track!), the band had lost both of its founding members, replacing them with guitarist Sven Lüdke and bassist Markus Brinkmann, but by all accounts planning to carry on henceforth with business as usual.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE