Assignment "With The End Comes Silence"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Power Metal
Label: Massacre Records
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 20, 2026
Tracklist

1. Fallen (5:59) 

2. Nothing To Say (5:02) 

3. Beyond Recognition (6:37) 

4. Those Words (5:29) 

5. The Tower (7:36) 

6. Selling My Soul (6:12) 

7. Call For Heaven (6:02) 

8. Angel Of Berlin (5:11) 

9. With The End Comes Silence (8:52) 

10. The Curtain Falls (6:02) 

Total Time 63:02 

Credits

Diego Valdez – vocals

Goran Panić – guitars

Heiko Spaarmann – bass

Michael Kolar – drums

   With

Thomas Vikström - backing vocals

Marco Ahrens - lead guitars (1, 3, 8, 9)

Simone Mularoni (DGM) - lead guitar (10)

Produced by Assignment 

Mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio

Description/Reviews:

With The End Comes Silence showcases ASSIGNMENT’s refined songwriting approach, focusing on tighter structures and elevated production quality, while maintaining the diverse influences that have shaped their sound over the years - from power and thrash to progressive metal and hard rock.

ASSIGNMENT’s new album With The End Comes Silence stands as their most focused and immersive work to date - a cinematic, emotional, and thought-provoking metal experience that reflects the state of a world in turmoil while celebrating the enduring spirit of the genre.

Media/Samples
Fallen
Nothing To Say
Angel of Berlin

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Mietzke "The Tales Of Sheherazade"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic
Format: digital
Release date: March 15, 2026
Tracklist

1. Sindbad (8:43) 

2. The Ebony Horse (6:38) 

3. Aladin (8:19) 

4. Queen Of The Serpents (6:24) 

5. The Fall Of Labtayt (5:37) 

6. The Pyramids (6:54) 

7. A Drop Of Honey (5:03) 

8. Angel Of Death (4:58) 

9. The Lovers (3:45) 

10. Ali Baba (6:35) 

11. Sheherazade (7:43) 

Total Time 70:39

Credits

Ottfried Mietzke (Breeze) - All Instruments 

   Except

Hansi Arnold (Breeze) - Drums (5,8)

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Bandcamp

Breeze "Circles"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: November 9, 2025
Tracklist

1. Elements Part 1 (2:21) 

2. Arrival (10:06) 

3. Gentle Giants (6:39) 

4. I Spoke To The Trees (2:32) 

5. The Last One Of Its Kind (6:10) 

6. Princess Of The Pond (5:14) 

7. A Secret Yearning (2:41) 

8. Elements Part 2 (6:18) 

9. Ancient Spirits In The Sea (5:00) 

10. Return Of The Gentle Giants (10:33) 

11. The End Is The Beginning (4:24) 

Total Time 61:58

Credits

Hansi Arnold - Drums,Vocals

Ottfried Mietzke - Guitars, Keyboards,Orchestral Arrangements

   With

Judith Kurz - Vocals (9)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Mietzke "Moonlight" EP

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Symphonic
Format: digital
Release date: October 6, 2025
Tracklist

1. Moonlight 1 (5:33) 

2. Moonlight 2 (5:57) 

3. Moonlight 3 (6:29) 

4. Moonlight 4 (10:51) 

Total Time 28:50

Credits
Ottfried Mietzke (Breeze)

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Twayne "Invisible"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Format: digital
Release date: July 19, 2025
Tracklist

1. Cold, Cold Heart (9:02) 

2. Between A Man And A Woman (6:16) 

3. A Voice In The Dark (6:21) 

4. Voyager (6:35) 

5. Crystal Palace (5:58) 

6. When Love Has Gone (4:58) 

7. The New World (10:56) 

8. Tristan's Farewell (2:05) 

Total Time 52:11

Credits

Felix Hoffmann - Vocals, Lyrics

Ottfried Mietzke (Breeze) - Keyboards, Guitars, Orchestral Arrangements, Programming, Lyrics

   With

Nicole Zufelde -Vocals (2,7)

Hansi Arnold - Drums(7)

Cover Artwork by Monja Dargel-Böhm

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Whispers of Granite "Liquid Stone"

Country: Norway/Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Pop
Label: Apollon Records
Format: CD,vinyl, digital
Release date: July 4, 2025
Tracklist

1. Spirals (7:15) 

2. Hiding In Plain Sight (5:04) 

3. Endlessly (4:56) 

4. Fleet City (4:07) 

5. Ocean Maker (8:10) 

6. One More Reason (4:51) 

7. Age Of Seven (5:46) 

8. Silver Green (6:43) 

Total Time 46:52

Credits

Trude Eidtang (White Willow, When Mary): Vocals & vocal arrangements

Andreas Hack (Frequency Drift, Haven of Echoes): All instruments 

   except

Wolfgang Ostermann: drums

Michael Fischer: bass (6)

Marek Arnold: sax (5)

Paul Sadler: guitar solo (3), (8)

Lyrics and vocal compositions by Trude Eidtang

Music written, arranged, mixed and produced by Andreas Hack

Description/Reviews:

The project draws influences from folk, indie, and cinematic music, combining melancholic progressive rock with lush, atmospheric textures. 

Trude’s vocals are at the heart of the music, intertwining seamlessly with Andreas' atmospheric keyboard work and intricate guitar arrangements. Together, they craft a sound that balances melancholy and hope, fragility and strength.

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Bandcamp
Stream & buy

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Dice "Awen Energy From Outer Space"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Scene Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 18, 2025
Tracklist

1. Chasing The Sun (11:55) 

2. Burning Paper (9:45) 

3. Living In This Mad World (13:03) 

4. Lost In Time (8:38) 

5. Awen Paper Outro (Dreamscene 27) (4:15) 

6. Deep In Outer Space (12:03) 

Total Time 59:39

Credits

Christian Nóvé - vocals, keyboards, bass

Ramona Nóvé - background vocals

Yannick Franke - guitars

Tom Tomson - drums

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Holle Mangler "Tales From A Fairy World (Part 2)"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Atmospheric Progressive Rock, Electronica, Ambient
Format: digital
Release date: May 20, 2025
Tracklist

1. The Sorcerer (10:56) 

2. Staring Into The Eyes Of Death (11:19) 

3. Panic (4:36) 

4. Funeral For An Oath (11:00) 

5. Liberation (12:43) 

6. Along The Butterfly Meadow (5:55) 

7. Page 21 (6:30) 

8. Garden Of Rebirth (2:00) 

9. Gathering Of The Council Of Elders (13:10) 

10. Outro (1:27) 

Total Time 79:36

Credits

All tracks composed, arranged and produced by Holle Mangler

Cover Art by Steven Stahlberg

Description/Reviews:

Although it is the most varied and dynamic release so far, the style cannot be clearly assigned. However, it shows parallels to progressive rock, as well as to the familiar electronic sound.

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Haven of Echoes "Memento Vivere"

Country: Germany/UK 
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Construction Records
Format: CD, digital,vinyl
Release date: September 20, 2024
Tracklist

1. Non Sum - Non Curo (17:02)

2. Ad Infinitum (8:44)

3. It Walks Among Us (14:02)

4. Assimilation (8:14)

Total Time 48:02

Credits

Paul Sadler (Spires): all vocals, guitars

Nerissa Schwarz (Frequency Drift): electric harp, keys

Wolfgang Ostermann (Frequency Drift): drums

Andreas Hack (Frequency Drift): all other instruments

Lyrics, vocal lines and guitar parts by Paul Sadler

Music written, arranged and produced by Andreas Hack

except (2) by Nerissa Schwarz

Description/Reviews:

 It is an album that pushes stylistically further in all directions than its predecessor. Bolder, overtly progressive songwriting is combined with a more pronounced virtuosity, yet it never loses the accessible elements that made the first album such a critical and artistic success.

Once again, Andreas’ former bandmate, electric harpist Nerissa Schwarz enriches the music with a wide range of sounds, from eerie ambient soundscapes to energetic outbursts. Lyrically the album deals primarily with the theme of impermanence and the way in which we are all affected by the knowledge of our own mortality. All these elements are combined in a unique cinematic, gothic and truly progressive album, that despite its musical complexities remains relatable and honest, and will linger in the listener’s mind long after the music stops.

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Bandcamp

Assimilation

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svynx "This is Not Art"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Alternative Rock
Format: vinyl,digital
Release date: September 14, 2024
Tracklist

1. Art Won't Save Me Now (4:35) 

2. Follow Me (4:32) 

3. Harvest Season (3:58) 

4. Feed Me (3:43) 

5. Europa (6:54) 

6. Never At Ease (5:50) 

7. Alexandria (5:27) 

Total Time 34:59

Credits

Tobias Lübbers

Wolle Füßenich

Description/Reviews:

Soundwise, “This Is Not Art” sounds fresh, unique, innovative, diverse yet nostalgic and familiar. Anyone writing, producing, and performing music knows that’s a difficult task to achieve, but it seems like SVYNX does it with such ease. With their distinctive vision on stake, it’s vividly notable that their sonic expression demands an amalgamation of many different but complementary music genres. Perhaps alternative rock comes to mind but many other rock subgenres lurk around. You’ll notice how they incorporated post-hardcore, post-rock, progressive rock, math rock noise rock, indie rock, garage, and many more, but their experimentation doesn’t stop there. Quite the contrary, there are incorporations of some of the finest sonic ingredients borrowed from hyperpop, synth, and electronic music. Still, the band primarily focuses on analog guitar sound, with subtle nods to synthetic ambiances. It’s needless to say these experimentations sound exciting, challenging, and impressive from scratch to finish, as these experienced musicians poured heart and soul into their magnificent full-length album.

Read the full review at thoughtswordsaction.com

Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Streams

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Breeze "Echoes From A Distant Past"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Format: digital
Release date: August 27, 2024
Tracklist

1. From The Witchwood (7:30) 

2. Clouds And Ripples (9:18) 

3. Deadliest Creature (5:06) 

4. The Wreck (4:01) 

5. The Last Time (5:03) 

6. When Angels Travel (4:38) 

7. The Inner Light (3:42) 

8. The Body Electric (5:08) 

9. The Harbour (3:00) 

10. Rain (11:51) 

Total Time 59:17

Credits

David Barratt - Vocals, Piano

Hansi Arnold - Vocals, Drums

Ottfried Mietzke - Guitars, Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangements

Hubertus Feldmann - Keyboards, Piano (2,10)

Andreas Feldmann - Bass (2)

Kai Paulmann - Drums(10)

Composed,arranged and produced by BREEZE

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Dice "Landing In Area 3-0"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Galileo Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 14, 2024 (digital), July 19, 2024 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Sand On The Shore (11:47) 

2. All That We Lost (9:11) 

3. Landing On The Earth (10:52) 

4. Never Ending Last Song Of The World (8:23) 

5. The Dawn Rises Today (13:34) 

6. New Area In A Different Zone (5:51) 

Total Time 59:38

Credits

Christian Nóvé - vocals, keyboards, bass

Ramona Nóvé - background vocals

Peter Viertel - guitars

Tom Tomson - drums

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Anchor And Burden "Extinction Level"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Instrumental Experimental, Avant Prog, Fusion
Label: MoonJune Records
Format: CD,digital,vinyl
Release date: February 2, 2024
Tracklist

1. Fractured Self

2. Body Expansion

3. Mutual Assured Destruction video

4. Nine Gates to Dominion

5. Extinction Phase

6. The Crust of this Earth

Credits

Markus Reuter: Touch Guitars AU8 and S8, Soundscapes

Alexander Paul Dowerk: Touch Guitars S8

Bernhard Wöstheinrich: Keyboards and Electronics

Asaf Sirkis: Drums and Percussion

All music written and performed by Anchor and Burden

Recorded by Arno Jordan at Castle Studios, Röhrsdorf, Germany

Mixed by Stefano Castagna at Ritmo&Blu Studio

Mastered by Lee Fletcher

 

Produced by Markus Reuter and Alexander Paul Dowerk

 

Artwork by Ruben Pang, www.rubenpangstudio.com

Graphic Design by Alexander Paul Dowerk

Description/Reviews:

Anchor and Burden is an uncompromising progressive avantgarde doom-jazz post-metal band based in Berlin, Germany, which has their own style of collective instant composition that defies the norms of creation. They create monolithic doom behemoths only to tear them into shreds with boundless energy in the next moment.

The two 8-string touch guitaristsMarkus Reuter and Alexander Dowerk conjure a wide array of moods with their unique instruments: From ethereal whispers out of sci-fi realms ot cerebral virtuosity that fractures the very psyche unto crushing metal brutality that leaves the listener gasping for their breath.

Bernhard Wöstheinrich weaves a web of synths and self-modulating percussive machinery, an arcane undercurrent beneath the towering monoliths of guitar, as fi sentient space stations traverse the void.

Drummer Asaf Sirkis, the virtuoso master of rhythm, wields his jazz and Indian polyrhythms not merely to forge a pulsating heartbeat, but also to break up and shift the quartet's music into unexpected places with his complex hyper jazz rhythms.

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Bandcamp

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Johnrose “The Prophet’s Dance”

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Dr. Music Records
Format: CD 
Release date: December 8, 2023
Tracklist

1. Calling For You

2. Manner Of Travelling

3. The Curtains Are Falling

4. Around The Lake

5. What Is Going Round?

6. Mary

7. Hurts

8. The Best Is Yet To Come

9. Lovers Are Strangers

10. Circles In My Mind

11. The Prophet’s Dance

12. Let Love Shine

Credits

Johannes Rösgen: Vocals, Instruments, Programming

Paul Bednarek: Guitar

Robert Thomas: Piano (9)

Paul Wydymanski: Bass (7)

Victoria Wydymanski: Vocals

Gerd Portugall: Drums

Thilo Willach & Peter Torres: Saxophone

Recorded and mixed by Johannes Rösgen at Confluentes Studio

Mastered by Stefan Noltemeyer

Artwork by Thomas Ewerhard

Description/Reviews:

 On the full-length the Rhineland-Palatinate artist lets the mysticism of Rhine Romanticism shine in new splendor. Sophisticated, melodic and timelessly beautiful Rock music full of imagination and depth, wrapped in a warm and powerful sound, forms the musical cosmos of JOHNROSE. Thereby, he falls back on his longtime experience in Prog and Rock cover bands and inspires besides the high-class instrumentation with subtle lyrics. The Rock Poet from the Middle Rhine wanders unerringly between the musical spheres of melodic Prog, AOR and elegant Art Pop so that each of the twelve songs sounds unmistakably like JOHNROSE. “The Prophet’s Dance” is for music lovers who appreciate Rock with charisma and personality, as played by Pink Floyd, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, Toto or even Kate Bush. 

Media/Samples
Around The Lake

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Voyager-X "Magic"

Country: Germany  
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Dr. Music Records
Format: CD,digital
Release date: March 22, 2024
Tracklist

1. Janus Face (4:42) 

2. Hypnotize You (4:38) 

3. Magic (4:31) 

4. You Crossed My Way (6:00) 

5. I Recognize You (4:32) 

6. Don’t Lose The Path (5:25) 

7. C’mon Live Your Dreams Together (3:57) 

8. Walk On The Dead Line (4:23) 

9. Crime Of The Century (5:21) 

Total Time 43:29

Credits

Mario Gansen: Vocals

Stephan Baumgärtner: Guitar

Jörg Schreiber: Bass

Chris Mordek: Keyboards

Peter Webert: Drums

Recorded and mastered by Rainer Deckelmann at Deckelmann Studio, Zirndorf, Germany, 1997

Digitally remastered by Romin Katzer at Tonstudio Katzer, Nuremberg, Germany, 2021

Description/Reviews:

VOYAGER-X ignite a magical mixture of Progressive Metal, Melodic and Hard Rock on their album “Magic”. Listening to the nine songs, the listener literally floats away to times when musical virtuosity and vocal art still harmonized perfectly, and bands such as Van Halen, Survivor, Marillion or Saga dominated the charts. VOYAGER-X skillfully built the bridge from Classic Bombast and Artrock to more modern sounds with their sophisticated Rock music. Actually, the album “Magic” was supposed to have been released in 1997, but shortly after the recording of the songs in Deckelmann Studio in Zirndorf, Germany, the musicians decided to put their band, then still called VOYAGER, on ice due to their life circumstances at that time, taking them all around the globe. The group then awoke from this deep slumber just after the original line-up met during an event in 2019, and the idea came up to continue what ended so abruptly 22 years earlier after an exciting decade of intensely lived Rock ’n’ Roll Lifestyle. Due to other bands using the name in the meantime, the band was renamed to VOYAGER-X. Political and still current events are processed in the lyrics, penned by singer Mario Gansen (ex-Grim Reaper, ex-Dynasty). The musicians see themselves as entertainers with a particular claim, taking their audience on a journey through their own Rock history with their varied program. Therefore, friends of great Melodic Rock in the style of Queensrÿche, Fates Warning or Savatage can now look forward to the release of the extraordinary album “Magic”, which was also remastered by Romin Katzer.

Media/Samples
Janus Face

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The Cryptex "Nimbus"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Phonotraxx / Broken Silence / The Orchard
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: September 29, 2023
Tracklist

CD:

01. Fall Down

02. Cobra

03. Sugarleaf (EXTENDED)

04. Holy Ground

05. Nimbus

06. Devils Casino

07. Somanoid *BONUSTRACK

08. How Many Days

09. Nevermore Creek

10 Abyss

11. The Day We Will Meet Again feat. Jonna Jinton (EXTENDED)

12. Son Of Fortune

 

Vinyl:

01. Fall Down

02. Cobra

03. Sugarleaf (EXTENDED)

04. Holy Ground

05. Nimbus

06. Devils Casino

07. Nevermore Creek

08. Backdoor Lover *BONUSTRACK

09. How Many Days

10. The Day We Will Meet Again feat. Jonna Jinton (EDIT)

11. Son Of Fortune

  

Digital

01. Fall Down

02. Cobra

03. Sugarleaf (EDIT)

04. Holy Ground

05. Nimbus

06. Devils Casino

07. How Many Days

08. Nevermore Creek

09. Abyss *BONUSTRACK

10. The Day We Will Meet Again feat. Jonna Jinton (EXTENDED)

11. Son Of Fortune

Credits

Simon Moskon - Piano,Vocals

André-Jean-Henri Mertens - Guitar, Backing Vocals

David Silesu - Bass, Backing Vocals

Markus Kleiner - Drums, Percussions

   With

Jonna Jinton 

Description/Reviews:

Fans and new listeners can expect a surreal, boundary-breaking, usual untamed, and extremely original mixture of rock, pop, alternative, metal, art, and prog rock.Wonderfully lively, pulsating compositions that subliminally want to animate you to “break out” and “scream,” as only this band is able to bring across credibly.

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Bandcamp (from release date)
Cobra

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Breeze "A Dream Within A Dream"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Format: digital
Release date: August 7, 2023
Tracklist

1. A Dream Within A Dream (12:02) 

2. The Hours (5:23) 

3. He Smiles (4:02) 

4. A Wake Up Call (11:13) 

5. Calling The Stormwind (4:46) 

6. Twilight Dance (6:19) 

7. Blue Skies Over The Hills (6:32) 

8. Falling Leaves (4:49) 

9. The Sailor's Bride (11:03) 

Total Time 66:09 

Credits

Hansi Arnold - Vocals, Drums

Ottfried Mietzke - Guitars,Keyboards, Orchestral Arrangements

Andreas Feldmann - Bass Guitar(1,4,8,9)

Hubertus Feldmann - Keyboards,Programming (1,4,8,9)

All Songs composed,arranged and produced by Breeze

Cover Artwork by Monja Dargel-Böhm

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Bandcamp

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Dice "Chronicles Of The Last Self Thinkers"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Scene Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 12, 2023 (digital), July 21, 2023 (CD)
Tracklist

1. Who Knows The Truth (12:41) 

2. I Am The Only One (12:16) 

3. Just Like The Lemmings (9:38) 

4. The Key (10:02) 

5. Freedom For My Soul (9:52) 

6. Chronicle 57 Blues Play (DICE-Map 7) (5:05) 

Total Time 59:34

Credits

Christian Nóvé - vocals, keyboards, bass

Ramona Nóvé - background vocals

Peter Viertel - guitars

Tom Tomson - drums

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Johnny Bob "Creatures of Light and Darkness"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: self-released
Format: digital,vinyl
Release date: May 27, 2022
Tracklist

1. ?

2. Tokyo
3. Fading Suns

4. Zen Comic Show

5. God Machine

6. I Am Ocean

7. September

8. Brand New Day

9. A Song to the Seasons

10. White Bear Lake

11. Mohawk

12. Empire

13. Nocturne

Line-up

Carsten Diaz - vocals, guitar

Jörg Purfürst - bass, keyboards, guitar

Jan Brust - guitar, keyboards

Philip Mestwerdt - drums

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

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Breeze "Caligo"

Country: Germany
Genre(s): Symphonic, Neo-Prog
Format: digital
Release date: May 9, 2022
Tracklist

1. A Hero Will Rise (7:04) 

2. City Of Dreams (5:37) 

3. The Brightest Light (4:41) 

4. Healer (7:04) 

5. A Groom To Die For (6:59) 

6. Stargazer (5:30) 

7. Dreaming Of Snow (5:55) 

8. Sniper (4:40) 

9. Strangers (7:26) 

10. Tale Of Sorrow (6:48) 

Total Time 61:44

Credits

Ottfried Mietzke - Keyboards, Guitars, Orchestral Arrangements,

Hansi Arnold - Drums, Vocals

Lea Diekmann - Vocals

Cover Artwork by Monja Dargel-Böhm

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Bandcamp

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