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Released
  
February 8, 2000

Studio
  
Morrisound Studios

Artist
  
Demons & Wizards

Label
  
NEMS Enterprises

Recorded
  
Mid - Late 1999

Length
  
57:43

Release date
  
8 February 2000

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Demons and Wizards (2000)
  
Touched by the Crimson King (2005)

Genres
  
Power metal, Progressive metal

Similar
  
Hansi Kürsch albums, Power metal albums

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Demons and Wizards is the self-titled debut album of the power metal supergroup Demons and Wizards (a side-project of the metal bands Blind Guardian and Iced Earth), released in February 2000. The album was recorded with the help of Jim Morris, who plays lead guitar on almost all tracks, and by Mark Prator on drums.

Contents

Standard Issue

  • Distributed in Europe and North America by SPV and in Japan by Victor Entertainment.
    1. "Rites of Passage" – 0:54
    2. "Heaven Denies" – 5:20
    3. "Poor Man's Crusade" – 4:01
    4. "Fiddler on the Green" – 5:56
    5. "Blood on My Hands" – 4:44
    6. "Path of Glory" – 4:58
    7. "Winter of Souls" – 5:47
    8. "The Whistler" – 5:15
    9. "Tear Down the Wall" – 4:48
    10. "Gallows Pole" – 5:22
    11. "My Last Sunrise" – 4:43
    12. "Chant" – 0:54
    13. "White Room (Cream Cover)" – 5:01 (Bonus track for limited edition, vinyl, and Japanese releases)
    14. "The Whistler" (alternate version) – 5:21 (Bonus track for Japanese release only)

    Argentinian release

  • Distributed in Argentina by NEMS Enterprises.
    1. "Rites of Passage" – 0:54
    2. "Heaven Denies" – 5:20
    3. "Poor Man's Crusade" – 4:01
    4. "Fiddler on the Green" – 5:56
    5. "Blood On My Hands" – 4:46
    6. "Path of Glory" – 4:58
    7. "Winter of Souls" – 5:47
    8. "The Whistler" – 5:15
    9. "Tear Down the Wall" – 4:47
    10. "Gallows Pole" – 5:22
    11. "My Last Sunrise" – 4:43
    12. "Chant" – 0:54
    13. "White Room (Cream Cover)" – 5:10
    14. "Heaven Denies" (demo version) – 5:09
    15. "The Whistler" (demo version) – 5:21
    16. "Tear Down the Wall" (demo version) – 4:46

    Songwriters

    All music and lyrics written by Schaffer/Kürsch

    Lyrical content

  • "Heaven Denies" is based on Milton's Paradise Lost, about the downfall of Lucifer.
  • "Poor Man's Crusade" is about the Crusades in a bit of a mocking tone.
  • "Fiddler on the Green" is about two car accidents which Kursch witnessed.
  • "Winter of Souls" is about King Arthur and Mordred.
  • "Blood on My Hands" is based on Wagner's version of Siegfried's story, as told in the Ring cycle.
  • "The Whistler" is based on the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

    • Members

  • Hansi Kürsch - vocals and lyrics
  • Jon Schaffer - lead, rhythm, and bass guitars; music composition
  • Jim Morris - additional lead guitars
  • Mark Prator - drums

    • Songs

    1Rites of Passage0:54
    2Heaven Denies5:20
    3Poor Man's Crusade4:02

    References

    Demons and Wizards (Demons and Wizards album) Wikipedia
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