Millennium Metal

Millennium Metal - Chapter One
Studio album by Metalium
Released	25 June 1999
Recorded	Impulse Recording Studio, Hamburg, Germany Feb 1999 - Mar 1999
Genre	Power metal
Length	51:05
Label	Massacre
Producer	Lars Ratz, Chris Caffery
Metalium chronology
Millennium Metal - Chapter One (1999) State of Triumph – Chapter Two (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Millennium Metal - Chapter One is the debut album by the German power metal band Metalium. It was released in 1999 by the German label Massacre Records and distributed in the USA by Pavement Music. Millennium Metal is a concept album and the first chapter of the ongoing saga of the mythic warrior Metalium. The story continues on their second album, State of Triumph - Chapter Two, released the following year.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Notes	Length
1.	"Circle of Fate (Intro)"	Mike Terrana			1:47
2.	"Fight"	Lars Ratz	L. Ratz, Matthias Lange		3:11
3.	"Dream of Doom"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	M. Lange, L. Ratz, M. Terrana		3:33
4.	"Break the Spell"	L. Ratz	M. Lange, L. Ratz		3:56
5.	"Revelation"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	Chris Caffery, M. Lange, L. Ratz, M. Terrana		3:21
6.	"Metalium"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	L. Ratz, M. Lange, M. Terrana		4:35
7.	"Metamorphosis"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	L. Ratz, M. Lange, M. Terrana		5:18
8.	"Void of Fire"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	L. Ratz, M. Lange, M. Terrana, C. Caffery		2:39
9.	"Free Forever"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	L. Ratz, M. Lange, M. Terrana		4:09
10.	"Strike Down the Heathen"	L. Ratz	M. Lange, L. Ratz		3:44
11.	"Pilgrimage"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	C. Caffery, L. Ratz, M. Lange, M. Terrana		5:09
12.	"Metalians"	M. Terrana, L. Ratz, M. Lange	L. Ratz, M. Lange, M. Terrana		4:08
13.	"Smoke on the Water"	Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	R. Blackmore, I. Gillan, R. Glover, J. Lord, I. Paice	Deep Purple cover	5:36
14.	"Burning"	Accept	Accept	Accept cover, digipak edition bonus track	7:50

Personnel

Band members

• Henning Basse - lead vocals
• Chris Caffery - guitars, co-producer
• Matthias Lange - guitars
• Lars Ratz - bass, producer, mixing
• Mike Terrana - drums, narration

Additional musicians

• Ferdy Doemberg, JP Genkel - keyboards
• Roland Grapow - guitar solo on "Metalium"

Production

• JP Genkel - engineer, mixing
• Tommy Hansen - pre-mastering
• Alexander Krull - mastering

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Metalium - Millennium Metal - Chapter One". Encyclopaedia Metallum. http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Metalium/Millenium_Metal_-_Chapter_One/1901. Retrieved 2011-05-04. 

External links

• Metalium Official Website