The Chemical Wedding

Infobox Album | Name = The Chemical Wedding
Type = Album
Artist = Bruce Dickinson


Released = 14 July 1998
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 57:32
Label = Sanctuary
Producer = Roy Z
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:blcm968ogepc link]
Last album = Accident of Birth (1997)
This album = "The Chemical Wedding" (1998)
Next album = Scream for Me Brazil
(1999)

"The Chemical Wedding" is a heavy metal album released in 1998 (see 1998 in music) by Bruce Dickinson in collaboration with guitarist/producer Roy Z. The album draws some inspiration from the works of William Blake - of whom some paintings are featured in the artwork, as well as both sung and spoken excerpts from Blake's prophetic works - although the name of the album and its title track derive from the Rosicrucian manifest the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz. As with the previous album, it featured Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith, former (and once again current) bandmate of Dickinson.

The film, "Chemical Wedding", with a screenplay by Dickinson, was released in May 2008. It features the title track from the album on its soundtrack, but concerns a story about the reincarnation of Aleister Crowley and is otherwise unrelated.

Track listing

# "King In Crimson" (Dickinson/Roy Z)
# "Chemical Wedding" (Dickinson/Roy Z)
# "The Tower" (Dickinson/Roy Z)
# "Killing Floor" (Dickinson/Smith)
# "Book of Thel" (Dickinson/Roy Z/Casillas)
# "Gates of Urizen" (Dickinson/Roy Z)
# "Jerusalem" (Dickinson/Roy Z)
# "Trumpets of Jericho" (Dickinson/Roy Z)
# "Machine Men" (Dickinson/Smith)
# "The Alchemist" (Dickinson/Roy Z)

Bonus Tracks (from the 2005 Expanded Edition)

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"Return of the King" (Dickinson/Smith)
# "Real World" (Dickinson/Roy Z)
# "Confeos" (Dickinson/Roy Z)

"Return of the King" was originally featured on the album's Japanese release. "Real World" and "Confeos" were the b-side tracks for the Japanese "Killing Floor" single. "Real World" was also featured on the album's first release in Brazil as Bonus track.

Personnel

* Bruce Dickinson - vocals
* Adrian Smith - guitar
* Roy Z - guitar
* Eddie Casillas - bass
* David Ingraham - drums

pecial guests

*Greg Schultz - keyboards on "Killing Floor"
*Arthur Brown (AKA: The Dyslexic Voice of Dog) - voice on "Book of Thel", "Jerusalem", "Confeos"
*Frazeeke MC, The Guru, Willy 666 e Craig Liechtenstein - additional voices