- 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 (see1998 in music ) byBruce Dickinson in collaboration with guitarist/producerRoy Z . The album draws some inspiration from the works ofWilliam 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 theRosicrucian manifest theChymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz . As with the previous album, it featured Iron Maiden guitaristAdrian 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
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Bruce Dickinson - vocals
*Adrian Smith -guitar
*Roy Z - guitar
*Eddie Casillas - bass
*David Ingraham - drumspecial guests
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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 eCraig Liechtenstein - additional voices- "Return of the King" (Dickinson/Smith)
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