A Rise to Power

Infobox Album
Name = A Rise to Power
Type = studio
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Artist = Dungeon


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Caption = Australian version cover art
Released = 1 August, 2002
Recorded = R&R Studios and SLS Studios, Sydney, Australia, 2001
Genre = Heavy metal, Thrash metal, Power metal
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Language = English
Label = Metal Warriors
Producer = Lord Tim
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Chronology =
Last album = "Resurrection" (1999)
This album = "A Rise to Power"
Next album = "One Step Beyond" (2004)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = International version cover art
Type = studio


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"A Rise to Power" is the third album from Australian heavy metal band Dungeon. It was released in Australia on August 1, 2002 by Metal Warriors and internationally by LMP in 2003, first in Europe on June 30 and then in the U.S. in July. Both versions feature different cover art; the Australian version was designed by drummer Steve Moore. Lord Tim has stated privately that he dislikes the cover of the European version of the album. On 2 September, 2007, it was announced that this album would be re-released (with the original Australian artwork) by Modern Invasion Music with a video clip for the song "Stormchaser" included as a bonus addition.

Dale Corney left Dungeon during the early recording phase but his solos in the songs he had co-written, "Insanity's Fall" and "Where Madness Hides", were used on the album.

Only the original Australian version features the Iron Maiden cover "Wasted Years". "Queen of the Reich" is a Queensrÿche cover.

Track listing

# "The Prophecy" (T. Grose) – 2:22
# "A Rise to Power" (T. Grose/S. Moore) – 7:04
# "Netherlife (Black Roses Die)" (T. Grose/S. Moore) – 6:51
# "Insanity's Fall" (T. Grose/D. Corney/S. Moore) – 4:53
# "The Other Side" (T. Grose/S. Moore/B. McDonald) – 5:41
# "Stormchaser" (T. Grose/S. Moore) – 3:22
# "Where Madness Hides" (T. Grose/D. Corney/S. Moore) – 4:30
# "Lost in the Light" (T. Grose/B. McDonald/S. Moore) – 7:36
# "Life is Black" (S. Moore/T. Grose) – 3:45
# "The Birth: The Trauma Begins" (S. Moore) – 0:23
# "Traumatised" (S. Moore/T. Grose) - 4:22
# "A Rise to Power (reprise)" (T. Grose) - 1:59
# "Wasted Years" (A. Smith)
# "Queen of the Reich" (C. DeGarmo)

ongs

*"Netherlife" is about Lord Soth from the "Dragonlance" series
*"Traumatised" was Moore's main contribution to the album, reworked from ideas he had originally created when he was a member of Addictive. The song caused some controversy among fans as Grose uses a harsh, shrieking vocal style for the verses against his usual mid-range clean vocals in the chorus.
*Video clips for "Stormchaser" and "The Other Side" were made. The clip for "The Other Side" was included on the Japanese promotional album Rising Power and "Stormchaser" was included as a bonus on the 2007 Modern Invasion re-release.
*The high note in the first section of "Lost in the Light" put so much strain on Grose's voice that after he recorded it he was unable to sing for the rest of the day.

Credits

* Lord Tim - vocals, guitar, keyboards,
* Steve Moore - drums, vocals
* Stu Marshall - guitar, vocals
* Brendan "Dakk" McDonald - bass, vocals

* Dale Corney - guitar on tracks 4 and 7
* Kylie Groom - flute
* Angel-Lee Smit - voices on track 1
* Allison Amos - character voice on track 10