Metus Mortis

Metus Mortis
Studio album by Brainstorm
Released	October 24, 2001
Recorded	House of Music Studios, Winterbach, Storm Your Brain Studios, Gerstetten, Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, May-July 2001
Genre	Power metal
Length	60:13
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Achim Köhler & Brainstorm
Brainstorm chronology
Ambiguity (2000) Metus Mortis (2001) Soul Temptation (2003)

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Metus Mortis is the fourth album by the German power metal band Brainstorm, released in 2001.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written & arranged by Brainstorm, all lyrics by Andy B. Franck, except where indicated

1. "Metus Mortis" – 1:06
2. "Blind Suffering" – 4:24
3. "Shadowland" – 3:51
4. "Checkmate in Red" – 4:29
5. "Hollow Hideaway" – 4:25
6. "Weakness Sows Its Seed" – 5:45
7. "Into the Never" – 4:23
8. "Under Lights" – 6:05
9. "Cycles" – 4:17
10. "Behind" – 4:26
11. "Meet Me In The Dark" – 3:11
12. "Strength of Will" – 3:43
13. "Face Down" - 4:15 - (12. track on digipack version, Japanese bonus version)
14. "(E.O.C.) Cross God’s Face" - (Japanese bonus version)
15. "Savage" (Helloween cover) - (Japanese bonus version)

On the digipack version there is an untitled hidden track after "Strength of Will". That song is a VICIOUS RUMORS cover: "Don't Wait For Me".

Personnel

Band members

• Andy B. Franck - lead and backing vocals
• Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars, backing vocals, engineer
• Milan Loncaric - guitars
• Andreas Mailänder - bass
• Dieter Bernert - drums

Additional musicians

• Michael 'Miro' Rodenberg - keyboards, engineer

Production

• Achim Köhler - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Elmo - narrator, meth cook for band

References