Demons and Wizards (album)

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''Demons & Wizards''

Studio album by Demons & Wizards
Released	February 8, 2000
Recorded	Mid - Late 1999
Genre	Power Metal
Length	57:41
Label	Steamhammer/SPV
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Demons & Wizards chronology
	Demons and Wizards (2000)	Touched by the Crimson King (2005)

Demons and Wizards is also a 1972 album by Uriah Heep.

Demons & Wizards is the self-titled debut album of power metal / heavy metal band Demons & Wizards released in February of 2000. A limited edition version of the album contains a remake of the classic Cream song "White Room." The Argentinian release (NEMS Enterprises) included "White Room", along with the demos of "Heaven Denies," "The Whistler," and "Tear Down the Wall." The European Digipak (SPV) and the Japanese (Victor Entertainment) releases included "White Room", along with a track labelled "The Whistler (Alternate)" which is the same as the demo version included on the Argentinian release.

[edit] Track listing

"Rites of Passage" – 0:54
"Heaven Denies" – 5:20
"Poor Man's Crusade" – 4:01
"Fiddler on the Green" – 5:56
"Blood on My Hands" – 4:46
"Path of Glory" – 4:58
"Winter of Souls" – 5:47
"The Whistler" – 5:15
"Tear Down the Wall" – 4:48
"Gallows Pole" – 5:22
"My Last Sunrise" – 4:43
"Chant" – 0:54
"White Room" – 5:10 (Limited Edition and Argentinian releases only)
"Heaven Denies" (demo version) – 5:09 (Argentinian release only)
"The Whistler" (demo version) – 5:21 (Argentinian release only)
"Tear Down the Wall" (demo version) – 4:46 (Argentinian release only)

[edit] Lyrical content

This album features the themes familiar for Iced Earth and Blind Guardian fans, such as grim and apocalyptic songs as Heaven Denies, and Poor Man's Crusade. The song The Whistler is inspired by the folklore tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, an old European story where a mysterious piper saves the city of Hamelin from a rat plague by luring them away with his music. After the mayor denies him the agreed price, the piper punished the people of the town by taking away their children. The last three songs are a musical trilogy about a deity who creates and then destroys his own universe.