The Black Path (album)

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The Black Path
The Black Path cover
Studio album by Emil Bulls
Released April 4, 2008
Recorded December 13, 2007 - February 2, 2008 at Horus Sound Studio, Hannover, Germany
Butterfly Studio, Mühlheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Genre Alternative Metal
Label Drakkar Records/Sony BMG
Producer Benny Richter
Emil Bulls chronology
The Life Acoustic
(2007)		 The Black Path
(2008)

The Black Path is Emil Bulls' fourth major studio album. It came out on April 4, 2008. The first single from the record is "The Most Evil Spell". It has been released on March 7, 2008. It marks the first time that the group has released an album without longtime collaborator and former band member Paul Rzyttka (DJ Zamzoe).

Contents

[edit] Recording Session

On Saturday December 13th 2007, the band entered the Horus-Sound Studio with 17 demo tracks previously written in a two weeks span at an isolated camp in Nesselwang, Bavaria. With reputed producer Benny Richter, who had produced records for bands such as Caliban and Krypteria, the band sought an heavier sound than their previous effort The Southern Comfort. It was engineered and mixed by close friend of the band Jakob Bernhart, the man behind the console on The Life Acoustic. The final mix was delivered on February 2, 2008 at around 4:40AM local time.

Soon after recording was done, the band announced that they had signed with major label Sony BMG/Drakkar for the release of the album.

[edit] Nesselwang's Demo Track Titles

On December 9th 2007 the band posted several tentative track titles on their recording session blog[1] for their upcoming record:

  • "Hit"
  • "Schutzmann"
  • "Robennkot"
  • "Pure Anger"
  • "Waiting in Niederbayern"
  • "To End All Wars"
  • "Variax"
  • "Kill Em All"
  • "Feel It"
  • "Schweremut"

On January 27th 2008, a demo from a song tentatively titled "Pledge Allegiance to the Damned (The Unseen One)" was released on their myspace[2] page[3]. It has since been removed.

[edit] Track listing

All songs and lyrics written by Emil Bulls.

  1. "The Black Path (Intro)" – 0:28
  2. "To End All Wars" – 2:38
  3. "The Most Evil Spell" – 2:55
  4. "All In Tune With The Universe" – 3:55
  5. "Pledge Allegiance To The Damned (The Unseen One)" – 4:24
  6. "Wolfsstunde" – 4:40
  7. "Nothingness" – 4:34
  8. "Collapsed Memorials" – 3:25
  9. "Close To The Wind" – 3:32
  10. "Worlds Apart" – 3:32
  11. "Pure Anger (The Hex)" – 5:23
  12. "10050" – 3:18
  13. "Cigarette Scars" – 3:26
  14. "Glad To Be With You Again" – 19:50

[edit] Personnel

  • Christoph von Freydorf – vocals, guitar
  • James Richardson – bass
  • Stephan "Moik" Karl – guitar
  • Fabian "Fab" Fuess – drums
  • Christian Schneider – guitar, vocals (on "10050") • (credited as Chrissy Schneider)
  • DJ Butterfly Cuts - vocals (on "10050")
  • Benny Richter - producer, pianos, keyboards, vocals (on "10050")
  • Jakob Bernhart – sound engineer, mixer (credited as Jakob "JDawg" Bernhart)
  • Toni Meloni – editing
  • Klaus Scheuermann – mastering
  • Severin Schweiger[4] – photography
  • KOMA-Grafik[5] – artwork