Hailstorm (Ross the Boss album)

Hailstorm
Studio album by Ross the Boss
Released	9 November 2010
Recorded	V3Studio, Twin Terror Studio, New York, Vocallessons.de Studio and The "Reichenbvitker", Germany
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Length	45:16
Label	AFM
Producer	Ross the Boss (band)
Ross the Boss chronology
New Metal Leader (2008) Hailstorm (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]

Hailstorm is the second album recorded by guitarist Ross "the Boss" Friedman and his German band under the moniker, "The Ross the Boss Band". It was released in the Fall of 2010 to positive reviews.^[3] One reviewer stated, "Continuing commentaries across the web have been suggesting that both the former and present Boss albums are what more recent Manowar works should or could have been like."^[4]

Tracklist

All lyrics by Patrick Fuchs, music as indicated

1. " I.A.G." (Carsten Kettering) - 1:15 (instrumental)
2. "Kingdom Arise" (Ross Friedman, Fuchs) - 4:57
3. "Dead Man’s Curve" (Kettering, Fuchs) - 3:33
4. "Hailstorm" (Friedman, Fuchs) - 3:52
5. "Burn Alive" (Friedman, Fuchs) - 4:11
6. "Crom" (Kettering, Fuchs) - 3:29
7. "Behold the Kingdom" (Kettering, Fuchs) - 5:28
8. "Great Gods Glorious" (Friedman) - 3:16 (instrumental)
9. "Shining Path" (Friedman, Fuchs) - 4:36
10. "Among the Ruins" (Friedman, Fuchs) - 4:30
11. "Empire’s Anthem" (Kettering, Fuchs, Matthias Mayer) - 6:18

European edition bonus track

1. "Vindicator" (Friedman, Fuchs)

Personnel

Musicians

• Ross the Boss - guitar, keyboards, engineer
• Patrick Fuchs - vocals, guitar
• Carsten Kettering - bass
• Matthias "Matze" Mayer - drums

Production

• Oliver Szczypula - engineer, editing
• John Rup, Matze Mayer, Bella Hep - engineers
• Achim Köhler - engineer, mixing and mastering at Indiscreet Audio, Stuttgart, Germany
• Antonio Raimondo - editing
• Ralf Stöcklmayer - orchestral arrangements

References