Speak of the Dead

Speak of the Dead
Studio album by Rage
Released March 24, 2006
Recorded VPS Studios, Hamm, Germany, October-November 2005
Genre Power metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal, heavy metal, thrash metal
Length 62:49
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Rage & Charly Czajkowski
Rage chronology

Soundchaser
(2003)		 Speak of the Dead
(2006)		 Carved in Stone
(2008)
Singles from Speak of the Dead
  1. "Full Moon"
    Released: June 1st, 2006
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For the proverbial phrase, see De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

Speak of the Dead is the 17th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 2006 by Nuclear Blast.[2] The album contains a mix of different heavy metal music genres, ranging from symphonic and progressive to fast and brutal thrash metal. The band go back to the album Lingua Mortis' themes and atmospheres in the suite that opens the album, called "Suite Lingua Mortis" that consists in 8 parts, using a full symphonic orchestra recorded in Minsk, Belarus.

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Morituri Te Salutant" (Instrumental) Victor Smolski 0:57
2. "Prelude of Souls" (Instrumental) Smolski 2:46
3. "Innocent"  Peter "Peavy" WagnerSmolski 5:36
4. "Depression" (Instrumental) Smolski 1:12
5. "No Regrets"  WagnerSmolski 4:52
6. "Confusion" (Instrumental) Smolski 1:45
7. "Black" (Instrumental) Smolski 0:51
8. "Beauty"  WagnerSmolski 3:53
9. "No Fear"  WagnerSmolski 5:31
10. "Soul Survivor"  WagnerWagner 3:41
11. "Full Moon"  WagnerWagner 4:53
12. "Kill Your Gods"  WagnerSmolski 5:13
13. "Turn My World Around"  WagnerWagner 3:58
14. "Be with Me or Be Gone"  WagnerWagner 3:47
15. "Speak of the Dead"  WagnerWagner 4:06
Total length:
 62:49

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage Speak of the Dead review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Rage - Speak of the Dead". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-09-24.