The Devil Strikes Again

Studio album by Rage

Released

June 10, 2016

Recorded

at Megafon Studios in Burscheid, Germany and at Soundchaser Studios in Zandhoven, Belgium ^[1]

Genre

Power metal, Heavy metal

Length

45:57 (1:13:10 with bonus tracks)

Rage chronology

LMO
(2013)

The Devil Strikes Again
(2016)

Seasons Of The Black
(2017)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Metalist	positive^[2]
Stormbringer	^[3]
Rock 'n' Reel Reviews	^[4]

The Devil Strikes Again is the 22nd studio album by German heavy metal band Rage released on June 10, 2016 through Nuclear Blast Records.^[5] Videos are made for the singles "My Way" and "The Devil Strikes Again".^[6]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Wagner; all music composed by Wagner/Rodriguez.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Devil Strikes Again"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:37
2.	"My Way"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:19
3.	"Back on Track"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:19
4.	"The Final Curtain"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:12
5.	"War"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:21
6.	"Ocean Full of Tears"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:02
7.	"Deaf, Dumb and Blind"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:14
8.	"Spirits of the Night"	Wagner/Rodriguez	4:54
9.	"Times of Darkness"	Wagner/Rodriguez	5:13
10.	"The Dark Side of the Sun"	Wagner/Rodriguez	5:46
Total length:			45:57

Bonus Disc

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bring Me Down"	Wagner/Rodriguez	5:05
2.	"Requiem"	Wagner/Rodriguez	3:55
3.	"Into the Fire"	Wagner/Rodriguez	5:27
4.	"Slave to the Grind" (Skid Row cover)		3:27
5.	"Bravado" (Rush cover)		4:37
6.	"Open Fire" (Y&T cover)		4:42
Total length:			27:13

Bonus Live Disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black In Mind"
2.	"Sent by the Devil"
3.	"End of all Days"
4.	"Back in Time"
5.	"Down"
6.	"My Way"
7.	"Until I Die"
8.	"Don't Fear the Winter"
9.	"Higher than the Sky"

Personnel

Band members

Peter "Peavy" Wagner – vocals, bass
Marcos Rodriguez - guitar
Vassilios “Luckyˮ Maniatopoulos - drums

References

↑ "Nuclear Blast press info". Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ "The Metalist review". Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ "Stormbringer review". Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ "Rock 'n' Reel review". Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ "Nuclear Blast press info". Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ "Loudwire premier". Retrieved July 4, 2016.

Rage
Peter "Peavy" Wagner Marcos Rodriguez Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos Alf Meyerratken Thomas Grüning Jochen Schröder Jörg Michael Rudy Graf Manni Schmidt Chris Efthimiadis Ulli Cohler Spiros Efthimiadis Sven Fischer Christian Wolff Victor Smolski Mike Terrana André Hilgers
Studio albums	Prayers of Steel (as "Avenger", 1985) Reign of Fear (1986) Execution Guaranteed (1987) Perfect Man (1988) Secrets in a Weird World (1989) Reflections of a Shadow (1990) Trapped! (1992) The Missing Link (1993) 10 Years in Rage (1994) Black in Mind (1995) Lingua Mortis (1996) End of All Days (1996) XIII (1998) Ghosts (1999) Welcome to the Other Side (2001) Unity (2002) Soundchaser (2003) Speak of the Dead (2006) Carved in Stone (2008) Strings to a Web (2010) 21 (2012) LMO (2013) (with Lingua Mortis Orchestra) The Devil Strikes Again (2016) Seasons of the Black (2017)
EP	Depraved to Black (as "Avenger", 1985) Extended Power (1991) Beyond the Wall (1992) Refuge (Japan) (1994) Higher than the Sky (Japan) (1996)
Live albums	Full Moon in St. Petersburg (2007) Live in Tokyo (2012)
Compilation albums	The Best from the Noise Years (1998) Best of – All G.U.N. Years (2001) All G.U.N. Bonustracks (2002)
Box sets	The Lingua Mortis Trilogy (The Classic Collection) (2002)
Singles	"Refuge" "The Crawling Chaos" "Higher than the Sky" "From the Cradle to the Grave" "Full Moon" "Into the Light" / "Purified"
Other songs	"Don't Fear the Winter" "Beyond the Wall of Sleep"
Video releasses	The Video Link (1994) Metal Meets Classic Live (2001) Full Moon in St. Petersburg (2007) Live at Wacken '09 (2009) Live at Rock Hard Festival/70000 Tons of Metal (2013)
Related articles	Lingua Mortis Orchestra Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Into the Light A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal A Tribute to the Beast A Tribute to the Four Horsemen

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