2x Vinyl (remastered)

Nightfall in Middle‐Earth

Album by Blind Guardian

Released 24 April 1998

heavy metal rock metal

Tracklist

Vinyl 1
1
War of Wrath
1:50
2.5 ★
2
Into the Storm
4:25
3.5 ★
3
Lammoth
0:28
1.5 ★
4
Nightfall
5:33
3.8 ★
5
The Minstrel
0:32
2.8 ★
6
The Curse of Feanor
5:42
3.8 ★
7
Captured
0:26
1.8 ★
8
Blood Tears
5:21
4.0 ★
9
Mirror Mirror
5:06
3.8 ★
10
Face the Truth
0:28
1.8 ★
11
Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)
6:51
3.2 ★
Vinyl 2
1
Battle of Sudden Flame
0:43
2.8 ★
2
Time Stands Still (at the Iron Hill)
4:55
3.5 ★
3
The Dark Elf
0:24
2.2 ★
4
Thorn
6:18
2.8 ★
5
The Eldar
3:38
3.5 ★
6
Nom the Wise
0:35
1.8 ★
7
When Sorrow Sang
4:26
3.5 ★
8
Out on the Water
0:46
2.0 ★
9
The Steadfast
0:22
1.6 ★
10
A Dark Passage
6:01
3.6 ★
11
Final Chapter (Thus Ends…)
0:42
2.0 ★
12
Doom
5:49
13
Harvest of Sorrow
3:40
5.0 ★
14
The Tides of War
5:18

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Release credits

André Olbrich
acoustic guitar [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.13, 1.2, 1.4-6, 1.8-9, 1.11], electric guitar [12], guitar [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.13, 1.2, 1.4-6, 1.8-9, 1.11]
Billy King
background vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11]
Blind Guardian
mix [14], producer [2.1-11, 2.14, 1.1-11]
Charlie Bauerfeind
engineer [1.1-11, 2.1-11, 2.13], mix [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.10, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.13-14], producer [13-14], recording [1.1-11, 2.1-11, 2.13]
Cuny
engineer [2.1-11, 1.1-11], recording [2.1-11, 1.1-11]
Douglas Fielding
spoken vocals [2.9, 1.1]
Flemming Rasmussen
engineer [1.1-11, 2.1-11], mix [2.2, 2.4-5, 2.7, 2.10-11, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11], recording [1.1-11, 2.1-11]
Frederik Ehmke
drums (drum set) [12]
Hansi Kürsch
background vocals [1.2, 1.4-6, 1.8-9, 1.11, 2.1-5, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.13], lead vocals [2.1-5, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.13, 1.2, 1.4-6, 1.8-9, 1.11], vocal [12]
J.R.R. Tolkien
dedicated to
Marcus Siepen
electric guitar [12], guitar [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.13, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11]
Mathias Wiesner
effects [1.1-11, 2.1-4, 2.6-10], guest [2.1, 2.1-2, 2.2-4, 2.4, 2.6-7, 2.7-8, 2.8-10, 2.10, 1.1-2, 1.2-4, 1.4-6, 1.6-8, 1.8-9, 1.9-11, 1.11], keyboard [1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7-8, 2.10]
Max Zelzner
alto flute [1.4-5, 2.1], flute [1.4-5, 2.1]
Michael Schüren
grand piano [5], guest [5]
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
assistant [13]
Norman Eshley
spoken vocals [2.6, 2.9, 1.1, 1.7, 1.10]
Olaf Senkbeil
background vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11]
Oliver Holzwarth
bass guitar [1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11, 2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10], fretless bass [2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11], guest [2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, 1.8-9, 1.9, 1.11]
Piet Sielck
engineer [2.1-11, 1.1-11], recording [2.1-11, 1.1-11]
Rolf Köhler
background vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11]
Thomas Hackmann
background vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11]
Thomen Stauch
drums (drum set) [1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10-11, 2.13], percussion [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 2.10-11, 2.13, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 1.11]

Issues

N
(Combined release view)
N
Nightfall in Middle‐Earth
CD
24 April 1998
N
Nightfall in Middle‐Earth
Vinyl
28 April 1998
N
Nightfall in Middle‐Earth
CD
13 May 1998
N
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
CD
1998
N
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
CD
1998
N
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
CD
1998
N
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
CD
1998
N
Nightfall in Middle‐Earth
CD (remastered)
15 June 2007
N
Nightfall in Middle Earth
Digital Media (remastered 2007)
15 June 2007
N
Nightfall in Middle‐Earth
CD (remastered)
2007
N
Nightfall in Middle‐Earth
2x CD
30 November 2018
N
Nightfall in Middle‐Earth
2x Vinyl (remastered)
30 November 2018