Rage

Monday, 05 May 2008

Band members:

Peavy" Wagner - vocals, bass
Victor Smolski - guitars
André Hilgers - drums

Band country: Germany

Band biography:

The Rage story begins way back in 1984 when Avenger first got together. Following the arrival of their debut album, "Prayers of Steel", and an EP, Avenger changed their name and became Rage, releasing "Reign Of Fear" in 1986. Albums came out at regular intervals, and Rage toured with Running Wild, U.D.O., Motörhead and Saxon in the early Nineties. Their 1992 album release "Trapped" marked their international breakthrough, a temporary highlight being Rage's tour of Japan. Their triumphal march was repeated in 1993 with "Missing Link", followed by a personnel change. The new line-up recorded "Lingua Mortis", the first classical album by a German metal act, in 1996. The material was performed live for the first time in late summer 1996 in Kufstein, Austria. Subsequently, Rage plus orchestra embarked on a celebrated Christmas tour and played several European festivals.

Their thirteenth album "XIII" saw the light of day in March 1998, marking not only another highlight in the band's career but also the beginning of a new chapter in their line-up: the subsequent album "Ghosts" was followed by a severe personnel change, resulting in the current Rage team – the strongest one to date –, featuring Peavy, Victor Smolski and Mike Terrana. The trio underwent its baptism of fire at the Wacken Open Air in August 1999, presenting an impressive recording in "Welcome To The Other Side". Their subsequent releases "Unity" and "Soundchaser" met with equally enthusiastic reactions from press and fans alike, and the tours – with Primal Fear in 2002 and Helloween in 2003 – turned into veritable triumphal marches. In 2004 Rage celebrated their 20th anniversary with "From The Cradle To The Stage", documenting, that no Rage line-up was as strong a force on stage as the one featuring Peavy, Smolski and Terrana. The European tour together with Deadsoul Tribe guaranteed to confirm this impression. The RAGE album "Speak Of The Dead", which was released in 2006, has also gone down super at the international press, and during an sold out European tour, the concert in St.Petersburg was recorded for a live DVD called "Full Moon In St. Petersburg". Due to personal and musical differences, RAGE split with Mike Terrana end of 2006, and André Hilgers became new drummer of RAGE. Andrés first concerts were the shows together with the "Lingua Mortis Orchestra" in Russia, Ukrain, Czech Republic and also at the "Wacken Open Air" festival in Germany, where the show infront of 100.000 people was recorded. This material was used to become a bonus DVD for the upcoming RAGE studio album"Carved In Stone".Band discograph:Carved In Stone Tracks:1. Carved In Stone
2. Drop Dead
3. Gentle Murders
4. Open My Grave
5. Without You
6. Long Hard Road
7. One Step Ahead
8. Lost In The Void
9. Mouth Of Greed
10. Lord Of The FliesFull Moon in St.Petersburg Tracks:1. Speak Of The Dead
2. No Fear
3. Sent By The Devil
4. Soul Survivor
5. Enough Is Enough
6. Baby, I'm Your Nightmare
7. Morituri Te Salutant
8. Prelude Of Souls
9. Innocent
10. Depression
11. No Regrets
12. Confusion
13. Black
14. Beauty
15. Don't Fear The Winter
16. Full Moon
17. Higher Than The Sky 18. Guitar Workshop with Victor Smolski (Bonustrack)Speak Of The DeadTracks:1. Morituri Te Salutant
2. Prelude Of Souls
3. Innocent
4. Depression
5. No Regrets
6. Confusion
7. Black
8. Beauty
9. No Fear
10. Soul Survivor
11. Full Moon
12. Kill Your Gods
13. Turn My World Around
14. Be With Me Or Be Gone
15. Speak Of The Dead16. La Luna Reine (Bonustrack Digi-Pack + America Version)17. Vollmond (Bonustrack Digi-Pack)18. Полнолуние (Bonustrack Russian Version)19. Michi-shi Tsuki (Bonustrack Japan Version)From The Cradle To The StageTracks:CD 1
1. Orgy Of Destruction (Intro)
2. War Of Worlds
3. Great Old Ones
4. Paint The Devil On The Wall
5. Sent By The Devil
6. Firestorm
7. Down
8. Prayers Of Steel
9. Suicide
10. Days Of December
11. Unity
12. Anarchy (Drum solo)
13. Enough Is Enough
14. Invisible Horizons
15. Set This World On Fire
CD 21. Flesh And Blood
2. Rocket Science (Guitar solo)
3. Soundchaser
4. Straight To Hell
5. Back In Time
6. Refuge
7. From The Cradle To The Grave
8. Black In Mind
9. Solitary Man
10. Don't Fear The Winter
11. All I Want
12. Higher Than The SkySoundchaserTracks:1. Orgy Of Destruction (Intro)
2. War Of Worlds
3. Great Old Ones
4. Soundchaser
5. Defenders Of The Ancient Life
6. Secrets In A Weird World
7. Flesh And Blood
8. Human Metal
9. See You In Heaven Or Hell
10. Wake The Nightmares (Falling from Grace: Pt.1)
11. Death Is On It's Way (Falling from Grace: Pt.2)
12. French Bourree (Bonustrack Digi-Pack)13. Fuga (Bonustrack Japan Version)UnityTracks:1. All I Want
2. Insanity
3. Down
4. Set This World On Fire
5. Dies Irae
6. World Of Pain
7. Shadows
8. Living My Dream
9. Seven Deadly Sins
10. You Want It, You'll Get It
11. Unity
12. Mystery Trip (Bonustrack Digi-Pack)
13. Down (Videoclip Digi-Pack)14. Darkness Turns To Light (Japan Version)Best Of - All G.U.N. YearsTracks:1. Straight To Hell
2. Days Of December
3. Back In Time
4. Alive But Dead
5. Deep In The Blackest Hole
6. The Mirror in Your Eyes
7. Black In Mind
8. Higher Than The Sky
9. Spiritual Awakening
10. The Crawling Chaos
11. Six Feet Under Ground (Bonustrack)
12. Another Wasted Day (Bonustrack)
13. From The Cradle To The Grave
14. Medley
a) Don't Fear The Winter (Instrumental)
b) Black In Mind
c) Firestorm (Instrumental)
d) Sent By The Devil
e) Lost In The Ice (Instrumental)Welcome To The Other Side Tracks:1. Trauma
2. Paint The Devil On The Wall
3. The Mirror In Your Eyes
Tribute To Dishonour
4. R.I.P.
5. One More Time
6. Requiem
7. I'm Crucified8. No Lies
9. Point Of No Return
10. Leave It All Behind
11. Deep In The Night
12. Welcome To The Other Side
13. Lunatic
14. Riders On The Moonlight
15. Straight To Hell
16. After The End
17. Sister Demon18. Don't Fear The Winter (Bonustrack)GhostTracks:1. Beginning Of The End
2. Back In Time
3. Ghosts
4. Wash My Sins Away
5. Fear
6. Love And Fear Unite
7. Vanished In Haze
8. Spiritual Awakening
9. Love After Death
10. More Than A Lifetime
11. Tomorrow's Yesterday
12. End Of Eternity (Bonustrack)
13. Six Feet Under Ground (Bonustrack)In Vain I - III Tracks:I.1. In Vain (I Won't Go Down)
2. Turn The Page
3. Incomplete
4. Yesterday
II.1. In Vain (I Won't Go Down)
2. From The Cradle To The Grave
3. Alive But Dead
4. Paint It Black
III.1. In Vain (I Won't Go Down)
2. Sent By The Devil
3. Higher Than The Sky
4. MotorbreathIn Vain "Rage In Acoustic"Tracks:1) In Vain (I Won't Go Down") (Radio Mix)
2) Turn The Page (Acoustic Version)
3) Incomplete (Acoustic Version)
4) Immortal Sin (Acoustic Version)
5) YesterdayThe Best From The Noise Years JapanTracks:1. Suicide
2. Down By Law
3. Don't Fear The Winter
4. Ashes
5. Invisible Horizons
6. Light Into The Darkness
7. Time Waits For Noone
8. Saddle The Wind
9. Solitary Man
10. Enough Is Enough
11. Medicine
12. Firestorm
13. Refuge
14. Raw Caress
15. Vertigo
XIII Tracks:1. Overture
2. From The Cradle To The Grave
3. Days Of December
4. Sign Of Heaven
5. Incomplete
6. Turn The Page
7. Heartblood
8. Over And Over
9. In Vain (I Won't Go Down)
10. Immortal Sin
11. Paint It Black
12. Just Alone
13. Another Wasted Day (Bonus Track)
14. Tom Sawyer (Bonus Track)
Live From The Vault Tracks:1. Introduction
2. Sent By The Devil
3. Visions
4. The Price Of War
5. Higher Than The Sky
6. Shadow Out Of Time
7. MotorbreathHigher Than The Sky Tracks:1. Higher than the Sky
2. The Trooper
3. Jawbreaker
4. Forgive but Don't Forget
5. Tie the RopeEnd Of All Days Tracks:1. Under Control
2. Higher Than The Sky
3. Deep In The Blackest Hole
4. End Of All Days
5. Visions
6. Desperation
7. Voice From The Vault
8. Let The Night Begin
9. Fortress
10. Frozen Fire
11. Talking To The Dead
12. Face Behind The Mask
13. Silent Victory
14. Fading Hours
15. How We Treat Each Other (Bonus Track)
16. The Sleep (Bonus Track)
17. The Trooper (Bonus Track)Lingua MortisTracks:1. In A Nameless Time
2. Alive But Dead
3. Medley
4. All This Time
5. Alive But Dead (Instr. Orchestra Version)Black In Mind Tracks:1. Black In Mind
2. The Crawling Chaos
3. Alive But Dead
4. Sent By The Devil
5. Shadow Out Of Time
6. A Spider's Web
7. In A Nameless Time
8. The Icecold Hand Of Destiny
9. Forever
10. Until I Die
11. My Rage
12. The Price Of War
13. Start
14. All This Time
15. Forgive But Don't Forget (Bonus Track)
16. Tie The Rope (Bonus Track)
17. Chase (Bonus Track)10 Years In Rage Tracks:1. Vertigo
2. She Killed And Smiled
3. Destination Day
4. Take My Blood
5. No Sign Of Life
6. Submission
7. The Unknown
8. Dangerous Heritage
9. Prayers Of Steel`94
10. The Blow In A Row
11. Brainsucker (Bonus Track)NOISE BACK CATALOGUE12. On The Edge (Live)
13. Solitary Man (Live)
14. Enough Is Enough (Live)
15. From The Underworld (Live) previously unreleasedPower Of Metal Tracks:1. Shame On You
2. Don't Fear The Winter
3. Certain Days
4. Suicide
5. Refuge
6. Baby I'm Your Nightmare
7. Down By Law
8. Nevermore
9. Firestorm
10. Solitary Man
11. Enough Is Enough
12. Invisible Horizons
13. On The Edge (Bonus Track)Refuge 1993 Tracks:1. Refuge
2. Truth Hits Everybody
3. I Can't Control Myself
4. Beyond The PaleThe Missing Tracks:1. Firestorm
2. Nevermore
3. Refuge
4. The Pit And The Pendulum
5. From The Underworld
6. Certain Days
7. Who Dares
8. Wake Me When I'm Dead
9. Lost In The Ice
10. Her Diary's Black Pages
11. The Missing Link
12. Raw Caress Beyond The Wall Tracks:1. Bury All Life
2. On The Edge
3. I Want You
4. Nothing To Lose
5. Last Goodby
6. Light Into The Darkness (accoustic vers.)
7. Dust (Bonus Track / accoustic vers.)Trapped Tracks:1. Shame On You
2. Solitary Man
3. Enough Is Enough
4. Medicine
5. Questions
6. Take Me To The Water
7. Power And Greed
8. The Body Talks
9. Not Forever
10. Beyound The Wall Of Sleep
11. Baby, I'm Your Nightmare
12. Fast As A Shark
13. Difference
14. Innocent Guilty (Bonus Track)
15. Marching Heroes (Bonus Track)NOISE BACK CATALOGUE16. Bury All Life
17. I Want You
18. Questions (Demo) previously unreleasedExtended Power Tracks:1. Woman
2. Ashes
3. Bottlefield
4. Waiting For The Moon
5. What's UpReflections Of A Shadow Tracks:1. Introduction (A Bit More Of Green)
2. That's Human Bondage
3. True Face In Everyone
4. Flowers That Fade In My Hand
5. Reflection Of A Shadow
6. Can't Get Out
7. Waiting For The Moon
8. Faith
9. Saddle The Wind
10. Dust
11. Nobody Knows
12. Wild Seed
NOISE BACK CATALOGUE13. Woman
14. Ashes
15. Bottlefield
16. What´s Up (instr.)
17. Woman (Acc.) previously unreleasedSecrets In A Weird World Tracks:1. Intro (Serge Prokofiev)
2. Time Waits For Noone
3. Make My Day
4. The Inner Search
5. Invisible Horizons
6. She
7. Light Into The Darkness
8. Talk To Grandpa
9. Distant Voices
10. Without A Trace
11. Lost Side Of The World (Bonus Track)
12. Law And Order (Bonus Track)
13. Mirror (Bonus Track)NOISE BACK CATALOGUE14. Invisible Horizons (Live)
15. (Those Who Got) Nothing To Lose
16. Shame On You (Acc.) previously unreleasedPerfect Man Tracks:1. Wasteland
2. In The Darkest Hour
3. Animal Instinct
4. Perfect Man
5. Sinister Thinking
6. Supersonic Hydromatic
7. Don't Fear The Winter
8. Death In The Afternoon
9. A Pilgrim's Path
10. Time And Place
11. Round Trip
12. Between The Lines
13. Symbols Of Our Fear
14. Neurotic
NOISE BACK CATALOGUE15. Shame On You (Live)
16. Don´t Fear The Winter (Live)
17. Certain Days (Live)
18. Last Goodbye
19. Not Forever (Acc.) previously unreleasedExecution Guaranteed Tracks:1. Down By Law
2. Execution Guaranteed
3. Before The Storm
4. Streetwolf
5. Deadly Error
6. Hatred
7. Grapes Of Wrath
8. Mental Decay
9. When You're Dead
NOISE BACK CATALOGUE10. Down By Law (Live)
11. Nevermore (Live)
12. Firestorm (Live)
13. On The Edge
14. Dust (Acc.)
15. The Body Talks (Acc.) previously unreleasedReign Of Fear Tracks:1. Scared To Death
2. Deceiver
3. Reign Of Fear
4. Hand Of Glory
5. Raw Energy
6. Echoes Of Evil
7. Chaste Flesh
8. Suicide
9. Machinery
10. Scaffold
NOISE BACK CATALOGUE11. Suicide (Live)
12. Refuge (Live)
13. Baby, I'm Your Nightmare (Live)
14. Light Into The Darkness (Acc.)
15. Invisible Horizons (Acc.) previously unreleasedDepraved To Black Tracks:1. Down To The Bone
2. Depraved To Black
3. Prayers Of Steel (live)
4. Faster Than Hell (live)Prayers Of Steel Tracks:1. Battlefield
2. South Cross Union
3. Prayers Of Steel
4. Halloween
5. Faster Than Hell
6. Adoration
7. Rise Of The Creature
8. Sword Made Of Steel
9. Bloodlust
10. Assorted By SatanMetal Meets Classic LiveTracks:1. Overture
2. From The Cradle To The Grave
3. Alive But Dead
4. Turn The Page
5. All This Time
6. In a Nameless Time
7. Just Alone
8. Immortal Sin
9. Paint It Black
10. Medley:
a. Don't Fear The Winter (instr.)
b. Black In Mind
c. Firestorm (instr.)
d. Sent By The Devil
e. Lost In The Ice (instr.)
Video Clips11. Deep In The Blackest Hole
12. From The Cradle To The Grave
13. Alive But DeadAudio Tracks14. Chase
15. Tie The Rope
16. Forgive But Don't Forget
17. How We Treat Each Other
18. The Sleep
19. The Trooper
20. Tom Sawyer
21. End Of Eternity
22. Don't Fear The Winter (Version 2001)
23. Yesterday
24. Motorbreath
25. Jawbreaker

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