Year : 1985 (Remastered Edition 2017)
Style : Heavy Metal , Speed Metal , Power Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 283 mb
Bio:
Rage is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid-1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild, Blind Guardian and Grave Digger.Rage formed in 1984 under the name, Avenger. After releasing their debut album Prayers of Steel and their Depraved to Black EP in 1985, the band changed their name to Rage because there was another band in England that also carried the moniker. Originally the new name was to be Furious Rage but it was eventually shortened to Rage. The first album released under the new name was Reign of Fear in 1986.Rage's albums came out in regular, continuous intervals, and the band began touring with Running Wild, U.D.O., Motörhead and Saxon in the early 1990s.Their 1992 album Trapped! marked their international breakthrough, a short highlight being Rage's tour in Japan. Their success was repeated again in 1993 with the release of The Missing Link. After change in their lineup, Rage went on to record Lingua Mortis, the first classical album by a German metal act, in 1996. Their material was performed live for the first time in late summer 1996 in Kufstein, Austria. Subsequently, Rage, and the orchestra used, embarked on a celebrated Christmas tour and played several European festivals.Their thirteenth album XIII was released in March 1998. The next album Ghosts was followed by a major line-up change, featuring Peavy Wagner, Victor Smolski and Mike Terrana.The trio performed at Wacken Open Air in August 2001, revealing their newest album Welcome to the Other Side. The following releases Unity and Soundchaser were met with enthusiastic response from critics and fans alike. Rage toured with Primal Fear in 2002 and Helloween in 2003.Rage's frontman Peavy Wagner performing a show at Milan, Italy, 13 April 2006 In 2006, Rage reunited with the Lingua Mortis Orchestra again to released the album Speak of the Dead, the last album with Mike Terrana on drums, because he left Rage voluntarily after a disagreement.On 1 January 2007, it was announced that their new drummer would be André Hilgers, formerly the drummer of Axxis.In 2007, the band toured in Europe with a show featuring one symphonic orchestra from Minsk, Belarus under the name "Lingua Mortis Orchestra", and the concert in that August at Wacken Open Air at 80,000 fans was recorded for a DVD to be included as bonus to their new album called Carved in Stone, which was released on 22 February 2008.The band played at Bundesvision Song Contest 2009 (BUVISOCO) on 13 February 2009, the Festival was hosted by Stefan Raab (TV Total).Rage became more famous through their participation in the show, as well as by being placed third.Rage recently celebrated their 25th anniversary with the release of the EP Gib Dich Nie Auf / Never Give Up.Rage entered the studio in October 2011 to begin recording their 21st album for an early 2012 release,
Album:
It was in the year 1985, when the foundation was laid for the career of a band which is, over 30 years later, as active as on the very first day. Certainly, the talk is of RAGE that have started out as AVENGER, before the band name was changed. Now the first work of the Metal Legend from Herne, Germany,called Prayers Of Steel is being re-released as double CD, including the songs of the EP Depraved To Black and numerous demo versions, also containing previously unreleased songs. A real MUST HAVE for all RAGE-Heads!Prayers of Steel is the name of the only full-length album released by the German heavy metal band Avenger in 1985, before they changed their name to Rage. The only other release that followed under the name Avenger was the EP Depraved to Black (1985 also).
Line Up:
Peter "Peavy" Wagner - Bass (1983-1985), Vocals (1983-1985) - See also: Lingua Mortis Orchestra, Rage, ex-Bassinvaders, Refuge, ex-Mekong Delta, ex-X-Mas Project, ex-Der Riß
Jochen Schröder - Guitars (1983-1985) - See also: ex-Mekong Delta, ex-Rage
Thomas Grüning - Guitars (1985)
Jörg Michael - Drums (1983-1985) - See also: Heavatar, Headhunter, ex-House of Spirits, ex-Surgeon, Devil's Train, ex-Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Grave Digger, ex-Mekong Delta, ex-Rage, ex-Running Wild, ex-Saxon, ex-Soulslide, ex-Stratovarius, ex-Unleashed Power, ex-Glenmore, ex-X-Mas Project, ex-Living Death, ex-Der Riß, ex-Laos (Gudrun Laos)
Tracklist:
CD1: Prayers Of Steel & Depraved To Black EP*
01. Battlefield
02. South Cross Union
03. Prayers of Steel
04. Halloween
05. Faster than Hell
06. Adoration
07. Rise of the Creature
08. Sword Made of Steel
09. Bloodlust
10. Assorted by Satan
11. Down to the Bone*
12. Depraved to Black*
13. Prayers of Steel (Live)*
14. Faster than Hell (Live)*
CD2: Bonus CD
01. Faster than Hell
02. Adoration
03. Destination Day
04. Assorted by Satan
05. Battlefield
06. Southern Cross Union
07. Adoration
08. Bloodlust
09. Halloween
10. Rise of the Creature
11. Prayers of Steel
12. Sword Made of Steel
13. Seven Gates of Hell
14. Faster than Hell
15. Victim of Rock
16. Assorted by Satan
01-04: Faster Than Hell Demo 1983
05-08: Demo 1984
09-16: Demo recordings 1983-1985
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