Nuclear Blast Allstars - Into The Light

Happy Birthday, NUCLEAR BLAST! The label from Donzdorf, Germany, turns 20 in 2007 ? and "Into The Light"
is one of the company's first presents, given by no one else than RAGE composer and multi instrumentalist
Victor Smolski. It was him who composed, arranged and recorded the album, with all in all ten songs based
on a thrilling, solid Power Metal foundation. But the real highlights are the participants behind the
microphones: Victor gathered a conglomeration of ten singers whose bands have been signed to NUCLEAR BLAST
in the past 20 years or still are on the label's roster, among them Hansi Kⁿrsch of BLIND GUARDIAN,
NIGHTWISH's former singer Tarja Turunen, EDGUY's Tobi Sammet and HELLOWEEN'S Andi Deris.

All together, the NUCLEAR BLAST ALLSTARS created a haunting and remarkable album, reflecting different
shades of musical emotions ? hard & thrashy ('Bloodsuckers'), heavy & modern ('Eternally'),
bombastic ('Death Is Alive') or catchy & powerful ('In The Picture').

Discover new shades and qualities of your favourite singers and enjoy this brilliant anniversary album
together with your friends and NUCLEAR BLAST! As a special gift, "Into The Light" will be released as
double-CD, featuring a bonus disc with classics tracks and brand new songs. (A compilation CD)

Also, watch out for "Into The Light"'s dark twin "Out Of The Dark", coming for you in the second half of 2007?

Tracklist:

01 - Dirty Wings (feat. Tobias Sammet - EDGUY)
02 - Terrified (feat. Peter ?Peavy? Wagner - RAGE)
03 - Ruling The World (feat. Tony Kakko - SONATA ARCTICA)
04 - Death Is Alive (feat. Mats Levén - THERION / KRUX)
05 - Bloodsucker (feat. Marcel ?Schmier? Schirmer - DESTRUCTION)
06 - Slaves To The Desert (feat. Hansi Kⁿrsch - BLIND GUARDIAN)
07 - A Perfect Day (feat. Andi Deris - HELLOWEEN)
08 - Eternally (feat. Oddleif Stensland - COMMUNIC)
09 - Inner Sanctuary (feat. Marco Hietala - NIGHTWISH / TAROT)
10 - In The Picture (feat. Tarja Turunen - Ex-NIGHTWISH)

Line-Up:

Victor Smolski (RAGE / MIND ODYSSEY) - composing, guitars, bass, keyboards
Andre Hilgers (RAGE / AXXIS), Volker Schultz (MIND ODYSSEY / GRACIOUS VIOLENCE) - drums
Jan-Michael Keller (MIND ODYSSEY) - bass
Andreas Dirksmeier (MIND ODYSSEY) - keyboards
Mario LeMole (MIND ODYSSEY / GRACIOUS VIOLENCE), Jen Majura (TM STEVENS) - backing vocals