Metal Hammer: Maximum Metal, Vol. 255

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Annotation

Released in a cardboard sleeve with the German "Metal Hammer" magazine May 2020.

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-29 17:57 UTC.

Tracklist

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1How’s the Heart?
recording engineer:
Troy Donockley, Mikko Karmila and Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen
assistant engineer:
Laura Beck (engineer)
engineer:
Mat Bartram
co-producer:
Nightwish (Finnish symphonic metal)
producer:
Tuomas Holopainen
co-mixer:
Tuomas Holopainen and Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen
mixer:
Mikko Karmila
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
Marko Hietala
alto flute:
Andy Findon
bass clarinet:
David Fuest (clarinet)
bass trombone:
Dave Stewart (trombonist)
bassoon and contrabassoon:
Gavin McNaughton (basoonist)
bodhrán, bouzouki, EWI [aerophone], guitar [space guitars], low whistle and uilleann pipes:
Troy Donockley
cello:
Tim Gill (cellist), Martin Loveday (cellist), Frank Schaefer (cellist), Jonathan Williams (cellist) and Chris Worsey (cellist)
cello [1st] and solo cello:
Caroline Dale (cellist)
cimbasso and tuba:
Owen Slade (tuba player)
clarinet [bb clarinet]:
Nicholas Bucknall and David Fuest (clarinet)
cor anglais and oboe:
John Anderson (classical oboist)
double bass:
Steve Mair (bass player) and Stacey Watton (double bassist)
double bass [1st]:
Chris Laurence (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Kai Hahto
electric guitar:
Emppu Vuorinen
flute:
Andy Findon and Anna Noakes (flautist)
French horn:
Nigel Black (horn player), Phillip Eastop (French horn) and Martin Owen (horn player)
harp:
Skaila Kanga (harpist)
keyboard:
Tuomas Holopainen
percussion [ethnic percussion]:
Paul Clarvis (percussionist) and Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
percussion [orchestral percussion]:
Gary Kettel (percussionist) and Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
piccolo:
Anna Noakes (flautist)
solo duduk and wind instruments [ethnic winds]:
Dirk Campbell (fka Mont Campbell)
solo viola and viola [1st]:
Peter Lale (violist)
solo violin:
Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist)
tenor trombone:
Ed Tarrant (trombone player) and Andy Wood (trombonist)
timpani:
Stephen Henderson (classical percussionist)
trumpet [bb trumpet] and trumpet [c trumpet]:
Andrew Crowley, Mike Lovatt and Kate Moore (British trumpeter)
viola:
Helen Kamminga (violist), Julia Knight (viola), Kate Musker (violist) and Andy Parker (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Daniel Bhattacharya, John Bradbury (UK violinist), Emil Chakalov (violinist), Dai Emanuel (violin), Clio Gould (violinist, soloist‐director and orchestra‐leader), Peter Hanson (violinist), Patrick Kiernan (violinist), Rita Manning (violinist), John Mills (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Steve Morris (violinist), Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
violin [second]:
Emlyn Singleton (violinist)
background vocals:
Troy Donockley and Marko Hietala
choir vocals:
Robin Bailey, Jacqueline Barron, Kate Bishop, Helen Brooks, Andrew Busher (tenor), Rosemary Forbes Butler (choir), Heather Cairncross, Mary Carewe (British singer), Sebastian Charlesworth (choir), Anne Marie Cullum (choir), Michael Dore, Alice Fearn (choir), Caroline Fitzgerald (choir), Joanna Forbes L’Estrange (British singer, composer and choir director), Soophia Foroughi, Alexandra Gibson, Claire Henry (UK soprano; Claire Henry-Desbois), Ian McLarnon, Eleanor Meynell (soprano), Davina Moon (choir), Gerard O’Beirne (classical tenor vocalist), Jenny O’Grady, Helen Parker (vocalist), Tom Pearce, Andrew Playfoot, Ann de Renais (Belgian-born, UK based operatic soprano), Sarah Ryan, Peter Snipp (British operatic and swing singer), David Porter Thomas (choir), Lawrence Wallington (bass vocalist), Rachel Weston (alto vocals) and Lawrence White (British baritone singer)
lead vocals:
Floor Jansen
orchestra:
The Pale Blue Orchestra
conductor:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
chorus master:
Jenny O’Grady
arranger:
Troy Donockley, Kai Hahto, Marko Hietala, Tuomas Holopainen, Floor Jansen, Tero “TeeCee” Kinnunen and Emppu Vuorinen
additional choir vocals arranger and additional orchestrator:
Martin Higgins (assistant)
choir vocals arranger:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
orchestrator:
James Shearman (conductor, orchestrator, composer)
concertmaster:
Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist)
recorded at:
Angel Studios in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom, Finnvox (Finnvox Studios) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2019-08 until 2019-10), Petrax in Päijät-Häme (Päijänne Tavastia), Finland (from 2019-08 until 2019-10), Röskö in Kitee, Pohjois-Karjala (North Karelia), Finland (from 2019-08 until 2019-10) and Troykington Castle (home studio of Troy Donockley) (from 2019-08 until 2019-10)
mixed at:
Finnvox (Finnvox Studios) in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (from 2019-10 until 2019-12)
recording of:
How’s the Heart?
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
Nightwish3.354:59
2Wolf Moon
recording of:
Wolf Moon
lyricist and composer:
R.S. van Dorst
Dool4:56
3Earth Hour
music videos:
Earth Hour (music video) by Secrets of the Moon (German black/gothic metal)
recording of:
Earth Hour
Secrets of the Moon4:53
4Bilen
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany and Hannover (Hanover), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
produced in:
Berlin, Germany and Hannover (Hanover), Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording engineer and producer:
The Hirsch Effekt and Tim Tautorat
mixer:
Tim Tautorat
bass, cello, drums (drum set), guitar, percussion and piano:
The Hirsch Effekt
viola:
Tim Tautorat
additional vocals:
Anoki, The Dark Tenor, Stumpen and Tim Tautorat
vocals:
The Hirsch Effekt
performer:
Ilja John Lappin, Moritz Schmidt and Nils Wittrock
arranger:
The Hirsch Effekt
recording of:
Bilen
lyricist:
Nils Wittrock
composer:
Ilja John Lappin, Moritz Schmidt and Nils Wittrock
The Hirsch Effekt4:22
5Presence of Mind
Dynazty4:16
6Fear Campaign
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Century Media Records Ltd. (do not use as release label! UK subsidiary of Century Media Records GmbH) (in 2020)
recording of:
Fear Campaign
Havok3:57

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part of:Metal Hammer: Maximum Metal (regular edition of magazine Metal Hammer) (number: 255) (order: 156)