Carved in Stone (Rage album)

Carved in Stone
Carved in Stone
Studio album by Rage
Released	10 June 2008
Recorded	VPS Studios, Hamm, Germany, August–October 2007
Genre	Power metal, heavy metal
Length	47:49
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Rage, Charly Czajkowski
Rage chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Lords of Metal	(85/100)^[1]

Carved in Stone is the 19th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage. The album includes a bonus DVD with their full show at Wacken Open Air in August 2007 (featuring a symphonic orchestra from Minsk, Belarus, which under the name Lingua Mortis Orchestra toured with Rage in Europe) plus the videos for the songs "Lord of the Flies" and "Open My Grave".

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Peter "Peavy" Wagner; all music is composed by Victor Smolski, except where noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Carved in Stone"		5:21
2.	"Drop Dead!"		4:13
3.	"Gentle Murders"		4:12
4.	"Open My Grave"		4:41
5.	"Without You"	Peter "Peavy" Wagner, Victor Smolski	5:45
6.	"Long Hard Road"	Wagner, Smolski	4:37
7.	"One Step Ahead"		5:05
8.	"Lost in the Void"	Wagner, Smolski	4:14
9.	"Mouth of Greed"	Wagner	3:56
10.	"Lord of the Flies"	Wagner, Smolski	5:45
Total length:			47:49

Bonus CD - Carved in Stone + Gib dich nie auf
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gib dich nie auf"	2:59
2.	"Vollmond" (German version of "Full Moon")	4:54
3.	"Never Give Up"	4:07
4.	"Terrified"	4:01
5.	"Lord of the Flies" (Orchestral version)	5:51
6.	"Home"	3:14
Total length:		25:06

Bonus DVD - Live at Wacken 2007
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overture"	1:58
2.	"From the Cradle to the Grave"	5:45
3.	"Alive but Dead"	7:40
4.	"Lingua Mortis Medley" ("Don't Fear the Winter", "Black in Mind", "Firestorm", "Sent by the Devil", "Lost in the Ice")	13:27
5.	"Turn the Page"	5:10
6.	"Morituri Te Salutant"	1:16
7.	"Prelude of Souls"	2:48
8.	"Innocent"	5:19
9.	"Depression"	0:57
10.	"No Regrets"	4:37
11.	"Confusion"	1:38
12.	"Black"	0:41
13.	"Beauty"	4:04
14.	"Higher Than the Sky"	8:54
15.	"Lord of the Flies" (Video Clip)	5:48
16.	"Open My Grave" (Video Clip)	4:42
Total length:		74:44

Personnel

Band members

Peavy Wagner - vocals, bass
Victor Smolski - guitars, keyboards, sitar, orchestral arrangements, mixing, mastering
André Hilgers - drums

Additional musicians

Thomas Hackmann, Jen Majura - backing vocals

Production

Ingo 'Charly' Czajkowski - producer, engineer
Charlie Bauerfeind - mixing, mastering
Thomas Geiger - additional digital editing

References

^ Roks, Sjak. "Rage - Carved in Stone". Lords of Metal webzine. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[1] Roks, Sjak. "Rage - Carved in Stone". Lords of Metal webzine. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

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v t e Rage
Peavy Wagner Jean Bormann Stefan Weber Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos Alf Meyerratken Thomas Grüning Jochen Schroeder Jörg Michael Rudy Graf Manni Schmidt Chris Efthimiadis Spiros Efthimiadis Sven Fischer Mike Terrana Victor Smolski André Hilgers Marcos Rodriguez
Studio albums	Prayers of Steel (as Avenger) Reign of Fear Execution Guaranteed Perfect Man Secrets in a Weird World Reflections of a Shadow Trapped! The Missing Link 10 Years in Rage Black in Mind Lingua Mortis End of All Days XIII Ghosts Welcome to the Other Side Unity Soundchaser Speak of the Dead Carved in Stone Strings to a Web 21 LMO (with Lingua Mortis Orchestra) The Devil Strikes Again Seasons of the Black Wings of Rage Resurrection Day
EPs	Depraved to Black (as Avenger) Extended Power Beyond the Wall Refuge
Live albums	Full Moon in St. Petersburg Live in Tokyo
Compilations and box sets	The Best from the Noise Years The Lingua Mortis Trilogy (The Classic Collection)
Video releases	The Video Link Metal Meets Classic Live Full Moon in St. Petersburg
Related articles	Lingua Mortis Orchestra Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Into the Light A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal A Tribute to the Beast A Tribute to the Four Horsemen