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| released = February 7, 2000<ref name="spirit-of-metal"/>
| released = 7 February 2000<ref name="spirit-of-metal"/>
| recorded = September–December 1999
| recorded = September–December 1999
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| studio = Roth Recording
| studio = Roth Recording
| genre = [[Symphonic death metal]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-02/the-10-essential-symphonic-metal-albums|title=The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums|date=2016-11-02|newspaper=Metal Hammer|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref> [[death-doom]]
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| label = [[Drakkar Entertainment]]
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'''''Awaking the Centuries''''' is the second full-length album by [[Germany|German]] symphonic metal band [[Haggard (band)|Haggard]]. It was released on February 7, 2000 by [[Drakkar Entertainment]].<ref name="spirit-of-metal">[http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/m/album-id_album-1612-l-en.html Awaking the Centuries]</ref> The album is based on [[Nostradamus|Michel De Nostredame (Nostradamus)]] and his experience during The Black Plague in Medieval Europe. The album features several compositions based on [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s music.
'''''Awaking the Centuries''''' is the second full-length album by German [[symphonic metal]] band [[Haggard (band)|Haggard]]. It was released on 7 February 2000 by [[Drakkar Entertainment]].<ref name="spirit-of-metal">[http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/m/album-id_album-1612-l-en.html Awaking the Centuries]</ref> The album is based on [[Nostradamus|Michel De Nostredame (Nostradamus)]] and his experience during The Black Plague in Medieval Europe. The album features several compositions based on [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s music.


''Awakening the Centuries'' peaked at position 64 in the [[Media Control Charts|German album charts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Haggard/longplay |title=Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay |language=German |work=musicline.de |publisher=PHONONET GmbH |accessdate=2012-04-26}}</ref>
''Awakening the Centuries'' peaked at position 64 in the [[German album charts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Haggard/longplay |title=Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay |language=German |work=musicline.de |publisher=PHONONET GmbH |accessdate=26 April 2012}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Asis Nasseri]] – grunt vocals, guitars, kettle drums
*[[Asis Nasseri]] – grunt vocals, guitars, kettle drums
*[[Luz Marsen]] – drums, percussion
*Luz Marsen – drums, percussion
*[[Andi Nad]] – bass
*Andi Nad – bass
*[[Danny Klupp]] – guitars
*Danny Klupp – guitars
*[[Karin Bodenmüller]] – soprano
*Karin Bodenmüller – soprano
*Hans Wolf – grand piano, piano, church organ keyboards
*Hans Wolf – grand piano, piano, church organ keyboards
*[[Kathrin Pechlof]] – concert harp
*Kathrin Pechlof – concert harp
*[[Fiffi Fuhrmann]] – tenore
*Fiffi Fuhrmann – tenore
*Christian – tenore
*Christian – tenore
*[[Thomas Rosato]] – bass
*Thomas Rosato – bass
*[[Christoph Zastrow]] – flute
*Christoph Zastrow – flute
*[[Florian Bartl]] – oboe
*Florian Bartl – oboe
*[[Robert Müller (musician)|Robert Müller]] – clarinet
*Robert Müller – clarinet
*[[Andrea Sterr]] – violin
*Andrea Sterr – violin
*[[Michael Stapf]] – violin
*Michael Stapf – violin
*[[Steffi Hertz]] – viola
*Steffi Hertz – viola
*[[Kathrin Hertz]] – violoncello
*Kathrin Hertz – violoncello
*[[Georg Uttenthaler]] – doublebass
*Georg Uttenthaler – doublebass
*[[Florian Schnellinger]] – percussion
*Florian Schnellinger – percussion
*[[Peter Prysch]] – French horn
*Peter Prysch – French horn


===Guest musicians===
=== Guest musicians ===
*[[Evert Fratermann]] – orchestral percussion
*Evert Fratermann – orchestral percussion
*[[Ilka Mende]] – violin
*Ilka Mende – violin
*[[Fabian Schwarz]] – acoustic guitars
*Fabian Schwarz – acoustic guitars


===Voices of "Pestilencia"===
=== Voices of "Pestilencia" ===
*[[Ulrich Mühlmann]] – "Nostradamus"
*Ulrich Mühlmann – "Nostradamus"
*[[Carsten Jacob]] – "Monk"
*Carsten Jacob – "Monk"
*[[Christiane B.Horn]] – "Woman 1"
*Christiane B.Horn – "Woman 1"
*[[Eveline Gerhardt]] – "Woman 2"
*Eveline Gerhardt – "Woman 2"
*[[Wolfgang Weißmüller]] – "Man"
*Wolfgang Weißmüller – "Man"


===Moscow Radio Choir===
=== Moscow Radio Choir ===
*[[Elena Rastvorova]] – conductor
*Elena Rastvorova – conductor
*[[Olga Uschakova]] – soprano
*Olga Uschakova – soprano
*[[Maria Kutuzova]] – soprano
*Maria Kutuzova – soprano
*[[Ekaterina Oblesova]] – alto
*Ekaterina Oblesova – alto
*[[Katja Prasolova]] – alto
*Katja Prasolova – alto
*[[Vladimir Tarasov]] – tenor
*[[Vladimir Tarasov]] – tenor
*[[Oleg Kuzmin (tenor)|Oleg Kuzmin]] – tenor
*Oleg Kuzmin – tenor
*[[Anton Vasiljev]] – bass
*Anton Vasiljev – bass
*[[Evgeny Astafurov]] – bass
*Evgeny Astafurov – bass


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Haggard/Awaking_the_Centuries/3988 ''Awaking the Centuries''] at [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Haggard/Awaking_the_Centuries/3988 ''Awaking the Centuries''] at [[Encyclopaedia Metallum]]
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Revision as of 18:34, 23 May 2021

Awaking the Centuries
Studio album by
Released7 February 2000[1]
RecordedSeptember–December 1999
StudioRoth Recording
GenreSymphonic death metal,[2] death-doom
Length37:39
LabelDrakkar Entertainment
Haggard chronology
And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer
(1997)
Awaking the Centuries
(2000)
Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico
(2001)

Awaking the Centuries is the second full-length album by German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on 7 February 2000 by Drakkar Entertainment.[1] The album is based on Michel De Nostredame (Nostradamus) and his experience during The Black Plague in Medieval Europe. The album features several compositions based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's music.

Awakening the Centuries peaked at position 64 in the German album charts.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rachmaninov: Choir" (Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff)0:38
2."Pestilencia"1:54
3."Heavenly Damnation"2:59
4."The Final Victory"3:35
5."Saltorella la Manuelina"0:57
6."Awaking the Centuries"9:34
7."Statement zur Lage der Musica"1:19
8."In a Fullmoon Procession"5:18
9."Menuett"1:19
10."Prophecy Fulfilled/And the Dark Night Entered"6:23
11."Courante"1:10
12."Rachmaninov: Choir" (Rachmaninoff)2:34
13."Lost (Robin's Song)" (live digipak bonus track)4:38
Total length:42:17

Note

  • The choir tracks at the beginning and at the end of the record are an abridged and a complete version of "Rejoice, o virgin" from Sergei Rachmaninoff's choral work All-Night Vigil.

Personnel

  • Asis Nasseri – grunt vocals, guitars, kettle drums
  • Luz Marsen – drums, percussion
  • Andi Nad – bass
  • Danny Klupp – guitars
  • Karin Bodenmüller – soprano
  • Hans Wolf – grand piano, piano, church organ keyboards
  • Kathrin Pechlof – concert harp
  • Fiffi Fuhrmann – tenore
  • Christian – tenore
  • Thomas Rosato – bass
  • Christoph Zastrow – flute
  • Florian Bartl – oboe
  • Robert Müller – clarinet
  • Andrea Sterr – violin
  • Michael Stapf – violin
  • Steffi Hertz – viola
  • Kathrin Hertz – violoncello
  • Georg Uttenthaler – doublebass
  • Florian Schnellinger – percussion
  • Peter Prysch – French horn

Guest musicians

  • Evert Fratermann – orchestral percussion
  • Ilka Mende – violin
  • Fabian Schwarz – acoustic guitars

Voices of "Pestilencia"

  • Ulrich Mühlmann – "Nostradamus"
  • Carsten Jacob – "Monk"
  • Christiane B.Horn – "Woman 1"
  • Eveline Gerhardt – "Woman 2"
  • Wolfgang Weißmüller – "Man"

Moscow Radio Choir

  • Elena Rastvorova – conductor
  • Olga Uschakova – soprano
  • Maria Kutuzova – soprano
  • Ekaterina Oblesova – alto
  • Katja Prasolova – alto
  • Vladimir Tarasov – tenor
  • Oleg Kuzmin – tenor
  • Anton Vasiljev – bass
  • Evgeny Astafurov – bass

References

  1. ^ a b Awaking the Centuries
  2. ^ "The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums". Metal Hammer. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 26 April 2012.