Metus Mortis

Metus Mortis is the fourth album by the German power metal band Brainstorm, released in 2001.[2]

Metus Mortis
Studio album by Brainstorm
Released	October 24, 2001
Recorded	House of Music Studios, Winterbach, Storm Your Brain Studios, Gerstetten, Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany, May–July 2001
Genre	Power metal
Length	60:13
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Achim Köhler & Brainstorm
Brainstorm chronology
Ambiguity (2000) Metus Mortis (2001) Soul Temptation (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All songs written & arranged by Brainstorm, all lyrics by Andy B. Franck, except where indicated

1. "Metus Mortis" – 1:06
2. "Blind Suffering" – 4:24
3. "Shadowland" – 3:51
4. "Checkmate in Red" – 4:29
5. "Hollow Hideaway" – 4:25
6. "Weakness Sows Its Seed" – 5:45
7. "Into the Never" – 4:23
8. "Under Lights" – 6:05
9. "Cycles" – 4:17
10. "Behind" – 4:26
11. "Meet Me In The Dark" – 3:11
12. "Strength of Will" – 3:43
13. "Face Down" - 4:15 - (12. track on digipack version, Japanese bonus version)
14. "(E.O.C.) Cross God’s Face" - (Japanese bonus version)
15. "Savage" (Helloween cover) - (Japanese bonus version)

On the digipack version there is an untitled hidden track after "Strength of Will". That song is a Vicious Rumors cover: "Don't Wait For Me".

Personnel

Band members

• Andy B. Franck - lead and backing vocals
• Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars, backing vocals, engineer
• Milan Loncaric - guitars
• Andreas Mailänder - bass
• Dieter Bernert - drums

Additional musicians

• Michael 'Miro' Rodenberg - keyboards, engineer

Production

• Achim Köhler - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
• Elmo - narrator, meth cook for band

References

1. O'Neill, Brian. "Brainstorm Metus Mortis review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
2. "Brainstorm - Metus Mortis". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-09-23.