1. Purblind 01:12 2. Lifeless Alive 04:42 3. Souls of Prey 04:53 4. Abbadon 05:50 5. Visionary Sin 05:34 6. Misery's End 07:59 7. Lost But Not Alone 05:28 8. Fight the Heavens 05:13 9. Wicked Glory 05:58 10. Braindead 06:52------------------ Total playing time 48:00Shaun Vanek - Lead Guitar (Wretch, Cellbound, Manimals, H.A.T.E.) Jason Vanek - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals Steve Dukuslow - Drums Tim Fredrick - Bass (Wretch) United States of America (Parma, Ohio) Symphonic/Neoclassical Power Metal
1. The Downside Dream (Intro) 00:38 2. Back On The Streets 04:53 3. Secret Lover 03:33 4. Wild Man 03:37 5. These Eyes 06:08 6. Get Hungry 04:16 7. Who Wanted You 03:43 8. Bad Night For A Lady 03:40 9. Cry Monkey Cry 03:32 10. Every Wall That Falls 05:37 11. Looking At The Moon 04:46---------------------- Total playing time 44:23Jack Steen - Vocals Ricci Tessalla - GuitarsChristopher La Hawk - Keyboards Franciz Salamon - Bass Franky Matthes - Drums Germany (Berlin) Progressive Metal
1. First Light 04:41 2. To Live Again 06:37 3. Circle Dance 07:19 4. Way to Paradise 07:13 5. Réminiscence aux caprices 04:39 6. Valuable Rose 03:45 7. Forgoden Art 12:19---------------- Total playing time 46:33Pierre van Endert - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards (Last CareZ) Robert Lasowski - Guitars Christian Bellinger - Bass Matthias Ziegler - Drums Guests: Sabine Ziegler - Flute Jens Ludwig - Guitar, Backing Vocals Dirk Oechele - Backing Vocals Uwe Ruppel - Backing Vocals Erik Grosch - Backing Vocals Germany (Fulda, Hesse) Progressive/Melodic Power Metal
1. King of His Own World 09:26 2. Voices Inside of Me 06:05 3. Welcome Hope 07:42 4. Hills Will Roll 09:57 5. Within a Moment 06:08 6. Torment 03:40 7. Metro 05:31 8. Purgatory 05:46 9. Lost in Paris 18:31-------------------Total playing time 01:12:46 Track 9- Lost in Paris devided into 3 sub-titles:1- Act I: Stained Glass - 03:442- Act II: Lost - 08:313- Act III: Reflections - 06:16Chris Mangold - Guitar, Keyboards Ian Ringler - Bass, Keyboards (Section 16, Psyco Drama, Magnitude 9 (USA)) Corey Brown - Vocals (Redemption, Psyco Drama, Section 16, Balance of Power (Gbr), Magnitude 9 (USA), Hercules Castro) Doug Brown - Drums Bill Mangold - Drums United States of America (Springs, Colorado) Progressive Metal
1. Cafe 1 02:112. I Don't Need You 05:213. No Tree to Sit Under 03:374. Listen To Me 07:025. Cafe 2 01:246. Not Just A Piece Of Paper 07:197. Whenever You Dream 05:398. Cafe 3 03:339. A Place In Time 09:1410. What Do You Know 05:4111. Cafe 4 03:0912. The Door 04:4513. I See 07:0014. The Last Song 06:2515. Cafe 5 03:20-----------Total playing time 01:15:39Henning Pauly - Various instruments, Backing vocals
Marcus Gemeinder - Piano
Ian Crichton - Guitar solo
Jim Gilmour - Piano, Keyboard solo
Jody Ashworth - Vocals
Matt Cash - Vocals
James LaBrie - Vocals
Michael Sadler - Vocals Babysteps tells the story of Nick (Jody Ashworth, Trans Siberian Orchestra), a professional athlete, who finds himself in a wheelchair having to recover in a rehabilitation center. The struggle with his arrogant doctor (James LaBrie, Dream Theater) reaches its climax in a big fight. Matt (Matt Cash, Chain/Frameshift/Solo), another patient, tries to befriend Nick who doesn’t trust people anymore. Matt introduces his physician to Nick, Dr. Sizzla (Michael Sadler, SAGA), who gives him valuable advice on how to approach his situation and his doctor. Babysteps is the story of Nick’s journey on the way to recovery and the obstacles he has to overcome. Also lending their talents to this project are Ian Crichton (Guitar) and Jim Gilmour (Keys) from SAGA who both recorded phenomenal solos on this album. Germany (Hessen)Progressive Metal/Rock
1. Contact me now 05:19 2. Day off 04:24 3. Not a world 04:19 4. I saw 05:23 5. Break the wave 06:49 6. Guilty 06:01 7. Crossing ways 05:34 8. Unworthy 05:52 9. Another walk 05:41 10. I'm not safe 06:04 11. Something 05:16----------------- Total playing time 01:00:42David - Vocals/Keyboards Stéphane - Guitars Benoît - Bass Cyril - DrumsFrance (Angoulême, Poitou-Charentes) Progressive Metal
1. Anvil of Crom 06:13 2. Sons of Fenris 06:05 3. Flowing 03:50 4. Mirror Mind 05:35 5. The Thought (Which Could Not Be Set Down in Words) 09:00 6. Little Ease 05:21--------------- Total playing time 36:04Michael Tegge - Vocals Claas Solbrig - Guitar Thomas Heitmann - Guitar Alexander Wieczorek - Bass Holger Brust - Drums Germany (Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony) Progressive/Power Metal
1. The Frantic Factor 03:26 2. Too Proud to Fight 04:23 3. We Are the Storm 03:51 4. "Four" 04:25 5. East of Eden 04:09 6. Change the Border 06:20 7. Insanity Defense 06:22 8. The Dying Race 03:45----------------- Total playing time 36:41Leszek Szpigiel - Vocals (Wolf Spider, Non Iron, Scanner, Duke (Deu), Mekong Delta) Bernd Kost - Guitars (Sodom) Jochen Kalpein - Guitars Frank "Banx" Bankowski - Bass (Angel Dust (Deu), CounterClockwise, Monestery Brew) Bobby Schottkowski - Drums (Sodom, Tom Angelripper, Randalica)Germany (Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia) Power Metal
1. Reach For The Sky 03:12 2. Runnin' 02:23 3. Eye In Time 03:57 4. You 03:24 5. Every Time 03:58 6. Double Life 03:15 7. Nobody Knows 03:00 8. Spiritual War 05:56 9. The March 03:25 10. Begin The Night 03:45-------------------- Total playing time 36:19Daran Dickman - Vocals Robert Leicht - Guitar, Vocals Michael Ray Morgan - Bass, Vocals James Leicht - DrumsUnited States of America (Tacoma, Washington) Progressive/Power Metal
1. Emotion 05:05 2. Sacrifice - Le Poète 05:45 3. Lies 03:59 4. Retour 01:51 5. Sister Love 06:15 6. L'Acte 00:40 7. Wait 03:28 8. Le Dernier Survivant 01:23--------------------- Total playing time 28:26Vincent Renevey - Vocals, Guitar (Inlandsis, Intimes, Alter Ego, Anonymes, Marine, L'Hippocampe) Philippe Roméro - Guitar François "Momo" Morlot - Bass Nicolas "Roulo" Mignotte - Drums France (Talant, Burgundy) Progressive/Power Metal
1. Don't Wait 03:51 2. Runaway 04:37 3. Only Human 03:48 4. He is Lord 04:25 5. The Lord Sees 04:11 6. Eyes of Love 03:25 7. Judgement Day 03:26 8. Gates of Heaven 03:35 9. I Give you my Life 04:05 10. Take a Stand 04:28 11. Vices 06:18------------- Total playing time 46:25Brad Lundstrom - Vocals Les Rouse - Guitar Jay Curatolo - Bass Joe Siegel - Drums United States of America (La Crosse, Wisconsin) Progressive/Power Metal
1. Modern Prophet 04:11 2. Dirty Secrets 03:343. Soul Inside Of Me 05:08 4. The Creator 03:13 5. Indian Summer 03:34 6. Odyssey 06:30--------------Total playing time 26:12Leon Ozug - Vocals Timothy Becker - Keyboards Matthew Howenstein - Guitars Richard Miller - DrumsBryan Kowalski - Bass United States of America (New York City, New York) Progressive Metal
1. Inside 00:35 2. Journey's End 05:10 3. Voice Of Doubt 05:15 4. My Pyramid 05:32 5. Lost My Faith 05:20 6. Walls Insight 06:19 7. From The End 01:47 8. Sentiment Turn 05:05 9. Resign 03:38 10. The Appearance Of The Spoil-Sport 06:42 11. ...To The Beginning 11:31 12. Outside 03:50------------------ Total playing time 01:00:47Roman Biewer - Vocals, Guitar Sascha Wilmes - Guitar Dirk Engelbert - Bass Tom Diener - Drums (Lalu, Tomorrow's Eve, Eyes of Eden, Feetless Hands) Germany (Saarlouis, Saarland) Progressive Metal
1. The way is the end 08:10 2. Falling in depression 05:11 3. In´s true mental 01:33 4. Cannot find a way 07:04 5. Down 07:12 6. Realusion 07:45 7. Money addiction 05:05 8. The unexpected sunset 02:23 9. Crestfallen 05:44 10. Desiderium / Mental solitude 07:26 11. 8.5. 04:11------------------ Total playing time 01:01:44Roman Biewer - Vocals, Guitar Sascha Wilmes - GuitarChristian Jost - Keyboards Joe Reitz - Bass Thomas Merschmann - Drums Germany (Saarlouis, Saarland) Progressive Metal
1. Turn Away 05:05 2. Spirits Rising 09:57 3. The Fool 09:42 4. The Blackman Song 07:38 5. No Reason 05:04 6. Mindraped 08:36 7. Tears From The Sky 05:41 8. Time Will Tell 06:37 9. G.O.D. 01:00 10. The Edge 10:35----------------- Total playing time 01:09:57They changed their name to Stygma IV and re-released the albumRitchie Krenmaier - Vocals (Surrender (Aut)) Guido Maier - Guitar, Keyboards, Programming (U8, Flood of Ages, Crimson Cult) Alexander "Ali" Hilzensauer - 6 String Bass (Samorra, Crimson Cult) Herb Greisberger - Drums Austria (Salzburg, Salzburg) Melodic Power Metal
1. Monday Morning In The Air 01:20 2. Big Heat 04:02 3. Behind The Gates Of Avalon 05:23 4. The Dirge 01:26 5. Tears Of The Sky 05:21 6. Take Me With You 04:52 7. Wild Thing 03:18 8. Shake It Up 04:02 9. Open Your Heart 04:53 10. The Friend 01:03 11. Little Devil 04:13 12. Sometimes It Hurts 03:37--------------------------Total playing time 42:56Ritchie Krenmaier - Vocals (Surrender (Aut)) Guido Maier - Guitar, Keyboards, Programming (U8, Flood of Ages, Crimson Cult) Alexander "Ali" Hilzensauer - 6 String Bass (Samorra, Crimson Cult) Herb Greisberger - DrumsAustria (Salzburg, Salzburg) Melodic Power Metal
1. Never Bite the Hand that Feeds 04:19 2. Innocently Introverted 05:24 3. Flowing Thoughts 04:17 4. The Cage 05:27 5. Aircastles Decay 04:12 6. Environmental Funeral 07:28 7. The Night that Lasts a Thousand Years 06:04 8. All Blind 03:50 9. Iceflower 07:16 10. Improving Yourself 03:40 11. Final Way 10:26-------------------- Total playing time 01:02:23Axel Schott - Vocals (1992-1994) (Sudden Darkness, Crematory (Deu) (Session)) Roger Dequis - Guitar (1992-1994) (Ripping Entrails, Sudden Darkness, Viron) Guido Holzmann - Bass (1992-1994) (Sudden Darkness, Giants Causeway, Century, Burnsafe, Zero Dawn, Anodyne-29) Andreas "Neudi" Neuderth - Drums (1992-1994) (Ripping Entrails, Sudden Darkness, Viron, Excess, Seduction) Germany (Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate) Progressive/Thrash Metal
1. More than a man 07:08 2. Towards the unknown 05:23 3. Falling 04:12 4. Dream hunter 04:05 5. My last words 05:53 6. The sign of the hawk 03:11 7. The endless struggle 03:26 8. The wizard's cave 05:10 9. The veil 03:58 10. Lucid storm 04:50 11. The words you hear 04:17--------------------------Total playing time 51:33Gianluigi Girardi - Vocals (Event Horizon, Soul Takers, Winter Mist)Constantin Terzago - Piano and Keyboards, Backing Vocals (Legacy (Ita)) Massimo La Russa - Electric and Accoustic Guitars, Bass, Keyboards and Backing Vocals (Legacy (Ita)) Ivano Gruarin - Electric, Acoustic and Classical Guitars, Backing Vocals Massimiliano Lo Bue (Max Buell) - Drums and Percussion (Legacy (Ita)) Italy (Turin, Piedmont) Progressive/Power Metal
1. Heaven's Call 06:42 2. For Freedom 06:07 3. Voices and Signs 04:55 4. Who Am I? 07:12 5. The Fire of Temptation 04:01 6. Dove 05:36 7. Memories 09:25 8. Salvation 04:44 9. Gates of Firmament 04:56 10. Veiled Secrets 08:39-----------------------Total playing time 01:02:17Rafael Gubert - Vocals (Paulo Barros, The Supremacy, Divisível Por Três)Marcos De Ros - Guitar (De Ros) Fábio Alves - Bass (De Ros) Éder Bergozza - Keyboards Mauricio Meinert - DrumsBrazil (Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul) Symphonic Progressive Metal
1. A Conflict of Interest 04:37 2. The Judgement 05:57 3. Psychosynchronicity 06:25 4. My Horizon 05:50 5. The Silent Guns of Love 06:43 6. A Shadow of Doubt 06:18 7. 1968 Disease 06:04 8. Machevelian Perspective 05:33 9. Faith on Fire 05:18 10. The End of All Days 08:25-----------------------Total playing time 01:01:10Tony Mills - Vocals (Siam, Dokken, TNT (Nor), Shy, Cinderella) Lasse Dale - Guitar Tommy Granli - Bass Karl G. Birkely - Keyboards (Winterstrain) Kristoffer Øyen - Drums Norway (Troms) Progressive Metal
1. Intro 00:572. Empty Vision 05:59 3. Time To Pay 05:17 4. Never Thought 05:24 5. Here I Am 06:06 6. Dirty Game 05:27 7. Loosing My Soul 05:53 8. I Cannot Wait 05:53------------------- Total playing time 42:54Marián"Mayo" Petranin - Vocals Petr Voháňka - Guitars Zdeněk Imramovský - Bass Martin Voděra - DrumsCzech Republic (Dobøíš) Progressive Metal
1. Entering The Scene 02:54 2. Teartown 09:30 3. Disobedience 05:27 4. Silent Retriever 05:33 5. Cincinnati Road 10:59 6. Caught In The Spotlight 05:47 7. Final Curtain 05:46 8. The Red Line 07:44 9. A New Days Rising 18:44-------------------------Total playing time 01:12:24Vocals : Christian Heise Guitars : Heiko Holler Bass : Hans Strenge Drums : Jan Keimer Keyboards : Björn Tiemann (Kingdom Come) Germany (Hamburg) Melodic/Progressive Metal
1. Holy Bell 07:45 2. Among the Elements 14:22 3. Angels 04:54 4. Life 05:23 5. I Need an Answer 06:15 6. Visions End 06:00 7. I Can't Follow 05:03 8. Avalon 04:22--------------Total playing time 54:04Vocals - Karl-René Jobig Guitars - Heiko Holler Bass - Sören Hückel Keys - Björn Tieman Drums - Jan KeimerGermany (Hamburg) Melodic/Progressive Metal
1. Welcome to My World 02:26 2. With These Words 06:15 3. My Best to Be... 07:14 4. A Toast to Mankind 07:33 5. As Winter Falls 08:32 6. The Calm Before the Storm (Instrumental) 06:30 7. In the End 20:15 8. Only a Dream 06:00 9. Rooms of Anguish 10:57------------------------Total playing time 01:15:42Chris Salinas - Vocals (Zero Hour, Z-LOT-Z) David Gallegos - Guitar (Fiarro) Chris Herring - Bass (Dreamstate (USA)) Derron Bell - Drums United States of America (San Antonio, Texas) Progressive Metal
1. Inner Voices 01:14 2. Alone I Stand 05:27 3. Word on a Line 09:314. The Fall 12:04 5. The Quest 01:03 6. The Naked Mind 08:18 7. Time 10:19 8. Test of Wills 19:55 9. Tears of the Wind 04:32------------------------ Total playing time 01:12:23Chris Salinas - Vocals (Zero Hour, Z-LOT-Z) David Gallegos - Guitar (Fiarro)Matt Williamson - BassAlex Arellano - Drums United States of America (San Antonio, Texas) Progressive Metal
1. Against The Masses 15:192. Solace In My Winter 08:00 3. The Fallacy 09:50 4. The Continuum Theory 08:36 5. Masquerade 14:44 6. My Heart`s Desire 06:59 7. Empty Shell 15:49----------------------Total playing time 1:19:17David Condren - Guitars, Lead Vocals Courtney Heath - Bass, Keyboards, Violin Raymond Chambers - Drums, Percussion, Backing VocalsUnited States of America (Marlow, Oklahoma) Progressive Metal/Rock
1. Overture: Adam's Theme 03:03 2. Story Of Pain 04:19 3. No Tears 05:02 4. The Tempter 04:29 5. The Healing: Part I 05:33 6. Streets Of Violence 05:12 7. The Healing: Part II 06:09 8. Temple Of Doom 05:03 9. The Mass 04:22 10. The Ritual 05:39 11. Twilight Zone 05:36 12. Walking On Fire 05:30--------------------- Total playing time 59:57Jens "Petri" Schmikale - Vocals (Main Machine) Jens Legler - Guitars Ronald "Ron" Losch - Bass Ekkehard "Ekky" Meister - Keyboards Thoralf Schulze - Guitar (Grain of Sand) Henry "Ralle" Weihrauch - Drums (Grain of Sand, Main Machine)Germany (Burgstäd, Saxony)Progressive/Power Metal
1. Never Dying Hero (N.D.H.) 07:40 2. No Fixed Address 05:09 3. Until the End of Time 07:20 4. Live Fast 04:52 5. Wings of Destiny 05:53 6. Character of Society 05:59 7. The Other Side 05:01 8. Queen of Seduction 05:57 9. Solitary Soldier 06:49 10. Long Way to the Night 04:20----------------------Total playing time 59:00Gunter - Vocals and keyboards Flecke - Guitars Joe F. Winter - Guitars and backing vocals Ron - Bass and backing vocals Wolf - DrumsGermany (Burgstäd, Saxony)Progressive/Power Metal
1. Intro 01:11 2. Out of Control 06:48 3. Borderline 04:47 4. Hear The Voices 05:18 5. Run For Your Life 03:50 6. Angel Fly 08:32 7. Pain 06:04 8. Like a Story 04:23 9. Destiny 07:17 10. One Step Closer 04:49---------------------- Total playing time 52:59Dietmar Bundschuh - Vocals (Fifth Cross) Ralph Kanzleiter - Guitars Roberto D'Amico - Bass (Defending the Faith, Sanction-X) Thorsten Herrmann - Keyboards Norman Weimer - Drums (Fifth Cross) Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Melodic Power Metal
1. Singh Hai 04:02 2. V for Vulgarians 05:10 3. Cult 05:07 4. Il Organizatione 05:28 5. Six Sec Sex 04:22 6. Whether With or Without 02:44 7. Eternal Sleep 05:08 8. K.A.O.S. 04:56 9. Bid Farewell to Welfare 03:11 10. Who to Trust? 03:05 11. This Barren Life 04:35 12. 365 Reasons to Commit Suicide 04:16 13. E.W.S. 06:55-----------------Total playing time 58:59Jonas Dahlstrom - Vocals (Desert Plains) Andy LaRocque - Guitars (King Diamond, X-World/5, Death, E.F. Band, Gutrix as guest) Sharlee D'Angelo - Bass (Spiritual Beggars, Arch Enemy, Sinergy, Witchery (Swe), Dismember (Swe), Mercyful Fate, Facelift) Snowy Shaw - Drums (Dream Evil, Notre Dame, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Memento Mori (Swe), Cans, Therion (Swe), XXX, Eyes Of Noctum)SwedenTechnical Progressive/Thrash Metal
1. Exist 07:40 2. Laughing Alone 05:59 3. Questions 04:01 4. Confession 06:19 5. Distance 04:09 6. HalfManHalfBiscuit 03:14 7. Pi 03:09 8. Ask Nothing of Me 05:00 9. Ergo Sum 11:1010. Untitled (Instrumental) 06:31------------------Total playing time 57:16Aaron Bell - Guitar, Vocals Doug Beary - Drums Dave Lindeman - BassUnited States of America (Portland, Oregon) Progressive/Technical Metal
1. Tree Of Life 06:43 2. Meeting With The Unbelivable 08:07 3. Land Of Lights 06:24 4. The Secret 01:26 5. Another Existence 05:24 6. Inner Fire 07:57 7. Inferno 04:08 8. Someone Must Take The Blame 06:06 9. Forgive Me My Foolish Crime 05:25 10. Why? 01:51 11. Bleeding Moon 05:16 12. Plummeting Into Eternity 08:55------------------------------Total playing time 01:07:42Zoltán Kiss - Vocals (Belfegor (Hun), Wisdom (Hun)) Zoltán Fabián - Guitar, Backing Vocals (Wellington (Hun), Jericho) Gábor Krecsmarik - Bass, Backing Vocals (Empire (Hun), Belfegor (Hun), Classica) László Nagy - Drums (Kalapács, Sámán) Gyórgy Nagy - Keyboards (Wellington (Hun), Jericho, Dreyelands) Hungary (Székesfehérvár) Progressive Metal