Axel Rudi Pell - Black Moon Pyramid (1996) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff Scott Soto - Lead Vocals Axel Rudi Pell - Guitars, Lead Vocals on "Hey Joe" Volker Krawczak - Bass Julie Greaux - Keyboards Jorg Michael - Drums Choir Vocals by Soto and Greaux. Peavy Wagner - Bass on "Gettin' Dangerous". Christian Wolff - Additional Keyboards. Martin Hesselbach - Percussion on "Aquarius Dance". Produced by Pell and Ulrich Posselt. Recorded and Mixed at Ra.Sh. Studio, Gelsenkirchen, October 1995 - January 1996 by Ulli Posselt. Assistant Engineer: Thomas Erkelenz. Cover Artwork by Marc Klinnert (Atelier Oxmox, Cologne). Photos by Michael Bussmann. Additional Photos by Anybody Who Was Around. CD Artwork Designed by EM Design, Dortmund. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Return Of The Pharaoh (Intro) (Pell) 1:47 2) Gettin' Dangerous (Pell / Soto) 4:27 3) Fool Fool (Pell) 5:19 4) Hole In The Sky (Pell / Soto) 4:54 5) Touch The Rainbow (Pell) 6:29 6) Sphinx' Revenge (Pell) 3:36 7) You And I (Pell) 4:20 8) Silent Angel (Pell) 5:16 9) Black Moon Pyramid (Pell) 9:54 10) Serenade Of Darkness (Opus # 1, Adagio Con Agresso) (Pell) 4:13 11) Visions In The Night (Pell / Soto) 4:01 12) Aqua Solution (Pell) 0:57 13) Aquarius Dance (Pell / Pell, Soto) 4:17 14) Silent Angel (Guitar Version) (Pell) 4:09 15) Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) 6:48 - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Return Of The Pharaoh (Intro) (Pell) 1:47 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Gettin' Dangerous (Pell / Soto) 4:27 Take what u want, it's all what u need Well, that was a thing of the past Yours 4 the killing & all the next day But U know all good things never last And the evils U once saw as joy Have finally caught up 2 U Other misfortunes are lessons we've learned It's high time we know what 2 do... Chorus: It's gettin' dangerous The world's going under as we fall It's gettin' dangerous It's time 2 decide when our fate calls Y does the rain cry on our souls While bloodshed takes over the streets? Y does the night decide not 2 end While 2morrow is now what we need Do you remember a simpler time When dreamers could follow their dreams? It's so plain 2 see that we've drifted so far It's not how it once used to be... Chorus It's gettin' dangerous The further we go now the deeper we fall It's gettin' dangerous If you don't give a damn the world causes to return It's gettin' dangerous The further we go now the deeper we fall It's gettin' dangerous If you don't give a damn the world causes to return, yeah yeah It's gettin' dangerous It's so dangerous It's so dangerous Go Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Fool Fool (Pell) 5:19 Just a dream or a trick of illusion Hiding back from a nightmare Endless circles, so how could I know Is it true or should I care Fantasy is the name of the game Brings you passion and pain Moving pictures runnin' fast and slow Gonna drive you insane Chorus 1: What about tomorrow When the dreams become reality The nights full of sorrow A game between you and me Chorus 2: Fool fool Don't wait for an answer Fool fool The devil is a dancer Chorus 2 Goin' round through a tunnel of hate Endless fear and disaster Scary dreams from the other side From the soul of the master Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 2 The nights full of sorrow A game between you and me Chorus 1 & 2 Fool fool - fool fool Don't wait for an answer - don't wait for an answer Fool fool - fool fool The devil is a dancer, is a dancer Fool fool - fool fool, yeah Don't wait for an answer - don't wait for an answer Fool fool - fool fool, yeah The devil is a dancer, dancer, dancer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Hole In The Sky (Pell / Soto) 4:54 Deep in the night, the silent screaming is calling out 2 u Disaster is heading your way, you dust don't know. How could we see the crimson spiral would penetrate the blue The heavens above present an afterglow. Chorus 1: Now how could we all take Take 4 granted the great beyond? How will we survive, oh, how will we all carry on? Chorus 2: Hole in the sky, don't trust your shadow Hole in the sky, it's only fantasy Hole in the sky, there's nowhere left 2 go Hole in the sky, no chance 4 u & me Go Factory waste dissolves in the air Blue skies are turnin' black, The burn in your eyes are reflections of what is 2 come Some just don't know, but most just don't care Until it is all just 2 late The ozone is crying 4 mercy from everyone Chorus 1 & 2 Give it up Chorus 2 Hole in the sky, no hope 4 2morrow Hole in the sky, it's only fantasy, yeah Now it's all in your mind A hole in the sky And its burning arise... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Touch The Rainbow (Pell) 6:29 From down bellow you can see the mountain Raging high to the cloud-burst to the sky Wind blows cold through your mind and your soul Can't break free from the fear that's surrounding me Oh yeah Chorus 1: Wanna love you baby All night long Wanna hold you baby So strong Lose control, lose your soul And try to touch the Rainbow Lose your soul and get out of your mind Lose control, lose your soul And try to touch the Rainbow Lose your soul and get out of your mind And touch the Rainbow Time goes by as we passed the raindrops Fire and snow, such a long long way to go Movin' on in a world of shame Don't know why but the sandman said Goodbye Oh yeah Chorus 1 Chorus 2: Lose control, lose your soul And try to touch the Rainbow Lose your soul and get out of your mind Lose control, lose your soul And try to touch the Rainbow Lose your soul and get out of your mind Chorus 2 Lose control, lose your soul And try to touch the Rainbow Lose control, yeah Lose your mind, yeah yeah Touch the Rainbow Lose your mind, And touch the Rainbow Yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Sphinx' Revenge (Pell) 3:36 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) You And I (Pell) 4:20 A thousand miles away and a thousand years ago There was a place still to remember. They lived in fear, saw shadows on the wall "Kill the King", they screamed with agony Chorus: We lived in danger, all of you and I Don't talk to strangers in the dead of the night We lived in danger, all of you and I Don't talk to strangers in the dead of the night, yeah We saw the face of the queen that shined so bright Her poisoned glory makes you deaf and blind Some could escape from the reign of rolling heads Some would imagine, that they'll be better off dead Chorus (2) C'mon We lived in danger, all of you and I Don't talk to strangers in the dead of the night We lived in danger, all of you and I Don't talk to strangers in the dead of the night, yeah yeah Lived in danger you and I Ow wow, in the dead of the night Don't talk to strangers, no no It will only bring you danger, yeah yeah All of you and I (2) All of you and I, yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Silent Angel (Pell) 5:16 Rainy days, cold nights to remember Who will I find to stay forever A life without you, no dream will come true Won't be fooled just, just like a pretender Chorus 1: A whisper in the garden of Eden Like a sound of Love an' peace on Earth Chorus 2: Silent angel - I wanna hold you Silent angel - in my fantasy Silent angel - Let me love you Silent angel - Please stay with me All alone, with a heart of stone Candlelight never burns so bright How can it be, that between you and me Is no way out, out of misery Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 1 Silent angel - I wanna hold you Silent angel - in my fantasy, yeah yeah Silent angel - Let me love you Silent angel - Please stay with me, yeah yeah Silent angel - I wanna hold you, hold you, hold you baby Silent angel - Let me love you, love you, love you, love you baby Silent angel - You're my fantasy, my fantasy, yeah yeah Silent angel - Please stay with me, yeah yeah Silent angel - Yeah yeah yeah Silent angel - You're my silent angel, silent angel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Black Moon Pyramid (Pell) 9:54 They came out of nowhere From the land of broken souls To build up a tower With their flesh and their bones They sailed across the seven seas To break the seal of slavery From beyond they heard the thunder From the ship that is went under the sea The moon was shinin' bright With the darkened purple light To spread the wings of wonder We had to find some place to hide Shadows in the darkness From a light down in the black (black, black) We're dealing with danger Will we ever be comin' back ... again Chorus: Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, we ran through the fire Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, to touch the flames Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, we ran through the fire Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, to the Black Moon Pyramid Silent screams and nasty souls Filled the air with danger How can we escape from here Without the pain and anger We crossed the dying fields of war Lost in the world of the evil scores To get out of insanity We went through the temple of ... eternity Chorus (2) We sailed across the seven seas To break the seal of insanity, oh hoo hooh We're slaves to the king, slaves to the king Of the Black Moon Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, we ran through the fire Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, to touch the flames Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, we ran through the fire Ooh ho ho hooh ho ho Hooh ho ho hooh, to the Black Moon Pyramid We sailed away, sailed away, to eternity, yeah yeah We were lost in the world, lost in the world, of misery We crossed the field, crossed the field, crossed the field of the prince of darkness The moon was shinin' bright With his darkened purple light To the Pyramid of the Black Moon We heard from the danger, of the land of the stranger You better be aware, better be aware, yeah So don't trust the shadow, no, don't trust the shadow of the Black Moon Pyramid The Black Moon Pyramid, yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah Black Moon Pyramid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Serenade Of Darkness (Opus # 1, Adagio Con Agresso) (Pell) 4:13 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Visions In The Night (Pell / Soto) 4:01 Are u laughing, are u crying Do you know who u are? If you're living then y are u dyin' Your soul is sadly left & scarred Slowly turning, u try 2 leave Before the dawn, u gotta see... Chorus: ...See the visions in the night Future's brighter there 4 u See the visions in the night If you're looking 4 the truth Are u wonderin', are u searching 4 the meaning of your life? Are u waiting, now are u fighting every day? Time just seems 2 pass u by Empty lies & agony Before tomorrow, u gotta see... Chorus Chorus See the visions in the night See the visions in the night, visions, visions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) Aqua Solution (Pell) 0:57 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13) Aquarius Dance (Pell / Pell, Soto) 4:17 Silence of the night and a moon that shines so bright Scary moments are fading away All life, no real future in sight But I'm on my way Yes I am Burning fever runnin' through my veins Like screaming horses who will have no chance In the Aquarius dance Mm yeah Breaking of the day and a sun that leads the way A new horizon's here to stay All 2gather we can see the other side Well I'm on my way Oh yes I am Burning fever runnin' through my veins Like screaming horses who will have no chance In the Aquarius dance Aquarius dance Guitar All life, no real future in sight But I'm on my way Yes I am Burning fever runnin' through my veins Like screaming horses who will have no chance In the Aquarius dance (2) Well, burning fever runnin' through my veins Like screaming horses who will have no chance In the Aquarius dance No yeah In the Aquarius dance Yeah No real future was in sight 2gather we could see the other side Silent moon that fades away New horizons here 2 stay Hear it Burning fever runnin' through my veins Like screaming horses who will have no chance In the Aquarius dance (4) There's no living ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14) Silent Angel (Guitar Version) (Pell) 4:09 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15) Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) 6:48 - Japanese bonus track Hey Joe Where're you goin' with that gun of your hand Hey Joe I said ... where're you goin' with that gun in your hand, oh I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man And that ain't cool Hey Joe I heard you shot your mamma down You shot her down Hey Joe I heard you shot your lady down You shot her down in the ground Yes, I did, I shot her You know I caught her messin' round messin' round town Yes I did, I shot her You know I caught my old lady ... messin' 'round town And I gave her the gun And I shot her Hey Joe Where're you gonna run to now where you gonna go Hey Joe I said ... where're you gonna run to now where you gonna go I'm goin' way down south Way down to Mexico way Alright I'm goin' way down south Way down where I can be free Ain't no one gonna find me Ain't no hang-man gonna He ain't gonna put a rope around me You better believe it right now Hey Joe You better run on down Here you go now Goodbye everybody ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Axel Rudi Pell plays Fender Stratocaster and custom built ESP Guitars. Jeff Scott Soto uses Shure Mics. Jorg Michael plays Tama Drums, Meinl Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks. Volker Krawczak and Julie Greaux are playing on this album and are using their instruments.