Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Alchemy (1999)++ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Boals - Lead Vocals Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Bass on "Legion Of The Damned" and "Deamon Dance (7,405,926)", Spoken Words on "Voodoo Nights" and "God Is God", Backing Vocals Barry Dunaway - Bass, Backing Vocals Mats Olausson - Keyboards, Backing Vocals John Macaluso - Drums Produced by Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Recorded and Mixed at Studio 308, Miami, Florida. Drums Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida. Mixed by Tom Fletcher with Yngwie Malmsteen. Art Direction and Design by Ioannis and Alan Chappell for Vivid Images Worldwide. All Artwork by Ioannis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Blitzkrieg (Malmsteen) 4:13 2) Leonardo (Malmsteen) 7:35 3) Playing With Fire (Malmsteen) 6:15 4) Stand (The) (Malmsteen) 5:04 5) Wield My Sword (Malmsteen) 6:12 6) Blue (Malmsteen) 4:10 7) Legion Of The Damned (Malmsteen) 5:50 8) Deamon Dance (7,405,926) (Malmsteen) 5:24 9) Hangar 18, Area 51 (Malmsteen) 4:43 10) Voodoo Nights (Malmsteen) 7:30 11) I - Asylum (Malmsteen) 4:06 12) II - Sky Euphoria (Malmsteen) 3:16 13) III - Quantum Leap (Malmsteen) 3:56 14) God Is God (Malmsteen) 3:12 - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Blitzkrieg (Malmsteen) 4:13 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Leonardo (Malmsteen) 7:35 Chorus 1: Ab antiquo Ab integro Audi vide Tace si vis vivere in pace Chorus 1 Why cannot man ... also fly We're chained down to the earth Not like birds ... in the sky Soaring from birth Devices of destruction, devices of death Find out their construction Give them life, give them breath Chorus 2: Which God may I thank Making art from a canvas blank Paintings from the Holy Book Depicting Christ and the chance he took Ooh ooh, tell me When will you ever learn ... the true depths of my work Future is my concern You know art is my church Gaze inside the quest of man ... and find a new machine I learn everything I can Dig it up, cut it clean Always tried my very best ... to find what lies within Put myself to the test Judge me not, it's not a sin Chorus 2 When will you ever learn ... the true depths of my work Future is my concern You know art is my church When I'm dead and I'm gone ... will you remember me? I've seen beyond the sun ... reinventing machines Chorus 1 (2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Playing With Fire (Malmsteen) 6:15 As the pendulum ... of time Smoke is clearing in the aftermath Finally know the truth, the crime We're the authors of the epitaph Chorus 1: Playing with fire You'll get burned Flames grow higher You'll never learn Chorus 2: Playing with fire Fire Playing with fire Aah Playing with fire Architects of war still rule Turning white souls into black Do they really think we're fools In the end we will pay them back Chorus 1 & 2 Chorus 1 (2) & 2 Fire ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Stand (The) (Malmsteen) 5:04 It all began with an experiment that failed Meant for the enemy, unleashed on us Everything that was on course has been derailed We're all caught in the rush Holding the poison within This battle no one wins No Stand The stand Plague came down on us ... like a ton of bricks Generals spilled their bag of tricks Like an avalanche roaring over you Now there's nothing left to do No one left to burn Captain Trips has taken all No Chorus: Stand The stand Try to understand The stand Chorus The stand (4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Wield My Sword (Malmsteen) 6:12 Crusade after crusade Defending the faith and the Holy Light I come to your aid Fear not my fair maiden, fear not I'm set to attack No deamons or dragons will hold me back There's strength in my sword Fall into my arms and I'll bring you back When the cold wind starts to blow ... into battle I shall go Any tower I will climb I can fight you folded blind Chorus: I would die for my king and my land But I must die with my sword in my hand Raise my cup in honour of the Lord Gives the power I need to wield my sword So much stronger than you No power, no God cannot heed you You're my sacrifice You know in the end you must pay the price You are my Prey I am the slayer, the predator You'll never grow old No armour or sword will save your soul Clash of lance, clash of shield In the end you must yield You're a ghost inside my head I will see you good and dead Chorus Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Blue (Malmsteen) 4:10 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Legion Of The Damned (Malmsteen) 5:50 Legion of the damned (2) Deprived of our lives, pushed into war Our fearless leader lies, he's rotten to the core As per instruction ... march through no man's land Machines of destruction, combat hand to hand Chorus 1: Marching over frozen water, soon reaching the front Into the merciless slaughter ... on the human hunt Chorus 2: Battling the enemy that we don't know We're strangers in a strange land Losing it all we are sinking so low We're the legion of the damned Legion of the damned (2) Soldier without faith, fight fire with fire Don't know why we hate, so we'll die trying This is madness without end, are we men or fools There's no honour to defend, we obey insane rules Mortars blowing us to pieces, hell is breaking loose Minds all sick full of diseased, no one sees the truth Marching over frozen water, soon reaching the front Into the merciless slaughter ... on the human hunt Chorus 2 Legion of the damned (5) Legion of the damned (4) When it's said and done, there'll be no victory They're blocking out the sun, all that's left is misery Chorus 1 Chorus 2 (2) Legion of the damned (6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Deamon Dance (7,405,926) (Malmsteen) 5:24 Welcome to the masquerade The ultimate feast The party that never fades Darkness unleashed Chorus 1: As the earth is turning ... there's no more romance As the souls are burning ... deamons will dance Chorus 2: Seven million four hundred five thousand nine ... hundred and twenty-six Deamons will do their dance Cannot escape Holdong a crucifix Deamon dance They've all been part of this ... for thousands of years Granting the wizards wish Obey out of fear Unholy rites ... leave nothing to chance In the dead of night ... do the deamons dance Chorus 2 (2) Deamon dance Deamon dance No, no, no Deamon dance Centuries ago Unholy sacrifice Rivers of blood did flow Deamons arise Chorus 1 & 2 Deamon dance No, no, no Deamon dance Aah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Hangar 18, Area 51 (Malmsteen) 4:43 Beams of light ... up in the sky Malfunctioned machinery, lost in time Don't understand, I'm wondering why How can this happen, it's so out of line Strangers among us from beyond the stars Whatever you know keep your silence Unearthly ones from galaxies afar There will be violence Chorus 1: They know something that we don't know What cannot be seen they'll never show Hangar 18, Area 51 Hangar 18 For me to recall, they hypnotize It's all part of investigations They say that I ... just fantasize Just try to explain mutilations Chorus 1 Chorus 2: We're victims of grand illusion Now we're lost in mass confusion Hangar 18, Area 51 Hangar 18 Hangar 18 Chorus 1 & 2 Hangar 18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Voodoo Nights (Malmsteen) 7:30 (Spoken): Worshipping the serpent, raising the dead The wizard's spell ... is ringing in my head Ha ha ha ha ha ha Once upon a time and so very far away... In a place that you can't find, better kneel and prey Sacrifice of blood, macabre human feast Faces in the mud, slayed by the beast Worshipping the dark, playing with the dead Grinning like a shark, deamon in your head The dead shall rise again ... and walk upon the earth Wizard's words ring true, death will bring rebirth Chorus: Eternal lies in the serpents eyes Voodoo spirits walk alive Macabre sights in the voodoo night Wings of death'll hunt you down Ooh oh You know too much Just a little touch ... of the forbidden knowledge Casting evil spells, we're children of the grave The serpent's raising hell, turn masters into slaves Sitting on his throne in temples of doom His evil powers grown in eternal gloom If you see the truth, the deamon is unveiled Leave behind the fools ... and all of those who've failed They will never learn, no matter how they try Forever they will burn, already dead they cannot die Chorus Ooh oh You know too much Just a little touch ... of the forbidden knowledge Of the forbidden knowledge (Spoken): Casting evil spells, we're children of the grave Serpents in the depths of hell ... turn masters into slaves Ha ha ha ha ha ha Obeying all the rules won't get you anywhere Obeying is for fools, and fools are everywhere They will never learn, no matter how they try Forever they will burn, already dead they'll never die Never fool yourself, the magic is too strong Praying for your life, you're dead before too long When it's said and done ... the dead will walk the earth When there's no more sun, life, it has no worth Chorus (Spoken): If you see the truth, the deamon is unveiled Leave behind the fools ... and all of those who've failed... Sitting on his throne in temples of doom His evil powers grown in ... eternal ... gloom... Never fool yourself, the magic is too strong Praying for your life, you're dead ... before ... too ... long Yes indeed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) I - Asylum (Malmsteen) 4:06 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) II - Sky Euphoria (Malmsteen) 3:16 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13) III - Quantum Leap (Malmsteen) 3:56 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14) God Is God (Malmsteen) 3:12 - Japanese bonus track Instrumental with unknown spoken words ------------------------------------------------------------------------