End of All Days [IMPORT]

Rage

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 9, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00000736G
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #689,712 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Under Control

2. Higher Than the Sky

3. Deep in the Blackest Hole

4. End of All Days

5. Visions

6. Desperation

7. Voice from the Vault

8. Let the Night Begin

9. Fortress

10. Frozen Fire

11. Talking to the Dead

12. Face Behind the Mask

13. Silent Victory

14. Fading Hours

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Personal Favorite, February 20, 2004

By	Metal Lover "anciententity" (Davis, California United States) - See all my reviews

This is probably my favorite RAGE album. It has the heaviness (and almost dark/death-metal-like feel) that was hinted at with Black in Mind, along with slightly more deep and agressive vocals from Peavey. As I mentioned in another review, his voice is truly like another instrument, and not just an accompaniment.

The songwriting on this album is awesome, and much more consistent than other Rage albums, which inevitably had some filler or lesser songs. In fact, this album has an incredible number of songs-- all good to say the least. And the best ones are truly RAGE high points.

This would be a perfect album if it contained a few more of the RAGE classics like SENT BY THE DEVIL, SUICIDE, LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS, among others. However, the album would then be way over the 80 minute maximum.

Some highlights from this album in my book are DESPERATION, HIGHER THAN THE SKY, END OF ALL DAYS, heck even the lone ballad FADING HOURS is probably the best they've ever written.

GREAT buy, and I think a wonderful introduction to this influential and important band to metal.

5.0 out of 5 stars A bit simpler, a lot greater, February 8, 2008

By	Nikiforos V. Skoumas (Athens Greece, Cambridge UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: End of All Days (Audio CD)

"Rage" is a German heavy-power-thrash band that emerged during the early 80s led by bassist-vocalist-composer Peavey Wagner. Besides "Helloween", "Rage" is perhaps the sole band that can claim to be, if not the father, the co founder of Power Metal. Still, they are rarely recognized as such mainly because their sound was never 100% typical power metal, rather integrated with thrash, heavy and progressive elements.
"End of all days", originally released in 1995, is the most straightforward approach the band ever took musically: Simple song structures (Riff, main body, bridge, and chorus) while the lyrics are surprisingly concentrated on the exploration of common emotions, particularly love. Although this album stands out as the black sheep of the "Rage" family (due to approach), when one leaves aside stereotypes, can as well enjoy a great record. The guitar riffs (Spiros Efthimiadis) are inspired and stimulating, delivering a somewhat dark- erotic atmosphere while the drumming (Chris Efthimiadis) is sustained in such way that delivers a deep, satisfactory sound. Finally Wagner's vocals are emotional and straight to the point. By all means a great album; even when listening to the album for the first time you might get the feeling that songs such as "The end of all Days", have chart quality and could as well become metal hits, (potentially at least).

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa!, December 18, 1999

By A Customer

Where did this come from? The songs on this Album are unlike anything you've ever heard - song after song of beautiful, haunting, and potent metal which seems to have been inspired in another world. The Netherworld? The Vault? 'Voice from the Vault' is a total chiller. 'Fortress' is someplace you don't want to go. Whew! This Rage masterpiece resides in its own catagory.