Beyond Abilities is the second studio album from progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Warmen

Warmen

Warmen is a Finnish metal band assembled by keyboard player Janne Viljami Wirman - also known as Warman. Janne has been playing with Children of Bodom since 1997, and on the year of 2000 created a musical project focused on instrumental work, which would only have guest singers on a few selected...

. Beyond Abilities includes more tracks with vocals than its predecessor Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier (album)

Unknown Soldier is the first studio album from progressive metal band Warmen, released in February 2000.-Track listing:# "Introduction" – 0:51# "The Evil That Warmen Do" – 4:12 # "Devil's Mistress" – 5:52...

. The CDs name and title track, as well as the track Salieri Strikes Back come from the movie Amadeus

Amadeus (film)

Amadeus is a 1984 period drama film directed by Miloš Forman and written by Peter Shaffer. Adapted from Shaffer's stage play Amadeus, the story is based loosely on the lives of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri, two composers who lived in Vienna, Austria, during the latter half of the...

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Track listing

1. "Beyond Abilities" – 3:27 (Janne Warman, Antti Warman)
2. "Spark" (feat. Timo Kotipelto
   Timo Kotipelto
   Timo Antero Kotipelto is the vocalist of the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius and is the creator and vocalist of the power metal band Kotipelto...
   
   ) – 4:31 (J. Warman, Kotipelto, Marty Willson-Piper)
3. "Hidden" (feat. Kimberly Goss
   Kimberly Goss
   Kimberly Goss is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish band Sinergy.-Early life:She was born in Los Angeles to a Korean father and a German-American mother, who was a jazz singer...
   
   ) – 3:27 (Roy Buchanan, Goss, J. Warman, A. Warman)
4. "Trip To..." – 3:07 (J. Warman)
5. "Dawn" (feat. Pasi Nykänen) – 4:05 (Nykänen, Lauri Porra, J. Warman)
6. "Singer's Chance" (feat. Timo Kotipelto
   Timo Kotipelto
   Timo Antero Kotipelto is the vocalist of the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius and is the creator and vocalist of the power metal band Kotipelto...
   
   ) – 5:03 (Kotipelto, J. Warman)
7. "Alone
   Alone (Heart song)
   -Céline Dion version:Céline Dion covered "Alone" for her 2007 album Taking Chances. It was released as the second single in Europe and North America, and third in the United Kingdom...
   
   " (feat. Kimberly Goss
   Kimberly Goss
   Kimberly Goss is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish band Sinergy.-Early life:She was born in Los Angeles to a Korean father and a German-American mother, who was a jazz singer...
   
   ) (Heart cover) – 3:46 (Billy Steinberg
   Billy Steinberg
   William Endfield "Billy" Steinberg is an American songwriter. He has achieved most of his success as part of a song writing team, most notably with Tom Kelly. He has also co-written several hit songs with Rick Nowels.-Biography:...
   
   , Tom Kelly
   Tom Kelly (musician)
   Thomas F. Kelly is an American musician, best known for his songwriting partnership with Billy Steinberg. Steinberg and Kelly co-wrote numerous hit songs for popular music artists, including five number-one singles on the Billboard Top 100 chart in the 1980s....
   
   )
8. "Confessions" – 2:46 (Porra, J. Warman)
9. "Salieri Strikes Back" – 5:17 (Porra, J. Warman)
10. "War of Worlds" – 3:47 (J. Warman)
11. "Finale" – 6:33 (Traditional, arr. J. Warman)
12. "Dead Reflection" (feat. Kimberly Goss
    Kimberly Goss
    Kimberly Goss is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish band Sinergy.-Early life:She was born in Los Angeles to a Korean father and a German-American mother, who was a jazz singer...
    
     & Maija Salo)
13. "E.W.O. Suite No.1" (Japan
    Japan
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    ese bonus track
    Bonus track
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    )

Album Notes

Confessions is a piano

Piano

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 solo, but uses quotes

Quotation

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from the movie Amadeus.
The track Beyond Abilities also uses a quote from that movie, "A young man trying to impress beyond his abilities. Too much spice, too, um... too many notes."

Personnel

• Timo Kotipelto, Kimberly Goss, Pasi Nykänen: All Vocals
• Janne Warman: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Piano
• Mikko Karmila: Grand Piano
• Antti Warman, Sami Virtanen: Guitars
• Lauri Porra: Bass
• Mirka Rantanen: Drums, Percussion

Production

• Arranged & Produced By Janne Warmen
• Recorded & Engineered By Janne Warman, Mikko Karmila & Sami Virtanen
• Mixed By Mikko Karmila
• Mastered By Mika Jussila

External links

• "Beyond Abilities" at discogs