Celebrate - The Night of the Warlock
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Celebrate - The Night of the Warlock is an EP
by German female hard rock
singer Doro Pesch
, released in 2008 through AFM Records
. The EP preceded of a few months the album Fear No Evil
and includes three versions of the song "Celebrate". In the single version of the song the chorus is provided by a group of Doro fans, while the other two contain in the chorus the vocal performances of Saxon
's frontman Biff Byford
and of many female heavy metal
singers. The song itself is a new collaboration of Doro with the old Warlock
producer Joey Balin and is meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Doro's career.
The EP reached position No. 75 in the German single chart.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by German female hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
singer Doro Pesch
Doro (musician)
Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
, released in 2008 through AFM Records
AFM Records
AFM-Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator....
. The EP preceded of a few months the album Fear No Evil
Fear No Evil (Doro album)
Fear No Evil is the eleventh studio album of the German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch. It was released worldwide in 2009 by AFM Records....
and includes three versions of the song "Celebrate". In the single version of the song the chorus is provided by a group of Doro fans, while the other two contain in the chorus the vocal performances of Saxon
Saxon (band)
Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...
's frontman Biff Byford
Biff Byford
Peter Rodney "Biff" Byford is an English rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Saxon. Byford formed Son of a Bitch with guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill in 1976...
and of many female heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
singers. The song itself is a new collaboration of Doro with the old Warlock
Warlock (band)
Warlock was a German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982. The band gained some commercial success in the mid 1980s. By the end of the decade, singer Doro Pesch was the sole original member who remained in the band, and thus proceeded to form Doro, a band that was essentially a continuation of...
producer Joey Balin and is meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Doro's career.
The EP reached position No. 75 in the German single chart.
Track listing
- "Celebrate" (single version) (Doro PeschDoro (musician)Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
, Joey Balin) - 4:56 - "Celebrate" (feat. Biff Byford) - 4:56
- "Celebrate" (Full Metal Female version) - 4:56
- "The Night of the Warlock" (single version) (D. Pesch, Chris Lietz) - 5:14
- "Rescue Me" (D. Pesch, Jean BeauvoirJean BeauvoirJean Beauvoir is an American singer bassist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.Beauvoir was born in Chicago to parents of Haitian background. He played drums as a child and switched to bass as a teenager. He was Gary U.S. Bonds's musical director at age 13; following this he sang in the doo wop...
) - 3:50
Band members
- Doro PeschDoro (musician)Dorothee Pesch , popularly known as Doro Pesch or Doro, is a female rock vocalist, formerly of the German heavy metal band Warlock ....
- vocals, producer - Nick Douglas - bass
- Joe Taylor - guitars
- Johnny Dee - drums
- Oliver PalotaiOliver PalotaiOliver Palotai is a heavy metal musician.-Career:He made his name playing keyboards and guitar for Doro and keyboards for Circle II Circle before joining Blaze Bayley's BLAZE as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004...
- keyboards, guitars - Luca PrinciottaLuca PrinciottaLuca Princiotta, born July 12, 1982 in Como, is an Italian guitarist. He began his career playing in the thrash metal band Deathector between 1996 and 1998, before joining the Iron Maiden tribute band The Clairvoyants. His most prominent role to date has been in BLAZE as a replacement for their...
- keyboards, guitars
Additional musicians
- Biff ByfordBiff ByfordPeter Rodney "Biff" Byford is an English rock singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Saxon. Byford formed Son of a Bitch with guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill in 1976...
- backing vocals on track 2 - Sabina ClassenSabina ClassenSabina Classen is a German thrash metal singer, most known as lead vocalist of Holy Moses and Temple of the Absurd.- Biography :...
, Floor JansenFloor JansenFloor Jansen is a Dutch singer, who was the lead singer of the symphonic metal band After Forever which disbanded in 2009, and is the current singer for ReVamp.-After Forever:...
, Angela GossowAngela GossowAngela Nathalie Gossow is the lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. Her previous bands include Asmodina and Mistress. She is considered to be one of the few successful female metal singers to use growling as her primary singing style...
, Veronica FreemanVeronica FreemanVeronica Freeman in San Diego is the lead vocalist of the American heavy metal band Benedictum. Her most recent album with Benedictum is Dominion released through Frontiers Records in 2011- Biography :...
, Liv KristineLiv KristineLiv Kristine Espenæs Krull , better known as Liv Kristine, is the former vocalist for the band Theatre of Tragedy and current vocalist for the band Leaves' Eyes.- Career :...
, Ji-In ChoJi-In ChoJi-In Cho is a German heavy metal singer of Korean descent. She has been the lead vocalist and pianist of the power metal band Krypteria since December 2004.-Biography:Ji-In Cho discovered her passion for music as a child...
, Liv Jagrell, GirlschoolGirlschoolGirlschool are a British heavy metal band originating out of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene in 1978 and frequently associated with contemporaries Motörhead. They are the longest running all-female rock band, still active after more than 30 years...
- backing vocals on track 3 - Andreas Bruhn - guitars, bass, producer, engineer, mixing
- Chris Lietz - guitar, keyboards, engineer, mixing, mastering
- Torsten Sickert - keyboards, guitars, bass, programming, producer, engineer, mixing
- Klaus Vanscheidt - guitar, backing vocals
- Christoph Siemons - guitar, backing vocals
- Bernd Aufermann - guitar
- Lukas Dylong, Dirk Schoppen - backing vocals