Fear No Evil (Doro album)
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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
.
The album was produced and engineered by usual collaborators Andreas Bruhn, Chris Lietz and Tosten Sickert and reflects a strong celebrative mood. In fact, both titles like "Night of the Warlock", "Celebrate", "25 Years" and the new collaboration with the old Warlock
American producer Joey Balin were meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first LP released by Doro, Burning the Witches
in 1984. Moreover, on 13 December 2008, a big celebrative concert with dozens of guests was held in Doro’s native city of Düsseldorf
featuring also some of the musicians who had participated in the making of this album, featuring Tarja Turunen
(former singer of Nightwish
), who performed a duet with Doro on "Walking with the Angels", Saxon singer Biff Byford
who sang on the single "Celebrate" and many female metal singers that Doro had befriended during her many tours.
The album was re-released in 2010 in an Ultimate Collector’s Edition triple CD issue, comprising the EPs Celebrate - The Night of the Warlock
and Herzblut
.
Fear No Evil reached position No. 11 in the German Longplay chart.
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 ....
. It was released worldwide in 2009 by 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 album was produced and engineered by usual collaborators Andreas Bruhn, Chris Lietz and Tosten Sickert and reflects a strong celebrative mood. In fact, both titles like "Night of the Warlock", "Celebrate", "25 Years" and the new collaboration 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...
American producer Joey Balin were meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first LP released by Doro, Burning the Witches
Burning the Witches
Burning the Witches is the self-produced debut album by German heavy metal band, Warlock. It was originally released by Mausoleum Records, but was re-released by Vertigo Records, which went on to release all future Warlock albums.- Track listing :...
in 1984. Moreover, on 13 December 2008, a big celebrative concert with dozens of guests was held in Doro’s native city of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
featuring also some of the musicians who had participated in the making of this album, featuring Tarja Turunen
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....
(former singer of Nightwish
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...
), who performed a duet with Doro on "Walking with the Angels", Saxon singer 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...
who sang on the single "Celebrate" and many female metal singers that Doro had befriended during her many tours.
The album was re-released in 2010 in an Ultimate Collector’s Edition triple CD issue, comprising the EPs Celebrate - The Night of the Warlock
Celebrate - The Night of the Warlock
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"...
and Herzblut
Herzblut
Herzblut is an EP by German female hard rock singer Doro Pesch, released in 2009 through AFM Records. The EP contains five version of the power ballad "Herzblut", also sung in French, Spanish and Portuguese. The EP was issued a few weeks before the album Fear No Evil in 2009.The EP reched position No...
.
Fear No Evil reached position No. 11 in the German Longplay chart.
Track listing
- "The Night of the Warlock" (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 ....
, Chris Lietz) - 5:43 - "Running from the Devil" (D. Pesch, Andreas Bruhn) - 3:36
- "Celebrate" (D. Pesch, Joey Balin) - 4:54
- "Caught in a Battle" (D. Pesch, A. Bruhn) - 3:09
- "Herzblut" (D. Pesch, A. Bruhn) - 4:39
- "On the Run" (D. Pesch, C. Lietz) - 4:41
- "Walking with the Angels" (D. Pesch, J. Balin) - 4:54
- "I Lay My Head upon My Sword" (D. Pesch) - 3:36
- "It Kills Me" (D. Pesch, A. Bruhn) - 4:28
- "Long Lost for Love" (D. Pesch, Joe Taylor) - 3:26
- "25 Years" (D. Pesch, A. Bruhn) - 4:47
Limited edition bonus tracks
- "Wildfire" (D. Pesch, A. Bruhn) - 4:15
- "You Won My Love" (Nick Douglas, D. Pesch) - 4:13
- "Herzblut" video clip
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
- Tarja TurunenTarja TurunenTarja Soile Susanna Turunen Cabuli is a Finnish singer-songwriter and composer. She is a full lyric soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves....
- vocals on "Walking with the Angels" - 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
- Dennis Kreuger - guitar
- Lukas Dylong, Ingulf Brammer, Dirk Schoppen - backing vocals
Production
- Rudy Kronenberger, Dan Malsch, Jarred Cannon - engineers
- Kai Blankenberg - mastering