Rage of Creation
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Rage of Creation is a 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...

 album by Rob Rock
Rob Rock
Robert Rock is a heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Impellitteri from 1992 to 2000, and now in 2008. He has also released four albums as a solo artist.-Biography:...

. It is his first album as a solo artist and was released on July 26, 2000 in Japan with 12 tracks. It was not released outside of Japan until four months later on November 27, 2000 however with a missing track(only 11 tracks). This album led to Rob Rock's departure from the band Impellitteri
Impellitteri
Impellitteri is a heavy metal band from USA formed and led by guitarist Chris Impellitteri. Since inception, the band has released numerous albums to critical praise, mainly due to Chris Impellitteri's speed/shred style of playing....

 when guitarist Chris Impellitteri
Chris Impellitteri
Chris Impellitteri is the lead guitarist and founder of the heavy metal band Impellitteri. In 2008 Guitarworld Magazine officially named Chris Impellitteri as one of the Fastest Guitarists of all time...

 first heard the album. He felt that the album would compete with Impellitteri for fans and asked Rob to choose between the band and his solo career. The album title is intended to be an acronym for "R.O.C.K." but Rob was unable to find a suitable word that began with "K". The album features production and guitar work by famed metal producer Roy Z
Roy Z
Roy Z is a guitarist, songwriter and producer known for his work with Bruce Dickinson , Rob Halford and Judas Priest. He also is the founder of Tribe of Gypsies, a hard rock band with Latin influences.-Biography:...

. Also making a special guest appearance is former Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...

 guitarist Jake E. Lee
Jake E. Lee
Jakey Lou Williams , commonly known as Jake E. Lee, is an American guitarist best known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne in the mid-1980s and later in his own band Badlands.- Musical education :...

. The song "Eagle" is a cover that was originally performed by the Swedish
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 group ABBA
ABBA
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.

Track listing

  1. "In the Beginning" (1:32)
  2. "The Sun Will Rise Again" (3:34)
  3. "One Way Out" (3:26)
  4. "Judgment Day" (6:30)
  5. "Streets of Madness" (4:31)
  6. "Eagle" (6:23) ABBA cover
  7. "All I Need" (3:34)
  8. "Media Machine" (4:17)
  9. "In the Night" (5:16)
  10. "Never Too Late" (3:39)
  11. "Forever" (5:47)

Credits

  • Rob Rock
    Rob Rock
    Robert Rock is a heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Impellitteri from 1992 to 2000, and now in 2008. He has also released four albums as a solo artist.-Biography:...

     - lead and backing vocals
  • Roy Z
    Roy Z
    Roy Z is a guitarist, songwriter and producer known for his work with Bruce Dickinson , Rob Halford and Judas Priest. He also is the founder of Tribe of Gypsies, a hard rock band with Latin influences.-Biography:...

     - guitar, bass and keyboards
  • Reynold "Butch" Carlsson - drums
  • Gregory Analla - backing vocals
  • Ray Burke - bass on "All I Need", "In the Night", and "Never Too Late"
  • Jake E. Lee
    Jake E. Lee
    Jakey Lou Williams , commonly known as Jake E. Lee, is an American guitarist best known for playing with Ozzy Osbourne in the mid-1980s and later in his own band Badlands.- Musical education :...

    - lead guitar on "All I Need" and "Media Machine"
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