Superheroes, released in 2005

2005 in music

-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

, is an EP

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

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 band Edguy

Edguy

-Demos, AFM years :Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate epithet for Mr. Edgar Siedschlag, their math teacher at the time. In 1994, the band released two demos, Evil Minded and Children of...

. Michael Kiske

Michael Kiske

Michael Kiske is a singer best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween, from 1986 to 1993. From 1996 up to 2009, Kiske recorded four solo albums, participated on various metal and rock related projects, while he also performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist...

 of Helloween

Helloween

Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...

 has a guest appearance. On this EP, the band has moved away from the sound they had developed on their previous album Hellfire Club

Hellfire Club (album)

Hellfire Club, released April 6, 2004, is the sixth album by German power metal band Edguy. The music of the band is supported by a German orchestra, the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg....

. The songs on Superheroes are much less akin to the band's native style of power metal, but tends towards the direction of hard rock

Hard rock

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. The EP also contains an epic track, "Judas at the Opera," that is somewhat reminiscent to Tobias Sammet's project Avantasia

Avantasia

Avantasia is a heavy metal project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist and frontman of the band Edguy. The project's title is a portmanteau of the words "avalon" and "fantasia" and describes "a world beyond human imagination"...

. The epic version of "Superheroes" is a slower version of the song with only orchestral backdrop and Tobias Sammet's singing, thus giving it a more balladesque and operatic feel. The song "The Spirit" is covered from Magnum

Magnum (band)

Magnum are a British progressive rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin , Bob Catley , Kex Gorin and Bob Doyle in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club Birmingham...

.

Track listing

1. "Superheroes" - 3:19
2. "Spooks in The Attic" - 4:03
3. "Blessing in Disguise" - 4:17
4. "Judas at the Opera" (feat. Michael Kiske) - 7:21
5. "The Spirit" (Magnum
   Magnum (band)
   Magnum are a British progressive rock band from Birmingham, England. Formed as a four piece by Tony Clarkin , Bob Catley , Kex Gorin and Bob Doyle in order to appear as the resident band at The Rum Runner night club Birmingham...
   
    cover) - 3:50
6. "Superheroes (Epic Version)" - 3:09

Personnel

• Tobias Sammet
  Tobias Sammet
  Tobias Sammet is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina...
  
   - Lead vocals
• Tobias 'Eggi' Exxel
  Tobias Exxel
  Tobias "Eggi" Exxel, born February 27 1973, is the current bass player for the power metal band Edguy. Tobias was hired by Edguy in 1998 when vocalist Tobias Sammet, who had played bass since the band's formation in 1992, decided the band should have someone who could focus on playing the...
  
   - Bass
• Jens Ludwig
  Jens Ludwig
  Jens Ludwig is the lead guitarist and co-founderof the German power metal band Edguy. Jens has played nearly all the band's lead parts and guitar solos since their inception and is the only member of the current line-up other than Tobias Sammet to have any songwriting credits...
  
   - Lead Guitar
• Dirk Sauer - Rhythm Guitar
• Felix Bohnke
  Felix Bohnke
  Felix Bohnke, born 2 September 1974, is the current drummer for the power metal band Edguy. He joined the band just before they recorded the Theater of Salvation album in 1998....
  
   - Drums
• Michael Kiske
  Michael Kiske
  Michael Kiske is a singer best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween, from 1986 to 1993. From 1996 up to 2009, Kiske recorded four solo albums, participated on various metal and rock related projects, while he also performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist...
  
  - Vocals on "Judas At The Opera"