The Savage Poetry, released in 2000

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, is a re-recording of the album Savage Poetry , originally launched in 1995 as a demo by German

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 power metal

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 Edguy

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-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...

. The album was originally self-produced and released initially as a demo

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 before the band were signed by AFM. The re-recorded tracks are also slightly re-arranged. Some version of the album also features the original recording as a bonus disc.

Track listing

All lyrics by Tobias Sammet. All music by Tobias Sammet except where noted.

1. "Hallowed" - 6:14
2. "Misguiding Your Life" - 4:04
3. "Key to My Fate" - 4:34
4. "Sands of Time" - 4:39
5. "Sacred Hell" - 5:37
6. "Eyes of the Tyrant" - 10:00
7. "Frozen Candle" - 7:15 (music: Sammet/Ludwig)
8. "Roses to No One" - 5:42
9. "Power and Majesty" - 4:53 (music: Sammet/Ludwig)

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 and Keyboards
• 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 and Dominik Storch (1995 Version)

With:

• Ralf Zdiarstek - Additional Choir Vocals
• Markus Schmitt - Additional Choir Vocals
• Frank Tischer - Piano on "Sands of Time"