21 (Rage album)

21
21
Studio album by Rage
Released	24 February 2012
Recorded	at Twilight Hall Studio
Genre	Power metal, heavy metal, thrash metal
Length	58:06
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Charlie Bauerfeind, Victor Smolski
Rage chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Peek from the Pit	^[1]
Metal-Temple	^[2]
Metal Underground	^[3]

21 is the 20th studio album by German heavy metal band Rage released on 24 February 2012 through Nuclear Blast Records.^[4] The production was once again helmed by Charlie Bauerfeind;^[5] he had worked with the band for at least 10 years at that point.^[4]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"House Wins" (Introduction)		Victor Smolski	1:30
2.	"Twenty One"	Peter "Peavy" Wagner	Smolski	6:16
3.	"Forever Dead"	Wagner	Smolski	6:20
4.	"Feel My Pain"	Wagner	Smolski	5:40
5.	"Serial Killer"	Wagner	Smolski, Wagner	5:45
6.	"Psycho Terror"	Wagner	André Hilgers, Smolski	6:57
7.	"Destiny"	Wagner	Smolski, Wagner	5:15
8.	"Death Romantic"	Wagner	Smolski, Wagner	5:59
9.	"Black and White"	Wagner	Smolski, Wagner	5:19
10.	"Concrete Wall"	Wagner	Smolski, Wagner	3:50
11.	"Eternally"	Wagner	Smolski	5:10
Total length:				58:06

Enhanced Part
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rage Race 2011 Video" ("The Beggar's Last Dime" from Strings to a Web)	6:34

Bonus CD - Live in Tokyo[]

Recorded live at Shibuya O-East, Tokyo, 15–16 April 2010.

*Live in Tokyo*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening"	1:16
2.	"The Edge of Darkness"	5:15
3.	"Hunter and Prey"	5:45
4.	"Into the Light"	5:42
5.	"Drop Dead!"	5:30
6.	"Empty Hollow I: Empty Hollow"	8:58
7.	"Light Into the Darkness"	5:03
8.	"Higher than the Sky"	6:20
9.	"War of Worlds"	8:19
10.	"Carved in Stone"	4:37
11.	"Soundchaser"	5:49
12.	"Down"	7:45
Total length:		70:21

Personnel[]

Band members[]

Additional musicians[]

Hacky Hackmann - backing vocals

Production[]

Charlie Bauerfeind - Producer, engineering, mixing, mastering
Victor Smolski - Producer, mixing, mastering
Heather Smith - Engineering
Thomas Geiger - Additional digital editing
Felipe Machado Franco - Cover art, Layout
Pia Kintrup - Photography

References[]

^ "Peek from the Pit review".
^ "21 Review at Metal-Temple". 17 February 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^ "21 CD Review at Metal Underground". 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "RAGE: '21' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". Blabbermouth. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "RAGE: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

[1] "Peek from the Pit review".

[2] "21 Review at Metal-Temple". 17 February 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

[3] "21 CD Review at Metal Underground". 6 March 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

[FirstWeek-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "RAGE: '21' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". Blabbermouth. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[5] "RAGE: New Album Artwork, Release Date Revealed". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

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