Heart Healer (album)
Heart Healer | |
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Studio album by Heart Healer | |
Released | 12 March 2021 |
Length | 63:48[1] |
Label | Frontiers Records |
Heart Healer (full title: Heart Healer: the Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson) is the first studio album by metal opera project Heart Healer, formed by Swedish multi-instrumentalist Magnus Karlsson, released on 12 March 2021 via Frontiers Records.[2][3][4]
The invited singers are (, Sascha Paeth's Masters of Ceremony, Avantasia, Winds of Plague), (, ), (), Ailyn (Her Chariot Awaits, ex-Sirenia), (Battle Beast), Margarita Monet (Edge of Paradise) and Anette Olzon (The Dark Element, ex-Nightwish).[2][3][4]
The album's plot follows the title character (performed by Cowan) after she wakes up with no memory and with the ability to heal people with the touch of her bare hands, though that comes at the gradual cost of her own strength. As the story progresses, she meets people wiling to help her, use her powers or hunt her.[2][3]
The album has been released on CD, color vinyl and digital formats.[3] On 25 January 2021, a video for "Into the Unknown" was released.[2][3]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Vocalist(s)[2][3] | Length |
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1. | "Awake" | 7:41 | |
2. | "Come out of the Shadows" | , , Margarita Monet | 6:05 |
3. | "Who Can Stand All Alone" | Anette Olzon, Cowan | 5:59 |
4. | "Back to Life" | Monet, Cowan, Ailyn Gimenez | 5:37 |
5. | "Into the Unknown" | 7:21 | |
6. | "When the Fire Burns Out" | Laurenne, Jreissati, Gimenez | 5:14 |
7. | "Evil's Around the Corner" | Louhimo, Cowan | 5:19 |
8. | "Mesmerized" | Olzon | 5:17 |
9. | "Weaker" | Cowan | 6:40 |
10. | "This is Not the End" | Cowan, Gimenez, Jreissati, Laurenne, Louhimo, Monet, Olzon | 6:35 |
Total length: | 63:48[1] |
Charts[]
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] | 47 |
Personnel[]
Per source[3]
- Magnus Karlsson - guitar, bass, keyboards
- - drums
- - cello
- - violin
Vocalists
- Ailyn Gimenez
- Margarita Monet
- Anette Olzon
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson". Amazon Music. Amazon. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "MAGNUS KARLSSON's HEART HEALER To Release Debut Album In March; "Into The Unknown" Video Feat. NOORA LOUHIMO + "Meet The Singers" Videos". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Petro, Larry (27 January 2021). "MAGNUS KARLSSON Announces New Project HEART HEALER, An Epic Metal Opera". KNAC. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bauer, Simon (16 December 2020). "PRIMAL FEAR - Gitarrist Magnus Karlsson veröffentlicht Debüt-Album mit Heart Healer im März". Rock Hard (in German). Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Musical / Magnus Karlsson – Heart Healer". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- 2021 albums
- Rock operas
- Frontiers Records albums