Strings to a Web

Studio album by Rage

Released

5 February 2010

Recorded

Twilight Hall Studios, Grefrath, Germany, August-September 2009

Genre

Power metal, progressive metal, thrash metal, symphonic metal

Length

54:47

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Victor Smolski, Charlie Bauerfeind

Rage chronology

Carved in Stone
(2008)

Strings to a Web
(2010)

21
(2012)

Singles from Strings to a Web

"Into the Light" / "Purified"
Released: January 15th, 2010

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Jukebox:Metal	^[2]
Lords of Metal	(81/100)^[3]
Sputnikmusic	^[4]

Strings to a Web is the 19th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in Europe on February 5 2009 through Nuclear Blast Records. The American and Japanese editions of the album were released in a special two-disc set, which included a DVD with live performances and videos.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks by Victor Smolski and Peter Wagner, excepte where indicated

"The Edge of Darkness" - 4:30
"Hunter and Prey" - 4:31
"Into the Light" - 4:22
"The Beggar's Last Dime" - 5:40

Empty Hollow - 16:16

"Empty Hollow" - 6:20
"Strings to a Web" (Smolski) - 3:54
"Fatal Grace" (Smolski) - 1:20
"Connected" - 2:54
"Empty Hollow (Reprise)" - 1:48

"Saviour of the Dead" - 5:44
"Hellgirl" - 4:11
"Purified" (Wagner) - 3:46
"Through Ages" - 2:06
"Tomorrow Never Comes" - 3:41

Bonus DVD track listing

Live at Wacken Open Air 2009

"Carved in Stone"
"Higher than the Sky"
"Set This World on Fire" (featuring Hansi Kürsch)
"All I Want" (featuring Hansi Kürsch)
"Invisible Horizons" (featuring Hansi Kürsch)
"Lord of the Flies" (featuring Jen Majura)
"From the Cradle to the Grave" (featuring Jen Majura)
"Prayers of Steel" (featuring Schmier)
"Suicide" (featuring Schmier)
"Down" (featuring Schmier)
"Soundchaser"

Live at the Masters of Rock 2009

"Set This World on Fire"
"All I Want"

Live in Sofia 2009

"Carved in Stone"

Rage Race 2009

"Never Give Up"

Personnel

Band members

Peter "Peavy" Wagner - vocals, bass
Victor Smolski - guitars, keyboards, cello, producer, mixing, mastering, orchestral arrangements
André Hilgers - drums

Additional musicians

Lingua Mortis Orchestra
Hansi Kürsch, Jen Majura, Thomas Hackmann - backing vocals
Samantha Pearl Hilgers - vocal screams on "Hellgirl"

Production

Charlie Bauerfeind - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Thomas geiger - additional digital editing

References

↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage Strings to a Web review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
↑ "Rage - Strings to a Web". Jukebox:Metal.
↑ Roks, Sjak. "Rage - Strings to a Web". Lords of Metal webzine. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
↑ "Rage Strings to a Web". Sputnikmusic. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
↑ "RAGE Guitarist Victor Smolski Checks In". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 2011-10-01.

Rage

Peter "Peavy" Wagner Marcos Rodriguez Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos Alf Meyerratken Thomas Grüning Jochen Schröder Jörg Michael Rudi Graf Manni Schmidt Chris Efthimiadis Ulli Cohler Spiros Efthimiadis Sven Fischer Christian Wolff Victor Smolski Mike Terrana André Hilgers

Studio albums	Prayers of Steel (as "Avenger", 1985) Reign of Fear (1986) Execution Guaranteed (1987) Perfect Man (1988) Secrets in a Weird World (1989) Reflections of a Shadow (1990) Trapped! (1992) The Missing Link (1993) 10 Years in Rage (1994) Black in Mind (1995) Lingua Mortis (1996) End of All Days (1996) XIII (1998) Ghosts (1999) Welcome to the Other Side (2001) Unity (2002) Soundchaser (2003) Speak of the Dead (2006) Carved in Stone (2008) Strings to a Web (2010) 21 (2012) LMO (2013) (with Lingua Mortis Orchestra) The Devil Strikes Again (2016)

EP	Depraved to Black (as "Avenger", 1985) Extended Power (1991) Beyond the Wall (1992) Refuge (Japan) (1994) Higher than the Sky (Japan) (1996) Live from the Vault (Japan) (1997) In Vain "Rage in Acoustic" (1998) "Gib Dich Nie Auf / Never Give Up" (2009) My Way (2016)

Live albums	Power of Metal (1993) From the Cradle to the Stage (2004) Full Moon in St. Petersburg (2007) Live in Tokyo (2012)

Compilation albums	The Best from the Noise Years (1998) Best of – All G.U.N. Years (2001) All G.U.N. Bonustracks (2002) The Soundchaser Archives (2014)

Box sets	The Lingua Mortis Trilogy (The Classic Collection) (2002) The Refuge Years (2016)

Singles	"Invisible Horizons" "Refuge" "The Crawling Chaos" "Higher than the Sky" "From the Cradle to the Grave" "In Vain" "Full Moon" "No Fear" "Gib Dich Nie Auf" / "Never Give Up" "Into the Light" / "Purified" "Cleansed by Fire"

Other songs	"Prayers of Steel" "Don't Fear the Winter" "Solitary Man" "Enough is Enough" "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" "Alive but Dead" "Down" "War of Worlds" "Sounchaser" "Falling from Grace" "Suite Lingua Mortis" "Twenty One"

Video releasses	The Video Link (1994) Metal Meets Classic Live (2001) From the Cradle to the Stage (2004) Full Moon in St. Petersburg (2007) Live at Wacken '09 (2009) Live at Rock Hard Festival/70000 Tons of Metal (2013)

Related articles	Lingua Mortis Orchestra Refuge Axel Rudi Pell Grave Digger Masterplan Mekong Delta Bassinvaders Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Into the Light A Tribute to Judas Priest: Legends of Metal A Tribute to the Beast A Tribute to the Four Horsemen

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