Welcome to the Show (album)

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Welcome to the Show

Studio album by

Evil Masquerade

Released

2004

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

45:16

Label

Dark Minstrel Music

Evil Masquerade chronology

Welcome to the Show
(2004)

Theatrical Madness
(2005)

Welcome to the Show is the debut studio album by the Danish heavy metal band Evil Masquerade. It almost immediately received worldwide recognition and made the charts in Japan at number 8.^[1]

Track listing

"Intro (Ride of the Valkyries/Grand Opening)" – 1:42
"Welcome to the Show" – 3:10
"The Wind Will Rise" – 4:53
"Oh Harlequin" – 5:05
"Surprises in the Dark" – 5:35
"But You Were Smiling..." – 4:05
"Children of the Light" – 4:19
"Lucy the Evil" – 6:09
"Badinerie" – 1:36
"Deliver Us" – 5:17
"Evil Masquerade" – 4:07

The Japanese version of the album contains the bonus track:
Kimi ga Yo (君が代).

Personnel

Evil Masquerade

Henrik Flyman – guitar, vocals
Henrik Brockmann – lead vocals
Dennis Buhl – drums
Kasper Gram – bass

Additional musicians

Mats Olausson – keyboard
André Andersen – keyboard
Richard Andersson – keyboard
Lars Boutrup – keyboard
Ex Københavns Drengekor – choir
Sanna Thor – laughter
Anders Juhl Nielsen – trumpet
Katja Handberg – pizzo violin
Monika Pedersen – vocals
Tommy Hansen – moog & bongo

Additional personnel

Written, composed, arranged and produced by Henrik Flyman.

First part of "Intro" is a newly arranged version of Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, "Badinerie" origins from the Orchestral Suite (BWV 1067) No. 2 in B minor for flute and strings by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Deliver Us" by Göran Jacobsson/Henrik Flyman.

Recorded by Henrik Flyman at Digital Bitch, drums recorded by Peter Brander and Henrik Flyman at Media Sound.
Mixed by Steen Mogensen at Media Sound.
Mastered by Andy Horn at Famous Kitchen.
Paintings by Katja Handberg
Photos by Thomas Trane
Artwork by Gunbarrel Offensive Design
Originally released by Marquee/Avalon. Re-released by Dark Minstrel Music

References

^ "Evil Masquerade | Dark Minstrel Music". darkminstrelmusic.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-20.

External links

Welcome to the Show at AllMusic

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Henrik Flyman Tobias Jansson Dennis Buhl Thor Jeppesen Artur Meinild Apollo Papathanasio Daniel Flores Johan Niemann Kasper Gram Henrik Brockmann
Studio albums	Welcome to the Show Theatrical Madness Third Act The Outcast Hall of Fame

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