Soundchaser

Soundchaser
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by Rage
Released	7 October 2003
Recorded	April–May 2003
Studio	VPS Studios, Hamm, Germany
Genre	Power metal, heavy metal
Length	53:20
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Rage, Charlie Bauerfeind
Rage chronology
Unity (2002) Soundchaser (2003) Speak of the Dead (2006)

Soundchaser is the 17th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 2003 by SPV/Steamhammer.

This is a concept album featuring a science fiction/horror story about the Soundchaser, Rage's mascot. A biomechanoid creature, crafted by the elders to serve as a sentinel, it has turned into a monster, attacking anything that issues a sound.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Orgy of Destruction"		Mike Terrana, Victor Smolski	1:26
2.	"War of Worlds"	Peavy Wagner	Smolski	6:07
3.	"Great Old Ones"	Wagner	Wagner	4:03
4.	"Soundchaser"	Wagner	Smolski	5:37
5.	"Defenders of the Ancient Life"	Wagner	Wagner	4:05
6.	"Secrets in a Weird World"	Wagner	Smolski	5:28
7.	"Flesh and Blood"	Wagner	Smolski	5:13
8.	"Human Metal"	Wagner	Smolski	5:27
9.	"See You in Heaven or Hell"	Wagner	Wagner	4:00
10.	"Falling from Grace, Pt. 1: Wake the Nightmares"	Wagner	Wagner	4:59
11.	"Falling from Grace, Pt. 2: Death Is on Its Way"	Wagner	Wagner	6:55
Total length:				53:20

Limited edition digi-pack bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"French Bourrée"	Wagner	Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Smolski	4:11

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"Fugue No. 5 in D major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II)" (Instrumental)	Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Smolski	3:18

Personnel

Band members

• Peavy Wagner - vocals, bass guitar
• Victor Smolski - guitars, piano, keyboards, sitar, orchestral arrangements
• Mike Terrana - drums

Additional musicians

• Andi Deris - vocals on "Wake the Nightmares"
• Thomas Hackmann - backing vocals

Production

• Charlie Bauerfeind - producer, mixing, mastering
• Ingo 'Charly' Czajkowski - engineer
• Jan Rubach - additional digital editing