Back to Times of Splendor explained

Back to Times of Splendor
Type:	studio
Artist:	Disillusion
Cover:	Back to Times of Splendor.jpg
Released:	April 6, 2004
Recorded:	May–November, 2003 - Salvation Recording, Leipzig
Genre:	Progressive metal Melodic death metal
Length:	56:47
Label:	Metal Blade Records
Producer:	Vurtox
Prev Title:	The Porter
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Gloria
Next Year:	2006

Back to Times of Splendor is the full-length debut album by the German band Disillusion. It contains a concept-based story, written by Vurtox (Andy Schmidt); with each song dividing the story into separate conjoined sections (or chapters). The album received critical acclaim upon release and is considered by many to be a modern metal classic.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Disillusion.

Personnel

Disillusion

• Vurtox (Andy Schmidt) − vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements
• Rajk Barthel − guitar
• Jens Maluschka − drums

Additional musicians

• Thomas Bremer − piano on "... And the Mirror Cracked"
• Matthias Schifter − fretless bass on "And the Mirror Cracked" and "A Day by the Lake"
• Denise Schneider − female voice on "Fall" and "The Sleep of Restless Hours"
• Stefan Launicke − piano intro on "Back to Times of Splendor" strings on "The Sleep of Restless Hours"
• Alex Tscholakov − drum loops and percussion on "Alone I Stand in Fires"

Production

• Recorded May through Nov. 2003 by Vurtox and Jan Stצlzel at Salvation Recording, Leipzig
• Vocals and acoustic guitars recorded by Alexander Tscholakov
• Mixed by Alexander Tscholakov, Vurtox and Disillusion during December to January 2003 at TAM Recordings
• Mastered at Mastersound Studio (Fellbach) January 2004 by Alexander Krull and Disillusion