LMO | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Lingua Mortis Orchestra featuring Rage |
Cover: | Rage LMO.jpg |
Released: | 2 August 2013 (EU) 5 August 2013 (US) |
Recorded: | Twilight Hall Studio in Krefeld, Germany |
Genre: | Symphonic metal, power metal, heavy metal |
Length: | 65:42 |
Label: | Nuclear Blast |
Producer: | Charlie Bauerfeind, Victor Smolski |
Chronology: | Lingua Mortis Orchestra |
Prev Title: | Speak of the Dead |
Prev Year: | 2006 |
LMO is the debut album by Lingua Mortis Orchestra in collaboration with heavy metal band Rage, released on 2 August 2013 through Nuclear Blast Records. The production was helmed by Charlie Bauerfeind.
The album was composed by Victor Smolski and Peter "Peavy" Wagner, who cooperated with two orchestras from Spain and Belarus, enlarging the number of this project's participants to more than 100. Together with longtime co-producer Charlie Bauerfeind, was produced and mixed the record in Twilight Hall Studio in Krefeld, Germany. LMO follows the concept of the burning of witches in Gelnhausen in 1599 and was written by vocalist Peter Wagner based on a true story. The cover artwork was created by Felipe Machado Franco who had also been responsible for the latest Rage artwork, 21. The band photos were shot by Pia Kintrup.