Stronger Than Heaven Explained

Stronger Than Heaven
Type:	studio
Artist:	Stormwitch
Cover:	Stronger Than Heaven.jpg
Released:	1986
Recorded:	January–February 1986
Studio:	Spygel-Studio, Kirchheim unter Teck, West Germany
Genre:	Heavy metal
Length:	37:12
Label:	Scratch/GAMA International
Producer:	Stormwitch
Prev Title:	Tales of Terror
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	The Beauty and the Beast
Next Year:	1988

Stronger Than Heaven is the third album by the German heavy metal band Stormwitch, released in 1986.^[1] The album is the third album to have tracks from it used in the compilation Priest of Evil of 1998. The track "Ravenlord" was covered by HammerFall as a bonus track on their debut album Glory to the Brave. An alternate acoustic version of the song "Rats in the Attic" was recorded at Talk Heavy Radio / Münster and can be heard on the band's website.

Track listing

All songs written by Lee Tarot, except for where noted.

Side one

1. "Intro" - 0:31
2. "Rats in the Attic" - 3:06
3. "Eternia" (Tarot, Steve Merchant) - 3:59
4. "Jonathan's Diary" - 7:23
5. "Slave to Moonlight" - 4:03

Side two

6. "Stronger Than Heaven" - 4:38
7. "Ravenlord" - 3:41
8. "Allies of the Dark" - 4:18
9. "Dorian Gray" - 5:39

Reissued on CD in 2004 by Battlecry Records (formerly Iron Glory Records) with these bonus tracks:

11. "Children of the Night"
12. "Buried Alive"
13. "Long Boats on the Horizon"
14. "Beware the Demons"

Personnel

Stormwitch

• Andy Mück alias Andy Aldrian – vocals
• Lee Tarot – guitars
• Steve Merchant – guitars
• Ronny Pearson – bass
• Pete Lancer – drums

Production

• Tom Krüger - engineer, mixing
• Batze Kramer - engineer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Stronger Than Heaven. Encyclopedia Metallum. 5 May 2013.