Lingua Mortis is the eleventh full-length album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 1996.[2] It's the band's first collaboration with the Prague Symphony Orchestra, which played with the band Rage's songs re-arranged for a classic orchestra. The album consists of re-recorded songs from the previous album, Black in Mind and an epic medley of songs from recent albums to that time.

Lingua Mortis
Studio album by
Released15 April 1996
RecordedR.A.S.H. Studio, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Fisyo-Studio, Prague, Czech Republic
January–February 1996
GenreSymphonic metal, thrash metal, heavy metal[1]
Length43:01
LabelGUN
ProducerUlli Pösselt, Peavy Wagner, Christian Wolff
Rage chronology
Black in Mind
(1995)
Lingua Mortis
(1996)
End of All Days
(1996)
Rage with Lingua Mortis Orchestra chronology
Lingua Mortis
(1996)
XIII
(1998)

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Peavy Wagner

No.TitleMusicLength
1."In a Nameless Time"Wagner, Spiros Efthimiadis, Chris Efthimiadis, Sven Fischer11:21
2."Alive but Dead"Wagner, C. Efthimiadis5:57
3."Lingua Mortis Medley" (Consists of parts from the songs: "Don't Fear the Winter", "Black in Mind", "Firestorm", "Sent by the Devil", "Lost in the Ice")Wagner, C. Efthimiadis, S. Efthimiadis15:33
4."All This Time" (edited version)Wagner4:04
5."Alive but Dead" (instrumental orchestral version)Wagner, C. Efthimiadis6:06

Personnel

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Band members
  • Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass
  • Spiros Efthimiadis – guitars
  • Sven Fischer – guitars
  • Chris Efthimiadis – drums
Additional musicians
  • Christian Wolff – piano
  • Symphonic Orchestra of Prague conducted by Markus Stollenwerk
Production
  • Ulli Pössell – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Christian Wolff – producer, orchestral arrangements
  • Peter Dell – cover art

References

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  1. ^ "Rage - Lingua Mortis review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Rage – Lingua Mortis". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 3 February 2013.