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.

Stronger Than Heaven
Studio album by
Released1986
RecordedJanuary–February 1986
StudioSpygel-Studio, Kirchheim unter Teck, West Germany
GenreHeavy metal
Length37:12
LabelScratch/GAMA International
ProducerStormwitch
Stormwitch chronology
Tales of Terror
(1985)
Stronger Than Heaven
(1986)
The Beauty and the Beast
(1988)

Track listing

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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
  1. "Stronger Than Heaven" - 4:38
  2. "Ravenlord" - 3:41
  3. "Allies of the Dark" - 4:18
  4. "Dorian Gray" - 5:39

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

  1. "Children of the Night"
  2. "Buried Alive"
  3. "Long Boats on the Horizon"
  4. "Beware the Demons"

Personnel

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Stronger Than Heaven". Encyclopedia Metallum. Retrieved 5 May 2013.