Guests:
Mark Prator: Drums (ex-Iced Earth, Millenium, Ralph Santolla)
Jim Morris: Additional Lead Guitars (Guest: Iced Earth, Wicked Maraya, Pyramaze, Jon Oliva's Pain, Sons Of Liberty)
Jon Schaffer: Guitars, bass (1997-?) (Iced Earth, Sons of Liberty, ex-Purgatory)
Hansi Kürsch: Vocals (1997-?) (Blind Guardian, ex-Lucifer's Heritage)
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1. Rites of Passage [Intro] 00:53
2. Heaven Denies 05:21
3. Poor Man's Crusade 04:02
4. Fiddler on the Green 05:56
5. Blood on My Hands 04:45
6. Path of Glory 04:59
7. Winter of Souls 05:47
8. The Whistler 05:15
9. Tear Down the Wall 04:48
10. Gallows Pole 05:22
11. My Last Sunrise 04:44
12. Chant [Instrumental] 00:48
Total 52:40
European digipack version contains a cover of Cream's "White Room" (5:00) as track #13. Also released as a double vinyl picture disc album.
Bonus tracks for Japan:
13. White Room (Cream Cover) (04:59)
14. The Whistler (Alternate Version) (05:20)
Argentina version contains the following bonus tracks:
13. White Room (Cream cover) (04:59)
14. Heaven Denies (Demo version) (05:06)
15. The Whistler (demo version) (05:20)
16. Tear Down the Walls (Demo version) (04:46)
Tip: The idea for the band arose in the spring of 1997 when Kürsch and Schaffer wanted to make music together, after being friends since Blind Guardian and Iced Earth toured Europe together in the early 90s.
The band name comes from the 1972 Uriah Heep album of the same name.
