Dreamland Manor
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 2005 (Germany)
September 29, 2005 (Japan)
March 21, 2006 (USA)
RecordedPowerhouse Studio, Germany
GenrePower metal
Length57:19
LabelDockyard 1, Century Media
ProducerPiet Sielck
Savage Circus chronology
Dreamland Manor
(2005)
Live in Atlanta
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Metal Underground[2]
Sea of Tranquility[3]
Sputnikmusic[4]

Dreamland Manor is the debut album of German power metal band Savage Circus. The album sounds similar to older classic Blind Guardian.[5]

Writing

The band wrote most of the album together. Three songs, however, were written solely by Thomen for the next Blind Guardian album: "Evil Eyes", "It – The Gathering", and the ballad "Beyond Reality".[6] Thomen comments:

Three songs I wrote for Blind Guardian. And when I noticed, when they were done, that the songs were very similar to old Blind Guardian stuff, more back-to-the-roots, I noticed that it would be big problem to present these songs to my ex-band members, because, OK, then I was still in the band, but I knew when I would play the songs to them they would say: "Hey, this is something we already did ten years ago."[6]

Track listing

All music written by: Savage Circus
All lyrics by: Jens Carlsson and Piet Sielck

No.TitleLength
1."Evil Eyes"6:58
2."Between the Devil and the Seas"5:25
3."Waltz of the Demon"6:56
4."Tomorrowland"6:27
5."It - The Gathering"6:15
6."Beyond Reality"5:23
7."When Hell Awakes"7:34
8."Ghost Story"7:05
9."Born Again by the Night"5:16
Total length:57:19
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Ça plane pour moi" (Plastic Bertrand cover)3:04

Trivia

Credits

Guest musicians

References

  1. ^ "Dreamland Manor - Savage Circus". AllMusic. Retrieved 11-23-2013.
  2. ^ "Savage Circus - Dreamland Manor". Metal Underground. Retrieved 11-23-2013.
  3. ^ "Savage Circus: Dreamland Manor". Sea of Tranquility. Retrieved 11-23-2013.
  4. ^ "Savage Circus Dreamland Manor". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 11-23-2013.
  5. ^ "Interview with: Savage Circus's Piet Sielck". 10-24-2005. Retrieved 11-23-2013.
  6. ^ a b "Interview – with Thomen Stauch (Savage Circus)" Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11-23-2013.
  7. ^ "Piet Sielck – Savage Circus & Iron Savior". Metal-Rules.com. 4-29-2006. Retrieved 11-23-2013.