Into the Light (20 Years Nuclear Blast)

Into the Light is a compilation album from Nuclear Blast Records to commemorate their 20 years as a record label. Produced by Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, with singers Tobias Sammet, Peter "Peavy" Wagner - who has also written the lyrics for all songs -, Tony Kakko, Mats Levén, Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, Hansi Kürsch, Andi Deris, Oddleif Stensland, Marko Hietala, and Tarja Turunen. It features a variable collection of "All Stars" much in the same vein as Roadrunner United. The whole album was written by Victor Smolski, who also recorded all the guitars, some bass and keyboards. The drums were done by Volker Schultz and André Hilgers. It was followed by a "twin" album called Out of the Dark. Into the Light focuses on the power metal side of Nuclear Blast, while Out of the Dark focuses on the melodic death metal side. Tarja Turunen is the only singer in the album that is not from Nuclear Blast. She is only included because of her past with Nightwish, one of the best-known bands from Nuclear Blast. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)