Unholy (Brainstorm album)

Unholy
Studio album by
Released3 August 1998
Recorded1998
StudiosHansen Studio, Hamburg, Soundworx Studio, Gerstetten, Germany
GenresPower metal,[1][2] heavy metal[3]
Length60:50
LabelB.O. Records
ProducersCharlie Bauerfeind & Brainstorm
Brainstorm chronology
Hungry
(1997)
Unholy
(1998)
Ambiguity
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rock Hard8.5/10[4]

Unholy is the second album by German metal band Brainstorm, released in 1998. On 23 March 2007 this album and Hungry were remastered by Achim Köhler and re-released by Century Media with four bonus tracks. Metal Blade Records reissued the album as a double CD with both the remastered and original version and all the bonus tracks.[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Brainstorm (except "Wooly Bully": music & lyrics by Domingo Samudio)

  1. "MCMXCVIII" - 2:28
  2. "Holy War" - 3:53
  3. "Here Comes the Pain" - 3:50
  4. "Voices" - 6:29
  5. "The Healer" - 4:13
  6. "Don't Stop Believing" - 6:50
  7. "Heart of Hate" - 5:30
  8. "Rebellion" - 5:46
  9. "For the Love of Money" - 5:29
  10. "Love Is a Lie" - 6:44
  11. "Into the Fire" - 4:11
  12. "Dog Days Coming Down" - 5:22

1998 edition bonus tracks

  1. "Wooly Bully"
  2. "Up from the Ashes" (Japanese release)

2007 remastered edition bonus tracks

  1. "Heart of Hate" (demo)
  2. "Valley of the Kings" (demo)
  3. "The Other Side" (demo)
  4. "Suck My Energy" (demo)

Personnel

Band members

  • Marcus Jürgens - lead vocals
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars
  • Milan Loncaric - guitars
  • Andreas Mailänder - bass
  • Dieter Bernert - drums

Additional musicians

  • Michael Rodenberg - keyboards
  • Uwe Hörmann - guitars
  • Harald Sprengler - backing vocals

Production

References

  1. ↑ Heck, Christoph (6 November 2005). "BRAINSTORM - Unholy". Powermetal.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Schaich, Martin (5 July 2007). "BRAINSTORM - Unholy (Re-Release)". Powermetal.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Schörg, Florian (9 May 2007). "Brainstorm - Hungry (Re-Release)". Metal.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ↑ Schörg, Florian (29 July 1998). "BRAINSTORM Unholy". Rock Hard (in German). No. 135. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "BRAINSTORM: Unholy / Hungry [Re-Releases]". Vampster. Retrieved 2026-06-12.