Soundchaser

Soundchaser is the 17th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 2003 by SPV/Steamhammer.

Soundchaser
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by Rage
Released	7 October 2003
Recorded	April–May 2003
Studio	VPS Studios, Hamm, Germany
Genre	Power metal, heavy metal
Length	53:20
Label	SPV/Steamhammer
Producer	Rage, Charlie Bauerfeind
Rage chronology
Unity (2002) Soundchaser (2003) Speak of the Dead (2006)

This is a concept album featuring a science fiction/horror story about the Soundchaser, Rage's mascot. A biomechanoid creature, crafted by the elders to serve as a sentinel, it has turned into a monster, attacking anything that issues a sound.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Orgy of Destruction"		Mike Terrana, Victor Smolski	1:26
2.	"War of Worlds"	Peavy Wagner	Smolski	6:07
3.	"Great Old Ones"	Wagner	Wagner	4:03
4.	"Soundchaser"	Wagner	Smolski	5:37
5.	"Defenders of the Ancient Life"	Wagner	Wagner	4:05
6.	"Secrets in a Weird World"	Wagner	Smolski	5:28
7.	"Flesh and Blood"	Wagner	Smolski	5:13
8.	"Human Metal"	Wagner	Smolski	5:27
9.	"See You in Heaven or Hell"	Wagner	Wagner	4:00
10.	"Falling from Grace, Pt. 1: Wake the Nightmares"	Wagner	Wagner	4:59
11.	"Falling from Grace, Pt. 2: Death Is on Its Way"	Wagner	Wagner	6:55
Total length:				53:20

Limited edition digi-pack bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"French Bourrée"	Wagner	Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Smolski	4:11

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Music	Length
12.	"Fugue No. 5 in D major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II)" (Instrumental)	Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Smolski	3:18

Personnel

Band members

• Peavy Wagner - vocals, bass guitar
• Victor Smolski - guitars, piano, keyboards, sitar, orchestral arrangements
• Mike Terrana - drums

Additional musicians

• Andi Deris - vocals on "Wake the Nightmares"
• Thomas Hackmann - backing vocals

Production

• Charlie Bauerfeind - producer, mixing, mastering
• Ingo 'Charly' Czajkowski - engineer
• Jan Rubach - additional digital editing