RAGE “The Soundchaser Archives - 30th Anniversary” /4LP Box Set/

The second compilation album by legendary German Heavy/Speed/Power Metal band.
German Power Metallers celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of a unique collection of songs from their outstanding back catalogue, including all available rare and unreleased tracks!
What better way to celebrate their anniversary as by diving deep into their own history, spanning three decades of an incomparable and an unbeatable Metal career – from the humble beginnings in the early 1980s, with their debut attempt "Prayers Of Steel", and back then calling themselves Avenger, through the flourishing 90s, that peaked in their 1996 classic approach "Lingua Mortis". All the way to the most recent years, which also featured Rage coming in third at the Bundesvision Songcontest in 2009, carving a quarter of a century in stone even more so!
Garnish all this with 21 albums released to date and add in some line-up changes, and you not only get your average German Metal combo, but a gathering of brilliant musicians that keep reinventing their own sound with every new creative vision to come!!
"The Soundchaser Archives" is an interesting and entertaining collection of tracks covering this iconic band’s journey through 30 years, displaying not only their ideas and influences, but also their work outside of Rage as well. This compilation is a real gem for die-hard Rage fans, and collectors of rare and unreleased works. Your hard-earned money worth to purchase this!!!
Nuclear Blast GmbH/Cargo Records Germany GmbH, 2014 ‎(NBCLP 3225-1). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Anybody Home? (new demo 2014)
2. Mystery Trip (bonus track 2002)
3. In Union (unreleased demo 2006)
4. Long Hard Road (demo 2007)

Side B
1. Full Moon (international version)
2. Nevermore (demo 1993)
3. French Bourrèe (bonus track 2003)
4. A Perfect Day (demo 2006)

Side C
1. Enough Is Enough (demo 1991)
2. Here Comes The Night (unreleased demo 2002)
3. Spiritual Awakening (demo 1999)
4. Lost In The Void (demo 2007)

Side D
1. The Missing Link (demo 1993)
2. Another <Kind Of Madness (demo 1991)  
3. Down To The Bone (Avenger 1985)

Side E
1. The Speed Of Sound (new recorded leftover song 2014)
2. Darkness Turns To Light (bonus track 2002)
3. Death Is Alive (demo 2006)
4. Gentle Murders (demo 2007)

Side F
1. From The Cradle To The Grave (demo 1997)
2. Refuge (demo 1993)
3. Fugue No. 5 (bonus track 2003)
4. Last Goodbye (demo 1991)

Side G
1. Dirty Wings (demo 2006)
2. The Pit And The Pendulum (demo 1993)
3. Waterfalls (unreleased demo 1991)

Side H
1. Heads Off (unreleased demo 2006)
2. Assorted By Satan (Avenger demo 1984)
3. Shame On You (demo 1992)
4. Soundchaser (demo 2002)

Track A2: bonus track from 2002 releases;
Track B3: bonus track from 2003 releases;
Track D3: 1985 Avenger song;
Track E1: 2014 recorded leftover (unreleased) song;
Track E2: bonus track from 2002 releases;
Track F3: bonus track from 2003 releases;
Track H2: 1984 Avenger demo song.