Carved in Stone is the 18th studio album by the German heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Rage

Rage (band)

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. The album includes a bonus DVD with their full show at Wacken Open Air

Wacken Open Air

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 in August 2007 (featuring a symphonic orchestra from Minsk

Minsk

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, Belarus

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, which under the name "Lingua Mortis Orchestra" toured with Rage in Europe) plus the videos for the songs "Lord of the Flies" and "Open My Grave".

Track listing

All lyrics by Peter Wagner, music by Victor Smolski, except as indicated below

1. "Carved in Stone" - 5:21
2. "Drop Dead!" - 4:13
3. "Gentle Murders" - 4:12
4. "Open My Grave" - 4:41
5. "Without You" (Wagner, Smolski) - 5:45
6. "Long Hard Road" (Wagner, Smolski) - 4:37
7. "One Step Ahead" - 5:05
8. "Lost in the Void" (Wagner, Smolski) - 4:14
9. "Mouth of Greed" (Wagner) - 3:56
10. "Lord of the Flies" (Wagner, Smolski) - 5:45

Band members

• Peter "Peavy" Wagner
  Peavy Wagner
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   - vocals, bass
  Bass guitar
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• Victor Smolski
  Victor Smolski
  Victor Dmitrievich Smolski is a Belarusian musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is a constant member of the German heavy metal band Rage.-Biography:...
  
   - guitar
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  s, keyboards, sitar, orchestral arrangements, mixing, mastering
• André Hilgers - drum
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  s

Production

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