Soul Temptation

Soul Temptation
Studio album by
Brainstorm
Released30 June 2003
RecordedHouse of Music Studios, Winterbach,
Storm Your Brain Studios, Gerstetten,
Gate Studios, Wolfsburg, Germany,
March–April 2003
GenrePower metal
Length58:08
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerAchim Köhler & Brainstorm
Brainstorm chronology
Metus Mortis
(2001)
Soul Temptation
(2003)
Liquid Monster
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Metal.de[2]
Powermetal.de[3]
Rock Hard[4]

Soul Temptation is the fifth album by the German power metal band Brainstorm, released in 2003. The album was also published in a double digipack limited edition, which features the bonus track "Amarillo" and a bonus DVD called Live Suffering, recorded live at the Summer Breeze Open Air Festival of 2002.[5]

Track listing

All songs written & arranged by Brainstorm, all lyrics by Andy B. Franck.

  1. "Highs Without Lows" – 5:28
  2. "Doorway to Survive" – 3:22
  3. "The Leading" – 5:39
  4. "Nunca Nos Rendimos" – 5:41
  5. "Fading" – 5:31
  6. "Shiva's Tears" – 5:32
  7. "Fornever" – 4:55
  8. "Soul Temptation" – 7:48
  9. "Dying Outside" – 4:08
  10. "To the Head" – 4:37
  11. "Rising" – 5:08
  • Tracks 6–8 form the "Trinity of Lust" trilogy.

Personnel

Band members
  • Andy B. Franck - lead and backing vocals
  • Torsten Ihlenfeld - guitars, backing vocals, engineer
  • Milan Loncaric - guitars and backing vocals, engineer
  • Andreas Mailänder - bass
  • Dieter Bernert - drums
Additional musicians
Production
  • Achim Köhler - producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Ingmar Schelzel - engineer

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Brainstorm Soul Temptation review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  2. ^ "Brainstorm - Soul Temptation". Metal.de (review) (in German). 16 August 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  3. ^ Raithel, Rainer (24 June 2003). "BRAINSTORM - Soul Temptation". Powermetal.de (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ^ Rönnebeck, Jenny (25 June 2003). "BRAINSTORM Soul Temptation". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 194. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Brainstorm - Soul Temptation". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-09-23.