"Falling to Pieces" was the first single by Greek

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...

band

Firewind Firewind is a Greek power metal band formed in Thessaloniki in 1998. The group is currently signed to AFM records and was originally a small project created by guitarist Gus G. to showcase his demo, '' Nocturnal Symphony'', in 1998. Firewind ...

, released on 13 June 2006 through

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a German heavy metal record label with offices in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by R ...

. The music video was directed by

Patric Ullaeus Patric Ullaeus is a Swedish director and photographer. He is the founder of Revolver Film Company, based in Gothenburg. With his music video "The Serpentine Offering" for Dimmu Borgir he won the "Norwegian Grammy" award Spellemannsprisen in th ...

, and the song peaked at No. 11 in the Greek Singles Chart. The song also appears on the metal compilation album ''Metal for the Masses''.

Track listing

#"Falling to Pieces" – 3:20 #"Teenage Idol" – 4:28 #"Demon Nights" – 4:23

Personnel

Apollo Papathanasio Apostolos "Apollo" Papathanasiou (; born 15 March 1969) is a Swedish heavy metal vocalist of Greek descent, who is currently with the band Spiritual Beggars. He has also sung for Firewind, Meduza, Evil Masquerade, Gardenian, and Richard And ...

– vocals *

Gus G. Konstantinos Karamitroudis (born 12 September 1980), better known as Gus G, is a Greek Heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream ...

– guitars * Babis Katsionis – keyboards *

Petros Christo Petros Christodoulidis (), born March 4, 1975, in Greece, is the current bass player of the Power metal band Firewind. He has also played in Breaking Silence. He is the owner of The Wet Match Cafe, which was known as Emerald Cafe in the past, i ...

doylidis – bass * Mark Cross – drums

Footnotes

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