''A Personal Journey'' is the debut studio album by the Australian heavy metal band

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. This release was designed as a solo outlet for

Lord Tim Timothy Ian Grose (born 2 April 1970), known professionally as Lord Tim, is an Australian musician. Formerly based in Wollongong, New South Wales, he is best known as the founder of the power metal band Dungeon. The band started in 1989, releas ...

of the Sydney metal band

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to release material he felt was inappropriate for that group.

Overview

The tracks on ''A Personal Journey'' are a mixture of instrumentals and songs. The opening track of the album, "The Dreaming", samples a

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. The ex-Dungeon bass guitarist Justin Sayers and Dungeon guitarist Stu Marshall also contributed. Track 5, "By George!", is a tribute to the

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guitarist George Lynch. The album was released in 2003 by the Melbourne label Metal Warriors before being remixed and reissued with an extra track, "The Duel" (a reworking of an early Dungeon song), by Modern Invasion in December 2004. When Dungeon split up that year, Lord became a complete band and has since recorded further albums.

Track listing

All titles by Tim Grose *2005 Remastered Edition Reissue Bonus track

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming * Justin Lesley – bass guitar * Stuart Marshall – backing vocals * Gustav Hoffmann –

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(on 8), backing vocals

References

Lord (band) albums 2003 debut albums {{2000s-power-metal-album-stub