''Awoken Broken'' is the debut album by the British
heavy metal supergroup
Primal Rock Rebellion
Primal Rock Rebellion are a heavy metal band from London, England, consisting of Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) and Mikee Goodman ( SikTh). The band's debut album, '' Awoken Broken'', was released on 27 February 2012, with one song, "I See Lights ...
, released on 27 February 2012 through
Spinefarm Records
Spinefarm Records is a Finnish independent record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. It is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.
History
Spinefarm Records was originally founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen as a mail-order distrib ...
. The song "I See Lights" was released as a free download on the project's official website on 2 January. On 26 January the music video for "
No Place Like Home" was released along with confirmation that the song will be the album's first single. The album cover was created by Meats Meier.
Track listing
The following is the track listing for ''Awoken Broken'':
Personnel
;Primal Rock Rebellion
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Mikee Goodman
Mikee W. Goodman is a British singer, best known for being one of the two vocalists of the progressive metal band SikTh. He made an album in 2012 titled '' Awoken Broken'' under the project Primal Rock Rebellion, with Iron Maiden guitarist Ad ...
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lead vocals
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of th ...
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Adrian Smith
Adrian Frederick "H" Smith (born 27 February 1957) is an English guitarist best known as a member of heavy metal band Iron Maiden, for whom he also writes songs and performs backing vocals both live and in the studio.
Smith grew up in London ...
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guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...
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bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...
,
vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...
;Additional musicians
*Tarin Kerrey -
backing vocals
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...
on three tracks
*
Abi Fry
Abigail Helen Fry (born 1981) is an English violist and Bafta award-winning composer. She plays with various acts including Sea Power, Bat for Lashes, The Flowers of Hell, Sad Season and Euchrid Eucrow. Fry grew up in Ealing, West London and re ...
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viola
; german: Bratsche
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*Violin family ...
on most songs
*Dan "Loord" Foord –
drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...
,
percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
;Production
*Mikee Goodman -
producer
*Adrian Smith - producer
*Simon Hanhart -
mixing
References
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2012 debut albums
Primal Rock Rebellion albums
Spinefarm Records albums