''Resurrection'' is the debut album by the American heavy metal band Halford, released on August 8, 2000. It features the song "The One You Love to Hate", featuring

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vocalist

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. "Silent Screams" is a re-recorded song that was originally written by Halford's previous band 2wo. In 2006, the album was remastered and re-released on

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containing the two bonus tracks from the original Japanese edition. It was packaged on the digipak DVD release of ''Resurrection World Tour – Live at Rock in Rio III'' in 2008 containing two more tracks and as a stand alone CD re-release in 2009 with the same content.

Critical reception

In September 2003, ''Resurrection'' was ranked number 54 on a list of "The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums" by online magazine Metal-Rules.com. In 2005, ''Resurrection'' was ranked number 320 in '' Rock Hard'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.

Track listing

Personnel

;Halford *

Rob Halford Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English heavy metal singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed in 1969 and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Perform ...

– vocals *

Patrick Lachman Patrick "Pat" Lachman (born 1970) is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal guitarist and vocalist, best known as the lead vocalist of Damageplan. He has also played guitar for Halford (band), Halford, Killswitch Engage, The Mercy Clinic and ...

– guitar *

Mike Chlasciak "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (born December 24, 1971) is a Polish-American musician, best known as the guitarist for heavy metal band Halford, led by Rob Halford. Musical career Chlasciak and Halford have toured the world several times over with the ...

– guitar * Ray Riendeau – bass * Bobby Jarzombek – drums ;Additional performers *

Roy Z Roy Z Ramirez (born February 1968) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Bruce Dickinson (from Iron Maiden), Halford, and Judas Priest. He also is the founder of Tribe of Gypsies, a Latin-influ ...

– guitar *

– additional lead vocals on "The One You Love to Hate" *

Pete Parada Peter Parada (born July 9, 1973) is an American drummer who has been a member of several bands. Parada's drumming career began in 1995 when he joined L.A. band World In Pain on a recommendation from future Korn drummer Ray Luzier and then Stee ...

– drums on "The One You Love to Hate" *Ed Roth – keyboards on "Silent Screams" and "Twist" ;Production * Produced by Roy Z *

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/ A&R – John Baxter *Drums recorded by Billy Bowers, assisted by Mike Terry *Guitars, bass, and other instrumentation recorded by Joe Floyd and Roy Z, with digital editing by Richard "The Guru" Carrette *Vocals and additional instrumentation recorded by Bill Cooper and Attie Bauw * Mixed by Attie Bauw and Charlie Baurfeind *

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by Tom Baker (2006 edition) *

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by John Eder and Fin Costello *Art and design by Marc Sasso (2009 CD release)

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2000 debut albums Halford (band) albums Albums produced by Roy Z