''Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel'' is a 2002

concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...

by German heavy metal band

Rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...

, based on the story of

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

's play ''

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

''. The album has many spoken passages.

Track listing

#"Introduction" – 2:31 #"Disdaining Fortune" – 4:59 #"The Prophecy" – 6:56 #"Husbandry in Heaven" – 13:11 #"The Dead Arise" – 8:29 #"Evil Speaks" – 4:06 #"Letters of Blood" – 4:22 #"Revenge" – 6:18 #"Claws of Madness" – 8:01 #"Demons Rising" – 7:49 #"Die with Harness on Your Back" – 6:12 All songs written by Lulis and Göttlich, except track 3 (Eilen and Lulis).

Credits

*Michael Seifert — vocals *

Uwe Lulis Uwe Lulis (born 6 December 1965) is a German guitarist. He is currently one of three guitarists of German heavy metal band Accept. He became known for playing guitar in Grave Digger for about 13 years, for whom he co-wrote many songs during hi ...

— guitars *Björn Eilen — guitars, vocals, accordions *Tomi Göttlich — bass *

Randy Black Randy Black (born November 17, 1963) is a Canadian drummer known best for his stints as the drummer for Bif Naked, Annihilator, Primal Fear, and Destruction. Although Black's actual acoustic drum configuration is not unique to the field of dru ...

— drums

Speakers, cast

*Narrator — Bob Lyng *Macbeth — Tomi Göttlich *Lady MacBeth, Speaker and Singer — Francesca (Schmidt) Tzamtzis *Macduff — Björn Eilen *First witch — Yvonne Thorhauer *Second witch — Saskia Schenkel *Third witch — Ana Lara *Gentlewoman — Christopher Lundmark *Doctor — Randy Black * Young Siward — Eli Hughes 2003 albums 2000s concept albums Rebellion (band) albums Music based on Macbeth Drakkar Entertainment albums {{2000s-power-metal-album-stub