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I. The Cleansing Of The Promised Land
1-1	The Ninth Wave Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*, Ulmer*	9:28
1-2	Twilight Of The Gods Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	4:50
II. The Awakening
1-3	Prophecies Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	5:26
1-4	At The Edge Of Time Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	6:54
III. Disturbance In The Here And Now
1-5	Ashes Of Eternity Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	5:39
IV. The Mirror Speaks
1-6	Distant Memories Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	5:51
V. Disturbance In The Here And Now (Reprise)
2-1	The Holy Grail Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Ehmke*, Kürsch*	5:59
VI. The Descending Of The Nine
2-2	The Throne Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Bauerfeind*, Kürsch*	7:54
VII. The Fallen And The Chosen One
2-3	Sacred Mind Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	6:22
2-4	Miracle Machine Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Kürsch*, Schüren*	3:03
VIII. Beyond The Red Mirror
2-5	Grand Parade Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	9:28
IX. Damnation
2-6	Doom Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*, Siepen*	5:48
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2-7	Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill) (Live In Wacken 2011) Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	5:15
2-8	The Bard's Song (In The Forest) (Live In Wacken 2011) Lyrics By – Kürsch*Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*	3:40

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nuclear Blast Records
• Copyright (c) – Nuclear Blast Records
• Manufactured By – JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Corp.
• Distributed By – JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment Corp.
• Record Company – Victor Entertainment, Inc.
• Published By – BG Publishing
• Published By – Musik Edition Discoton GmbH
• Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Germany
• Recorded At – Twilight Hall Studios
• Recorded At – Tom-Tom Studio
• Recorded At – Rudolfinum Studio
• Recorded At – Dvořák Hall
• Recorded At – Futura Productions
• Recorded At – Funkhaus-Studio
• Recorded At – MAZ Tonstudio
• Recorded At – Wacken Open Air
• Mixed At – Twilight Hall Studios
• Mastered At – Twilight Hall Studios

Credits

• Booking – HHK Concert Service*
• Choir [Boston] – Vox Futura Choir Boston
• Choir [Budapest] – Hungarian Studio Choir Budapest
• Choir [Prague] – FILMharmonic Choir Prague
• Concertmaster [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Balazs Bujtor*
• Conductor [Choir Recordings, Boston] – Andrew Shenton
• Conductor [Choir Recordings, Budapest] – Peter Pejtsik*
• Conductor [Choir Recordings, Prague] – Stanislav Mistr
• Conductor [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Peter Pejtsik*
• Conductor [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Adam Klemens
• Contractor [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Sándor M. Jozsa
• Contractor [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Petr Pycha
• Coordinator [Production] [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Carsten Heusmann
• Cover, Artwork [Booklet], Design [Booklet] – Felipe Machado Franco
• Directed By [Orchestra Recordings, Boston] – Noel Smith*
• Drums, Percussion – Frederik Ehmke
• Engineer – Charlie Bauerfeind
• Engineer [Keyboards] – Matthias Ulmer
• Engineer [Recording] [Assistant] [Orchestra Recordings, Boston] – Daniel Schwartz, Travis Karpak
• Engineer [Recording] [Orchestra Recordings, Boston] – John Weston
• Engineer [Recording] [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Tamás Kurina*
• Engineer [Sound] [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Thomas Geiger
• Engineer [Sound] [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Jan Kotzmann, Oldrich Slezak*
• Guest, Bass – Barend Courbois (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6), Oliver Holzwarth (tracks: 2-7, 2-8)
• Guest, Choir – William "Billy" King*, Olaf Senkbeil, Thomas Hackmann
• Guest, Keyboards – Matthias Ulmer (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6), Michael Schüren (tracks: 2-7, 2-8)
• Guest, Piano – Matthias Ulmer, Michael Schüren
• Lead Guitar – André Olbrich
• Management [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Gergely Kiss
• Management [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Petr Pycha
• Mastered By – Charlie Bauerfeind (tracks: 1-1 to 2-6), Wolfgang Eller (tracks: 2-7, 2-8)
• Mastered By [Master Sequence Assembling] – Wolfgang Eller
• Mixed By – Charlie Bauerfeind (tracks: 1-1 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-6), Thomas Geiger (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-8)
• Orchestra [Budapest] – Hungarian Studio Orchestra Budapest*
• Orchestra [Prague] – FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague*
• Orchestrated By [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Matthias Ulmer
• Other [BG Office] – Daniel Kleckers
• Other [Proof Reading, Lyrics] – Dr. Jason Breitweg, Dr. Magaret Gonzales
• Other [Proof Reading, Storyboard] – Dr. Carolin Caliendo
• Photography By, Design [Photo] – Hans-Martin Issler
• Producer – Blind Guardian, Charlie Bauerfeind
• Producer [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Charlie Bauerfeind
• Producer [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Carsten Heusmann, Charlie Bauerfeind, Matthias Ulmer
• Recorded By – Peter Brandt (tracks: 2-7, 2-8)
• Recorded By [Piano] – Philipp Dusse (tracks: 2-4), Thomas Geiger (tracks: 2-4)
• Rhythm Guitar – André Olbrich, Marcus Siepen
• Score Editor [Score Proof Reader] [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Sugár Miklós*
• Technician [Studio] [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Cenda Kotzmann
• Transcription By [Choir Recordings, Boston] – Arturo Rodriguez
• Vocals – Hansi Kürsch

Notes

"Distant Memories", "Doom" and the two live tracks are bonus tracks.

Tracks 1-1 to 2-6:
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Twilight Hall Studio/Grefrath-Oedt, Germany between October 2012 and October 2014.
Orchestral and Choir recordings Budapest: TomTom Studio D/Budapest, Hungary between June and August 2014.
Orchestral and Choir recordings Prague: Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall/Prague, Czech Republic in January 2014.
Choir recordings Boston: Futura Productions/Boston MA, USA in August 2014.
Piano recordings: (Miracle Machine) at Funkhaus Studio Berlin in May 2014.
Additional recordings: MAZ Tonstudio/Stuttgart, Germany.

Tracks 2-7, 2-8:
Recorded at Wacken Open Air 2011, mixed at Twilight Hall Studio/Grefrath-Oedt, Germany.

Tracks 1-1 to 2-7 published by BG Publishing.
Track 2-8 published by Musik-Edition Discoton / Warner Chappell.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988002 688593
• Other (CD1 cat. number): VICP-65289
• Other (CD2 cat. number): VICP-65290
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NB 3272-2, 3272-2	Blind Guardian	Beyond The Red Mirror ‎(CD, Album)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 3272-2, 3272-2	US	2015
NB 023	Blind Guardian	Beyond The Red Mirror ‎(CD, Album)	DBN	NB 023	Argentina	2015
NB 3272-1, 27361 32721	Blind Guardian	Beyond The Red Mirror ‎(2xLP, Album)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 3272-1, 27361 32721	Europe	2015
NB 3272-0, 27361 32720	Blind Guardian	Beyond The Red Mirror ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Nuclear Blast , Nuclear Blast	NB 3272-0, 27361 32720	Russia	2015
SR1134	Blind Guardian	Beyond The Red Mirror ‎(CD, Album, Dig)	Nuclear Blast	SR1134	Mexico	2015

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