Tracklist

1	War Of Wrath	1:50
2	Into The Storm	4:25
3	Lammoth	0:28
4	Nightfall	5:35
5	The Minstrel	0:32
6	The Curse Of Feanor	5:42
7	Captured	0:26
8	Blood Tears	5:24
9	Mirror Mirror	5:06
10	Face The Truth	0:24
11	Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)	6:52
12	Battle Of Sudden Flame	0:43
13	Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)	4:54
14	The Dark Elf	0:23
15	Thorn	6:19
16	The Eldar	3:38
17	Nom The Wise	0:34
18	When Sorrow Sang	4:26
19	Out On The Water	0:44
20	The Steadfast	0:21
21	A Dark Passage	6:01
22	Final Chapter (Thus Ends...)	0:51
23	Harvest Of Sorrow	3:40

Credits

• Artwork [Cover And Story Paintings] – Andreas Marschall
• Artwork [Dragon Guitar Art] – Leo Hao
• Bass, Bass [Fretless] – Oliver Holzwarth (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Choir – Billy King (tracks: 1 to 22), Olaf Senkbeil (tracks: 1 to 22), Rolf Köhler (tracks: 1 to 22), Thomas Hackmann (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Design – Dennis 'Sir' Kostroman*, Nikolay 'Dr. Venom' Simkin*
• Drums, Percussion – Thomas Stauch
• Flute, Flute [Alto] – Max Zelzner (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Grand Piano – Michael Schüren (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Guitar [Lead & Rhythm], Acoustic Guitar – Andre Olbrich*
• Guitar [Rhythm] – Marcus Siepen
• Keyboards, Effects [Orchestral] – Mathias Wiesner (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Hansi Kürsch
• Liner Notes – Michael Kensen (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Lyrics By, Written-by [Concept Stories] – H. Kürsch*
• Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*, Siepen* (tracks: 6), Schüren* (tracks: 16), Stauch* (tracks: 6)
• Narrator – Douglas Fielding (tracks: 1 to 22), Norman Eshley (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Photography By – Thorsten Eichhorst
• Recorded By [Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass Guitars, Piano, Interludes], Engineer [Mixing], Mixed By [Interludes] – Charlie Bauerfeind (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By [Flutes & Alto-flute, Vocals], Engineer – Cuny (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By [Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Keyboard & Orchestral Effects], Engineer [Mixing] – Piet Sielck (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By [Vocals], Engineer [Mixing], Mixed By – Flemming Rasmussen (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By, Mixed By, Producer – Charlie Bauerfeind (tracks: 23)
• Remastered By – Wolfgang Eller

Notes

Originally released in 1998.

Track 23 is a bonus track.

Based on the story The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
This album is dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien.

Recorded at Twilight Hall Studios, Krefeld, Karo Musik Studios, Brackel (HH, Germany) & Sweet Silence Studios (Copenhagen, Denmark) from September 1997 - March 1998 except:
Piano recorded at Vox Studios, HH, Germany in January 1998, Narration recorded at Air edel-Studios, London.
Mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988002531431

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7243 8 45899 2 9	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin	7243 8 45899 2 9	Germany	1998
7243 8 45899 2 9	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CDr, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	Virgin	7243 8 45899 2 9	Russia	2001
0946 3 96520 2 0	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin	0946 3 96520 2 0	Europe	2007
none	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Blind Guardian)	none	Russia	1998
845939 2	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin	845939 2	Brazil	1998

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