Nine Lives (Von Hertzen Brothers album)

Nine Lives is the fifth studio album by Finnish progressive rock band Von Hertzen Brothers. It was released on 18 March 2013.[1][2][3]

Nine Lives
Studio album by
Released18 March 2013
RecordedThe House of Love and Valamo Monastery
GenreProgressive rock, hard rock
Length47:16
LabelSpinefarm Records/Doing Being Music
ProducerJames Spectrum and Von Hertzen Brothers
Von Hertzen Brothers chronology
Stars Aligned
(2011)
Nine Lives
(2013)
New Day Rising
(2015)
Singles from Nine Lives
  1. "Flowers and Rust"
    Released: 4 February 2013
  2. "Insomniac"
    Released: 24 May 2013
  3. "Coming Home"
    Released: 29 August 2013

"Flowers and Rust", the first single from the album, won the "Anthem" award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards.[4]

Track listing edit

All music composed by Von Hertzen Brothers. All lyrics written by Von Hertzen Brothers, except "Coming Home" and "Black Heart's Cry", written by Von Hertzen Brothers and L.A. Skin.[5]

Nine Lives
No.TitleLength
1."Insomniac"3:57
2."Flowers and Rust"4:22
3."Coming Home"5:14
4."Lost in Time"5:11
5."Separate Forevers"4:44
6."One May Never Know"3:54
7."World Without"7:23
8."Black Heart's Cry"4:56
9."Prospect for Escape"7:35
Total length:47:16
Limited deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."The Climb"4:40
11."Do What You Want with Me"3:54
12."Between the Lines"6:58

Personnel edit

  • Mikko von Hertzen — vocals, guitars
  • Kie von Hertzen — guitars, vocals
  • Jonne von Hertzen — bass, vocals
  • Juha Kuoppala — keyboards
  • Mikko Kaakkuriniemi — drums
Additional musicians
  • Ville Riippa — knifonium
  • William Zeitlerglass armonica
Production
  • James Spectrum — production; mixing
  • Von Hertzen Brothers — production
  • Petri Majuri — mixing
  • Mikko Raitamixing
  • Ilkka Herkman — mixing
  • Jesse Vainio — mixing
  • Svante Forsbäck — mastering

Charts edit

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Charts[6] 2

References edit

  1. ^ "Nine Lives". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Von Hertzen Brothers Confirm Nine Lives Date". Prog Magazine. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Release "Nine Lives" by Von Hertzen Brothers". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Prog Awards 2013 - The Winners!". Prog Rock Magazine. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  5. ^ Nine Lives liner notes
  6. ^ "Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 25 July 2013.