Artist: MOB RULES
Album: TIMEKEEPER - 20TH ANNIVERSARY (3CD+DVD BOX)

Release date: 2014
Media type: CD

Twenty years of Mob Rules, twenty years of melodic metal from Northern Germany. The group surrounding vocalist Klaus Dirks are celebrating their big anniversary and have announced a number of notable festivities: Mob Rules are scheduled to release their boxed anniversary set Timekeeper on 10 October 2014 (Europe: 13 October 2014, US/Canada: 28 October 2014), embarking on their tour of Germany at the same time. Among the highlights of the anniversary shows will be the Break The Barriers Festival in their hometown of Wilhelmshaven together with Gamma Ray and Love.Might.Kill, and the Metal Hammer Paradise Festival on the Baltic Coast in mid-November 2014.

The sextet have released seven studio recordings worldwide and a live DVD and have completed a number of successful tours in Germany and abroad with concerts in America, the UK, France, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, and renowned acts such as the Scorpions, Helloween, Savatage, Dio, Rage, Doro, Rhapsody On Fire and many others.

Founded by Klaus Dirks (vocals) and Matthias Mineur (guitar) in 1994, Mob Rules, whose current line-up also includes guitarist Sven Lьdke, bassist Markus Brinkmann, drummer Nikolas Fritz and keyboardist Jan Christian Halfbrodt, unleashed their debut album Savage Land in March 1999 before embarking on a successful tour of Germany. Albums such as Temple Of Two Suns (2000), Hollowed Be Thy Name (2002), Among The Gods (2004), the live DVD Signs Of The Time (2005) and the globally acclaimed releasess Ethnolution A.D. (2006), Radical Peace (2009) and Cannibal Nation (2012) followed. According to the international press, Mob Rules with their infectious stage shows count among Europe’s strongest live acts.

CD1 - MOB RULES TIMEKEEPER – THE BEST:

1.Temple Fanfare 2:24
2.Pilot of Earth 2:49
3.Black Rain 5:42
4.Cannibal Nation 4:17
5.Astral Hand 5:50
6.Close My Eyes 6:18
7.Dead Man`s Face 5:40
8.Among The Gods 7:33
9.In The Land Of Wind Rain 6:05
10.Hollowed Be Thy Name 5:49
11.Last Farewell 5:31
12.Ice And Fire 4:26
13.Lord Of Madness (Live) 5:32
14.With Sparrows 5:38
15.Rain Song (Live) 5:37

CD2 - MOB RULES TIMEKEEPER – FRIENDS:

1.Insurgeria 3:27 (new recorded, w/ Udo Dirkschneider & Marco Wriedt)
2.Celebration Day 6:18 (new recorded, w/ Bernhard Weiss)
3.Lights Out 5:16 (new recorded, w/ Peter Knorn)
4.End Of All Days 8:36 (new recorded, w/ Amanda Somerville & Corvin Bahn)
5.Broken 3:45 (new Track)
6.All Above The Atmosphere 4:02 (new recorded, w/ Herbie Langhans & Herman Frank)
7.Coast To Coast 4:26 (new recorded, w/ Michael Ehre, Stephan Lill & Chity Somapala)
8.How The Gypsy Was Born 5:53 (remastered, w/ Peavy Wagner)
9.Run With The Wolf 4:00 (new recorded, w/ Sascha Paeth)
10.My Kingdom Come (new Track, Orchestral Version, w/ Corvin Bahn) 5:28

CD SINGLE :

1.My Kingdom Come 5:28
2.Meet You In Heaven (Live at Pumpwerk, Wilhelmshaven, 2005, prev. unreleased) 6:08

DVD:

“MOB RULES OVER AMERICA”

1.Children Of The Flames
2.Trial By Fire
3.Astral Hand
4.Unholy War
5.Ashes To Ashes
6.Fuel To The Fire
7.Veil Of Death
8.Last Farewell
9.In The Land Of Wind And Rain
10.Black Rain
11.Hollowed Be Thy Name

The Official Videos:

1. Lost
2. Ice and Fire
3. Astral Hand
4. Last Farewell
5. Black Rain

Bonus:
- The Roadmob Bootlegs:

1.) Telebox Fool - Live @ Rockfabrik Nuremberg (2013)
2.) Ethnolution Tour „The Scandinavian Chapter“ (2007)
3.) The Magic Circle Files (2007)
4.) The Glance Of Fame (unofficial Clip)
5.) Drumrecording

LINE-UP:

Klaus Dirks – vocals
Matthias Mineur – guitar
Sven Ludke – guitar
Markus Brinkmann – bass
Nikolas Fritz – drums
Jan Christian Halfbrodt - keyboards