II (Lords of Black album)

II is the second album by the Spanish power metal band Lords of Black, released on March 18, 2016, under Italian record label Frontiers Records.[1]

This article is about the Lords of Black album. For other uses, see II (disambiguation).

II
Studio album by Lords of Black
Released	March 18th, 2016
Recorded	Estudios "Casa de la Música" - Fuenlabrada (Spain) and Grapow studio, Zvolenská Slatina, (Slovakia)
Genre	Power metal, Heavy metal, Progressive Metal, Symphonic Metal
Length	1:03:06
Label	Frontiers Records
Producer	Tony Hernando & Roland Grapow
Lords of Black chronology
Lords of Black (2014) II (2016) Icons Of The New Days (2018)

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tony Hernando; all music is composed by Tony Hernando, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Malevolently Beautiful (Intro)" (Instrumental)	Tony Hernando	0:48
2.	"Merciless"	Tony Hernando	5:13
3.	"Only One Life Away"	Tony Hernando	6:10
4.	"Everything You're Not"	Andy C. / Tony Hernando	4:20
5.	"New World's Comin'"	Tony Hernando	4:37
6.	"Cry No More"	Tony Hernando	4:52
7.	"Tears I Will Be"	Tony Hernando	6:16
8.	"Insane"	Tony Hernando	4:40
9.	"Live by the Lie, Die by the Truth"	Tony Hernando	4:28
10.	"Ghost of You"	Tony Hernando	9:04
11.	"The Art of Illusions Part III: The Wasteland"	Tony Hernando / Ronnie Romero	4:51
12.	"Shadows of War"	Tony Hernando	4:15
Total length:			1:03:06

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"Lady of the Lake" (Rainbow cover)	Ronnie James Dio	Dio / Ritchie Blackmore	3:32
14.	"Innuendo" (Queen cover)	Freddie Mercury / Roger Taylor	Freddie Mercury	6:14
Total length:				9:46

Personnel

• Ronnie Romero – Lead vocals
• Tony Hernando - Guitars, bass, additional Keyboards, synths and narrated voices.
• Andy C. (Andres Cobos) - Drums, piano

Guest musicians

• Victor Díez - Piano on "New Worlds Comin'", "Tears I Will Be", "Insane (Acoustic Version)" (additional)

Production

• Tony Hernando - Production
• Roland Grapow - Co-Production, recording, mixing, mastering
• Anti Horrillo, Daniel Luna and Miguel Sanz - Recording and engineering
• Felipe Machado Franco - Cover Art
• Manuel Giménez Caballero - Lay out designs
• Antonio Garci - Photography

References

1. Allmusic.com

External links

• Discogs.com
• Metallum Archvies