The double CD contains 26 acoustic arrangements of metal and rock songs by Iron Maiden, KISS, Metallica, Deep Purple, Helloween, Led Zeppelin, Dream Theater, and many more.Guest musicians on the album are (ex) members of KISS and Iron Maiden, respectively Bruce Kulick and Blaze Bayley.
Thomas Zwijsen states: “My mission is to bring Heavy Metal to the Classical Guitar world and vice versa, combining the greatness of heavy metal compositions with the beautiful tone of the classical guitar. I can’t wait to present this album to guitar fans around the world.”
CD 1
01 The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (2:26) Ennio Moricone
02 Eagle Fly Free (4:15) Helloween
03 2 Minutes To Midnight (5:03) Iron Maiden
04 Forever (ft. Bruce Kulick) (3:56) KISS
05 Definitely Doable (2:24) Thomas Zwijsen
06 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (7:36) Iron Maiden
07 Hollow Years (4:41) Dream Theater
08 Eye Of The Tiger (2:41) Survivor
09 Renegade (3:16) Hammerfall
10 The Unforgiven II (4:00) Metallica
11 Soldier Of Fortune (3:08) Deep Purple
12 Twisted Mind (4:45) Avantasia
13 Fading Monument (3:23) Thomas Zwijsen
14 The Final Countdown (4:11) Europe
CD 2
01 Where Eagles Dare (4:34) Iron Maiden
02 Temple Of The King (3:05) Rainbow
03 Lightning Strikes Twice (ft. Blaze Bayley) (4:25) Iron Maiden
04 Enter Sandman (3:45) Metallica
05 All My Love (3:39) Led Zeppelin
06 Want You Bad (3:27) The Offspring
07 The Wickerman (ft. Anne Bakker) (4:16) Iron Maiden
08 Space Oddity (4:06) David Bowie
09 The Minstrel’s Duel (2:01) Thomas Zwijsen
10 Smoke On The Water (2:59) Deep Purple
11 Future World (3:57) Helloween
12 Living After Midnight (3:31) Judas Priest
13 Detroit Rock City (ft. Nathanael Taekema) (3:29) KISS
14 Burn (ft. Anne Bakker) (4:33) Deep Purple
Bruce Kulick : acoustic guitar on CD1 – Track 04 “Forever”.
Blaze Bayley : lead vocals on CD2 – Track 03 “Lightning Strikes Twice”.
Anne Bakker : violin on CD2 – Track 07 “The Wicker Man”,
lead vocals and violin on CD2 – Track 14 “Burn”.
Nathanael Taekema: percussion on CD2 – Track 13 “Detroit Rock City”.