Far Beyond" is a retelling of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three. "Trial by Fire" is about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's a cover of the heavy metal band Satan. Personnel Blind Guardian Hansi Kürsch – lead vocals, bass André Olbrich – lead, rhythm and acoustic guitar, backing vocals Marcus Siepen – rhythm and acoustic guitars, backing vocals Thomas "Thomen" Stauch – drums Guest musicians Piet Sielck –effects, guitars Mathias Wiesner – effects, keyboards and bass on "Spread Your Wings" Rolf Köhler, Billy King and Kalle Trapp – backing vocals Stefan Will – piano Peter Rübsam – Scottish and Irish bagpipes Kai Hansen – lead guitar on "The Quest for Tanelorn" Production and design Kalle Trapp – producing, mixing, recording Piet Sielck – second engineer Andreas Marschall/Becker — Derouet Hamburg – cover art Tom Nagy – photo a•r•t•p•o•o•l – graphics Charts References 1992 albums Blind Guardian albums