Somewhere Far Beyond

Track listing

Lyrical references

• "Time What is Time" is about the film Blade Runner from the perspective of a Replicant.
• "Journey Through the Dark" is about Jhary a-Conel, a bard and a companion of the Eternal Champion, from the books by Michael Moorcock.
• "Black Chamber" deals with someone finding himself in the Twin Peaks world and facing a dark fate.
• "Theatre of Pain" is based on the fantasy novel The Merman's Children by Poul Anderson.
• "The Quest for Tanelorn" is about the Eternal Champion's search for a city called Tanelorn, a fictional city in The Multiverse of Michael Moorcock's stories.
• "Ashes to Ashes" is based on reality; it has to do with the death of Hansi's father.
• "The Bard's Song – In the Forest" is inspired by the computer game The Bard's Tale.
• "The Bard's Song – The Hobbit" is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
• "Somewhere Far Beyond" is a retelling of Stephen King's 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

• 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

• 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"

• 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

Cover versions

• "The Bard's Song " has been covered by German a cappella metal band van Canto.