Hanging in the Balance - Composition

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Hanging in the Balance is the fifth album by American heavy metal band Metal Church, released in 1993. It was Metal Church's last album before their two-year break up from 1996 to 1998, and the last to feature vocalist Mike Howe for more than two decades until his return to the band in 2015.[4] It is also their last studio album with longtime guitarist Craig Wells and drummer Kirk Arrington (until his return on 2004's The Weight of the World).

Hanging in the Balance

Studio album by

Metal Church

Released

October 7, 1993[1]

Recorded

1992–1993

Studio

Music Storage Studios (Aberdeen, Washington)
Studio 900 (New York City)
Studio Works II (Island Park, New York)

Genre

Heavy metal
thrash metal

Length

56:45

Label

Blackheart (US and Japan)
SPV/Steamhammer (Europe)

Producer

Thom Panunzio, Kenny Laguna, Paul O'Neill

Metal Church chronology

The Human Factor
(1991)

Hanging in the Balance
(1993)

Live
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10[2]
Rock Hard	9.5/10[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gods of Second Chance"	Mike Howe, Kurdt Vanderhoof, Paul O'Neill	5:23
2.	"Losers in the Game"	Howe, Vanderhoof	5:08
3.	"Hypnotized"	Howe, John Marshall, Vanderhoof	4:43
4.	"No Friend of Mine"	Howe, Vanderhoof	3:58
5.	"Waiting for a Savior"	Howe, Vanderhoof, O'Neill	5:48
6.	"Conductor"	Craig Wells, Vanderhoof	4:10
7.	"Little Boy"	Marshall, Vanderhoof	8:14
8.	"Down to the River"	Howe, Vanderhoof	5:01
9.	"End of the Age"	Howe, Vanderhoof	7:17
10.	"Lovers and Madmen"	Marshall	2:51
11.	"A Subtle War"	Marshall, Vanderhoof	4:12

European edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Low to Overdrive"	Vanderhoof	4:27

Digipak release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)
12.	"Start the Fire" (live)	David Wayne, Wells, Vanderhoof
13.	"Fake Healer" (live)	Marshall, Vanderhoof
14.	"Losers in the Game" (live)	Howe, Vanderhoof

Personnel

Metal Church

Mike Howe – vocals
Craig Wells – lead guitar
John Marshall – rhythm guitar
Duke Erickson – bass
Kirk Arrington – drums

Additional musicians

Kurdt Vanderhoof – additional guitars
Jerry Cantrell – lead guitar on "Gods of Second Chance"[5]
Randy Hansen – lead guitar on "Conductor"
Joan Jett, Allison Wolfe, Kathleen Hanna – backing vocals on "Little Boy"

Production

Thom Panunzio – producer, engineer, mixing at The Hit Factory, New York
Kenny Laguna – producer
Paul O'Neill – producer on tracks 1, 5, 6, 10, musical director, arrangements with Kurdt Vanderhoof and Metal Church
Adam Kasper, Chuck Johnson, Glen Robinson, John Aiosa, Lee Anthony, Thom Cadley – assistant engineers
Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York

References

"Hanging in the Balance - Metal Church". AllMusic. October 7, 1993. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
Kühnemund, Götz (1993). "Review Dynamit: Metal Church - Hanging in the Balance". Rock Hard (in German). No. 81. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
"Metal Church Rejoined By Singer Mike Howe". Blabbermouth.net. April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
"Metal Church - Hanging in the Balance (Album review 2) | Sputnikmusic".

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Kurdt Vanderhoof Steve Unger Rick Van Zandt Stet Howland Mike Howe Rick Condrin Ed Bull Rick Wagner Aaron Zimpel Mike Murphy Steve Holt Carl Sacco Craig Wells David Wayne Duke Erickson Kirk Arrington Mark Baker John Marshall Jay Reynolds Ronny Munroe William McKay Jeff Plate
Studio albums	Metal Church The Dark Blessing in Disguise The Human Factor Hanging in the Balance Masterpeace The Weight of the World A Light in the Dark This Present Wasteland Generation Nothing XI Damned If You Do
Live albums	Live
Tours	Operation Rock & Roll
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- [en] Hanging in the Balance

[es] Hanging in the Balance

Hanging in the Balance es el quinto álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de heavy metal Metal Church, publicado en 1993 por Blackheart y SPV/Steamhammer Records. Es la última producción de la primera etapa de la banda, antes de su primer separación oficializada en 1996, por consiguiente, fue el último disco con el vocalista Mike Howe hasta su regreso en 2015, como también del guitarrista Craig Wells y Kirk Arrington hasta 2004.

[ru] Hanging in the Balance

Hanging in the Balance (с англ. — «Висящий на волоске») — пятый студийный альбом американской метал-группы Metal Church, выпущенный 7 октября 1993 года. Это был последний альбом Metal Church перед их двухлетним перерывом с 1996 по 1998 год, и последний альбом с участием вокалиста Майка Хоу, который вернётся в группу только спустя более двух десятилетий в 2015 году[6]. Это также их последний студийный альбом с давним гитаристом Крейгом Уэллсом и барабанщиком Кирком Аррингтоном (до его возвращения на альбоме 2004 года The Weight of the World).

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