MOB RULES

track-list:
CD1
Way Of The World
Run To The Hills
(Iron Maiden Cover, new unreleased track)
Fame
(Irene Cara Cover, new unreleased track)
Square Hammer
(Ghost Cover, new unreleased track)
Ghost Town
(re-recorded, previously digital only)
Sacred Heart
(Dio Cover)
Ghost Of A Chance
Hollowed Be Thy Name
Sinister Light
Black Rain
Ice & Fire
Somerled
Flag Of Life
Unholy War
Fuel To The Fire
CD 2
Raven’s Flight
(Amon Amarth Cover, previously digital only)
Hymn Of The Damned
(previously digital only)
Lord Of Madness
(re-recorded)
Evolution’s Falling
Shores Ahead
Hydrophobia
Hold Back The Light
Tele Box Fool
Desperate Son
The Sirens
Better Morning
Trial By Fire
On The Edge
Rain Song
Dykemaster’s Tale

discography:
1996 Savage Land Part 1 EP
1999 Savage Land Full-length
2000 Temple of Two Suns Full-length
2002 Lord of Madness Single
2002 Hollowed Be Thy Name Full-length
2004 W:O:A Roadshow 2003 Split video
2004 Black Rain Single
2004 Among the Gods Full-length
2005 Signs of the Time Live Video
2006 Ethnolution A.D. Full-length
2008 2 Originals of Mob Rules Boxed set
2009 Astral Hand EP
2009 Radical Peace Full-length
2012 Ice & Fire Single
2012 Cannibal Nation Full-length
2014 My Kingdom Come Single
2014 Timekeeper (20th Anniversary Box) Full-length
2015 Broken Single
2016 Tales from Beyond Full-length
2017 Somerled Single
2018 Ghost of a Chance Single
2018 Sinister Light Single
2018 Children’s Crusade Single
2018 Beast Reborn Full-length
2018 My Sobriety Mind (For Those Who Left) Single
2019 Ghost of a Chance (live) Single
2019 Beast over Europe Live album
2019 Raven’s Flight Single
2022 Sacred Heart Single
2022 Ghost Town Single
2023 Hymn of the Damned Single
2024 Run to the Hills Single
2024 Celebration Day: 30 Years of Mob Rules Compilation

Northern German melodic power metallers Mob Rules are celebrating their 30th anniversary.
Time to let it rip!
With ‘Celebration Day – 30 Years Of Mob Rules’, the band around singer Klaus Dirks releases a compilation that could hardly have become more extensive and of higher quality.
With over 150 minutes of playing time (spread over two CDs), the capacity of the medium is stretched to the limit with 30 hand-picked songs, including not only obvious band classics such as ‘Black Rain’, ‘Hollowed Be Thy Name’ and ‘Rain Song’, but also songs that have previously been less in the spotlight.
“I immediately have to think of ‘Way Of The World’, which was the last song on our ‘Hollowed Be Thy Name’ album from 2002,”
explains Klaus.
“We were able to get ex-Helloween/Masterplan guitarist Roland Grapow for a guest appearance and in the end the eight-and-a-half-minute track became one of the best in our repertoire.”
In addition to this great cross-section of the band’s career, there are also some tracks that were previously only available digitally (for example the latest single ‘Hymn Of The Damned’ and the Amon Amarth cover ‘Raven’s Flight’).
Especially for this compilation, all these tracks have been carefully remastered by Markus Teske.
With three brand new cover songs, ‘Celebration Day – 30 Years Of Mob Rules’ also contains previously unreleased material.
With great attention to detail, the band took on songs as different as ‘Run To The Hills’ (Iron Maiden), ‘Fame’ (Irene Cara) and ‘Square Hammer’ (Ghost).
French artist Stan-W Decker (Primal Fear, Blue Öyster Cult, Rage) was enlisted for the visual design of the anniversary release, creating the perfect setting with a breathtaking cover illustration containing numerous cross-references to the Mob Rules band history.
All in all, every detail of ‘Celebration Day – 30 Years Of Mob Rules’ displays the incredibly high quality standards of a band that doesn’t do things by halves.
Here’s to the next 30 years!