Fire & Ashes (EP)

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Fire & Ashes is the first EP by German symphonic metal band Xandria.^[1] This is the band's second release with vocalist Dianne van Giersbergen. The EP features three new tracks, two rerecorded and remastered tracks, and two cover songs.^[2] The EP is produced by Joost van den Broek and contains cover art by Felipe Machado Franco and guest vocals by Valerio Recenti, the Italian singer of the Dutch alternative metal band My Propane. The composition "In Remembrance" is a tribute to classical Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi as it is based on the aria "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" from his opera Un Ballo in Maschera.

Fire & Ashes
EP by Xandria
Released	31 July 2015
Recorded	2015
Studio	Sandlane Recording Facilities, The Netherlands
Genre	Symphonic metal, power metal
Length	35:01
Label	Napalm NPR 613 DP
Producer	Joost van den Broek
Xandria chronology
Sacrificium (2014) Fire & Ashes (2015) Theater of Dimensions (2017)
Singles from Fire & Ashes
"Don't Say A Word" Released: 3 July 2015 "Voyage of the Fallen" Released: 30 July 2015

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Voyage of the Fallen"	4:45
2.	"Unembraced"	4:26
3.	"In Remembrance"	5:00
4.	"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" (Meat Loaf cover)	7:25
5.	"Ravenheart" (originally on Ravenheart, 2004)	3:48
6.	"Now & Forever" (originally on India, 2005)	3:23
7.	"Don't Say a Word" (Sonata Arctica cover)	6:07
Total length:		34:54

Personnel

All information from the EP booklet.^[3]

Xandria

• Dianne van Giersbergen – vocals
• Marco Heubaum – guitar, vocals, keyboards, producer
• Philip Restemeier – guitar
• Steven Wussow – bass
• Gerit Lamm – drums

Additional musicians

• Valerio Recenti – backing vocals
• Jeroen Goossens – whistles

Production

• Jos Driessen – engineering assistant
• Darius van Helfteren – mastering
• Tim Tronckoe – photography
• Joost van den Broek – recording, mixing, producer
• Felipe Machado Franco – cover art, design