Tracklist

1	War Of Wrath	1:50
2	Into The Storm	4:25
3	Lammoth	0:28
4	Nightfall	5:35
5	The Minstrel	0:32
6	The Curse Of Feanor	5:42
7	Captured	0:26
8	Blood Tears	5:24
9	Mirror Mirror	5:06
10	Face The Truth	0:24
11	Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)	6:52
12	Battle Of Sudden Flame	0:43
13	Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)	4:54
14	The Dark Elf	0:23
15	Thorn	6:19
16	The Eldar	3:38
17	Nom The Wise	0:34
18	When Sorrow Sang	4:26
19	Out On The Water	0:44
20	The Steadfast	0:21
21	A Dark Passage	6:01
22	Final Chapter (Thus Ends...)	0:51
23	Harvest Of Sorrow	3:40

Credits

• Artwork [Cover And Story Paintings] – Andreas Marschall
• Artwork [Dragon Guitar Art] – Leo Hao
• Bass, Bass [Fretless] – Oliver Holzwarth (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Choir – Billy King (tracks: 1 to 22), Olaf Senkbeil (tracks: 1 to 22), Rolf Köhler (tracks: 1 to 22), Thomas Hackmann (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Design – Dennis 'Sir' Kostroman*, Nikolay 'Dr. Venom' Simkin*
• Drums, Percussion – Thomas Stauch
• Flute, Flute [Alto] – Max Zelzner (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Grand Piano – Michael Schüren (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Guitar [Lead & Rhythm], Acoustic Guitar – Andre Olbrich*
• Guitar [Rhythm] – Marcus Siepen
• Keyboards, Effects [Orchestral] – Mathias Wiesner (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Hansi Kürsch
• Liner Notes – Michael Kensen (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Lyrics By, Written-by [Concept Stories] – H. Kürsch*
• Music By – Olbrich*, Kürsch*, Siepen* (tracks: 6), Schüren* (tracks: 16), Stauch* (tracks: 6)
• Narrator – Douglas Fielding (tracks: 1 to 22), Norman Eshley (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Photography By – Thorsten Eichhorst
• Recorded By [Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass Guitars, Piano, Interludes], Engineer [Mixing], Mixed By [Interludes] – Charlie Bauerfeind (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By [Flutes & Alto-flute, Vocals], Engineer – Cuny (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By [Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Keyboard & Orchestral Effects], Engineer [Mixing] – Piet Sielck (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By [Vocals], Engineer [Mixing], Mixed By – Flemming Rasmussen (tracks: 1 to 22)
• Recorded By, Mixed By, Producer – Charlie Bauerfeind (tracks: 23)
• Remastered By – Wolfgang Eller

Notes

Originally released in 1998.

Track 23 is a bonus track.

Based on the story The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
This album is dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien.

Recorded at Twilight Hall Studios, Krefeld, Karo Musik Studios, Brackel (HH, Germany) & Sweet Silence Studios (Copenhagen, Denmark) from September 1997 - March 1998 except:
Piano recorded at Vox Studios, HH, Germany in January 1998, Narration recorded at Air edel-Studios, London.
Mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988002531431

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7243 8 45899 2 9, 724384589929	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	7243 8 45899 2 9, 724384589929	Europe	1998
NB 4327-1, 27361 43271	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, RM, Red)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 4327-1, 27361 43271	Germany	2018
7243 8 45899 2 9	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CDr, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	Virgin	7243 8 45899 2 9	Russia	2001
0946 3 96520 2 0	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin	0946 3 96520 2 0	Europe	2007
none	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Blind Guardian)	none	Russia	1998

Tracklist

1	War Of Wrath
2	Into The Storm
3	Lammoth
4	Nightfall
5	The Minstrel
6	The Curse Of Feanor
7	Captured
8	Blood Tears
9	Mirror Mirror
10	Face The Truth
11	Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)
12	Battle Of Sudden Flame
13	Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)
14	The Dark Elf
15	Thorn
16	The Eldar
17	Nom The Wise
18	When Sorrow Sang
19	Out On The Water
20	The Steadfast
21	A Dark Passage
22	Final Chapter (Thus Ends...)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: UL 98507

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7243 8 45899 2 9, 724384589929	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	7243 8 45899 2 9, 724384589929	Europe	1998
NB 4327-1, 27361 43271	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, RM, Red)	Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast	NB 4327-1, 27361 43271	Germany	2018
7243 8 45899 2 9	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CDr, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	Virgin	7243 8 45899 2 9	Russia	2001
0946 3 96520 2 0	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin	0946 3 96520 2 0	Europe	2007
none	Blind Guardian	Nightfall In Middle-Earth ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Blind Guardian)	none	Russia	1998