Dust to Dust (Heavenly album)

Dust to Dust
Studio album by Heavenly
Released	12 January 2004
Recorded	Heavenly Studio, France, March–August 2003
Genre	Power metal
Length	70:13
Label	Noise/Sanctuary
Producer	Sascha Paeth
Heavenly chronology
Sign of the Winner (2001) Dust to Dust (2004) Virus (2006)

Dust to Dust is the third full-length studio album by the French power metal band Heavenly. It was released on 12 January 2004 by Noise Records. Dust to Dust is a concept album following a man seeking revenge upon the Master of Doom for transforming him into a vampire and forcing him to prey on the innocent for eternity. The album concludes with the protagonist overcoming his master. He suffers a fatal wound, but he regains his soul and attains paradise.

The album's cover art was designed by Jan Meininghaus, a graphic designer from Germany.

In 2017, Loudwire ranked it as the 25th best power metal album of all time.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Benjamin Sotto, except where noted

Chapter I

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ashes to Ashes..." (Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson, Benjamin Sotto)	1:54
2.	"Evil"	6:13
3.	"Lust for Life"	6:13
4.	"Victory (Creature of the Night)"	6:51

Chapter II

No.	Title	Length
5.	"Illusion Part I"	2:08
6.	"Illusion Part II (The Call of the Wild)"	5:02
7.	"The Ritual" (instrumental)	0:57
8.	"Keepers of the Earth" (Frédéric Leclercq, Sotto)	6:15
9.	"Miracle"	9:08

Chapter III

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Fight for Deliverance"	6:57
11.	"Hands of Darkness" (Leclercq)	5:33
12.	"Kingdom Come"	8:11
13.	"...Dust to Dust"	4:51
Total length:		70:13

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Length
14.	"...Dust to Dust (Japanese version)"	4:51
Total length:		75:04

Personnel

• Benjamin Sotto - vocals, keyboard
• Maxence Pilo - drums
• Frédéric Leclercq - guitars, backing vocals
• Pierre-Emmanuel Pélisson - bass
• Charley Corbiaux - guitars