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___MASK82___ : A Tragedy ( or retrospectively "") is the first part of " ___MASK82___ " by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , and is considered by many as the greatest work of German literature . It was first published in 1808 . Synopsis . The first part of " ___MASK82___ " is not divided into acts , but is structured as a sequence of scenes in a variety of settings . After a dedicatory poem and a prelude in the theater , the actual plot begins with a prologue in Heaven , where the Lord challenges Mephistopheles , the Devil , that Mephistopheles cannot lead astray the Lord ' s favourite striving scholar , Dr . ___MASK82___ . We then see ___MASK82___ in his study , who , disappointed of science with natural means , attempts and fails to gain knowledge of nature and the universe by magical ones . The dejected ___MASK82___ contemplates suicide , but is held back by the sounds of the beginning Easter celebrations . He joins his assistant Wagner for an Easter walk in the countryside , among the celebrating people , and is followed home by a poodle . Back in the study , the poodle transforms itself into Mephistopheles , who offers ___MASK82___ a contract : he will do ___MASK82___ ' s bidding on earth , and ___MASK82___ will do the same for him in hell ( if , as ___MASK82___ adds in an important side clause , Mephisto can get him to be satisfied and to want a moment to last forever ). ___MASK82___ signs in blood , and Mephisto first takes him to Auerbach ' s tavern in Leipzig , where the devil plays tricks on some drunken revellers . Having then been transformed into a young man by a witch , ___MASK82___ encounters Margaret ( Gretchen ) and she excites his desires . Through a scheme involving jewellery and Gretchen ' s neighbour Marthe , Mephisto brings about ___MASK82___ ' s and Gretchen ' s liaison . After a period of separation , ___MASK82___ seduces Gretchen , who accidentally kills her mother with a sleeping potion ___MASK82___ had given her . Gretchen is pregnant , and her torment is further increased when ___MASK82___ and Mephisto kill her enraged brother in a sword fight . Mephisto seeks to distract ___MASK82___ by taking him to the witches ' sabbath of Walpurgis Night , but ___MASK82___ insists on rescuing Gretchen from the death sentence she has been given after going insane and drowning her newborn child . In the dungeon , ___MASK82___ in vain tries to persuade Gretchen to follow him to freedom . At the end of the drama , as ___MASK82___ and Mephisto flee the dungeon , a voice from heaven announces Gretchen ' s salvation . A rock opera is a collection of ___MASK14___ songs with lyrics that relate to a common story . Rock operas typically are released as concept albums and are not scripted for acting , which distinguishes them from operas , although several have been adapted as rock musicals . The use of various character roles within the song lyrics is a common storytelling device . The success of the rock opera genre has inspired similar works in other musical styles , such as rap opera . Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ' s ___MASK82___ is a tragic play in two parts usually known in ___MASK17___ as " ___MASK82___ , Part One " and " ___MASK82___ , Part Two ". Although rarely staged in its entirety , it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German - language stages . " ___MASK82___ " is Goethe ' s magnum opus and considered by many to be the greatest work of German literature . Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid - 1980s in Krefeld , ___MASK8___ . They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres . Ten musicians have been a part of the band ' s line - up in its history , which has consisted of singer Hansi Kürsch , guitarists André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen , and drummer Frederik Ehmke since 2005 . Symphonic ___MASK76___ is a subgenre of ___MASK76___ that emerged in the mid to late 1990s , and incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements . ___MASK30___ GmbH ( also known as Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH ) is an independent German record label . ___MASK82___ : The Second Part of the Tragedy , is the second part of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ' s " ___MASK82___ ". It was published in 1832 , the year of Goethe ' s death . Because of its complexity in form and content , it is usually not read in German schools , although the first part commonly is . Speed metal is an extreme subgenre of ___MASK37___ that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal ( NWOBHM ) roots . It is described by AllMusic as " extremely fast , abrasive , and technically demanding " music . Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa , Florida , formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991 . The Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the ___MASK50___ " Siége Perilous ", and shared songwriting credit with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011 . On June 22 , 2012 , Youngblood announced on their website that their new vocalist is the Swedish singer Tommy Karevik , who was first featured on Kamelot ' s ___MASK50___ " Silverthorn " as main vocalist , co - songwriter and lyricist . ___MASK82___ is the protagonist of a classic German legend . He is a scholar who is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life , which leads him to make a pact with the Devil , exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures . The ___MASK82___ legend has been the basis for many literary , artistic , cinematic , and musical works that have reinterpreted it through the ages . " ___MASK82___ " and the adjective " Faustian " imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a delimited term . Ghost Opera is the eighth studio ___MASK50___ from metal band Kamelot . It was released in 2007 by ___MASK30___ GmbH / Steamhammer Records , on June 1 in Germany and followed by releases on June 4 in Europe and June 5 in the United States . It is the first studio ___MASK50___ by Kamelot to feature keyboardist Oliver Palotai , and the last with former bassist Glenn Barry . The ___MASK50___ spawned four music videos for the songs " Ghost Opera ", " The Human Stain ", " Rule the World " and " Love You to Death ". ___MASK99___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK99___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK99___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK99___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK99___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is a federal republic in the southern half of South America . Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west , the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north , Brazil to the northeast , Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Drake Passage to the south . With a mainland area of , Argentina is the eighth - largest country in the world , the second largest in ___MASK54___ America , and the largest Spanish - speaking one . The country is subdivided into twenty - three provinces ( singular " provincia ") and one autonomous city (" ciudad autónoma "), Buenos Aires , which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress . The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions , but exist under a federal system . The Black Halo is the highly acclaimed , seventh full - length ___MASK50___ by the American power metal band Kamelot . It was released on March 15 , 2005 , through Steamhammer Records . It is a concept ___MASK50___ inspired by Goethe ' s Faust . Continuing the story introduced in Epica ( 2003 ) , it is the second and final record in Kamelot ' s two - part rock opera about Ariel ( a character based on Heinrich Faust ) . Epica tells Part 1 while The Black Halo tells Part 2 . Goethe ' s Faust is also broken into two parts . The Black Halo features guest appearances by Simone Simons ( Epica ) , Shagrath ( Dimmu Borgir ) , Jens Johansson ( Stratovarius ) , and several others . The ___MASK50___ was released on vinyl in the spring of 2009 , along with Ghost Opera ( 2007 ) . Galder is a Norwegian guitarist , and vocalist . His birth name is Tom Rune Andersen . He is from the small town Jessheim , north of Oslo . He is a founding member of the melodic ___MASK76___ band Old Man ' s Child as well as the lead guitarist in Dimmu Borgir . In 1993 , under the stage name Grusom , he , Jardar and Tjodalv created Old Man ' s Child . On Old Man ' s Child albums , he has performed vocal work , guitars , bass , and keyboards , though with a full line - up his primary instruments are guitar and keyboards , as well as vocals . He joined Dimmu Borgir in 2000 but has kept Old Man ' s Child alive . Scandinavia is a historical and cultural region in Northern ___MASK99___ characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . Jens Ola Johansson ( born 2 November 1963 , Stockholm , Sweden ) is a Swedish keyboardist and pianist who currently plays in the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius . He is notable for his high - speed neoclassical and fusion style . Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal , often within symphonic context . Generally , power metal is characterized by a more uplifting sound , instead of the heaviness and dissonance prevalent in styles such as doom metal and death metal . Power metal bands usually have anthem - like songs with fantasy - based subject matter and strong choruses , thus creating a theatrical , dramatic and emotionally " powerful " sound . The term was first used in the middle of the 1980s and refers to two different but related styles : the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal , and a later more widespread and popular style based in ___MASK99___ ( especially Scandinavia , Germany , Greece and Italy ), South America ( especially Brazil and Argentina ) and ___MASK7___ , with a lighter , more melodic sound and frequent use of keyboards . ___MASK14___ is a genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and country music . ___MASK14___ also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other musical sources . The LP ( from " long playing " or " long play ") is an analog sound storage medium , a vinyl ___MASK88___ format characterized by a speed of rpm , a 12 or 10 inch ( 30 or 25 cm ) diameter , and use of the " microgroove " groove specification . Introduced by Columbia in 1948 , it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire ___MASK88___ industry . Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound , it has remained the standard format for vinyl albums . Dimmu Borgir ( or or ) is a Norwegian symphonic ___MASK76___ band from Oslo , ___MASK16___ , formed in 1993 . The name is derived from Dimmuborgir , a volcanic formation in Iceland , the name of which means " dark cities " or " dark castles / fortresses " in Icelandic , Faroese and Old Norse . The band has been through numerous lineup changes over the years ; guitarist Silenoz and vocalist Shagrath are the only original members who still remain with guitarist Galder being a longstanding member . Doom metal is an extreme style of ___MASK37___ that typically uses slower tempos , low - tuned guitars and a much " thicker " or " heavier " sound than other metal genres . Both the music and the lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair , dread , and impending doom . The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath , who formed a prototype for doom metal with songs such as " Black Sabbath ", " Children of the Grave ", " Electric Funeral " and " Into the Void ". During the first half of the 1980s , a number of bands from England ( Pagan Altar , Witchfinder General ), the United States ( Pentagram , Saint Vitus , Trouble ) and Sweden ( Candlemass , Count Raven ) defined doom metal as a distinct genre . Silenoz ( born Sven Atle Kopperud on 1 March 1977 ) is a Norwegian guitarist who is a founding member , along with Shagrath and Tjodalv , of the Norwegian symphonic ___MASK76___ band Dimmu Borgir which he is the primary songwriter . He is also guitarist for the death metal supergroup , Insidious Disease . Compact disc ( CD ) is a ___MASK18___ optical disc data storage format released in 1982 and co - developed by Philips and ___MASK15___ . The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data ( CD - ROM ). Several other formats were further derived from these , including write - once audio and data storage ( CD - R ), rewritable media ( CD - RW ), Video Compact Disc ( VCD ), Super Video Compact Disc ( SVCD ), Photo CD , PictureCD , CD - i , and Enhanced Music CD . Audio CD players have been commercially available since October 1982 , when the first commercially available CD player was released in Japan . A concept ___MASK50___ is an ___MASK50___ unified by a larger purpose or meaning to the ___MASK50___ collectively than to its tracks individually . This may be achieved through a single central narrative or theme , or through a sense of artistic cohesiveness . The scope and definition of a " concept ___MASK50___ " varies , and there is no consensus over what exactly the term constitutes . Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 28 August 1749  22 March 1832 ) was a German writer and statesman . His body of work includes ___MASK5___ and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles ; prose and verse dramas ; memoirs ; an autobiography ; literary and aesthetic criticism ; treatises on botany , anatomy , and colour ; and four novels . In addition , numerous literary and scientific fragments , more than 10 , 000 letters , and nearly 3 , 000 drawings by him exist . MPEG - 1 and / or MPEG - 2 Audio Layer III , more commonly referred to as MP3 , is an audio coding format for ___MASK18___ audio which uses a form of lossy data compression . It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage , as well as a de facto standard of ___MASK18___ audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most ___MASK18___ audio players and computing devices . A rock musical is a musical theatre work with ___MASK14___ . The genre of rock musical may overlap somewhat with album musicals , concept albums and song cycles , as they sometimes tell a story through the ___MASK14___ , and some album musicals and concept albums become rock musicals . Notable examples of rock musicals include " Hair ", " Grease ", " Rent ", " Spring Awakening ", and " Next to Normal ". The Who ' s " Tommy " and other rock operas are sometimes presented on stage as a musical . Death metal is an extreme subgenre of ___MASK37___ . It typically employs heavily distorted and low - tuned guitars , played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking , deep growling vocals and screams , aggressive , powerful drumming featuring double kick or blast beat techniques , minor keys or atonality , abrupt tempo , key , and time signature changes and chromatic chord progressions . The lyrical themes of death metal may invoke slasher film - stylized violence , religion ( sometimes Satanism ), occultism , Lovecraftian horror , nature , mysticism , mythology , philosophy , science fiction , and politics , and they may describe extreme acts , including mutilation , dissection , torture , rape , cannibalism , and necrophilia . Siége Perilous is the third full - length ___MASK50___ released by the power metal band Kamelot . It was released on August 4 , 1998 , through ___MASK98___ . It is the first ___MASK50___ with Roy Khan ( ex - Conception ) on vocals and Casey Grillo on drums , and also the last with the keyboard player David Pavlicko . Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in ___MASK99___ . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , Italy shares open land borders with ___MASK31___ , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . Italy covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in Italy as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . A book is a set of written , printed , illustrated , or blank sheets , made of paper , parchment , or other materials , fastened together to hinge at one side , with text and / or images printed in ink . A single sheet within a book is a ___MASK87___ , and each side of a ___MASK87___ is a page . A set of text - filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known as an electronic book , or e - book . Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band that formed in 1984 . Since their formation , they have released 16 studio albums , 4 DVD and 3 live albums . Along with German bands Helloween , Blind Guardian , and Gamma Ray , Stratovarius is considered one of the leading and most influential groups of the power metal genre . In its history , the band has gone through many chaotic lineup changes and since ___MASK83___ there are no founding members of the band that remain . Currently , the longest standing member is singer Timo Kotipelto , who joined in 1994 . Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western ___MASK99___ . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , Germany is the most populous member state of the ___MASK27___ . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . Germany ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK7___ (" Nippon " or " Nihon " ; formally "" or " Nihon - koku ", means " State of ___MASK7___ ") is a sovereign ___MASK59___ nation in Eastern Asia . Located in the Pacific Ocean , It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland ( east of China , Korea , Russia ) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest . Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in both South America and ___MASK54___ America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , Brazil has a coastline of . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % of the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety of ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes Brazil one of 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject of significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century ___MASK50___ sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . Stian Shagrath Thoresen ( born 18 November 1976 ) is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist , founding member and multi instrumentalist of Dimmu Borgir . Greece (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern ___MASK99___ . Greece ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . Athens is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere , mostly in the southern hemisphere , with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere . It is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas , which is the model used in nations that speak Romance languages . The reference to South America instead of other regions ( like ___MASK54___ America or the Southern Cone ) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics ( in particular , the rise of Brazil ).