One Step Beyond (Dungeon album)

One Step Beyond is the fourth album from Australian heavy metal band Dungeon. It was released in Australia in November 2004 by Metal Warriors and in Japan at the same time by Sound Holic. LMP released the album worldwide in February 2005.[1] Unlike the albums that preceded and followed it, One Step Beyond featured the same artwork and track-listing in all markets where it was released (although the United States version has a different running order). The Australian version was to contain covers of "Til the Living End" by Dokken and Queen's "The Hero" but Dungeon's German label LMP refused to allow them to issue an alternate edition and the tracks were later made available as downloads. LMP later issued a special edition for the US market that also included the band's self-produced 2004 live DVD.

One Step Beyond
Studio album by
Dungeon
ReleasedNovember 2004
RecordedR&R Studios and SLS Studios, Sydney, Australia, 2004
GenreHeavy metal, Power metal
Length48:11
LabelMetal Warriors
LMP
ProducerLord Tim
Dungeon chronology
A Rise to Power
(2002)
One Step Beyond
(2004)
Resurrection
(2005)

Drummer Steve Moore left Dungeon before the album was released. The band photos in the CD booklet feature Lord Tim and Stu Marshall with new drummer Grahame Goode and former bass player Justin Sayers, who had left the group in 1999.

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Power Within"Stu Marshall/Tim Grose5:12
2."Against the Wind"Tim Grose4:28
3."The Art of War"Stu Marshall/Tim Grose5:45
4."The Hunger"Tim Grose/Stu Marshall5:51
5."Surface Tension"Tim Grose5:38
6."Terrano del Mar"Stu Marshall/Tim Grose8:18
7."One Step Beyond"Tim Grose4:09
8."Under the Cross"Stu Marshall/Tim Grose7:47
9."Epilogue"Peter Dodds McCormick/arr. Tim Grose1:05

Recording notes

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  • Several of the tracks on this album deal with self-empowerment and personal struggle against adversity.
  • The track "Epilogue" is a heavily-distorted instrumental version of the Australian national anthem Advance Australia Fair.
  • "Under the Cross" is about the battle of the Eureka Stockade, a gold miner's uprising on the Victorian goldfields in 1854.
  • "The Art of War" was inspired by Sun Tzu's ancient treatise on the military and warfare, The Art of War.
  • "Tarranno del Mar" is about a demonic pirate. The title translates as "Terror of the Seas". Lord Tim's post-Dungeon band Lord recorded a sequel in 2010 that was released as the title track of the EP "Return of the Tyrant".

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Dungeon - 100% Pure Aussie Heavy Metal: Releases - One Step Beyond". 3 May 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2022.