title: Millennium Metal – Chapter One
text: # Millennium Metal – Chapter One
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
  
  Millennium Metal – Chapter One is the debut album by the German power metal band Metalium. It was released in 1999 by the German label Massacre Records and distributed in the USA by Pavement Music. Millennium Metal is a concept album and the first chapter of the ongoing saga of the mythic warrior Metalium. The story continues on their second album, State of Triumph - Chapter Two, released the following year.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Band members
  
  * Henning Basse - lead vocals
  * Chris Caffery - guitars, co-producer
  * Matthias Lange - guitars
  * Lars Ratz - bass, producer, mixing
  * Mike Terrana - drums, narration
  
  ### Additional musicians
  
  * Ferdy Doernberg, JP Genkel - keyboards
  * Roland Grapow - guitar solo on "Metalium"
  * John Osborn - drums (touring only)
  
  ### Production
  
  * JP Genkel - engineer, mixing
  * Tommy Hansen - pre-mastering
  * Alexander Krull - mastering
  