Night on Bröcken
| Night on Bröcken | ||||
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Original vinyl edition | ||||
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| Released | September 1984 | |||
| Studio | The Gallery Recording Studio, East Hartford, Connecticut | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 42:26 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade | |||
| Producer | Fates Warning | |||
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1988 reissue | ||||
Night on Bröcken is the debut studio album by the American progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in September 1984 through Metal Blade Records.
The title of the album is apparently a reference to the Brocken, a mountain in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which is traditionally associated with witches (Walpurgis Night), most famously in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust (1806–1831). The reference becomes apparent on two original album covers that "were scrapped prior to major distribution". The spelling is a typical example of a "metal umlaut".