Classics Volume Two

Classics Volume Two
Preceded by...	Too Big to Fail (industry album) Legacy (public album - Japan only) Battlecry (public album)
Succeeded by...	Empire (industry album) Christmas Medley (single)
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Classics Volume Two, released on June 16th, 2015, was the tenth public album released by Two Steps From Hell and the thirty-second overall. It was the long-awaited sequel to Classics Volume One and, like it's predecessor, included mostly songs that were previously released on industry albums, specifically Dynasty, Nemesis, Legend, The Devil Wears Nada, Power of Darkness, Nero, the extended version of SkyWorld and Amaria.

Notably, however, out of the twenty-five songs included on this album, only fifteen were "classics" and were composed by Thomas Bergersen. The other ten songs, ironically, were new compositions by Nick Phoenix, four of which featured vocal performances by Felicia Farerre, Aya Peard and Nick Phoenix (though the latter was not credited). Nevertheless, all ten of these compositions would later be re-released on the industry album Empire.

Track List

#	Title	Composer	From	Later Released On	Vocalist Featured
1	Heaven & Earth	Thomas Bergersen	Dynasty	N/A	N/A
2	Submariner	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	N/A
3	Atlas	Thomas Bergersen	Power of Darkness	N/A	N/A
4	Neverdark	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire & Impossible	N/A
5	Starfall	Thomas Bergersen	Nero	N/A	Unknown (likely Francesca Genco)
6	Aratta	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	Nick Phoenix (uncredited)
7	Salvation	Thomas Bergersen	Nero	N/A	N/A
8	Mythic	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	Felicia Farerre
9	Casablanca	Thomas Bergersen	Nero	N/A	Unknown
10	Fateful Night	Thomas Bergersen	Legend	N/A	Unknown
11	Bastion	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	N/A
12	Flameheart	Thomas Bergersen	Dynasty	N/A	N/A
13	Kogan	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	Felicia Farerre
14	Magika	Thomas Bergersen	Dynasty	N/A	N/A
15	Ride With the Saracen	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	N/A
16	The Immortals	Thomas Bergersen	Nemesis	N/A	N/A
17	Ride to Victory	Thomas Bergersen	Nero	N/A	N/A
18	Na Vedui	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	Aya Peard
19	The Colonel	Thomas Bergersen	SkyWorld	N/A	N/A
20	Dachuur	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	N/A
21	Undefeated	Thomas Bergersen	Nero	N/A	N/A
22	Flying Snow	Nick Phoenix	N/A	Empire	N/A
23	Riders	Thomas Bergersen	Amaria	N/A	N/A
24	Adventure of a Lifetime	Thomas Bergersen	Legend	N/A	N/A
25	Clock Tower Parade	Thomas Bergersen	The Devil Wears Nada	N/A	N/A

Trivia

• This is the second "Classics" album released by Two Steps From Hell.
• The breakdown of the albums featured is as follows:
  • Empire: 10 songs
  • Nero: 5 songs
  • Dynasty: 3 songs
  • Legend: 2 songs
  • Nemesis, The Devil Wears Nada, Power of Darkness, SkyWorld and Amaria: 1 song each

• This is one of six albums not featured on Extreme Music, along with Archangel, Demon's Dance, Halloween, Colin Frake on Fire Mountain and Legacy.
  • All of the songs can be found under their respective albums, however.
• This is the seventh time that Bergersen (15) is featured more often than Phoenix (10) in a public album.
  • This is somewhat justified in the sense that Bergersen supplied all the "classic" songs while Phoenix composed new songs.

• Both Casablanca and Na Vedui contain audible lyrics, though the language for the former is uncertain but the language for the latter is definitely Tolkien's Elvish (Na Vedui means "At last" in Sindarin).
• Ride to Victory was released on the official YouTube channel on July 4th to celebrate Thomas Bergersen's birthday.
• This album is very similar to its predecessor:
  • Both feature tracks from Dynasty, Nemesis, Legend, The Devil Wears Nada, Power of Darkness, Nero and the extended version of SkyWorld.
  • The Devil Wears Nada track takes the last spot on the album list.
  • Aya Peard provides vocals for one track on both.
  • Nick Phoenix provides at least two brand-new tracks on both.
  • Both album covers are similar in their layout, with brown colors and one sole subject that is flipped upside down underneath its original picture.

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Behind the Scenes

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