The Missing Link (Rage album)

The Missing Link
Studio album by Rage
Released	1 August 1993
Recorded	May–June 1993
Studio	Rocktech Studio, Berlin
Genre	Power metal, speed metal
Length	45:46
Label	Noise
Producer	Sven Conquest
Rage chronology
Beyond the Wall (1992) The Missing Link (1993) Refuge (1994)
Singles from The Missing Link
"Refuge" Released: 24 March 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10

The Missing Link is the eighth full-length album released by the heavy metal band Rage in 1993. The album was remastered by Noise/Sanctuary in 2002 with five bonus tracks, three of them are from the EP Refuge.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peter Wagner, except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Firestorm"	Manni Schmidt, Peter Wagner	4:56
2.	"Nevermore"		4:28
3.	"Refuge"		3:38
4.	"The Pit and the Pendulum"	Chris Ephthimiadis, Wagner	4:18
5.	"From the Underworld"	Schmidt, Wagner	3:10
6.	"Certain Days"		5:46
7.	"Who Dares?"	Ephthimiadis, Wagner	4:29
8.	"Wake Me When I'm Dead"		5:22
9.	"Lost in the Ice"		9:50
10.	"Her Diary's Black Pages"		3:34
11.	"The Missing Link"	Ephthimiadis, Schmidt, Wagner	4:24
12.	"Raw Caress"		5:26

Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Another Kind of Madness"		5:11
14.	"Truth Hits Everybody" (The Police cover)	Sting	2:26
15.	"I Can't Control Myself" (The Troggs cover)	Reg Presley	2:48
16.	"Beyond the Pale" (The Mission cover)	Craig Adams, Mick Brown, Simon Hinkler, Wayne Hussey	6:34
17.	"Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover; Demo Version)	Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward	2:40

Personnel

Band members

• Peavy Wagner – vocals, bass, arrangements
• Manni Schmidt – guitars
• Chris Ephthimiadis – drums

Production

• Sven Conquest – producer, engineer, mixing
• Bernd Steinwedel – mastering
• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer