Novum Initium

Novum Initium
Studio album by Masterplan
Released	14 June 2013 (2013-06-14)
Genre	Power metal
Length	51:09
Label	AFM
Producer	Roland Grapow
Masterplan chronology
Time to Be King (2010) Novum Initium (2013) PumpKings (2017)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
100% Rock	9/10
Dead Rhetoric	7.5/10
Metal Express Radio	7.5/10
Stormbringer	4.5/5

Novum Initium is the fifth album by German power metal band Masterplan, released on June 14, 2013. In a 2012 interview with producer Roland Grapow over the then-upcoming album, he stated that "We are looking for a more powerful album this time... still with great melodies and feelings, but also with more orchestration and faster stuff again… just more metal."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Per Aspera Ad Astra"	1:01
2.	"The Game"	5:28
3.	"Keep Your Dream Alive"	3:49
4.	"Black Night of Magic"	3:43
5.	"Betrayal"	4:42
6.	"No Escape"	4:24
7.	"Pray on My Soul"	4:37
8.	"Earth Is Going Down"	3:42
9.	"Return from Avalon"	4:27
10.	"Through Your Eyes"	4:59
11.	"Novum Initium"	10:17

Digipack limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"1492"	3:48
13.	"Fear the Silence"	3:48

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Killing in Time" (re-recording; originally from the Back My Life 2004 EP)	4:33

Line-up

• Rick Altzi - vocals
• Roland Grapow - guitars, co-vocals on #11
• Jari Kainulainen - bass
• Martin Škaroupka - drums
• Axel Mackenrott - keyboards