Awakening the World

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Awakening the World | type = [[Album]] | artist = [[Lost Horizon (band)|Lost Horizon]] | cover = Awakening the World.jpg | alt = | released = 8 May 2001 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Power metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-essential-power-metal-albums|title=The 10 essential power metal albums|last=Lawson|first=Dom|date=October 19, 2016|website=[[Metal Hammer]]|access-date=May 5, 2019}}</ref> | length = 42:37 | label = Kosh | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[A Flame to the Ground Beneath]] | next_year = 2003 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/awakening-the-world-mw0000002412|title=Awakening the World - Lost Horizon {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Jonas|first=Liana|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 28, 2010}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[About.com]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heavymetal.about.com/od/losthorizon/fr/Lost-Horizon-Awakening-The-World-Review.htm|title=Lost Horizon - Awakening The World Review|last=Lyons|first=Todd|website=[[About.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010235/https://heavymetal.about.com/od/losthorizon/fr/Lost-Horizon-Awakening-The-World-Review.htm|archive-date=March 5, 2016|accessdate=May 5, 2019}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Sputnikmusic'' |rev3score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5671/Lost-Horizon-Awakening-The-World/|title=Lost Horizon - Awakening the World (album review 2)|last=Riva|date=March 19, 2006|website=Sputnikmusic|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref> |rev4 = ''[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]'' |rev4score = {{Rating|10|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=213&page=&message_id=|title=Lost Horizon - Awakening The World review|last=Satariel|date=September 17, 2003|website=[[Metal Storm (webzine)|Metal Storm]]|accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref> |rev5 = ''Metal Temple'' |rev5score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/l_2/lost_horizon_2.htm|title=Lost Horizon - Awakening The World (CD)|last=Giannakopoulos|first=Stathis|date=February 15, 2001|website=Metal Temple|accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref> |rev6 = ''Sea of Tranquility'' |rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=34|title=Lost Horizon: Awakening the World|last=Popke|first=Michael|date=October 19, 2001|website=Sea of Tranquility|accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref> |rev7 = ''The Metal Crypt'' |rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=244|title=Review: Lost Horizon - Awakening The World|last=Renaud|first=Michel|date=September 12, 2001|website=The Metal Crypt|accessdate=April 21, 2014}}</ref> }}

'''''Awakening the World''''' is the debut album of the [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Lost Horizon (band)|Lost Horizon]], released in 2001.

In 2025, Graham Hartmann of [[Metal Injection|''Metal Injection'']] included the album in his list of "10 Extremely Underrated Metal Albums From The 2000s".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title=10 Extremely Underrated Metal Albums From The 2000s |url=https://metalinjection.net/lists/10-extremely-underrated-metal-albums-from-the-2000s |access-date=2025-12-21 |website=Metal Injection |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Track listing == {{track listing | all_writing = Wojtek Lisicki, except where noted | title1 = The Quickening | length1 = 1:06 | title2 = Heart of Storm | length2 = 6:14 | title3 = Sworn in the Metal Wind | length3 = 5:43 | title4 = The Song of Air | length4 = 0:59 | title5 = World Through My Fateless Eyes | length5 = 5:06 | title6 = Perfect Warrior | length6 = 3:55 | title7 = Denial of Fate | length7 = 3:37 | title8 = Welcome Back | writer8 = Wojtek Lisicki, Baskim Zuta | length8 = 5:39 | title9 = The Kingdom of My Will | length9 = 9:13 | title10 = The Redintegration | length10 = 1:42 | total_length = 43:14 }}

==Personnel== *Transcendental Protagonist (Wojtek Lisicki) - guitars *Cosmic Antagonist (Martin Furängen) - bass *Preternatural Transmogrifyer (Christian Nyquist) - drums *Ethereal Magnanimus (Daniel Heiman) - vocals

== Notes == {{reflist|30em}}

[[Category:2001 debut albums]] [[Category:Lost Horizon (band) albums]]