Preachers of the Night

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Preachers of the Night
Preachers of the Night.jpg
Studio album by
Powerwolf
Released19 July 2013
RecordedDecember 2012 – March 2013
Studio Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre
Length45:32
Language
  • English
  • Latin
  • German
Label Napalm Records
Producer Fredrik Nordström
Powerwolf studio album chronology
Blood of the Saints
(2011)		Preachers of the Night
(2013)		 Blessed & Possessed
(2015)
Singles from Preachers of the Night
  1. "Amen & Attack"
    Released: 28 June 2013
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Preachers of the Night is the fifth studio album by German power metal band Powerwolf. It was released on 19 July 2013. [3] The band wrote it during 2012 and began recording it in December of the same year at the Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden. [4]

Contents

Critics reacted positively to the album, which became Powerwolf's first number one album on the German charts, [5] while also charting in several other countries.

Much like Blood of the Saints , Preachers of the Night includes in its deluxe version a bonus orchestral CD, titled The Sacrilege Symphony II. [6]

The album's single "Amen & Attack" was released on 28 June 2013. [7] [8]

Background

Powerwolf began writing their fifth album in 2012. They finished in the November of the same year. [4]

They recorded their album in December 2012 at the Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, and the process lasted until March 2013. [9] The album's cover art, created by the band's guitarist Matthew Greywolf, was unveiled on 2 May 2013. [10]

On 11 July 2013, Napalm Records released audio samples of all the tracks from the album on their YouTube channel. [11] [12]

Critical reception

Metal.de commented: "Powerwolf are once again damned in love with detail, the new album is full of majestic opulence and pomp, epic grandeur, sing-along choruses and a healthy dose of self-irony. Effective, resounding, rousing". [13] Metal Hammer wrote: "To be honest: who occupies such a good, reliable and original drawer, must not be accused, in this to persist". The magazine pointed out that the new songs live among other things, because of their "unrestrained speed as extremely effective". [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Greywolf

No.TitleLength
1."Amen & Attack"3:54
2."Secrets of the Sacristy"4:07
3."Coleus Sanctus"3:45
4."Sacred & Wild"3:40
5."Kreuzfeuer"3:47
6."Cardinal Sin"3:47
7."In the Name of God (Deus Vult)"3:15
8."Nochnoi Dozor"3:45
9."Lust for Blood"3:54
10."Extatum et Oratum"3:56
11."Last of the Living Dead"7:42
Total length:45:32
Deluxe edition bonus CD (The Sacrilege Symphony II)
No.TitleLength
1."Amen & Attack (Orchestral Version)"4:55
2."Coleus Sanctus (Orchestral Version)"5:08
3."Kreuzfeuer (Orchestral Version)"6:03
4."Cardinal Sin (Orchestral Version)"5:21
Total length:21:27

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 105
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 97
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [18] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 23

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