The Grave Digger | ||||
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Released | 22 October 2001 | |||
Recorded | May–June 2001 at Principal Studios, Senden, Münster, Germany Pre-production recorded at Graveyard Studios, Netherlands Mastered at Principal Studios, Germany | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
Producer | Chris Boltendahl, Jörg Umbreit, Vincent Sorg & Manni Schmidt | |||
Grave Digger chronology | ||||
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The Grave Digger is the tenth studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It the first album to feature former Rage guitarist Manni Schmidt, and is often considered the darkest album the band has done, along with 1995's Heart of Darkness . The lyrics are about dark concepts, some are inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
All songs are composed and arranged by Boltendahl, Becker and Schmidt; all lyrics by Boltendahl.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Son of Evil" | 5:04 |
2. | "The Grave Digger" | 5:05 |
3. | "Raven" | 4:33 |
4. | "Scythe of Time" | 5:14 |
5. | "Spirits of the Dead" | 3:55 |
6. | "The House" | 5:41 |
7. | "King Pest" | 4:08 |
8. | "Sacred Fire" | 4:11 |
9. | "Funeral Procession" | 5:45 |
10. | "The Haunted Palace" | 4:13 |
11. | "Silence" | 7:15 |
Total length: | 55:04 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Running Free" (Iron Maiden cover) | 3:13 |
Total length: | 58:17 |
The 2006 re-issue by Nuclear Blast includes the 2003 album Rheingold .
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Heart of Darkness is the sixth studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. They showed a much darker and more aggressive sound with this release than any of their previous albums. All of the songs have dark, lyrical concepts such as hate, death, betrayal, etc. The title track is inspired by the Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness. A music video was made for "Circle of Witches".
Rheingold is the 11th studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It is a concept album based on Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung. The album was released in 2003. Many lines of the lyrics are quoted or paraphrased from Wagner. The music also has occasional references to Wagner, the most obvious one perhaps being the intro to the song "Dragon", which is the "Siegfried's Horn Call" leitmotif.
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Knights of the Cross is the eighth studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released in 1998. It is the second album of the Middle Ages Trilogy, and the first Grave Digger album to feature former Running Wild bassist Jens Becker.
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War Games is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 1 February 1986 through Noise Records. The official lyrics of the album have only been released with the 1994 Japanese re-release.
Liberty or Death is the 13th studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It was released on 15 January 2007 via Locomotive Records.
Ballads of a Hangman is the 14th studio album by the German heavy metal band Grave Digger, and was released on 27 January 2009. It is the first Grave Digger album to feature two guitarists, the only one to feature Thilo Hermann who co-wrote the album but was asked to leave soon after its release and also the last one with Manni Schmidt who left the band in October 2009 due to personal differences with Chris Boltendahl.
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Clash of the Gods is the 16th album from German heavy metal band Grave Digger, which was released on 31 August 2012 via Napalm Records.
Return of the Reaper is the 17th album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 11 July 2014 via Napalm Records. It is the final album to feature H.P. Katzenburg on keyboards.
Healed by Metal is the 18th studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, which was released on 13 January 2017 via Napalm Records. This is the first album to feature new keyboardist Marcus Kniep as The Reaper since H.P. Katzenburg's departure in 2014.