The Grave Digger
2001 studio album by Grave Digger
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| Studio album by Grave Digger | ||||
| 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 | |||
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The Grave Digger is the tenth studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It is 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.
Track listing
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 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Black Cat" (also in Digipak edition) | 3:50 |
| 13. | "Starlight" (Accept cover) | 4:19 |
| Total length: | 1:03:13 | |
Note
The 2006 re-issue by Nuclear Blast includes the 2003 album Rheingold.
Credits
- Band members
- Chris Boltendahl - vocals
- Manni Schmidt - guitars
- Jens Becker - bass
- Stefan Arnold - drums
- HP Katzenburg - keyboards
- Additional musicians
- Olaf Senkbeil - backing Vocals
- Hacky Hackmann - backing Vocals
- Production
- Britta Kühlmann - recording
- Henning Winter - recording
- Jens Rosendahl - photography
- Markus Mayer - artwork, cover concept, design
- Chris Boltendahl - producer, cover concept
- Jörg Umbreit - producer, recording, mixing
- Manni Schmidt - producer
- Vincent Sorg - producer, mixing, mastering
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Grave Digger
- Chris "Reaper" Boltendahl
- Jens Becker
- Tobias "Tobi" Kersting
- Marcus Kniep
- Lutz Schmelzer
- Peter Masson
- Philip Seibel
- Martin Gerlitzki
- Willi Lackman
- Albert Eckardt
- C.F. Frank
- Peter Breitenbach
- Tomi Göttlich
- Uwe Lulis
- Jörg Michael
- Frank Ulrich
- Manni Schmidt
- Thilo Hermann
- Hans Peter "H.P." Katzenburg
- Stefan Arnold
- Axel "Ironfinger" Ritt
- Heavy Metal Breakdown
- Witch Hunter
- War Games
- Stronger than Ever (as Digger)
- The Reaper
- Heart of Darkness
- Tunes of War
- Knights of the Cross
- Excalibur
- The Grave Digger
- Rheingold
- The Last Supper
- Liberty or Death
- Ballads of a Hangman
- The Clans Will Rise Again
- Clash of the Gods
- Return of the Reaper
- Healed by Metal
- The Living Dead
- Fields of Blood
- Symbol of Eternity
- Tunes of Wacken
- 25 to Live
- The Clans Are Still Marching
- Shoot Her Down
- Symphony of Death
- The Dark of the Sun
- Yesterday
- Pray
- The Ballad of Mary
- Home at Last
- The Best of the Eighties
- Die Definitive Biografie
- The History - Part One
- Masterpieces - Best Of Album
- Lost Tunes from the Vault
- Exhumation (The Early Years)
- Let Your Heads Roll - The Very Best of the Noise Years 1984-1986
- The Forgotten Years
- Rebellion
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