Grave Digger "Bone Collector [Germany, Reigning Phoenix Music, ROAR 3.0263]"

Bone Collector is the twenty-second studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 17 January 2025 by Rock Of Angels Records, in celebration of the band's 45th anniversary. A music video for the single "Kingdom of Skulls" was released on 11 October 2024, along with "The Devils Serenade" on 20 December 2024 and the title track on the day of the album's release. This is the first album to feature new guitarist Tobias "Tobi" Kersting, who replaced previous guitarist Axel Ritt in late 2023. The album has received positive reviews from critics.

Track listing

1. "Bone Collector" 4:19
2. "The Rich, the Poor, the Dying" 3:25
3. "Kingdom of Skulls" 3:44
4. "The Devil's Serenade" 4:01
5. "Killing Is My Pleasure" 3:29
6. "Mirror of Hate" 4:40
7. "Riders of Doom" 4:55
8. "Made of Madness" 3:59
9. "Graveyard Kings" 4:16
10. "Forever Evil and Buried Alive" 3:34
11. "Whispers of the Damned" 6:21

Time: 46:39  

Cover artwork generated using AI.

Official music videos:

- Kingdom of Skulls

- Killing Is My Pleasure

- The Devil's Serenade

Official lyric video:

- Bone Collector

Recording information:

Produced, mixed and mastered at Graveyard Studios, Cologne, Germany, April-August 2024.

Grave Digger "Exhumation - The Early Days (Limited Edition Digipak, Germany, Napalm Records, NPR 626 DP)"

In October 23rd, 2015, Exhumation – The Early Years was released, which contains re-recorded versions of the band's "absolute classics with a dynamic and powerful sound of 2015," according to a press release.

Track list:

1. Headbanging Man 03:30   
2. Fire in Your Eyes 03:22   
3. Witch Hunter 03:16   
4. Shoot Her Down 03:30   
5. Stand Up and Rock 03:07 
6. Heavy Metal Breakdown 03:49   
7. Enola Gay - Drop the Bomb 03:35   
8. Get Away 03:03   
9. We Wanna Rock You 04:13   
10. Playing Fools 03:50   
11. Here I Stand 04:43   
12. Tyrant 03:28   
13. Paradise 03:48   
14. My Private Morning Hell  03:18 
15. Young and Dangerous  04:32  

Total time:    55:04  

Includes 12-page booklet with lyrics.

Tracks 1 to 4 and 6 to 13 are re-recorded songs from their first three albums and the "Shoot Her Down" EP. Track 5 is a song from the Digger album "Stronger than Ever". As Grave Digger split up the band members formed Digger and commercialised their sound. Although the band members are the same, this song does not belong to the official Grave Digger cataloque. Tracks 14 and 15 are new songs.

Video was made for 'Heavy Metal Breakdown'.

Recording information:

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Principal Studios, Senden/Münster, Germany, from April till June 2015.

Guitars recorded at Meadow Studios, Weiterstadt, Germany.

Grave Digger "Return Of The Reaper (Mexico, Scarecrow Records, SR1053)"

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.

The album cover was created by Gyula Havancsák of Hjules Illustration and Design, who has been responsible for all of the band's artworks since 2005's The Last Supper.

When given a description about the album, vocalist Chris Boltendahl cites the album stylistically reminiscent of Heavy Metal Breakdown, Witch Hunter and The Reaper.

Track listing

1. "Return of the Reaper" (Intro) 1:16
2. "Hell Funeral" 3:01
3. "War God" 3:46
4. "Tattooed Rider" 4:03
5. "Resurrection Day" 2:58
6. "Season of the Witch" 5:04
7. "Road Rage Killer" 3:18
8. "Grave Desecrator" 4:22
9. "Satan's Host" 2:56
10. "Dia de los Muertos" 4:15
11. "Death Smiles at All of Us" 3:52
12. "Nothing to Believe" 4:33

Total length: 43:24

In 1991 Grave Digger released a demo also titled "Return of the Reaper" but it has nothing in common with this album.

A video was made for "Hell Funeral".

The instrumental intro "Return of the Reaper" is based on "Marche Funebre" by Fryderyk Chopin.

Recording information:

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Principal Studios in Senden / Münster, Germany from February to April 2014.

Guitars recorded at Meadow Studios / Weiterstadt.