Grave Digger "Heart Of Darkness (Limited Edition Digipak, Germany, GUN Records, GUN 060)"

Heart of Darkness is the sixth studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. They showed a much darker 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".

Tracklist:

1. Tears of Madness 02:09
2. Shadowmaker 05:39   
3. The Grave Dancer 05:02  
4. Demon's Day 07:29
5. Warchild 06:09
6. Heart of Darkness 11:56  
7. Hate 04:23  
8. Circle of Witches 07:43   
9. Black Death 05:40  
10. My Life 05:07  
11. Dolphin's Cry 06:00  

Time:  01:07:17  

Limited to 6,666 copies.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Principal Studios in Senden, Münster, Germany.

Mastered at EMI in Cologne, Germany.

The choir was recorded and mixed at Interface Studios in Cologne, Germany.

Mathias Bothor - photography

Marc Manthey - engineering, mixing (choirs) on "Heart of Darkness"

Tomi Göttlich - producer (lead vocals)

Chris Boltendahl - producer, cover concept, engineering, mixing (choirs) on "Heart of Darkness"

Uwe Lulis - engineering (additional overdubs), producer

Suno Fabitch - engineering, mixing

John Cremer - mastering

Andreas Marschall - cover art

Grave Digger "Healed By Metal (Digipak, Austria, Napalm Records, NPR 696 DP)"

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.

A lyric video was made for "Call for War" and a music video was made for "Healed by Metal".

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Boltendahl/Becker & Ritt; All lyrics by Chris Boltendahl

1. "Healed by Metal" 3:43
2. "When Night Falls" 3:54
3. "Lawbreaker" 3:05
4. "Free Forever" 3:21
5. "Call for War" 3:19
6. "Ten Commandments of Metal" 3:25
7. "The Hangman's Eye" 3:05
8. "Kill Ritual" 3:41
9. "Hallelujah" 3:28
10. "Laughing with the Dead" 5:15
11. "Kingdom of the Night" 4:07
12. "Bucket List" 3:02

Total length: 43:23

Recording information:

Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Principal Studios - Senden / Münster, Germany, from June to September 2016.

Guitars recorded at Meadow Studios, Weiterstadt, Germany.

Chris Boltendahl – producer, lyrics, cover concept

Axel Ritt – producer, recording (guitars)

Gyula Havancsák – artwork, cover art

Jörg Umbreit – producer, engineering, recording, mixing, mastering

Jens Howorka – photography

Grave Digger "Symbol Of Eternity (Digipak, Greece, ROAR!/Rock of Angels Records, ROAR2208DIGI)"

Symbol of Eternity is the twenty-first studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 26 August 2022 by Napalm Records. The album continues the band's story of the Crusaders, first explored in their 1998 album Knights of the Cross. It is the last album to feature guitarist Axel Ritt as he departed the band on 10 September 2023. He was replaced with former Orden Ogan guitarist Tobias Kersting.

Track listing

1. "The Siege of Akkon" 1:04
2. "Battle Cry" 3:53
3. "Hell Is My Purgatory" 3:52
4. "King of the Kings" 4:44
5. "Symbol of Eternity" 5:19
6. "Saladin" 0:37
7. "Nights of Jerusalem" 4:40
8. "Heart of a Warrior" 3:47
9. "Grace of God" 4:24
10. "Sky of Swords" 4:16
11. "Holy Warfare" 3:44
12. "The Last Crusade" 5:21
13. "Hellas Hellas" (Vasilis Papakonstantinou cover) 3:59

Time:  49:44

Conceptual album based on the Knights Templar, the Crusades and the Holy Grail.

Sequel album to 1998's "Knights of the Cross".

Official video:

- 'Hell Is My Purgatory',

- 'King of the Kings'.

Official lyric video:

- 'Battle Cry'.

The bonus track, "Hellas Hellas", has been a staple in Grave Digger's sets whenever they played Greece, since the 90s. Chris Boltendahl heard it while holidaying in Greece, learned it phonetically, and sang it for their Greek fans. R.D. Liapakis helped Chris with pronunciation for this recorded version.

Recording information:

Mixed and mastered at Graveyard Studios, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany from November 2021 to February 2022.

Guitars, bass, and drums were recorded at Meadow Studios, Babenhausen, Hesse, Germany.

Vocals recorded at Graveyard Studios, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.