Grave Digger "Heart Of Darkness"

Heart of Darkness is sixth studio album by 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 novella Heart of Darkness. A music video was made for "Circle of Witches".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Chris Boltendahl and Uwe Lulis, except where noted; All music written by Chris Boltendahl and Tomi Göttlich except where noted

1. "Tears of Madness" (Intro) Rudy Kronenberger 2:09
2. "Shadowmaker" 5:39
3. "The Grave Dancer" Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis 5:02
4. "Demon's Day" 7:29
5. "Warchild" 6:09
6. "Heart of Darkness" Eric Ingversen 11:56
7. "Hate" Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis 4:23
8. "Circle of Witches" Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis 7:43
9. "Black Death" 5:40

Total length: 56:10

Limited Edition release is limited to 6666 copies

Limited Edition Bonus Tracks

1. "My Life" 5:07
2. "Dolphin's Cry" 6:00

Total length: 1:07:17

Japanese Bonus Tracks

1. "Dolphin's Cry" 6:00
2. "Don't Bring Me Down" 5:35

Total length: 1:07:45

Choir on "Heart of Darkness" composed, arranged and directed by Eric Ingversen - performed by Konzertchor Koln.

Recording information:

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

Mastered at EMI in Cologne, Germany.

Choir 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