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Now I am beginning to dislike Nuclear Blast for real - yet another promo copy with faded out songs... It is also a bit strange that a big company like N.B. can't spell correctly on their promo sheets (Germans and English is a bad combination)... Enough about that and on to the review: Grave Digger are one of the few metal bands from the 80's who are still alive and still doing metal the way it should be done. Germany has always been the No 1 metal country in the world and it is no coincidence that bands like Helloween, Gamma Ray, Running Wild and others have risen from this land because these guys know how to create real music. Grave Digger has ties with several other top German metal bands and this is the first album featuring the ex-Rage guitarist Manni Schmidt. The new album is slightly heavier and perhaps also more mature than previous releases but it is still fast, melodic and, above all, more metal than most competitors on the scene. It also contains one of the best songs Grave Digger ever has composed namely "The House" which is simply amazing! The lyrical concept is also darker and not as much focused on medieval times as it has been before. Perhaps they have grown tired of Excalibur and all the knights and want to try something new. A good choice it seems to me!

Song listing:

1. Son Of Evil
2. The Grave Digger
3. Raven
4. Scythe Of Time
5. Spirits Of The Dead
6. The House
7. King Pest
8. Sacred Fire
9. Funeral Procession
10. Haunted Palace
11. Silence

Playing time: 43.22 (with faded versions...)


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Grave Digger - The Grave Digger Nuclear Blast, 2001 9/10 Vincent Eldefors Now I am beginning to dislike Nuclear Blast for real - yet another promo copy with faded out songs... It is also a bit strange that a big company like N.B. can't spell correctly on their promo sheets (Germans and English is a bad combination)... Enough about that and on to the review: Grave Digger are one of the few metal bands from the 80's who are still alive and still doing metal the way it should be done. Germany has always been the No 1 metal country in the world and it is no coincidence that bands like Helloween, Gamma Ray, Running Wild and others have risen from this land because these guys know how to create real music. Grave Digger has ties with several other top German metal bands and this is the first album featuring the ex-Rage guitarist Manni Schmidt. The new album is slightly heavier and perhaps also more mature than previous releases but it is still fast, melodic and, above all, more metal than most competitors on the scene. It also contains one of the best songs Grave Digger ever has composed namely "The House" which is simply amazing! The lyrical concept is also darker and not as much focused on medieval times as it has been before. Perhaps they have grown tired of Excalibur and all the knights and want to try something new. A good choice it seems to me! Song listing: 1. Son Of Evil 2. The Grave Digger 3. Raven 4. Scythe Of Time 5. Spirits Of The Dead 6. The House 7. King Pest 8. Sacred Fire 9. Funeral Procession 10. Haunted Palace 11. Silence Playing time: 43.22 (with faded versions...)









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