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Tunes Of Wacken – Live
''Tunes of Wacken – Live'' is a live music album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, recorded on 4 August 2001 at Wacken Open Air Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a rock music, rock music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and su .... It was also released on DVD. Track listing # "Intro" # "Scotland United" # "The Dark of the Sun" # "The Reaper" # "The Round Table (Forever)" # "Excalibur" # "Circle of Witches" # "The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)" # "Lionheart" # "Morgane Le Fay" # "Knights of the Cross" # "Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)" # "Heavy Metal Breakdown" Personnel * Chris Boltendahl - vocals * Manni Schmidt - guitars * Jens Becker - bass * Stefan Arnold - drums * HP Katzenburg - keyboards {{DEFAULTSORT:Tunes of Wacken - Live Grave Digger (band) albums 2002 live albums GUN Records live albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave Digger (band)
Grave Digger is a German heavy metal band that was first formed in 1980 by Chris Boltendahl and Peter Masson. Emerging from the early-to-mid 1980s heavy metal scene of their native country, Grave Digger has been referred to as one of the so-called "big four" of German power metal, along with Helloween, Rage and Running Wild. Band history Early years and split (1980–1987) After various appearances at small festivals, the band recorded two songs for the compilation album ''Rock from Hell'' in 1983. A year later, Grave Digger, now comprising Chris Boltendahl (vocals), Peter Masson (guitar), Willi Lackmann (bass) and Albert Eckardt (drums), released their debut album ''Heavy Metal Breakdown''. In 1985, with Lackmann having left the band, they recorded and released their second album '' Witch Hunter''. Only after the album was completed, a replacement on bass was found in the form of C.F. Brank. Further festival appearances followed, a tour with Helloween as special guest an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent, for example, in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. "Riffs became labyrinthine, vocals scorched higher altitudes—and they even managed to crank out some more volume." The term was first used in the mid-1980s and refers to two different but related styles: * the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal; * a later, more widespread and popular style based in Europe "American metal such as Queensrÿche, Attacker, Jag Panzer, Iced Earth, Liege Lord, and Savatage; European bands such as H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GUN Records
GUN Records (''Great Unlimited Noises'') was a record label located in Bochum, Germany, founded in 1992 by Bogdan Kopec ( DRAKKAR Promotion Musikverlag GmbH) and Wolfgang Funk. Different artists on the label have had hit singles as well as albums in Europe. A branch of the label known as Supersonic Records existed until 2005, when GUN's parent company BMG merged with Sony. In 2009, GUN Records announced they were closing. Former artists * All Ends * Alien Boys *Apocalyptica * Apoptygma Berzerk * Bullet for My Valentine *Dark *Die Happy *Donots *Eagles of Death Metal *Exilia *Flyleaf *L'Âme Immortelle *Lordi *Lovex *Oomph! *Sturm und Drang *Van Canto *Within Temptation *Blackeyed Blonde *Depressive Age *Doctor Butcher * Eloy *Grave Digger *Guano Apes * HIM *House of Spirits *Kick Back *Krisiun *Kreator *Kyyria * Mind Odyssey *Monkeys With Tools *Paradise Lost * Rage *Richthofen * Running Wild *Secret Discovery *SITD * Sodom *Sun *T.A.S.S. * Terry Kelly *Three Days Grace *Thund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grave Digger
''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. Note The 2006 re-issue by Nuclear Blast includes the 2003 album '' Rheingold''. Credits ;Band members * Chris Boltendahl - vocals * Manni Schmidt - guitars * Jens Becker Jens Becker (born 24 May 1965) is a German heavy metal bass guitarist who currently performs with Grave Digger. History Becker was born in Fürth. His first major band was Running Wild, which he joined in 1987. He stayed with them for four ... - bass * Stefan Arnold - drums * HP Katzenburg - keyboards ;Additional musicians * Olaf Senkbeil - backing Vocals * Hacky Hackmann - backing Vocals ;Production * Britta Kühlmann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheingold (Grave Digger Album)
''Rheingold'' is the 11th studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It is a concept album based on Richard Wagner's ''The Ring of the Nibelung''. The album was released in 2003. Many lines of the lyrics are quoted or paraphrased from (an English translation of) Wagner. The music also has occasional references to Wagner, the most obvious one perhaps being the intro to the song "Dragon", which is the "Siegfried's Horn Call" leitmotif A leitmotif or leitmotiv () is a "short, recurring musical phrase" associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical concepts of ''idée fixe'' or ''motto-theme''. The spelling ''leitmotif'' is an anglici .... Track listing All songs are composed and arranged by Boltendahl/Becker/Katzenburg/Schmidt; all lyrics by Boltendahl. Album line-up * Chris Boltendahl - vocals * Manni Schmidt - guitars * Jens Becker - bass * Stefan Arnold - drums * H.P. Katzenburg - keyboards {{Authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air (, abbreviated as W:O:A) is a rock music, rock music festival, held annually since 1990 on the first weekend of August in the village of Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Almost all styles and subgenres of hard rock and heavy metal music, metal are represented and hosted. It is now one of the largest heavy metal festivals in the world and one of the largest open-air festivals in Germany. Between 2011–2018, the number of attendees was around 85,000, 75,000 of whom were paying visitors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no 2020 and 2021 editions of Wacken Open Air. History Background The idea for Wacken Open Air was conceived in 1989 when Thomas Jensen and Holger Hübner visited a restaurant together. Both lived in Wacken and were friends, Jensen played the electric bass with Rock music, Rock cover band Skyline. From its beginnings until 1992, the band was composed of Ines Jeske from Vaale (vocals), Thomas Jensen from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave Digger (band) Albums
A gravedigger is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service. Gravedigger, or variants, may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * The Gravediggers, in William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' * Gravedigger Jones, in the ''Harlem Detective'' novels by Chester Himes * Grave Digger, in the ''Gold Digger'' series of comics * Gravedigger (comics), several characters in DC comics * The Grave Digger, in ''Bones'' Music * Grave Digger (band), a German heavy metal band ** ''The Grave Digger'', a 2001 album * The Grave Diggers, an American rockabilly band * Gravediggaz, an American hip hop group * "Gravedigger" (song), by Dave Matthews, 2003, also performed by Willie Nelson * "Gravedigger", a song by Architects from the 2014 album ''Lost Forever // Lost Together'' * "The Gravedigger's Song", by Mark Lanegan, 2012 Other uses in arts and entertainment * "The Gravediggers" (''The Avengers''), an episode of the 1960s TV series * "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
