''Hellraiser'' is the fifteenth

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by the

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band Krokus. It marks 30 years since the release of their first album, Krokus of 1976. It is also their first album on the German record label

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. Armand "Mandy" Meyer featured as lead guitarist, replacing

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. The album was also released in a DigiPack format with a bonus track, "Walking in the Spirit". ''Hellraiser'' peaked at No. 200 on the

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album chart, the first to do so since 1988's ''

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''. It peaked at No. 2 in the Swiss Album chart and was certified Gold in Switzerland.

Track listing

# "Hellraiser" ''(

Marc Storace Marc Storace (''Sto-rah-che'') (born 7 October 1951) is a Maltese born rock vocalist. His career in music started in the 1960s. He is most noted for his position as frontman, lead singer and songwriter of Swiss hard rock band Krokus from 1980. B ...

)'' – 3:37 # "Too Wired to Sleep" ''(Tony Castell, Storace)'' – 2:44 # "Hangman" ''(Dominique Favez, Storace)'' – 4:06 # "Angel of My Dreams" ''(Castell, Storace)'' – 3:47 # "Fight On" ''(

Mandy Meyer Armand "Mandy" Meyer (born August 29 1960) is a Swiss-Canadian guitarist best known for being a member of the hard rock band Gotthard, the progressive rock band Asia, and the heavy metal band Krokus. Meyer has also worked with Cobra, Stealin' H ...

, Storace)'' – 5:02 # "So Long" ''(Meyer, Storace)'' – 4:30 # "Spirit of the Night" ''(Meyer, Storace)'' – 4:01 # "Midnite Fantasy" ''(Storace)'' – 4:10 # "No Risk No Gain" ''(Favez, Storace)'' – 3:52 # "Turnin' Inside Out" ''(Meyer, Storace)'' – 3:51 # "Take My Love" ''(Favez, Storace)'' – 4:57 # "Justice" ''(Charly Preissel, Storace)'' – 3:46 # "Love Will Survive" ''(Favez, Castell, Storace)'' – 3:37 # "Rocks Off!" ''(Castell, Storace)'' – 3:54 ;Japanese edition bonus track #

"Hellraiser" (live) – 3:46 ;Digipak edition bonus track #

"Walking in the Spirit" – 2:38

Personnel

;Band members *

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, vocal producer *

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* Dominique Favez –

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* Tony Castell – bass *

Stefan Schwarzmann Stefan Schwarzmann (born 11 November 1965Larkin, Colin (2006). ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music''. Oxford University Press. p. 189. .) is a German drummer who has recorded for Accept,Montgomery, James et al (2005)"Metal File: Korn, Motorhead, ...

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* Dennis Ward –

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, producer, engineer, mixing ;Production *Jürgen Lusky – mastering

Charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Krokus (band) albums 2006 albums AFM Records albums Albums produced by Dennis Ward (musician)