''Lupus Dei'' (

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for ''Wolf of God'') is the second full-length studio album by the German

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band

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. In addition to recording at Woodhouse Studios, Germany, the band recorded some parts of the album in the 12th-century ''Deutschherrenkapelle'' chapel in Saarbrücken. The band also used a 30-piece choir on the songs "In Blood We Trust" and "Lupus Dei". In a May 2007 interview with Lords of Metal,

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talked about the story in ''Lupus Dei'':

Well, generally 'Lupus Dei' is focussed on parables taken out of the Bible and set in context to our passion for metal. Finally it had turned out being a real concept album with the wolf himself as the protagonist. In the Introduction to the album he loses faith in good and descends to the evil. He doesn't believe in anything but blood anymore ("In blood we trust") – but during the album he realizes the light of God step by step and finally in the title track he experiences God.

The title of the album may be a reference to the story of Thiess of Kaltenbrun, a Livonian man who lived in Jürgensburg, Swedish Livonia, in 1692 and publicly admitted being a werewolf, referring to himself as "The Hound of God", boldly claiming that he and other werewolves went to Hell to fight the Devil.

Track listing

Personnel

Powerwolf *

Attila Dorn Karsten Brill (; born 27 October 1970), best known by his stage name Attila Dorn, is a German singer. He has been the lead vocalist of power metal band Powerwolf since 2003. Career Dragon's Tongue and Meskalin (1991–1998) In 1991, Br ...

– vocals *

– lead and rhythm guitar *

Charles Greywolf David Vogt (; born 5 September 1975), best known by his stage name Charles Greywolf, is a German musician, record producer, mixer and recording engineer. He is best known as the guitarist of the power metal band Powerwolf. He runs a recording ...

– bass, rhythm guitar *Stéfane Funèbre – drums, percussion * Falk Maria Schlegel – organ, keyboards Additional musicians *Marcel Sude – spoken words *Reverend Morschett – spoken words Technical personnel * Fredrik Nordström – engineer, mixer * Patrik Jerksten – engineer *David Buballa – engineer, orchestra conductor *Francesco Cottone – choir conductor *Peter In de Betou – mastering *Phil Hillen – engineer Other personnel *Manuela Meyer – photography *Matthew Greywolf – art concept, layout *

Niklas Sundin Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a musician of the band Mitochondrial Sun, but was best known as the founding lead guitarist of band Dark Tranquillity (1989–2020). He was also one of the guitarists in the band Laethor ...

– cover art

References

{{Authority control 2007 albums Powerwolf albums Concept albums Albums produced by Fredrik Nordström