┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Grave Digger - Ballads Of A Hangman + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Jan-01-2009 Encoder......LAME 3.90 Modified ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2009 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.grave-digger-clan.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Grave Digger Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Ballads Of A Hangman Label : Napalm Records ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Another year, another beer, and yet another ║ │ │║ company for the long running German Metallers. ║ │ │║ It would have seemed, like GRAVE DIGGER had ║ │ │║ found their home, with their signing to their ║ │ │║ frontman's A&R managed, former label, ║ │ │║ locomotive, but for reasons un-beknown to us, ║ │ │║ that probably only an interview could explain, ║ │ │║ they' re yet again mobilized and moving onwards ║ │ │║ to Napalm, a fairly good and steady company, ║ │ │║ that is however better known for it's extreme ║ │ │║ and gothic artists, rather than a haven for true ║ │ │║ heavy metal bands. (Ok Tyr might be the ║ │ │║ exception ....) ║ │ │║ At any rate, GRAVE DIGGER in the late 90s ║ │ │║ scored an out of the blue hit and a monumental ║ │ │║ resurgence with their mightily impressive "Tunes ║ │ │║ Of War" album, only to see their popularity ║ │ │║ weaken again after a while, with personnel ║ │ │║ changes, threatening to throw the balance off ║ │ │║ for good and signal a second "death" for the ║ │ │║ band... that had also disbanded back in the ║ │ │║ day... At any rate they soldiered on and by ║ │ │║ bringing in Ex Rage guitarist Manni, they ║ │ │║ managed to stabilize things again and regain ║ │ │║ some of the lost momentum. ║ │ │║ 2008 sees the release of "Ballads Of A ║ │ │║ Hangman" which must be something like their 15th ║ │ │║ studio album (excluding - live, compilations and ║ │ │║ EP s) and is a bona fide GRAVE DIGGER album! ║ │ │║ Think Accept and Running Wild mostly in mid ║ │ │║ tempo with a few splashes of Rage, and Chris ║ │ │║ Boltendahl's grimm and throaty vocals ...and you ║ │ │║ pretty much got it! I have to say that along ║ │ │║ with their last album, this sounds like the most ║ │ │║ consistent outing since the early 00's and the ║ │ │║ band's eponymous album! ║ │ │║ The title track, "Hell Of Disillusion", ║ │ │║ "Into The War", "Shadow Of The Soul" the ║ │ │║ theatrical and quite atmospheric but still heavy ║ │ │║ "Funeral For A Fallen Angel" and the albums ║ │ │║ closer "Pray" with it's rather weird but quite ║ │ │║ effective shouted chorus are all worthy ║ │ │║ additions to the band's long and illustrious ║ │ │║ catalogue... ║ │ │║ Overall - a pretty good album by a pretty ║ │ │║ good and pretty damn consistent band - that has ║ │ │║ almost always delivered the goods and has not ║ │ │║ bowed to any commercial pressures or trends. ║ │ │║ HEAVY METAL TO THE GRAVE ! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Current line-up ║ │ │║ Chris Boltendahl - Vocals ║ │ │║ Manni Schmidt - Guitars (Rage (Ger), Jack Of ║ │ │║ Hearts) ║ │ │║ Thilo Hermann - Guitars (Faithful Breath, ║ │ │║ Glenmore, Holy Moses (Ger), Risk, Running Wild) ║ │ │║ Jens Becker - Bass (Running Wild, X-Wild, ║ │ │║ Zillion (Ger)) ║ │ │║ Hans Peter ''H.P.'' Katzenburg - Keyboards ║ │ │║ Stefan Arnold - Drums (Capricorn (Ger), Grinder ║ │ │║ (Ger), Wallop, X-Mas Project) ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - The Gallows Pole [00:52] │ │ 02 - Ballad Of A Hangman [04:47] │ │ 03 - Hell Of Disillusion [03:56] │ │ 04 - Sorrow Of The Dead [03:26] │ │ 05 - Grave Of The Addicted [03:34] │ │ 06 - Lonely The Innocence Dies [05:45] │ │ 07 - Into The War [03:32] │ │ 08 - The Shadow Of Your Soul [04:15] │ │ 09 - Funneral For A Fallen Angel [04:32] │ │ 10 - Stormrider [03:17] │ │ 11 - Pray [03:37] │ │ 12 - Jailbreak (Bonus Track) [04:05] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [45:38 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘