Grave Digger
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Grave Digger is a German Heavy Metal band created in 1980.
Contents |
Biography
Discography
- Demo (Demo, 1982) - Self-released
1. Shoot Her Down
2. The Looser
3. Egypten
4. 2000 Lightyears From Home
5. On the Run
6. Ride On
- Born Again (Demo, 1983) - Self-released
1. Live to Die
2. Legion of the Lost
3. House of Horror (Early Version)
4. Heavy Metal Breakdown
5. Back from the War
6. We Wanna Rock You
- Shoot Her Down (Single, 1984) - Noise Records
1. Shoot Her Down
2. Storming the Brain
3. We Wanna Rock You
- Heavy Metal Breakdown (1984) - Noise Records
1. Headbanging Man
2. Heavy Metal Breakdown
3. Back From the War
4. Yesterday
5. We Wanna Rock You
6. Legion of Lost
7. Tyrant
8. 2000 Lightyears From Home
9. Heart Attack
- Witch Hunter (1985) - Noise Records
1. Witch Hunter
2. Night Drifter
3. Get Ready For Power
4. Love Is a Game
5. Get Away
6. Fight For Freedom
7. School's Out (Alice Cooper cover)
8. Friends of Mine
9. Here I Stand
- War Games (1986) - Noise Records
1. Keep on Rockin'
2. Heaven Can Wait
3. Fire in Your Eyes
4. Let Your Heads Roll
5. Love Is Breaking My Heart
6. Paradise
7. (Enola Gay) Drop the Bomb
8. Fallou
9. Playin' Fools
10. The End
- '91 Demo Tape (Demo, 1991) - Self-released
1. Ruler Mr. H
2. The Devil Plays Piano
3. Fight the Fight
4. Wedding Day
- The Best of the Eighties (Compilation, 1993) - Noise Records
1. Heavy Metal Breakdown
2. Shoot Her Down
3. Get Away
4. Paradise
5. (Enola Gay) Drop the Bomb
6. Back From the War
7. Witch Hunter
8. Keep on Rockin'
9. 2000 Lightyears From Home
10. Heaven Can Wait
11. Headbanging Man
12. Night Drifter
13. We Wanna Rock You
14. Yesterday
15. Don't Kill the Children
16. Tears of Blood
17. Girls of Rock 'n' Roll
- The Reaper (1993) - GUN
1. Tribute to Death
2. The Reaper
3. Ride On
4. Shadows of a Moonless Night
5. Play Your Game (And Kill)
6. Wedding Day
7. Spy of Mas'On
8. Under My Flag
9. Fight the Fight
10. Legion of the Lost (Pt. II)
11. And the Devil Plays Piano
12. Ruler Mr. H.
13. The Madness Continues
- Symphony of Death (EP, 1994) - GUN
1. Intro
2. Symphony of Death
3. Back to the Roots
4. House of Horror
5. Shout It Out
6. World of Fools
7. Wild and Dangerous
- Heart of Darkness (1995) - GUN
1. Tears of Madness
2. Shadowmaker
3. The Grave Dancer
4. Demon's Day
5. Warchild
6. Heart of Darkness
7. Hate
8. Circle of Witches
9. Black Death
10. My Life (Bonus Track)
11. Dolphin's Cry (Bonus Track)
- Tunes of War (1996) - GUN
1. The Brave
2. Scotland United
3. The Dark of the Sun
4. William Wallace (Braveheart)
5. The Bruce (The Lion King)
6. The Battle of Flodden
7. The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)
8. The Truth
9. Cry For Freedom (James the VI)
10. Killing Time
11. Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)
12. Culloden Muir
13. The Fall of the Brave
- Symphony of Death (EP, 1997) - GUN
1. Rebellion (live in Athens) / The Dark of the Sun
2. Heavy Metal Breakdown
3. Witch Hunter
4. Headbanging Man
- Knights of the Cross (1998) - GUN
1. Deus Lo Vult
2. Knights of the Cross
3. Monks of War
4. Heroes of this Time
5. Fanatic Assassins
6. Lionheart
7. The Keeper of the Holy Grail
8. Inquisition
9. Baphomet
10. Over the Sea
11. The Curse of Jacques
12. The Battle of Bannockburn
- Excalibur (1999) - GUN
1. The Secrets of Merlin
2. Pendragon
3. Excalibur
4. The Round Table (Forever)
5. Morgane Le Fay
6. The Spell
7. Tristan's Fate
8. Lancelot
9. Mordred's Song
10. The Final War
11. Emerald Eyes
12. Avalon
- The Grave Digger (2001) - Nuclear Blast
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
- Die Definitiv Biografie (Compilation, 2002) - GUN
1. 57
2. Heavy Metal Breakdown
3. Yesterday
4. Headbanging Man
5. Witch Hunter
6. (Enola Gay) Drop the Bomb
7. Fallout
8. Keep on Rockin'
- The History Pt. 1 (Compilation, 2002) - History
Disc 1
1. Tribute to Death
2. The Reaper
3. Ride On
4. Shadows of a Moonless Night
5. Play Your Game (and Kill)
6. Wedding Day
7. Spy of Mas 'On
8. Under My Flag
9. Fight the Fight
10. Legion of the Lost (Part II)
11. And the Devil Plays Piano
12. Ruler Mr H
13. The Madness Continues
Disc 2
1. Tears of Madness
2. Shadowmaker
3. The Grave Dancer
4. Demon's Day
5. Warchild
6. Heart of Darkness
7. Hate
8. Circle of Witches
9. Black Death
10. My Life
11. Dolphins Cry
- Tunes of Wacken (Live, 2002) - GUN
1. Intro
2. Scotland United
3. The Dark of the Sun
4. The Reaper
5. The Round Table (Forever)
6. Excalibur
7. Circle of Witches
8. The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)
9. Lionheart
10. Morgane Le Fay
11. Knights of the Cross
12. Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)
13. Heavy Metal Breakdown
- The Middle Ages Trilogy (Box, 2002) - GUN
Disc 1: Tunes of War
1. The Brave
2. Scotland United
3. The Dark of the Sun
4. William Wallace (Braveheart)
5. The Bruce (The Lion King)
6. The Battle of Flodden
7. The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)
8. The Truth
9. Cry For Freedom (James the VI)
10. Killing Time
11. Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)
12. Culloden Muir
13. The Fall of the Brave
14.Heavy Metal Breakdown
15. Witch Hunter
16. Headbanging Man
Disc 2: Knights of the Cross
1. Deus Lo Vult
2. Knights of the Cross
3. Monks of War
4. Heroes of this Time
5. Fanatic Assassins
6. Lionheart
7. The Keeper of the Holy Grail
8. Inquisition
9. Baphomet
10. Over the Sea
11. The Curse of Jacques
12. The Battle of Bannockburn
13.Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath cover)
Disc 3: Excalibur
1. The Secrets of Merlin
2. Pendragon
3. Excalibur
4. The Round Table (Forever)
5. Morgane Le Fay
6. The Spell
7. Tristan's Fate
8. Lancelot
9. Mordred's Song
10. The Final War
11. Emerald Eyes
12. Avalon
13. Parcival
- Masterpieces (Compilation, 2002) - GUN
1. Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)
2. Heavy Metal Breakdown
3. The Round Table (Forever)
4. The Battle of Bannockburn
5. Circle of Witches
6. The Dark of the Sun
7. Witch Hunter
8. Symphony of Death
9. Heart of Darkness
10. Fight the Fight
11. Lionheart
12. Headbanging Man
13. Excalibur
14. Scotland United
15. The Reaper
16. The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)
- Lost Tunes From the Vaults (Compilation, 2003) - GUN
1. My Life
2. Dolphin's Cry
3. Don't Bring Me Down
4. Heavy Metal Breakdown
5. Witch Hunter
6. Headbanging Man
7. Children of the Grave (Black Sabbath cover)
8. Hellas Hellas (live)
9. Kill the King (Rainbow cover)
10. Sin City (AC/DC cover)
11. Parcival
12. Starlight (Accept cover)
13. We Rock (Dio cover)
- Rheingold (2003) - Nuclear Blast
1. The Ring (Overture)
2. Rheingold
3. Valhalla
4. Giants
5. Maidens of War
6. Sword
7. Dragon
8. Liar
9. Murderer
10. Twilight of the Gods
- The Last Supper (2005) - Nuclear Blast
1. Passion
2. The Last Supper
3. Desert Rose
4. Grave in No Man's Land
5. Hell to Pay
6. Soul Savior
7. Crucified
8. Divided Cross
9. The Night Before
10. Black Widows
11. Hundred Days
12. Always And Eternally
- Das Hörbuch (Compilation, 2005) - Soul Food Records
1. Wie alles begann – Oder: Der steinige Weg zum "Metal Gott"...
2. Erste Exzesse – Oder: Der Traum vom Metal-Gott-Dasein nimmt Gestalt an
3. Endlich! – Oder: Wie wahrer Kult entsteht...
4. Das vorläufige Ende – Oder: Wie uns die Geldgier dahinraffte
5. Es schläft der Metal-Gott – Oder: Die Ruhe vor dem Sturm
6. Gib niemals auf – Oder: Die Rückkehr des Reapers
7. Kings and Queens – ab jetzt wird mit den Schwertern gerasselt – Oder: Wie die Trilogie entstand
8. Es kommt, wie es kommt – Oder: Wie sich Metal-Götter verändern und Entscheidungen getroffen werden müssen
9. Die neue Ära – Oder: Wie der Grave Digger wieder zu Ehren gelangte
- 25 to Live (Live, 2005) - Nuclear Blast
Disc 1
1. Passion (Intro)
2. The Last Supper
3. Desert Rose
4. The Grave Dancer
5. Shoot Her Down
6. The Reaper
7. Paradise
8. Excalibur
9. The House
10. Circle of Witches
11. Valhalla
12. Son of Evil
13. The Battle of Bannockburn
14. The Curse of Jacques
Disc 2
1. Grave in the No Man's Land
2. Yesterday
3. Morgane LeFay
4. Symphony of Death
5. Witchunter
6. The Dark of the Sun
7. Knights of the Cross
8. Twilight of the Gods
9. The Grave Digger
10. Rebellion
11. Rheingold
12. The Round Table
13. Heavy Metal Breakdown
- Liberty or Death (2007) - Locomotive Records
1. Liberty or Death
2. Ocean of Blood
3. Highland Tears
4. The Terrible One
5. Until the Last King Died
6. March of the Innocent
7. Silent Revolution
8. Shadowland
9. Forecourt to Hell
10. Massada
- Ballads of a Hangman (2009) - Napalm Records
1. The Gallows Pole
2. Ballad of a Hangman
3. Hell of Disillusion
4. Sorrow of the Dead
5. Grave of the Addicted
6. Lonely the Innocent Dies
7. Into the War
8. The Shadow of Your Soul
9. Funeral For a Fallen Angel
10.Stormrider
11. Pray
Members
Chris Boltendahl - Vocals
Manni Schmidt - Guitars (Rage, Jack Of Hearts)
Thilo Hermann - Guitars (Faithful Breath, Glenmore, Holy Moses, Risk, Running Wild)
Jens Becker - Bass (Running Wild, X-Wild, Zillion)
Hans Peter "H.P." Katzenburg - Keyboards
Stefan Arnold - Drums (Capricorn, Grinder, Wallop, X-Mas Project)
Eternal Links
No official website.

