Tag: Grave Digger

Grave Digger – The Bone Collector Review
I’ve lost count now of how many Grave Digger albums I’ve covered in the past fifteen or so years – and full disclosure: I’m apparently too lazy to look it up – but the number …

We Have The Power Presents: The Top 100 Power Metal Albums Of All Time, Part 2
Adventurers! What-ho and forsooth, it is time once again to kick The Most Important List Ever Compiled By A Human Being back into life! [Falls headfirst into a roiling nest of deadly Alaskan marmots] Yes, …

Grave Digger – Symbol Of Eternity Review
At this point, 42 years in, the title “Symbol Of Eternity” may as well refer to Grave Digger themselves. Like their fellow Germans in U.D.O., Chris Boltendahl and his cast of comrades have carved out …

Grave Digger – Fields Of Blood Review
The $10* or so that Chris Boltendahl spent on a ticket to Braveheart in 1995 may have been the best money he ever spent… Now in their fortieth year, the bombastic Teutonic trad metallers in …

Last Rites’ Facebook Albums Of The Week: February 3rd – February 9th
“Album Of The Day” is a Last Rites Facebook feature we started whose purpose is quite straight-forward: highlight one album per day and say a few words about it. Understanding that not everyone chooses to …

Grave Digger – Healed By Metal Review
Grave Digger is the veritable embodiment of consistency. Like Accept, like UDO, like Helloween, these Germans have carved themselves a kingdom from a seemingly endless wellspring of trad-metal inspiration, assembling and re-assembling the basics of power-trad …

Grave Digger – Return Of The Reaper Review
Grave Digger is as Grave Digger does. With Return Of The Reaper, as with any new Grave Digger album, the primary musical template has been long established. Fitting in the cracks between Accept, Blind Guardian, …

80s Essentials – Volume Nine
Welcome to volume nine of The Most Essential Albums of the Eighties. The previous eight volumes and some companion pieces can be found here. Week nine continues the pattern of stylistic diversity, with doom, grind, …