Heart of Darkness (album)

Heart of Darkness
Studio album by Grave Digger
Released 3 April 1995
Recorded Principal Studios in Senden, Münster, Germany,
Mastered at EMI in Cologne, Germany
Choir recorded and mixed at Interface Studios in Cologne, Germany
Genre Heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal
Label GUN Records
Producer Chris Boltendahl & Uwe Lulis
Grave Digger chronology
The Reaper
(1993)The Reaper1993
Heart of Darkness
(1995)
Tunes of War
(1996)Tunes of War1996

Heart of Darkness is the sixth studio album by Grave Digger. They showed a much darker and more aggressive sound with this release than any of their previous albums. All of the songs have dark, lyrical concepts such as hate, death, betrayal, etc. The title track is inspired by the novella Heart of Darkness. A music video was made for "Circle of Witches".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Chris Boltendahl and Uwe Lulis, except where noted; All music written by Chris Boltendahl and Tomi Göttlich except where noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Tears of Madness" (Intro) Rudy Kronenberger2:09
2."Shadowmaker"  5:39
3."The Grave Dancer"Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis 5:02
4."Demon's Day"  7:29
5."Warchild"  6:09
6."Heart of Darkness" Eric Ingversen11:56
7."Hate"Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis 4:23
8."Circle of Witches" Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis7:43
9."Black Death"  5:40
Total length:56:10

Limited Edition release is limited to 6666 copies

Credits

Band members
  • Chris Boltendahl - Vocals
  • Uwe Lulis - Guitars
  • Tomi Göttlich - Bass
  • Frank Ullrich - Drums
Additional Musicians
  • Peter Diersmann - Backing Vocals
  • Michael Seifert - Backing Vocals
  • Rudy Kronenberger - Keyboards
  • Konzertchor Koln - Choir on "Heart of Darkness"
Production
  • Mathias Bothor - Photography
  • Marc Manthey - Engineering, Mixing (choirs) on "Heart of Darkness"
  • Tomi Göttlich - Producer (lead vocals)
  • Chris Boltendahl - Producer, Cover concept, Engineering, Mixing (choirs) on "Heart of Darkness"
  • Uwe Lulis - Engineering (additional overdubs), Producer
  • Suno Fabitch - Engineering, Mixing
  • John Cremer - Mastering
  • Andreas Marschall - Cover art
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.