Excalibur (album)

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Excalibur
Studio album by Grave Digger
Released	May 18, 1999
Recorded	Principal Studios, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal Power metal
Length	52:12
Label	G.U.N. Records
Producer	Chris Boltendahl & Uwe Lulis
Grave Digger chronology
Knights of the Cross (1998) Excalibur (1999) The Grave Digger (2001)

Excalibur is a concept album by Grave Digger about the story of King Arthur and the knights of the round table. They had quite an impressive line-up for the backing vocals to this album with Piet Sielck, Hansi Kürsch, Hacky Hackmann + Boltendahl.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Limited Edition Digipak 3 Credits 4 Miscelanea

[edit] Track listing

All lyrics by Chris Boltendahl and Yvonne Thorhauer

1. "The Secrets Of Merlin" (2:38) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
2. "Pendragon" (4:21) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
3. "Excalibur" (4:46) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
4. "The Round Table - Forever" (5:10) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
5. "Morgane Le Fay" (5:16) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
6. "The Spell" (4:39) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
7. "Tristan's Fate" (3:39) (Becker/Boltendahl/Lulis)
8. "Lancelot" (4:45) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
9. "Mordred's Song" (4:01) (Becker/Boltendahl/Lulis)
10. "The Final War" (4:02) (Boltendahl/Lulis)
11. "Emerald Eyes" (4:05) (Boltendahl/Katzenburg)
12. "Avalon" (5:50) (Boltendahl/Lulis)

[edit] Limited Edition Digipak

13. "Parcival" (4:59) (Boltendahl/Lulis)

[edit] Credits

• Chris Boltendahl - Vocals
• Uwe Lulis - Guitars
• Jens Becker - Bass
• Stefan Arnold - Drums
• H.P. Katzenburg - Keyboards

[edit] Miscelanea

• The album is about the King Arthur's mythology.
• "Pendragon" is about Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur.
• "Excalibur" is about the powerful sword handled by Arthur.
• "The Round Table (Forever)" deals with the principles of the Knights of the Round Table.
• "Morgane Le Fay" is about the witch Morgane.
• "The Spell" is about the enchantment that Nimue used in Merlin to gain his powers, after a promise of sex and love.
• "Tristan's Fate" is about the tragic history of Tristan and Isolde. Tristan here is a knight of the round table. (In some tales, he's not even connected to Arthur)
• "Lancelot" is about the love of Lancelot (Arthur's knight) for Guinevere (Arthur's wife).
• "Mordred's Song" is about the treachery of Mordred.
• "The Final War" is about the last battle to Arthur and Mordred. Arthur ends mortally wounded.
• "Emerald Eyes" is Arthur's last words to Guinevere.
• "Avalon" is about the fantastic island that Arthur went, where he died.
• "Parcival" is about the knight called Parcival and his quest for the Holy Grail.

v • d • e Grave Digger Chris Boltendahl | Manni Schmidt | Jens Becker | Stefan Arnold | Hans Peter "H.P." Katzenburg | Thilo Herrmann Studio albums Heavy Metal Breakdown | Witch Hunter | War Games | The Reaper | Heart of Darkness | Tunes of War | Knights of the Cross | Excalibur | The Grave Digger | Rheingold | The Last Supper | Liberty or Death Live albums Tunes of Wacken - Live | 25 to Live EPs / Singles "For Promotion Only" | "Symphony Of Death" | "The Dark Of The Sun" | "Yesterday"