Raise Your Fist
| Raise Your Fist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cover art by Geoffrey Gillespie | ||||
| Studio album by Doro | ||||
| Released |
19 October 2012 6 November 2012 (USA) | |||
| Recorded |
Eardrum Studios, Hamburg, Studio 102, Bochum, Mastersound Studios, Steinheim, Germany Intermedia Post, New Jersey, USA | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 52:01 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Andreas Bruhn, Doro Pesch, Torsten Sickert | |||
| Doro chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Blistering | [2] |
| Metal Forces | (6/10)[3] |
| Revolver | [4] |
Raise Your Fist is the twelfth studio album by the German female hard rock singer Doro, released in 19 October 2012 and 6 November 2012 in USA through Nuclear Blast Records.[5][6] The song "Hero" is dedicated to the late Ronnie James Dio.[7]
On 5 May 2014, Nuclear Blast issued a special edition of the album to celebrate the 30th anniversarty of Doro's first live show, which included a second CD titled Powerful Passionate Favorites containing remixes, covers and a demo. It was published in coincidence with the German singer's two special celebrative concerts held at CCD Stadthalle of her hometown Düsseldorf.[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Raise Your Fist in the Air" | Andreas Bruhn, Doro Pesch | 3:47 | |
| 2. | "Coldhearted Lover" | Wolfgang Michels, Pesch | 3:35 | |
| 3. | "Rock Till Death" | Filip Sembera, Lucie Roubickova, Pesch | 3:02 | |
| 4. | "It Still Hurts" | Bruhn, Pesch | 4:09 | |
| 5. | "Take No Prisoner" | Dennis Krüger, Pesch | 3:08 | |
| 6. | "Grab the Bull (Last Man Standing)" | Bruhn, Pesch | 4:57 | |
| 7. | "Engel" | Bruhn, Pesch | 5:13 | |
| 8. | "Freiheit (Human Rights)" | Bruhn, Pesch | 3:44 | |
| 9. | "Little Headbanger (Nackenbrecher)" | Bruhn, Pesch | 3:14 | |
| 10. | "Revenge" | Bas Maas, Pesch | 4:48 | |
| 11. | "Free My Heart" | Bruhn, Pesch | 5:09 | |
| 12. | "Victory" | Kendal Stubbs, Roderick Colebrook | 3:11 | |
| 13. | "Hero" | Pesch, Joey Balin | 4:04 |
| Digipak edition bonus tracks | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |||||||
| 14. | "Sealed in Blood (Human Rights)" | Bruhn, Pesch | 3:44 | |||||||
| 15. | "Strong and Proud" | Nick Douglas, Pesch | 3:33 | |||||||
| Powerful Passionate Favorites - 30 Years Anniversary Edition bonus disc | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally performed by | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "It Still Hurts" (new mix, featuring Lemmy) | 4:27 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Raise Yor Fist" (French version) | 3:55 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" | Anne Bredon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | Led Zeppelin | 7:08 | ||||||
| 4. | "Nutbush City Limits" | Tina Turner | Ike & Tina Turner | 2:41 | ||||||
| 5. | "Only You" | Gene Simmons | Kiss | 4:20 | ||||||
| 6. | "Egypt (The Chains Are On)" | Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell, Ronnie James Dio | Dio | 6:10 | ||||||
| 7. | "Nothing Else Matters" | James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | 5:59 | ||||||
| 8. | "Warfare" (from the soundtrack of the movie Anouk III – Die Dunkle Flut) | ??? | 3:48 | |||||||
| 9. | "NYC Blues" (demo, previously unreleased) | Pesch | 5:05 | |||||||
Total length: |
43:33 | |||||||||
Personnel
- Band members
- Doro Pesch - vocals, producer
- Bas Maas - guitars, engineer
- Luca Princiotta - guitars, keyboards
- Nick Douglas - bass
- Johnny Dee - drums
- Additional musicians
- Lemmy - vocals on track 4
- Harrison Young - keyboards
- Torsten Sickert - guitars, bass and drums on track 3, producer and engineer on track 3, keyboards
- Klaus Vanscheidt - guitars and backing vocals on track 3
- Filip Sembera - guitar on track 3
- Lucie Roubickova - backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6
- Gus G - guitar solo on track 6
- Thorsten Bauer - lead and rhythm guitars, bass, backing vocals, engineer on track 6
- Felix Bron - drums
- Mike Goldberg - drums, engineer on tracks 12, 13
- Alexander Krull - backing vocals, engineer, mixing and mastering on track 6
- Uwe Fichtner - backing vocals
- Kendal Stubbs - programming on track 12
- Production
- Andreas Bruhn - producer, engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, engineer on tracks 1, 6 and 10, mixing on track 15
- Jochen Kux - engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, engineer on tracks 1 and 6, mixing on track 15
- Jacob Hansen - mixing on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10
- Afshin Tahmasebi - engineer on tracks 10 and 15
- Rudy Kronenberger - mixing on track 13
- Jens Dreesen - mastering
References
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Doro Raise Your Fist review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ Gallant, Kenneth. "Doro - Raise Your Fist (Nuclear Blast Records)". Blistering. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ↑ Fisher, Mark. "Album / EP Reviews: Doro - Raise Your Fist". Metal Forces. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ↑ Graff, Gary (23 October 2012). "Review: Doro - Raise Your Fist". Revolver. New Bay Media. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
- ↑ "DORO - Raise Your Fist". Nuclear Blast Records. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "DORO - Raise Your Fist - Nuclear Blast USA". Nuclear Blast USA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Doro - Raise Your Fist". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ "DORO - Raise Your Fist (30 Years Anniversary Edition)". Nuclear Blast USA. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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