The Grave Digger

The Grave Digger
Studio album by Grave Digger
Released 22 October 2001
Recorded Principal Studios, Germany
Genre Heavy metal
Power metal
Thrash metal
Length 59:00
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Chris Boltendahl, Jörg Umbreit, Vincent Sorg & Manni Schmidt
Grave Digger chronology

Excalibur
(1999)		 The Grave Digger
(2001)		 Tunes of Wacken - Live
(2002)

The Grave Digger is tenth studio album by Grave Digger. This is the darkest album Grave Digger has done (along with 1995's "Heart of Darkness"). The lyrics are about dark concepts, some are inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Track listing

All songs are composed and arranged by Boltendahl/Becker/Schmidt; all lyrics by Boltendahl

  1. "Son of Evil" - 5:04
  2. "The Grave Digger" - 5:06
  3. "Raven" (based on "The Raven") - 4:34
  4. "Scythe of Time" (based on "A Predicament") - 5:14
  5. "Spirits of the Dead" (based on "Spirits of the Dead") - 3:56
  6. "The House" (based on "The Fall of the House of Usher") - 5:42
  7. "King Pest" (based on "King Pest") - 4:08
  8. "Sacred Fire" - 4:11
  9. "Funeral Procession" - 5:45
  10. "Haunted Palace" (based on "The Haunted Palace") - 4:14
  11. "Silence - 7:15

This album is also released as a picture vinyl which includes these bonus tracks:

And as a DigiPack-version, which includes this bonus track:

Album line-up