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With Axel Rudi Pell and Grave Digger the last two bands for this years The Hard Circle festival have been announced recently. Next to them the following bands have been announced earlier: Dirkschneider Eisbrecher Thundermother Freedom Call The Hard Circle festival will take place in three cities in December this year: 05.12. Bochum – Ruhrcongress12.12.... Continue Reading →
Hamburg's Markthalle will be the venue for three German metal bands tonight. It is heavy metal veterans Grave Digger and the revived Victory, who are currently on the road, with Rigorious as the opening act on this leg of the tour. Rigorious is a relatively new band, formed in 2021. With two released longplayers the... Continue Reading →
German metal veterans Grave Digger will launch their next album on January 17th, 2025 via ROAR!. “Bone Collector” is the title of the 23rd studio album which entails eleven new songs and with “Killing is My Pleasure” a next lead single has been launched already. Here it is: https://youtu.be/WxKVQMxIC5U?si=-q5KGKe6OMeFhz6O Band leader Chris Boltendahl reveals: “There it is –... Continue Reading →
At least two German underground metal bands followed a similar path in the second half of the 80s. Grave Digger, as well as Stormwitch released three excellent longplayers that sounded refreshing, heavy and dark. The similarity continues to the point, that both bands wanted to add a more melodic and commercial touch to their sound.... Continue Reading →
Also Thursday starts warm, hot, and sunny, so that any kind of refreshment is gladly taken. Today the two main stages are in operation for the first time and with Cirth Ungol starts a band that has the status of a legend. The quintet from California picked up speed after their restart in 2015 and... Continue Reading →
German metal force Grave Digger will release their next studio album on August 26th this year. ‘Symbol of Eternity’ will come via Rock Of Angels Records and will feature with ‘Hell is My Purgatory’ a song that has been revealed already. Here you can listen to the song: https://youtu.be/ZeKI2cDM23o
The line-up for Rock Hard Festival 2021 gets sharp and form. It looks pretty much the same as what was planned for 2020, with a nice addition. Progressive Metal heroes Psychotic Waltz will perform at RHF 2021, which makes things even more exciting. Here's the list of so far confirmed bands: ACCEPT BLUE ÖYSTER CULTSACRED REICHPHIL... Continue Reading →
After the chart breaking release of German Heavy Metal heroes Grave Digger’s 20th studio album on their 40 year band jubilee, the band around singer Chris “Reaper” Boltendahl have released the fourth video, taken from 'Fields Of Blood', 'Barbarian'. Heavy riffs, thundering drums and the distinctive vocals take us back to 1746 - to the... Continue Reading →
People mention the term of being in a 'new reality' all the time these days. The more it's important to have a few anchor points providing continuity in times of radical change. One of these anchors is called 'Fields of Blood' and is Grave Digger's new album. The clansmen from North Rhine-Westfalia are back with... Continue Reading →
Rock Hard Festival announce today three more bands being part of the 2020 edition. Insomnium, Axxis and Sorcerer will play at the well-known festival and there are 9 more acts announced over the coming weeks. So far confirmed are: ACCEPTSACRED REICHPHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS play MOTÖRHEADGRAVE DIGGERINSOMNIUMALCESTTHE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRAHEATHENATLANTEAN KODEXAXXISRAZORSORCERERNIFELHEIM Rock Hard... Continue Reading →
Today at noon first bands have been announced for the 2020 edition of Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Metal pioneers Accept will play at RHF as well as Thrash Metal veterans Sacred Reich and German Metal warriors Grave Digger. So far also confirmed are Alcest, Nifelheim and Razor. Rock Hard Festival 2020 will take... Continue Reading →
Although spring and summer are yet to come, a glimpse towards December generates excitement. First bands for Knock Out Festival in Karlsruhe, Germany has been announced. today. So far it's Avantasia that will perform in the the South West of Germany as well as Axxis and Grave Digger. The one day indoor festival will take... Continue Reading →
German metal pioneers Grave Digger is one of the German metal bands being in the business the longest. Chris Boltendahl and his crew recently released with 'The Living Dead' their 19th studio album. The quartet embarked on a tour through Europe to promote the latest record and one stop was in Rotterdam. On a cold... Continue Reading →
It was just a matter of time before also some Grave Digger albums would be re-issued under the header of 'Noise lebt!'. The German metal pioneers from Gladbeck started their career in metal in 1980 and it was Noise Records that was their first label. After having released two demos it was Noise Records that... Continue Reading →
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