Heart of Darkness (Grave Digger album)

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".

Heart of Darkness
Studio album by
Released3 April 1995
RecordedPrincipal Studios in Senden, Münster, Germany,
Mastered at EMI in Cologne, Germany
Choir recorded and mixed at Interface Studios in Cologne, Germany
GenreHeavy metal, power metal, thrash metal
LabelGUN Records
ProducerChris Boltendahl & Uwe Lulis
Grave Digger chronology
The Reaper
(1993)
Heart of Darkness
(1995)
Tunes of War
(1996)

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

Limited Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."My Life"5:07
2."Dolphin's Cry"6:00
Total length:1:07:17
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Dolphin's Cry"6:00
2."Don't Bring Me Down"5:35
Total length:1:07:45

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
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