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30.09 - Steel Panther - Announce New Album And Debut Video

30.09 - Dead Congregation - New EP Announced

30.09 - Riverside - Stream First Track Of New Album

30.09 - Korn - Debut Song Feat. Corey Taylor, Announce Euro Tour

30.09 - ReVamp - Disband

30.09 - Arkona - Premiere New Re-Recorded Song

30.09 - Kypck - Another Video Launched

30.09 - Earth And Pillars - Premiere New Track

29.09 - Opeth - New Album Streaming Online

29.09 - Theocracy - Unveil Lyric Video For New Song

29.09 - Root - New Album Details Unveiled

29.09 - Crippled Black Phoenix - Another Single Streaming Online

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	Twilight Force Heroes Of Mighty Magic
	Chariots Of The Gods Ages Unsung
	Bloody Hammers Lovely Sort Of Death
	Triggerman Atomic Rock Number 79 [EP]
	Iron Fire Among The Dead
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01.09 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 6 Issue #4 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

18.08 - Summer Slaughter Tour - San Francisco, USA - August 2016

08.08 - Winter Metal Fest - A Kiloton Of Fun

05.08 - Clandestine Cuts Vol. 6 Issue #3 - Awesome New Demos and EPs

02.08 - Hellfest 2016!

12.07 - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2016 - Part One: Why You Should Go Next Year

11.07 - ScreamingSteel's Top 10 Best Metal Covers of Non-Metal Songs

08.07 - Roadburn Festival 2016 - Day 4: Afterburner

Shoutbox

21:53 - Apothecary
This opening is too fucking dank [link]

21:14 - Cynic Metalhead
New Crowbar looks heavy.

21:03 - Cynic Metalhead
Jai Mata Di, everyone!

20:50 - robpal
Loving the new Alcest album! Great vibes

20:45 - tibosax
oh boy oh boy, new Dead Congregation EP announced

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Ana, Paz, ms news team and other turds motorhead, accept, , grimmet, steel panter and suicide renedeces songs and vids are online, add news !

18:58 - Hex_Omega
This must be fake... right? [link]

Events Now online Today

16.12 - The Netherlands
Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2016 (9)

08.12 - Portugal
Under The Doom Festival 2016 - Fourth Edition (7)

24.07 - Slovenia
Metaldays 2017 (7)

25.10 - Portugal
Behemoth: Europa Blasfemia 2016 - Part II (6)

05.11 - United Kingdom
Damnation Festival 2016 (6)

09.12 - Spain
Madrid Is The Dark Fest IV (6)

02.02 - USA
70000 Tons Of Metal 2017 (6)

Musicians' birthdays:

32 - Alessio Gori
40 - Alex Mele
47 - Asgeir Mickelson
(1973-2011) - Brian Petrowsky
33 - Carmen Elise Espenæs
59 - Gibby Haynes
33 - Jade Simonetto
44 - John Steven Campbell
34 - Jonathan Devaux
(1976-2014) - Krzysztof Winkler
32 - Luc Hess
38 - Michal Urban
38 - Mika Hakola
30 - Nils Groth
30 - Pablo Tapia Ugarte
40 - Radek Sladký
36 - Samu Ruotsalainen
29 - Thomas Wouters
32 - Veljko Lukić
47 - Will Rahmer
56 - William Rieflin

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Grave Digger

Popularity index: 230
319 fans

Also known as	Digger (1987)
Country:	Germany
Label:	Napalm Records

Links:	Official website Facebook Twitter show moreReverbNation YouTube

Formed in:	1980
Broke up:	1987-1991

1980-	Heavy metal

Line-up

Current members:
1980-	Chris Boltendahl - vocals
1996-	Stefan Arnold - drums
1997-	Jens Becker - bass
2010-	Axel Ritt - guitars
2015-	Marcus Kniep - keyboards
Former musicians:
1980	Lutz Schmelzer - drums
1980-1986	Peter Masson - guitars
1981-1983	Philip Seibel - drums
1983	Martin Gerlitzki - bass
1983-1985	Willi Lackmann - bass
1983-1986	Albert Eckardt - drums
1986	C.F. Brank - bass
1987-2000	Uwe Lulis - guitars
1991-1993	Peter Breitenbach - drums
1991-1997	Tomi Göttlich - bass
1993-1994	Jörg Michael - drums
1994-1995	Frank Ullrich - drums
1998-2014	Hans Peter Katzenburg - keyboards
2001-2009	Manni Schmidt - guitars
2007-2009	Thilo Hermann - guitars
Studio musicians:
1985	René ''T-Bone'' Teichgräber - bass
1986	Michael Flechsig - backing vocals
1993	Billy King - backing vocals
1993	Rolf Köhler - backing vocals
› 1998	-//-
1995	Rudy Kronenberger - keyboards
1995	Michael Seifert - backing vocals
1995	Peter Diersmann - backing vocals
1996-1998	Scott Cochrane - bagpipes
1998-2014	Thomas "Hacky" Hackmann - backing vocals
1999	Eric "Fish" Hecht - bagpipes
1999	Michael "Bodenski" Boden - drehleier
2001-2003	Olaf Senkbeil - backing vocals
2012	Ross Thompson - backing vocals
2012	Stefan Schmidt - backing vocals
2014	Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann - backing vocals
2014	Frank Konrad - backing vocals
Live musicians:
2009	Axel Ritt - guitars
Guest musicians:
1984	Dietmar Dillhardt - keyboards
1993	Piet Sielck - guitars, keyboards
› 1998-1999	-//- backing vocals
1996	Hansi Kürsch - backing vocals
› 1999	-//-
› 2011	-//- vocals
1996	Hans Peter Katzenburg - keyboards
2003	Michael "Das Letzte Einhorn" Rhein - vocals
› 2012	-//-
2009	Veronica Freeman - vocals

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CD & EP / Other releases / Videos

1984 \| 7.7	Heavy Metal Breakdown
1984 \| 7.4	Shoot Her Down [EP]
1985 \| 7	Witch Hunter
1986 \| 7	War Games
1993 \| 8.3	The Reaper
1994 \| 8.2	Symphony Of Death [EP]
1995 \| 8.4	Heart Of Darkness
1996 \| 8.6	Tunes Of War
1997 \| 8	In The Dark Of The Sun [EP]
1998 \| 8.4	Knights Of The Cross
1999 \| 8.6	Excalibur
2001 \| 8.5	The Grave Digger
2003 \| 8.1	Rheingold
2005 \| 7.8	The Last Supper
2006 \| 7	Yesterday [EP]
2007 \| 7.2	Liberty Or Death
2008 \| 7.9	Pray [EP]
2009 \| 7.9	Ballads Of A Hangman
2010 \| 7.6	The Clans Will Rise Again
2011 \| 8.2	Ballad Of Mary [EP]
2012 \| 7.3	Home At Last [EP]
2012 \| 7.4	Clash Of The Gods
2014 \| 7.6	Return Of The Reaper
2017	Healed By Metal
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Photo galleries

25.01.2015	70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise 2015 - Day Four by D.T. Metal
24.01.2015	70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise 2015 - Day Three by D.T. Metal
12.08.2011	Bloodstock Open Air - Catton Hall, England, 12th-14th August 2011 by Baz Anderson
06.08.2010	Wacken Open Air 2010 - Day 2 by Promonex
01.02.2009	Grave Digger + Alestorm + Taletellers + Boneshaker, Toulouse, France, 01/02/09 by Moocher
	More galleries (6) ››

News / Concerts / Interviews

News

28.09.2016	Grave Digger - Reveal New Album Details
15.05.2016	Grave Digger - Entering The Studio
17.10.2015	Grave Digger - 35th Anniversary Album Samples Online
24.09.2015	Grave Digger - Premiere New Music Video
04.09.2015	Grave Digger - Stream Re-Recorded Song
17.07.2015	Grave Digger - Announce 35th Anniversary Album
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Articles

04.04.2015	70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - Day Four: There's A Tear In My Beer
14.03.2015	70000 Tons Of Metal 2015 - Day Three: Jamaica And Back We Sail
11.03.2014	What Is This Speed Metal You Speak Of?

Concerts

30.09.2016	USA, Salt Lake City, UT
01.10.2016	USA, Las Vegas, NV
02.10.2016	USA, San Diego, CA
04.10.2016	USA, Los Angeles, CA
05.10.2016	USA, San Francisco, CA (1)
13.01.2017	GER, Ilsede
14.01.2017	GER, Coesfeld
19.01.2017	GER, Berlin
20.01.2017	GER, Geiselwind
21.01.2017	GER, Glauchau
22.01.2017	GER, Ludwigsburg
27.01.2017	SUI, Pratteln
28.01.2017	AUT, Graz
02.02.2017	USA, Fort Lauderdale, FL - 70000 Tons Of Metal 2017 (6)
10.02.2017	GER, Hamburg (1)
11.02.2017	GER, Bochum
16.02.2017	GER, Munich
17.02.2017	GER, Memmingen
18.02.2017	GER, Andernach

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