Holy sh..., 20 albums!
Have I listened to all of them, most probably not. Do I want to do that, I doubt that.
Thus I cannot really comment much on this list.
But what I do want to say is two things:
1. Heart of Darkness on top, yes, title track is excellent,
2. Symphony of Death lower half, noooo way, that is a really good album, I like it
Then there is the Reaper, also good, but that is basically their essential albums that I do remember from the top of my head right now.
No need to add: I have been digging their albums a bit back in the 90s, but never really came back to them thereafter.

Written by Redel on 28.05.2020 at 23:51

Holy sh..., 20 albums!

Today it's 21 but yeah listening through them all, some of them twice or three times felt like a chore in the end

Written by Redel on 28.05.2020 at 23:51

1. Heart of Darkness on top, yes, title track is excellent,

Yes sir, probably their best song!

Written by Redel on 28.05.2020 at 23:51

2. Symphony of Death lower half, noooo way, that is a really good album, I like it

Apart from the title track and Back to the Roots (both excellent) I don't really find the other songs enough intresting to put it higher. It's a good listen but no where near among their best work.

Written by Redel on 28.05.2020 at 23:51

Then there is the Reaper, also good, but that is basically their essential albums that I do remember from the top of my head right now.
No need to add: I have been digging their albums a bit back in the 90s, but never really came back to them thereafter.

If your unfamiliar with The Grave Digger you should give it a shot. It's their heaviest and darkest album and really stands out as one of my favourite "edgar allan poe-tributes". Rheingold is also a no-brainer for anyone who loves good riffing, it's sad Manni Schmidt gave up on this style of music as both in Rage and Grave Digger he was part of writing their best material.

Good list - especially with HoD at the Top!

Mine would be:

1. - 1. Grave Digger - Heart Of Darkness
2. - 6. Grave Digger - The Reaper
3. - 11. Grave Digger - Symphony Of Death
(the top level GD records)

4. - 10. Grave Digger - War Games
5. - 9. Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown
6. - 17. Grave Digger - Witch Hunter
(old school as fuck)

7. - 7. Grave Digger - Tunes Of War
8. - 4. Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross
(the last very good phase!)

9. - 5. Grave Digger - Excalibur
10. - 2. Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
11. - 3. Grave Digger - Rheingold
12. - 13. Grave Digger - The Clans Will Rise Again
(still good but with a bigger gap to the last block)

13. - 8. Grave Digger - Clash Of The Gods
13. - 12. Grave Digger - The Last Supper
13. - 15. Grave Digger - Liberty Or Death
13. - 16. Grave Digger - Return Of The Reaper
13. - 19. Grave Digger - Ballads Of A Hangman
13. - 21. Grave Digger - Symbol Of Eternity
13. - 22. Grave Digger - Fields Of Blood
13. - 23. Grave Digger - The Living Dead
13. - 24. Grave Digger - Healed By Metal
(IMHO no real difference between those records...)

22. - 14. Digger - Stronger Than Ever
(...well even Chris and Uwe looked sceptical as I gave them my vinyl to sign it in 1998)

nv - 20. Chris Boltendahl's Steelhammer - Reborn In Flames
nv - 25. Hellryder - The Devil Is A Gambler
nv - 18. Grave Digger - Bone Collector
(No vote for I did not had the time to listen to those or didn´t knew that they exist till now)

Written by InfernalOverkill on 18.08.2025 at 23:32

Good list - especially with HoD at the Top!

Mine would be:

Nice list

THX