Grave Digger Albums Ranked

Grave Digger Albums Ranked

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One of the long time running german bands that started off quite shaky before releasing a string of excellent anthem packed albums, to only fall away into a quite shaky last years. That's too bad but when they were at their peak, very few bands could touch them. Here's my take on their entire discography
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Grave Digger - Heart Of Darkness
1995 Rating: 9 Top picks: Heart of Darkness, Hate, The Grave Dancer
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Grave Digger - The Grave Digger
2001 Rating: 9 Top picks: The House, Funeral Procession, Spirits of the Dead
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Grave Digger - Rheingold
2003 Rating: 9 Top picks: Maidens of War, Twilight of the Gods, Valhalla
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Grave Digger - Knights Of The Cross
1998 Rating: 9 Top picks: Lionheart, Knights Of The Cross, The Curse Of Jaques
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Grave Digger - Excalibur
1999 Rating: 9 Top picks: Pendragon, Morgane Le Fay, Avalon
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Grave Digger - The Reaper
1993 Rating: 9 Top picks: Ride On, Shadow Of A Moonless Night, Legion Of The Lost (Part II)
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Grave Digger - Tunes Of War
1996 Rating: 8 Top picks: William Wallace, Killing Time, Rebellion
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Grave Digger - Clash Of The Gods
2012 Rating: 7 Top picks: Death Angel & The Grave Digger, Warriors Revenge, Medusa
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Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown
1984 Rating: 7 Top picks: Headbanging Man, We Will Rock You, Legion of the Lost
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Grave Digger - War Games
1986 Rating: 7 Top picks: Paradise, Drop the Bomb, Playin' Fools
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Grave Digger - Symphony Of Death
1994 Rating: 7 Top picks: Symphony Of Death, Back To The Roots, House Of Horror
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Grave Digger - The Last Supper
2005 Rating: 7 Top picks: The Last Supper, Divided Cross, Soul Savior
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Grave Digger - The Clans Will Rise Again
2010 Rating: 6 Top picks: When Rain Turns To Blood, Highland Farewell, Spider
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Digger - Stronger Than Ever
1987 Rating: 6 Top picks: Don't Leave Me Lonely, Moonriders, Listen to the Music
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Grave Digger - Liberty Or Death
2007 Rating: 6 Top picks: Liberty or Death, Ocean of Blood, Ship of Hope
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Grave Digger - Return Of The Reaper
2014 Rating: 6 Top picks: Dia De Los Muertos, Death Smiles at All of Us, Tattooed Rider
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Grave Digger - Witch Hunter
1985 Rating: 6 Top picks: Get Ready for Power, Night Drifter, Love is a Game
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Grave Digger - Bone Collector
2025 Rating: 6 Top picks: The Devils Serenade, Mirror of Hate, Killing is my Pleasure
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Grave Digger - Ballads Of A Hangman
2009 Rating: 5 Top picks: Pray, Ballad of a Hangman, Funeral for a Fallen Angel
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Chris Boltendahl's Steelhammer - Reborn In Flames
2023 Rating: 5 Top picks: Beyond the Black Souls, Fire Angel, Die For Your Sins
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Grave Digger - Symbol Of Eternity
2022 Rating: 5 Top picks: Symbol of Eternity, Heart of a Warrior, Holy Warfare
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Grave Digger - Fields Of Blood
2020 Rating: 4 Top picks: Heart of Scotland, All for the Kingdom, Barbarian
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Grave Digger - The Living Dead
2018 Rating: 4 Top picks: Fear Of The Living Dead, Insane Pain, Zombie Dance
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Grave Digger - Healed By Metal
2017 Rating: 4 Top picks: Lawbreaker, Forever Free, When Night Falls
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Hellryder - The Devil Is A Gambler
2021 Rating: 3 Top picks: I Don't Wanna Die
Disclaimer: All top lists are unofficial and do not represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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28.05.2020 - 23:51
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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.
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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.
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18.08.2025 - 23:32

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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)
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19.08.2025 - 07:14

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Written by InfernalOverkill on 18.08.2025 at 23:32

Good list - especially with HoD at the Top!

Mine would be:

Nice list
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