If are in the nature of the "sweet spot" is the heavy metal undoubtedly, Grave Digger, who came to Russia with a concert. Grave Digger was the Olympic, 1980, Christopher "Chris" Boltendalem created. Released his first album, heavy metal band Grave Digger in '84. It was called "Heavy Metal Breakdown". But as we know, yachts float as they were called, and Grave Digger, the album was a real "breakthrough". "Heavy Metal Breakdown" hardly boast virtuoso parties, on the contrary, all the riffs, including the future, "classic", "Headbanging Man", was the title "Heavy Metal Breakdown" and "Yesterday", modestly. But drive Grave Digger in music was more than what the English word "drive" fit, and "Heavy Metal Breakdown" was, you might say, "a model of heavy metal album of the '80s." The huge army of fans of heavy metal music in the USSR mid-end 80 of the "Heavy Metal Breakdown" was honored along with the works of such monsters of the genre, such as Iron Maiden, Ozzy, or Accept. "Heavy Metal Breakdown" was recorded by Chris Boltendalem (vocals), Peter Masson (guitar), Willie Lakman (bass) and Albert Ekskardtom (drums). Grave Digger in "Orange" A year later, in the 85th, held the first "historic" shake-end, and the original quartet only Boltendal and Masson. In the same year came the next album, "Witchhuner" clearly lost his powerful predecessor and will leave in the future concert "Sete" only the title track. A year later, the group leaves and Masson, the place guitarist Uwe Lyulis comes for many years and was only the most important composer of the group. With Uwe "on board" Gravedigger in '86 release "War Games", a lot more interesting than "Witchhuner" album. But something is not in the Federal Republic of Germany to the right and letting firmachi companies Noise persuaded "gravedigger" its name change to a respectable, "Digger", and an album-oriented FM station of the United States of America, David Lee Roth and McDonald. "Stronger Than Ever" (87) is, despite the name, the weak link, not selling well and bring the group to collapse. Decide in the early 90's and Boltendal Lyulis, again create a group that is quickly becoming the "second wave of German Heavy Metal" out. Grave Digger starting from scratch, in concert halls and school demo tape "The Return of the Reaper" (92). A year later published the first album of new noise Gravedigger, "The Reaper" (93), the fastest of all, the untapped creative heritage of German metalworkers. "The old woman with a scythe" (that should be translated "The Reaper" is named) is reaping the benefits immediately: Grave Digger returns to the big stage. Curtsey immediately to his fans, "Diggers" release "extended play" "Symphonies of Death" (94), a "mini-album" 6 songs, each of which have graced would any album by a current or speed metal band . (Japanese for "metal" fortunate few more local edition "Symphonies of Death" has been completed, "a cover version of" AC / DC "Sin City".) "The Reaper" and "Symphonies of Death" wrote: Boltendal, Lyulis Tomi Gotlih (bass) and "Drummer of all Northern Europe" Jörg Michael (Avenger, Rage, Running Wild, Grave Digger, Stratovarius and many, many others.) Extremely strong album "Heart of Darkness" (95), the main theme of which was originated from the same book and the acclaimed film by Francis Ford Coppola, a kind of introduction to the next paper Gravedigger, saw the light in one year. Tom Gotlih (for whom this was the last album in the Grave Digger) often spend weekends and holidays, with the bike on the streets of Scotland. That was his idea to write the theme song for the final battle of daily life in Scotland. The idea was adopted by Chris and began to grow rapidly into a snowball. Thus, the first career as Grave Digger born "Conceptual" united by the common theme of the album. "Tunes of War" (96) covers the entire history of independent Scotland in the final expulsion of the Picts and the formation of a single state until the time of the Jacobites, Prince Charlie "Pretty Boy" and the final defeat of the British in the 18th Century. Not only that, it was very successful in the music and the "hits" in terms of music, the "Diggers" surpassed the success of "Heavy Metal Breakdown", but also a lot of luck: exit "Tunes of War" was the height of a wave of popularity / f "Braveheart" with Mel Gibson was fearless as Wallace. (Grave Digger on the mountain and gave his version of the story of the Scottish hero crazy fast "Braveheart" was an aggressive song on the album.) "Tunes of War" sold in the first few months several hundred thousand copies only in continental Europe. A Scottish clan, Kavanagh, "an honest portrayal of the history of the Scottish people" even an award-winning four German metalworkers honorary membership in their ranks. All the action was. Something of humorous character, who knew not "the media", including Russia, immediately loudly around the world about the seriousness and importance of the event In the same Grave Digger Scotland 2 clips shot on the same "shock" songs on the album, "Rise" and "The Dark Of The Sun", which is actively sending MTV. "Tunes of War" was the first album for the current drummer Stephen Arnold (ex-Grinder). To the success of "Tunes of War" Gravedigger in the 98th Release continuation, the next "concept" album, "Knights of the Cross", the build tells of the birth and the mysterious demise of the Knights Templar. "Knights of the Cross" was not as aggressive as "Tunes ...", but the focus shifted to the melody of the songs, the number of "hits" among them, at least not less than megauspeshnom predecessor. In the 98 th in the group there was Jens Becker, former bassist of the legendary Running Wild, which entered the history of heavy metal on the album as "Port Royal" or "Death or Glory". The end of the "medieval trilogy" is in the 99th with the album "Excalibur" on the Arthurian legends of the cycle. This was also the end of a great epoch in the history of Grave Digger: After many years of cooperation and ways Boltendalya Lyulisa separated it a scandal. Chris left for the name and musical legacy of the collective, and the guitarist begins again, organizing his own group "rebellion." A year later, Grave Digger leaving his former label GUN finally releasing a contract based on album: Live recording of the band Europe's largest "Metal" festival Wacken Open Air, "Tunes of Wacken". At this point, the group was one of the most talented guitarists in Germany, Manfred "Manny" Smith, formerly of Rage, recruited on the stage after a long hiatus. The group also appears permanent keyboardist Hans-Peter Katsenburg hiding during the concerts make up "The Reaper", the mascot of the group. In this composition Boltendal-Becker-Schmidt-Arnold Katsenburg in 2001 measured the heaviest album Grave Digger, "The Grave Digger", "nonconceptual" the first in many years. However, the band quickly returned to the familiar sound, and the usual "concept" for the next two albums, "Rheingold" (2002) and "The Last Supper" (2005). In 2005 Grave Digger celebrated their 25th anniversary, published on the occasion of the anniversary DVD and a live album, "25 To Live" and took a year off, mainly associated with the birth of the first child in the family Boltendalya. Currently Grave Digger end a new album "Liberty Or Death", which is scheduled for February 2007. Spec. Guests of the concert: Butterfly Temple. 31st March, "orange", 20.00.
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