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Double album on clear vinyls with gatefold cover. Limited 200 copies

German legends Grave Digger are back and so is their trusty pal, The Reaper. As one of the most tireless acts in metal history, Grave Digger deserve some sort of award for releasing their albums with incredible consistency, most of them coming every other year. Co-founding vocalist Chris Boltendahl has gone on record as saying the intent of their album Return of the Reaper is to dig into the band’s early catalogue and that claim’s pretty well-met. Boltendahl’s the last holdout from the Heavy Metal Breakdown years, but he’s lost not a lick of desire to rock and fortunately, his band gets what’s at stake. Like Udo Dirkschneider and U.D.O., everything Grave Digger today does is basically the same as they’ve ever done. The difference between now and the Eighties is having a proven formula under their respective belts, whereas everything was still reckless and wild in metal back in the day, especially for the German scene. Return of the Reaper isn’t without occasional corniness, but when a band like Grave Digger plays it as proficiently and passionately as when they began with Heavy Metal Breakdown and Witch Hunter, that’s pretty damned special.

Track listing:
1. Return of the Reaper
2. Hell Funeral
3. Wargod
4. Tattooed Rider
5. Resurrection Day
6. Season of the Witch
7. Road Rage Killer
8. Grave Desecrator
9. Satans Host
10. Dia de Los Muertos
11. Death Smiles at All of Us
12. Nothing to Believe
13. The Roundtable-acoustic live
14. The Dark Of The Sun-acoustic live
15. The Curse Of Jaques-acoustic live
16. The Ballad Of Mary-acoustic live
17. The Last Supper-acoustic live
18. Yesterday-acoustic live
19. Rebellion-acoustic live
20. Heavy Metal Breakdown-acoustic live