Rheingold (Grave Digger album)

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2003 studio album by Grave Digger

Rheingold

Studio album by Grave Digger

Released

3 June 2003

Recorded

October 2002 – January 2003 at Principal Studios, Germany

Genre

Heavy metal, power metal

Length

44:18

Label

Nuclear Blast

Producer

Chris Boltendahl & "Resetti Brothers"

Grave Digger chronology

Tunes of Wacken – Live
(2001)

Rheingold
(2003)

The Last Supper
(2005)

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Rheingold is the 11th studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It is a concept album based on Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung. The album was released in 2003. Many lines of the lyrics are quoted or paraphrased from (an English translation of) Wagner. The music also has occasional references to Wagner, the most obvious one perhaps being the intro to the song "Dragon", which is the "Siegfried's Horn Call" leitmotif.

Track listing

All songs are composed and arranged by Boltendahl/Becker/Katzenburg/Schmidt; all lyrics by Boltendahl.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ring"	1:48
2.	"Rheingold"	4:02
3.	"Valhalla"	3:48
4.	"Giants"	4:37
5.	"Maidens of War"	5:48
6.	"Sword"	5:03
7.	"Dragon"	4:07
8.	"Liar"	2:46
9.	"Murderer"	5:37
10.	"Twilight of the Gods""	6:42

Limited edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Hero"	6:34
12.	"Goodbye"	4:18

Album line-up

Chris Boltendahl - vocals
Manni Schmidt - guitars
Jens Becker - bass
Stefan Arnold - drums
H.P. Katzenburg - keyboards

v t e Grave Digger
Chris "Reaper" Boltendahl Jens Becker Tobias "Tobi" Kersting Marcus Kniep Lutz Schmelzer Peter Masson Philip Seibel Martin Gerlitzki Willi Lackman Albert Eckardt C.F. Frank Peter Breitenbach Tomi Göttlich Uwe Lulis Jörg Michael Frank Ulrich Manni Schmidt Thilo Hermann Hans Peter "H.P." Katzenburg Stefan Arnold Axel "Ironfinger" Ritt
Studio albums	Heavy Metal Breakdown Witch Hunter War Games Stronger than Ever (as Digger) The Reaper Heart of Darkness Tunes of War Knights of the Cross Excalibur The Grave Digger Rheingold The Last Supper Liberty or Death Ballads of a Hangman The Clans Will Rise Again Clash of the Gods Return of the Reaper Healed by Metal
EPs	Symphony of Death Yesterday
Live albums	Tunes of Wacken The Clans Are Still Marching
Compilation	The Best of the Eighties
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