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"The Living Dead" is the 19th studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, which was released on 14 September 2018 on the Napalm Records label.
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Grave Digger has been around for nearly forty years – yes you read that right – 40 YEARS. Founded in 1980, the band has released nothing but solid, crushing heavy metal albums including my personal favorites, “The Reaper” and “Tunes of War”. One can’t deny however, the band has grown significantly darker in sound over the years, but strangely, they remain as one of the few classic heavy metal bands that can still write relevant and catchy metal tunes.
It doesn’t take a genius to see that this album has some dark themes, given the grim artwork (a tiny zombie girl wielding a bloody knife – I mean come on). So right off the bat, the album opens with the semi-title track “Fear of the Living Dead” and the tone of the album is set. The song is a perfect way to open the new record, with a great layered chorus, awesome sing-along hooks, and fantastic guitar riffs. “Blade of the Immortal” is a killer track that begins with some of the best atmospheric guitar work on the record, and I absolutely love the chanting chorus.
Overall, the legendary Chris Boltendahl sounds as gritty and bad ass as ever, Jens Becker and Stefan Arnold keep that rhythm driving hard, Marcus Kniep is great on the keys, but I think Axel Ritt really steals the show on the guitars here. Its no surprise that a legendary heavy metal band has a phenomenal guitarist – but each moment this album made me take a step back and say ‘DAAAMN’ was a killer guitar riff or solo. ‘The Living Dead’ is a solid release from these veterans.
Reviewed by Mattie Jensen for metalwani.com.
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