Witch Hunter (album)
1985 studio album by Grave Digger
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| Studio album by Grave Digger | ||||
| Released | 10 May 1985 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 1985 at Musiclab Studios, Berlin, Germany | |||
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| Label | Noise (Germany) Megaforce (US) | |||
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Witch Hunter is the second studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It was released on 10 May 1985 via Noise Records.
The song "School's Out" is an Alice Cooper cover that was originally released on the School's Out album.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Grave Digger, except where indicated. Lyrics written by Grave Digger except where noted
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 1. | "Witch Hunter" | Grave Digger, Roy Dean Brown | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Night Drifter" | Grave Digger, Roy Dean Brown | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Get Ready for Power" | 5:05 | |
| 4. | "Love Is a Game" | Grave Digger, Roy Dean Brown | 5:43 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Length |
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| 5. | "Get Away" | Grave Digger, Roy Dean Brown | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Fight for Freedom" | 3:54 | |
| 7. | "School's Out" (Alice Cooper cover) | Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Friends of Mine" | 5:23 | |
| 9. | "Here I Stand" | 4:49 | |
| Total length: | 38:08 | ||
Notes
- The 1985 releases from Banzai Records and Megaforce Records and the 1987 Brown Back Cover Press release from Brazilian-based record label Woodstock Discos, contain the four tracks "Don't Kill the Children", "Shine On", "Shoot Her Down" and "Storming the Brain", excludes "Love Is a Game"
- "Don't Kill the Children" features an extended, choral intro not present on the version featured on the 1994 Japanese re-issue of Heavy Metal Breakdown. This is considered the original version of the song
- The 1994 Japanese re-issue contains the 1986 album War Games
Line up
- Chris Boltendahl – bass, vocals
- Peter Masson – guitar, bass
- Albert Eckardt – drums
- René "T. Bone" Teichgräber – bass on "Love Is a Game" and "School's Out"
- Production
- Karl-U. Walterbach – executive producer
- Jochen Ruschinzik – photography
- Hans B. Bruns – design (inner sleeve)
- Chris Boltendahl – producer
- Harris Johns – co-producer, engineering, mixing
References
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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
- 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
- The Living Dead
- Fields of Blood
- Symbol of Eternity
- Tunes of Wacken
- 25 to Live
- The Clans Are Still Marching
- Shoot Her Down
- Symphony of Death
- The Dark of the Sun
- Yesterday
- Pray
- The Ballad of Mary
- Home at Last
- The Best of the Eighties
- Die Definitive Biografie
- The History - Part One
- Masterpieces - Best Of Album
- Lost Tunes from the Vault
- Exhumation (The Early Years)
- Let Your Heads Roll - The Very Best of the Noise Years 1984-1986
- The Forgotten Years
- Rebellion
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