| Heart of Darkness | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Grave Digger |
| Cover: | Gravedigger-HOD.jpg |
| Released: | 3 April 1995 |
| Recorded: | Principal Studios in Senden, Münster, Germany Mastered at EMI in Cologne, Germany Choir recorded and mixed at Interface Studios in Cologne, Germany |
| Genre: | Heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal |
| Label: | GUN Records |
| Producer: | Chris Boltendahl & Uwe Lulis |
| Prev Title: | The Reaper |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Tunes of War |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Heart of Darkness[1] is the sixth studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. They showed a much darker and more aggressive sound with this release than any of their previous albums. All of the songs have dark, lyrical concepts such as hate, death, betrayal, etc. The title track is inspired by the Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness. A music video was made for "Circle of Witches".
All lyrics written by Chris Boltendahl and Tomi Göttlich, except where noted; All music written by Chris Boltendahl and Uwe Lulis except where noted.
The limited edition release is limited to 6,666 copies.