Rheingold (Grave Digger album) explained

Rheingold
Type:studio
Artist:Grave Digger
Cover:GraveDigger-Rheingold.jpg
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"
Prev Title:Tunes of Wacken – Live
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:The Last Supper
Next Year:2005

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.

Album line-up