Tunes of War
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August 25, 1996 |
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52 min 45 s |
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Chris Boltendahl & Uwe Lulis |
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Tunes of War is the seventh album by the heavy metal group Grave Digger . It was released on August 25, 1996 on Gun Records . Thematically the history of Scotland is dealt with and the struggles between Scotland and England between the tribes in the 11th century up to the Jacobite revolts in the 18th century are described.
The album is the first concept album in Grave Digger's Medieval Trilogy, which includes Tunes of War , Knights of the Cross and Excalibur .
The album reached the German charts Platz 84 music videos were the songs Rebellion and The Dark of the Sun rotated.
The Scottish Cavanaugh - Clan appointed the band members because of Tunes of War as honorary members.
History of origin
Bassist Tomi Göttlich came up with the idea for the concept album on one of his motorcycle tours through Great Britain.
Hansi Kürsch ( Blind Guardian ), Piet Sielck ( Iron Savior ) and Hacky Hackmann act as the background choir, who is also the contact to the bagpiper heard on the album. The keyboard passages come from HP Katzenburg for the first time, who was only officially admitted to the band in 1999 disguised as the band's mascot Reaper .
The cover shows a skeleton playing bagpipes on a battlefield. It was drawn by Andreas Marschall , who in retrospect was not satisfied with his work because he had too little time available.
The band invited selected music journalists to Scotland for promotional purposes.
Based on the album title, the DVD of the live performance at Wacken 2001 was called Tunes of Wacken .
For the band's 30th anniversary, the entire album was played in Wacken.
Track list
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All arrangements and lyrics are from Grave Digger.
- The Brave (Intro)
- Scotland United
- The Dark of the Sun
- William Wallace (Braveheart)
- The Bruce (The Lion King)
- The Battle of Flodden
- The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)
- The Truth
- Cry for Freedom ( James the VI )
- Killing time
- Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)
- Culloden Muir
- The Fall of the Brave (Outro)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quote: “ I wasn't given enough time to do it. I also shot and edited a music video for them. I was very busy. So what could have been an epic battle scene fell finally short on detail. ”“ [1] ”. Andreas Marschall: un quart de siècle d'Histoire de l'Illustration Meta . Retrieved online April 14, 2010
- ↑ Charts DE