Liberty or Death (album)
Appearance
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Released | 15 January 2007[1] | |||
Recorded | August–October 2006 at Principal Studios, Germany | |||
Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
Length | 56:48 | |||
Label | Locomotive Music | |||
Producer | Chris Boltendahl, Manni Schmidt & Jörg Umbreit | |||
Grave Digger chronology | ||||
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Liberty or Death is the 13th studio album by German heavy metal band
Locomotive Records
.
Track listing
All songs composed and arranged by Boltendahl/Becker/Schmidt and Katzenburg; all lyrics by Boltendahl.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Liberty or Death" | 6:33 |
2. | "Ocean of Blood" | 4:12 |
3. | "Highland Tears" | 6:15 |
4. | "The Terrible One" | 4:08 |
5. | "Until the Last King Died" | 5:46 |
6. | "March of the Innocent" | 5:56 |
7. | "Silent Revolution" | 6:24 |
8. | "Shadowland" | 6:26 |
9. | "Forecourt to Hell" | 5:02 |
10. | "Massada" | 5:58 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Ship of Hope" | 5:05 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Yesterday (2006)" | 5:19 |
2. | "The Reapers Dance" | 4:35 |
3. | "No Quarter" (Led Zeppelin cover) | 6:57 |
4. | "Yesterday" (Orchestra Version) | 4:07 |
Lyrical themes
- Vocalist Greek national anthem.
- Two songs deal with Germany's treatment of the Jews in the SS St. Louis. Boltendahl said that the number of songs on this subject was not intended, but that the stories were interesting on their own. [1]
- "Highland Tears" deals with freedom in Scotland. "Forecourt to Hell" deals with the gladiators in the Roman Empire age. "The Terrible One" is about Ivan the Terrible. "Until the Last King Died" is about the French Revolution, "Shadowland" about the atrocities of the Ku Klux Klan in the USA and "Silent Revolution" deals with Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent struggle against the oppression of the Indian people. [2]
Album line-up
- Chris Boltendahl - vocals
- Manni Schmidt - guitars
- Jens Becker - bass
- Stefan Arnold - drums
- HP Katzenburg - keyboards
References
- ^ Blackie, Andrew (2 May 2007). "Grave Digger: Liberty or Death". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 January 2019.