GRAVE DIGGER – Healed By Metal

9/10

GRAVE DIGGER - Healed By Metal - 9/10

9/10

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Napalm Records
Release date: January 1, 2017

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Few bands have been as prolific and consistent as Grave Digger. Healed By Metal marks the bands 18th studio release since their 1984 debut Heavy Metal Breakdown, and delivers everything that Grave Digger fans could ask for. Healed By Metal is straightforward, in-your-face, Classic Metal at its best. Satisfyingly crushing guitar riffs and properly thunderous drums combine with Chris Boltendahl’s signature melodic yet snarly vocal delivery to create a molten, blackened, steaming Metal landscape.

Songs range from shout-chorus headbangers like the title track, “Healed By Metal”, “Lawbreaker”, and “Ten Commandments Of Metal” to more melodic, anthemic numbers such as “Call For War” and “Kill Ritual”. With a relatively short running time and most songs clocking in around 3 and a half minutes, Healed By Metal knows its purpose and unwaveringly fulfills its potential. While this release risks being dismissed by Metal elitists as much as any other Grave Digger offering with it’s by-the-numbers song structure, listeners will be hard pressed to find a better modern representation of a great album from a veteran band.

Highlights include “Call For War”, “Kill Ritual” and “Ten Commandments Of Metal”.

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Maxxxwell Carlisle

Maxxxwell was a reviewer and the host of The Maxed Out Metal Hour here on Metal Express Radio. He is the current lead guitarist for LA based metal veterans Hellion. In addition to his ongoing role in Hellion, he has also released 5 albums as a solo artist and appeared as a guest writer and soloist on Michael Angelo Batio's Intermezzo album, named one of the Top 5 shred albums of 2014 by Guitar World Magazine. He continues to collaborate with various Metal musicians and teaches guitar technique and Metal composition via Skype. Additionally, he is a former competitive bodybuilder and enjoys a lifestyle based around health, fitness and Metal.
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