Heart of Darkness (Grave Digger album)

Heart of Darkness 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".

Heart of Darkness
Studio album by Grave Digger
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
Grave Digger chronology
The Reaper (1993) Heart of Darkness (1995) Tunes of War (1996)

Track listing

All lyrics written by Chris Boltendahl and Tomi Göttlich, except where noted; All music written by Chris Boltendahl and Uwe Lulis except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Tears of Madness" (Intro)		Rudy Kronenberger	2:09
2.	"Shadowmaker"			5:39
3.	"The Grave Dancer"	Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis		5:02
4.	"Demon's Day"			7:29
5.	"Warchild"			6:09
6.	"Heart of Darkness"		Boltendahl, Lulis, Eric Ingversen	11:56
7.	"Hate"	Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis		4:23
8.	"Circle of Witches"		Boltendahl, Göttlich, Lulis	7:43
9.	"Black Death"			5:40
Total length:				56:10

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"My Life"	5:07
2.	"Dolphin's Cry"	6:00
Total length:		67:17

The limited edition release is limited to 6,666 copies.

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dolphin's Cry"	6:00
2.	"Don't Bring Me Down"	5:35
Total length:		67:45

Credits

Band members

• Chris Boltendahl - vocals
• Uwe Lulis - guitars
• Tomi Göttlich - bass
• Frank Ullrich - drums

Additional musicians

• Peter Diersmann - backing vocals
• Michael Seifert - backing vocals
• Rudy Kronenberger - keyboards
• Konzertchor Koln - choir on "Heart of Darkness"

Production

• Mathias Bothor - photography
• Marc Manthey - engineering, mixing (choirs) on "Heart of Darkness"
• Tomi Göttlich - producer (lead vocals)
• Chris Boltendahl - producer, cover concept, engineering, mixing (choirs) on "Heart of Darkness"
• Uwe Lulis - engineering (additional overdubs), producer
• Suno Fabitch - engineering, mixing
• John Cremer - mastering
• Andreas Marschall - cover art