The Bone Collector

2025 will not only mark the 45th anniversary of German iconic metal institution, Grave Digger, but the release of their 23rd studio album “Bone Collector”, that is slated for a release on January 17, 2025 via ROAR! Founded in 1980 in Gladbeck, they set out to conquer the world; who would have thought that 45 years later Grave Digger would be one of the most important, consistent and influential metal bands from Germany. With the release of their ground-breaking debut "Heavy Metal Breakdown" in 1984, an unprecedented career began that will find its logical continuation more than four decades later with the band's much-waited new masterpiece “Bone Collector”, an album that sees the band going back to their old school roots.

Little can be said about Grave Digger that hasn’t already been expressed by me or a thousand other metal reviewers. In existence since 1982, this Germanic heavy metal institution has crossed an ocean of time, tide, shifting scenes, and countless lineup changes while continuing to churn out their tried-and-trve brand of Accept-meets-Manowar metal. Bone Collector is their 21st freaking album and it’s more of the same meat and grave-y, done with an admirable amount of energy and grit considering the advanced age of some of these geez-lords. Longtime guitarist Alex Ritt is out, replaced by former Ordan Ogan axe Tobias Kersting, but the sound and style remain largely unaffected.