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1980-  Chris Boltendahl - vocals
1997-  Jens Becker - bass
2014-2018  Marcus Kniep - keyboards
› 2018-  -//- drums
2023-  Tobias "Tobi" Kersting - guitars
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1980  Lutz Schmelzer - drums
1980-1986  Peter Masson - guitars
1981-1983  Philip Seibel - drums
1983  Martin Gerlitzki - bass
1983-1985  Willi Lackmann - bass
1983-1986  Albert Eckardt - drums
1986  C.F. Brank - bass
1987-2000  Uwe Lulis - guitars
1991-1993  Peter Breitenbach - drums
1991-1997  Tomi Göttlich - bass
1993-1994  Jörg Michael - drums
1994-1995  Frank Ullrich - drums
1996-2018  Stefan Arnold - drums
1998-2014  Hans Peter Katzenburg - keyboards
2001-2009  Manni Schmidt - guitars
2007-2009  Thilo Herrmann - guitars
2010-2023  Axel Ritt - guitars
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1985  René ''T-Bone'' Teichgräber - bass
1986  Michael Flechsig - backing vocals
1993  Billy King - backing vocals
1993  Rolf Köhler - backing vocals
› 1998  -//-
1995  Peter Diersmann - backing vocals
1995  Rudy Kronenberger - keyboards
1996-1998  Scott Cochrane - bagpipes
1999  Michael "Bodenski" Boden - drehleier
1999  Eric "Fish" Hecht - bagpipes
2012  Stefan Schmidt - backing vocals
2014  Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann - backing vocals
2014  Frank Konrad - backing vocals
2009  Axel Ritt - guitars
1984  Dietmar Dillhardt - keyboards
1993  Piet Sielck - guitars, keyboards
› 1998-1999  -//- backing vocals
1995  Michael Seifert - backing vocals
1996  Hans Peter Katzenburg - keyboards
1998-2001  Thomas "Hacky" Hackmann - backing vocals
› 2003-2007  -//-
› 2010  -//-
› 2012-2015  -//-
› 2017-2020  -//-
1999  Hansi Kürsch - backing vocals
› 2011  -//- vocals
2001  Olaf Senkbeil - backing vocals
› 2003  -//-
› 2020  -//-
2003  Michael Robert Rhein - vocals
› 2012  -//-
2009  Veronica Freeman - vocals
2011  Doro Pesch - additional vocals
2012  Ross Thompson - backing vocals
› 2018  -//-
2020  John "Jaycee" Cuijpers - backing vocals
2020  Noora Louhimo - vocals
2022  Vasilis Papakonstantinou - vocals

Discography


Latest reviews

For me, after Excalibur and The Grave Digger, it almost seemed as Chris Boltendahl and Co were digging their very own grave. While the albums that followed sure had their moments, they didn't overly impress me as a whole. So, how does their latest effort fare ?
Review by D.T. Metal ››
Grave Digger used to mean a lot to me having been a big chapter in my metal life, especially with albums like Tunes Of War, Excalibur and Knights Of The Cross. You know, when you're younger the epic feeling they bring forth with such power and lyricism...
Review by KwonVerge ››
"Liberty Or Death" is already the 13th studio album of the German masters of Heavy Metal Grave Digger and for sure the fans of the combo will not be disappointed by this new release. If it's a bit classic and not so new on a side, it's...
Review by Jeff ››
Once again it's time for a Grave Digger release, this time a not entirely conceptual album, dealing with Jesus throughout some of the songs, but not all. If the title 'The Last Supper' is the most suitable can be argumented about about,...
Review by Pierre Tombale ››
Chris Boltendahl and his legion of gravediggers are passing by the town once again, it's now 21 years ago we, for the first time, got a chance to see them, and this year is no exception.
Before the release of 2003's "Rheingold", the...
Review by Malcolm ››
The latest output from my favourite german band is a concept album on the topic of the Ring of the Nibelungen myth. When I first heard and read about Rheingold I thought about another attempt of following the trend of metal + symphonic orchestra like...
Review by Pierre Tombale ››

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