Grave Digger - The Story Behind Rheingold

Shaman

Ancient Mariner
The band's new disc, Rheingold, is a concept album following the Saga of the Nibelungs. The band explains: \"We worked out The Ring of the Nibelungs by Germany's famous composer Richard Wagner. The record is split into four parts: Rheingold, Valkyrie, Triumph-Glory-Agony and Twilight of the Gods. These are the four operas of the The Ring of the Nibelungs. It's a very mystical story based on the old German saga of the Nibelungs. The music includes all typical Grave Digger trademarks like simple and epic melody lines, aggressive vocals, guitars like
chainsaws and a pounding rhythm section, but we also worked with the melodies from the opera. You will see dwarfs, nymphs, maidens, giants, swords, dragons, heroes, a golden treasure, liars, murderers and, of course, love, death and agony.\"

If you are interested in the story, please check out the following link [a href=\'http://users.utu.fi/hansalmi/topi.html\' target=\'_blank\']http://users.utu.fi/hansalmi/topi.html[/a] to prepare yourself for Rheingold. Short interpretations of the story will also appear in the CD booklet. The limited-edition Digipak pack will also contain a bonus track based on the same mythology. Look for Rheingold in June 2003.

[a href=\'http://www.grave-digger.de\' target=\'_blank\']http://www.grave-digger.de[/a]
 
It's a good album and would have been great if it was incorporated in the "Curse of the Ring" mini-series?
 
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