The 1986 Listening Post - Digger - Stronger Than Ever

Digger - Stronger Than Ever

#598

1986 Housekeeping

Digger

Stronger Than Ever

Genre: Metal

1.5 out of 5

Highlights:

Lay It On

Grave Digger dropped the Grave part, put a T-1000 Donald Fuck on their cover, made themselves sound as much like Kiss as possible and made a record that they have never reissued on CD or in any form and is just as terrible as all the ones with Grave in the name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjxCToiEVpk

The 1986 Listening Post - Grave Digger - War Games

Grave Digger - War Games

#38/1205

February 1 1986

Grave Digger

War Games

Genre: Speed Metal

3.5 out of 5

Highlights:

Keep On Rockin’

I’ve heard way too much Grave Digger so I was not looking forward to this one. You know what? It opens with a ton of promise. In fact, I have to admit that I have a special affinity for “Fire In Your Eyes” since I obviously, having never heard it, stole the rhythm riff for my band’s song “Babbling Brooke”. And I loved that song…so…well done, Grave Digger! ;)

Digger has decided to go the full Priest/DC model and they are actually better for it. 

This is a perfectly acceptable speed metal record. But the balladry…guys…you can’t actually, y’know…sing. Don’t.

Lord help me, I actually don’t hate a Grave Digger record.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/war-games/795176512

The 1985 Listening Post - Grave Digger - Witch Hunter

Grave Digger - Witch Hunter

#155

May 10 1985

Grave Digger

Witch Hunter

Genre: Metal

1 out of 5

Lowlights:

Love is a Game

School’s Out

It wouldn’t be a music year if there wasn’t a metal band with the word “Witch” somewhere in it either their name or album title.

This is the first entry of 1985 to that hallowed echelon. And it’s everything you’d expect. Actually it sounds a bit more like sharp metal against glass than the other bands. Sonically, it’s epic, content wise, it’s everything you expect from this genre. 

These guys actually sound like a metal parody band. 

What they do to Alice’s “School’s Out” should’ve resulted in a fine. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/witch-hunter-remastered/1371055603

The 1984 Listening Post - Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

#275
October 20 1984
Grave Digger
Heavy Metal Breakdown
2 out of 5


Is someone keeping a tally of how many satan-metal albums this makes? I feel like we are at about 20. Or 200. The glut of this music in 1984 makes me retrospectively root for the PMRC.

I really need this genre to go away.

19 albums.

These guys have released NINETEEN albums. The last one was 2017.

Not including Live albums.
So. Okay. There's definitely an audience out there, somewhere...for a band that sounds like Scorpions started worshipping the devil.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heavy-metal-breakdown-remastered/1371055384

The 1984 Listening Post - Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown

#275
October 20 1984
Grave Digger
Heavy Metal Breakdown
2 out of 5


Is someone keeping a tally of how many satan-metal albums this makes? I feel like we are at about 20. Or 200. The glut of this music in 1984 makes me retrospectively root for the PMRC.

I really need this genre to go away.

19 albums.

These guys have released NINETEEN albums. The last one was 2017.

Not including Live albums.
So. Okay. There's definitely an audience out there, somewhere...for a band that sounds like Scorpions started worshipping the devil.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heavy-metal-breakdown-remastered/1371055384