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| Heavy Metal Breakdown | ||||
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| Released | April 1984 (Europe) October 1984 (US) | |||
| Recorded | January 1984 | |||
| Studio | Musiclab Studio, West Berlin, Germany | |||
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| Length | 36:38 (Europe) 42:13 (US) | |||
| Label | Noise (Europe) Megaforce (US) | |||
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Heavy Metal Breakdown is the debut studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, released on 20 October 1984 via Noise Records. The music in this album is strongly influenced by German heavy metal band Accept and its then-vocalist Udo Dirkschneider.[2]
Although singer Chris Boltendahl was credited for all the music and lyrics, it was only a technical issue. "At the time we didn't have the money to enroll all four members to GEMA. So we only enrolled Chris", said Gerd Hanke then-manager of Grave Digger in book The Story of Noise Records. "Lyrics had always been a problem for Chris" - added guitarist Peter Masson. "His school English was quite bad. During my time with Grave Digger, Gerd wrote most of the lyrics."[3]
- ^ a b Pemberton, Roach. "Review: Heavy Metal Breakdown". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ^ "GRAVE DIGGER – Heavy Metal Breakdown (1984) | Album / EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine". www.metalforcesmagazine.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ Gehlke, David E. (2017). Damn the Machine, The Story of Noise Records. USA: Deliberation Press. pp. 112–113. ISBN 9780692637135.