Holy (U.D.O. album)

Holy
Studio album by
Released18 October 1999
Recorded1999
StudioRoxx Studio, Pulheim, Germany
GenreHeavy metal
Length45:29
LabelBreaker/Nuclear Blast
ProducerUdo Dirkschneider, Stefan Kaufmann
U.D.O. chronology
No Limits
(1998)
Holy
(1999)
Live from Russia
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[1]
Rock Hard8.0/10[2]

Holy is the seventh studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. It was recorded and mixed by Stefan Kaufmann at Roxx Studio in Pulheim and is the band's first album with guitarist Igor Gianola, who had played with Ronni Le Tekrø in Wild Willy's Gang. The band recruited drummer Lorenzo Milani after the release of the album; in the liner notes "guess who" replaces the name of the drummer.[3][4]

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal – Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  2. ^ Schleutermann, Marcus (1999). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Holy". Rock Hard (in German). No. 150. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ Coe, Matt (1 March 2013). "UDO–Holy". The Metal Pit.net. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ U.D.O. (1999). Holy (CD Booklet). Donzdorf, Germany: Nuclear Blast. NB 435-1.