Heavy Metal Breakdown

Heavy Metal Breakdown
Studio album by Grave Digger
Released	7 April, 1984
Recorded	January, 1984 at Music Lab Studio, Berlin, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal, Speed metal,[1] Thrash Metal
Length	36:38
Label	Noise
Producer	Karl-Ulrich Walterbach, Grave Digger
Grave Digger chronology
Heavy Metal Breakdown (1984) Witch Hunter (1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

Heavy Metal Breakdown is the debut album by the German heavy metal band Grave Digger which was released in October 1984 by Noise Records.

Track listing

Music composed and arranged by Grave Digger and lyrics by Chris Boltendahl, except where indicated

1. "Headbanging Man" - 3:37
2. "Heavy Metal Breakdown" - 3:42
3. "Back from the War" - 5:35
4. "Yesterday" - 5:07(written by: Beate Marquardt)
5. "We Wanna Rock You" - 4:17
6. "Legion of the Lost" - 4:54
7. "Tyrant" - 3:18
8. "2000 Light Years from Home" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) - 2:54
9. "Heart Attack" - 3:17

Personnel

Band members

• Chris Boltendahl - vocals
• Peter Masson - guitars
• Willi Lackman - bass
• Albert Eckardt - drums

Additional musicians

• Dietmar Dillhardt - keyboards on "Yesterday"

Production

• Karl-Ulrich Walterbach - producer
• Harris Johns - engineer, mixing

References

1. Pemberton, Roach. "Review: Heavy Metal Breakdown". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 October 2010.