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]
| Holy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 18 October 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Studio | Roxx Studio, Pulheim, Germany | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 45:29 | |||
| Label | Breaker/Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Udo Dirkschneider, Stefan Kaufmann | |||
| U.D.O. chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 9/10[1] |
| Rock Hard | 8.0/10[2] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Holy" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Raiders of Beyond" | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Shout It Out" | 4:55 |
| 4. | "Recall the Sin" | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Thunder in the Tower" | 5:04 |
| 6. | "Back Off" | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Friends Will Be Friends" | 3:33 |
| 8. | "State Run Operation" | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Danger" | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Ride the Storm" | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Cut Me Out" | 3:59 |
Personnel
edit- U.D.O.
- Udo Dirkschneider – vocals, producer
- Stefan Kaufmann – guitar, producer, engineering, mixing
- Igor Gianola – guitar
- Fitty Wienhold – bass guitar
- Additional musicians
- Frank Knight – backing vocals on "Holy", "Thunder in the Tower" and "State Run Operation", spoken words on "Holy"
- Marcus Bielenberg – backing vocals on "Shout It Out"
- Production
- Manfred Melchior – mastering
- Jens Rosendahl – photography
- Andreas Marschall – cover art
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Schleutermann, Marcus (1999). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Holy". Rock Hard (in German). No. 150. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Coe, Matt (1 March 2013). "UDO–Holy". The Metal Pit.net. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ^ U.D.O. (1999). Holy (CD Booklet). Donzdorf, Germany: Nuclear Blast. NB 435-1.