Grave Digger

Part of the Teutonic thrash metal scene that sprang up in Germany in the early 1980s, Grave Digger originated as a speed metal outfit before marrying their love of American Bay Area thrash with melodic power metal in the '90s. Alongside contemporaries Accept, Helloween, Kreator, and Sodom, the band has carved out a huge swath of regional sonic real estate, becoming one of Germany's elite metal institutions in the '80s and early '90s with career-making albums like Heavy Metal Breakdown, Witch Hunter, and Tunes of War. The late '90s saw the group shifting toward a more progressi...