Holy (U.D.O. album)

Holy
Holy
Studio album by U.D.O.
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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	9/10^[1]
Rock Hard	8.0/10^[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]

Track listings[edit]

All music is composed by Udo Dirkschneider and Stefan Kaufmann

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

2012 anniversary edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Holy" (live)	5:20
2.	"Raiders of Beyond" (live)	4:15
3.	"Shout It Out" (live)	8:30
4.	"Thunder in the Tower" (live)	4:51
5.	"Recall the Sin" (demo version)	4:29
Total length:		72:54

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.

[martin-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.

[rockhard-2] Schleutermann, Marcus (1999). "Review Album : U.D.O. - Holy". Rock Hard (in German). No. 150. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

[metalpit-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.

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Udo Dirkschneider Andrey Smirnov Dee Dammers Peter Baltes Sven Dirkschneider Dieter Rubach Frank Rittel Thomas Franke Mathias Dieth Andy Susemihl Peter Szigeti Thomas Smuszynski Stefan Schwarzmann Wolfgang "Wolla" Böhm Frank Fricke Fitty Wienhold Jürgen Graf Stefan Kaufmann Lorenzo Milani Igor Gianola Francesco Jovino Kasperi Heikkinen Bill Hudson Tilen Hudrap
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