Hellraiser (album)

Hellraiser

Studio album by Krokus

Released

15 September 2006

Recorded

House of Audio, Winterbach, Germany
Digital Arts Studio, Basel, Switzerland

Genre

Hard rock, heavy metal

Length

55:55

Label

AFM

Producer

Dennis Ward, Marc Storace

Krokus chronology

Rock the Block
(2004)

Hellraiser
(2006)

Hoodoo
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Blabbermouth.net	^[2]

Hellraiser is the 15th studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It marks 30 years since the release of their first album, Krokus of 1976. It is also their first album on the German record label AFM Records. Armand "Mandy" Meyer featured as lead guitarist, replacing Fernando von Arb. The album was also released in a DigiPack format with a bonus track, "Walking in the Spirit".

Hellraiser peaked at No. 200 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, the first to do so since 1988's Heart Attack. It peaked at No. 2 in the Swiss Album chart^[3] and was certified Gold in Switzerland.^[4]

Track listing

"Hellraiser" (Marc Storace) - 3:37
"Too Wired to Sleep" (Tony Castell, Storace) - 2:44
"Hangman" (Dominique Favez, Storace) - 4:06
"Angel of My Dreams" (Castell, Storace) - 3:47
"Fight On" (Mandy Meyer, Storace) - 5:02
"So Long" (Meyer, Storace) - 4:30
"Spirit of the Night" (Meyer, Storace) - 4:01
"Midnite Fantasy" (Storace) - 4:10
"No Risk No Gain" (Favez, Storace) - 3:52
"Turnin' Inside Out" (Meyer, Storace) - 3:51
"Take My Love" (Favez, Storace) - 4:57
"Justice" (Charly Preissel, Storace) - 3:46
"Love Will Survive" (Favez, Castell, Storace) - 3:37
"Rocks Off!" (Castell, Storace) - 3:54

Japanese edition bonus track

"Hellraiser" (live) - 3:46

Digipak edition bonus track

"Walking in the Spirit" - 2:38

Personnel

Band members

Marc Storace - vocals, vocal producer
Mandy Meyer - lead guitar
Dominique Favez - rhythm guitar
Tony Castell - bass
Stefan Schwarzmann - drums

Production

Dennis Ward - producer, engineer, mixing, keyboards
Jürgen Lusky - mastering

References

↑ Prato, Greg. "Krokus Hellraiser review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
↑ Alisoglu, Scott. "Krokus "Hellraiser"". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
↑ "Krokus - Hellraiser". Hitparade.ch. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Krokus; 'Hellraiser')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.

Krokus

Chris von Rohr Fernando von Arb Marc Storace Mandy Meyer Dominique Favez Flavio Mezzodi Freddy Steady Hansi Droz Remo Spadino Tommy Kiefer Jürg Naegeli Steve Pace Jeff Klaven Dani Crivelli Many Maurer Peter Haas Peter Tanner Tony Castell Carl Sentance Chris Lauper Patrick Aeby Stefan Schwarzmann Mark Kohler

Studio albums	Krokus To You All Painkiller / Pay It In Metal Metal Rendez-vous Hardware One Vice at a Time Headhunter The Blitz Change of Address Heart Attack Stampede To Rock or Not to Be Round 13 Rock the Block Hellraiser Hoodoo Dirty Dynamite

Live albums	Alive and Screamin' Fire and Gasoline Long Stick Goes Boom - Live From Da House Of Rust

Compilation albums	Early Days '75-'78 Stayed Awake All Night - The Best The Dirty Dozen Definitive Collection The Collection Best Of Long Stick Goes Boom: The Anthology

Singles and EPs	"Tokyo Nights" "Heatstrokes" "Bedside Radio" "Winning Man" "Rock City" "American Woman" "Save Me" "Bad Boys Rag Dolls" "Stayed Awake All Night" "Screaming in the Night" "Midnite Maniac" "Ballroom Blitz" "Our Love" "School's Out" "Screaming in the Night (Live)" "Let the Love Begin" "Let It Go" "Wild Love" "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" "I Want It All" "Angel of My Dreams"

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