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Grave Digger

Heavy metal
Heavy metal

Grave Digger is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Richard Wagner, Running Wild, Noise Records, Van Canto and Therion. Those roots explain a lot about how Grave Digger arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Primal Fear, Manowar, Iced Earth, Edguy and Blind Guardian, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Blind Guardian, Therion, Van Canto and Systems in Blue, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Grave Digger, reaching back through Richard Wagner and forward to Blind Guardian. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Grave DiggerRichard WagnerRunning WildNoise RecordsVan CantoTherionHelloweenCeltic FrostManowarBlind GuardianTherionVan CantoSystems in BluePrimal FearManowarIced EarthEdguyBlind GuardianSavatageDemons & WizardsFirewind

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Grave Digger connections

Grave Digger grew out of Richard Wagner, Running Wild, Noise Records and Van Canto, shares an orbit with Primal Fear, Manowar, Iced Earth and Edguy, went on to shape Blind Guardian, Therion, Van Canto and Systems in Blue. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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