Grave Digger - Rheingold (2003)

Here, Grave Digger record an album 'inspired' by Wagner's "Ring Of The Nibelung", something I'm not familiar with, but it's more to do with the story than the music, I think.
In any event, what you get is typical Grave Digger, albeit a bit shorter and snappier than usual, but they always manage to deliver the goods in some way, and such songs as "Valhalla" (is it me, or does that word appear a lot in metal?), "Giants" and "Dragon" are catchy, even if they don't sound very imaginative at first. Okay, I suppose they're not very imaginative, but they work anyway.  This album isn't Grave Digger's best, but if one just sits back and expects some typical fun from these crazy Germans, Rheingold does not disappoint.

***1/2