Holy (U.D.O. album)

1999 studio album by U.D.O.

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
| No Limits
(1998)  | Holy
(1999)  | Live from Russia
(2001)

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Professional ratingsReview 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 listing

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Original EditionNo.| Title| Length

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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

## Personnel

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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

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

* 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

Studio albums|

* Animal House (1987)
* Mean Machine (1989)
* Faceless World (1990)
* Timebomb (1991)
* Solid (1997)
* No Limits (1998)
* Holy (1999)
* Man and Machine (2002)
* Thunderball (2004)
* Mission No. X (2005)
* Mastercutor (2007)
* Dominator (2009)
* Rev-Raptor (2011)
* Steelhammer (2013)
* Decadent (2015)
* Steelfactory (2018)
* We Are One (2020)
* Game Over (2021)
* Touchdown (2023)

Related|

* Discography
* Members
* Accept
* Sinner

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