Holy
Studio album by
Released18 October 1999
Recorded1999
StudioRoxx Studio, Pulheim, Germany
GenreHeavy metal
Length45:29
LabelBreaker/Nuclear Blast
ProducerUdo Dirkschneider, Stefan Kaufmann
U.D.O. chronology
No Limits
(1998)
Holy
(1999)
Live from Russia
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[1]
Rock Hard8.0/10[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

All music is composed by Udo Dirkschneider and Stefan Kaufmann

No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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

U.D.O.
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

  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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