Raise Your Fist

Raise Your Fist

Cover art by Geoffrey Gillespie
Studio album by Doro
Released 19 October 2012
6 November 2012 (USA)
Recorded Eardrum Studios, Hamburg,
Studio 102, Bochum,
Mastersound Studios, Steinheim, Germany
Intermedia Post, New Jersey, USA
Genre Heavy metal
Length 52:01
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Andreas Bruhn, Doro Pesch, Torsten Sickert
Doro chronology
Raise Your Fist in the Air
(2012)		 Raise Your Fist
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Blistering[2]
Metal Forces(6/10)[3]
Revolver[4]

Raise Your Fist is the twelfth studio album by the German female hard rock singer Doro, released on 19 October 2012 and 6 November 2012 in USA through Nuclear Blast Records.[5][6] The song "Hero" is dedicated to the late Ronnie James Dio.[7]

On 5 May 2014, Nuclear Blast issued a special edition of the album to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Doro's first live show, which included a second CD titled Powerful Passionate Favorites containing remixes, covers and a demo. It was published in coincide with the German singer's two special celebratory concerts held at CCD Stadthalle of her hometown Düsseldorf.[8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raise Your Fist in the Air"  Andreas Bruhn, Doro Pesch3:47
2."Coldhearted Lover"  Wolfgang Michels, Pesch3:35
3."Rock Till Death"  Filip Sembera, Lucie Roubickova, Pesch3:02
4."It Still Hurts"  Bruhn, Pesch4:09
5."Take No Prisoner"  Dennis Krüger, Pesch3:08
6."Grab the Bull (Last Man Standing)"  Bruhn, Pesch4:57
7."Engel"  Bruhn, Pesch5:13
8."Freiheit (Human Rights)"  Bruhn, Pesch3:44
9."Little Headbanger (Nackenbrecher)"  Bruhn, Pesch3:14
10."Revenge"  Bas Maas, Pesch4:48
11."Free My Heart"  Bruhn, Pesch5:09
12."Victory"  Kendal Stubbs, Roderick Colebrook3:11
13."Hero"  Pesch, Joey Balin4:04

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians
  • Thorsten Bauer – guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • Felix Bron – drums
  • Uwe Fichtner – backing vocals
  • Gus G. – guitar solo on track 6
  • Mike "Metal" Goldberg – drums
  • Lemmy Kilmister – vocals on track 4
  • Alexander Krull – backing vocals
  • Lucie Roubickova – backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6
  • Filip Sembera – guitar on track 3
  • Torsten Sickert – guitars, bass and drums on track 3, keyboards
  • Klaus Vanscheidt – guitars and backing vocals on track 3
  • Harrison Young – keyboards
Production
  • Thorsten Bauer – engineer on track 6
  • Andreas Bruhn – producer, engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, engineer on tracks 1, 6 and 10, mixing on track 15
  • Jens Dreesen – mastering
  • Mike Goldberg – engineer on tracks 12, 13
  • Jacob Hansen – mixing on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10
  • Rudy Kronenberger – mixing on track 13
  • Alexander Krull – engineer, mixing and mastering on track 6
  • Jochen Kux – engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, engineer on tracks 1 and 6, mixing on track 15
  • Bas Maas – engineer
  • Doro Pesch – producer
  • Chris Rakestraw – vocal engineer
  • Torsten Sickert – arranger, producer and engineer on track 3
  • Kendal Stubbs – programming on track 12
  • Afshin Tahmasebi – engineer on tracks 10 and 15

References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Doro Raise Your Fist review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Gallant, Kenneth. "Doro - Raise Your Fist (Nuclear Blast Records)". Blistering. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Fisher, Mark. "Album / EP Reviews: Doro - Raise Your Fist". Metal Forces. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Graff, Gary (23 October 2012). "Review: Doro - Raise Your Fist". Revolver. New Bay Media. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "DORO - Raise Your Fist". Nuclear Blast Records. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "DORO - Raise Your Fist - Nuclear Blast USA". Nuclear Blast USA. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Doro - Raise Your Fist". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "DORO - Raise Your Fist (30 Years Anniversary Edition)". Nuclear Blast USA. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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