Knightfall (Grailknights album)

Knightfall
Studio album by
Released4 May 2018
Recorded2017
GenresPower metal,[1] heavy metal, melodic death metal[2]
Length43:36
LabelIntono
Grailknights chronology
Calling the Choir
(2014)
Knightfall
(2018)
Muscle Bound for Glory
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer4/7[3]
Metal.de7/10[4]
Rock Hard5/10[5]
Time for Metal9.5/10[2]

Knightfall is the fifth full-length album by German power metal band Grailknights. The album was released on 4 May 2018, through Intono Records. It features several guest vocalists, most notably Joakim Brodén of Sabaton in "Pumping Iron Power".[6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Into the Abyss of the Grail" (intro)3:55
2."Pumping Iron Power" (featuring Joakim Brodén)3:53
3."Cthulhu"3:35
4."Black Spider's Web"4:27
5."Grailskull Asylum"5:14
6."March of the Skeletons"4:22
7."Shadow of the Mountain" (featuring Lukas Remus)3:46
8."Laser Raptor 3D"3:26
9."Ghost Town"4:36
10."Book of a Hero"4:33
11."Knightfall" (featuring Van Canto)4:49
Total length:43:36

Personnel

  • Sir Optimus Prime – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizers, orchestration
  • Count Cranium – guitars
  • Sovereign Storm – guitars
  • Duncan MacLoud – bass
  • Lord Drumcules – drums

References

  1. ↑ Marco Gräff (30 April 2018). "Grailknights – Knightfall – Hellfire Magazine". Hellfire Magazine (review). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 René W. (29 April 2018). "Grailknights – Knightfall". Time for Metal (review) (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Gratzke, Lisa (4 May 2018). "Kritik zu Grailknights KNIGHTFALL". Metal Hammer (review) (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Angela (27 April 2018). "Grailknights - Knightfall". Metal.de (review) (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "GRAILKNIGHTS - Knightfall". Rock Hard (review) (in German). No. 372. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  6. ↑ René W. (6 July 2018). "The interview with the Grailknights about their current album Knightfall". Time for Metal (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2026.

Further reading

  • Review of Knightfall by Stormbringer.at (in German)
  • Review of Knightfall by Hellfire-Magazin (in German)