Raise Your Fist
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Released19 October 2012
6 November 2012 (USA)
6 November 2012 (USA)
RecordedEardrum Studios, Hamburg,
Studio 102, Bochum,
Mastersound Studios, Steinheim, Germany
Intermedia Post, New Jersey, USA
Studio 102, Bochum,
Mastersound Studios, Steinheim, Germany
Intermedia Post, New Jersey, USA
Length52:01
| Raise Your Fist | ||||
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 Cover art by Geoffrey Gillespie | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Blistering | [2] |
| Metal Forces | (6/10)[3] |
| Revolver | [4] |
Raise Your Fist is the twelfth studio album by the German female heavy metal 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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Raise Your Fist in the Air" | Andreas Bruhn, Doro Pesch | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Coldhearted Lover" | Wolfgang Michels, Pesch | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Rock Till Death" | Filip Sembera, Lucie Roubickova, Pesch | 3:02 |
| 4. | "It Still Hurts" (ft. Lemmy Kilmister) | Bruhn, Pesch | 4:09 |
| 5. | "Take No Prisoner" | Dennis Krüger, Pesch | 3:08 |
| 6. | "Grab the Bull (Last Man Standing)" (ft. Gus G.) | Bruhn, Pesch | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Engel" ("Angel") | Bruhn, Pesch | 5:13 |
| 8. | "Freiheit ('Freedom') (Human Rights)" | Bruhn, Pesch | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Little Headbanger (Nackenbrecher)" ("Neckbreaker") | Bruhn, Pesch | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Revenge" | Bas Maas, Pesch | 4:48 |
| 11. | "Free My Heart" | Bruhn, Pesch | 5:09 |
| 12. | "Victory" | Kendal Stubbs, Roderick Colebrook | 3:11 |
| 13. | "Hero" | Pesch, Joey Balin | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Sealed in Blood (Human Rights)" | Bruhn, Pesch | 3:44 |
| 15. | "Strong and Proud" | Nick Douglas, Pesch | 3:33 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally performed by | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It Still Hurts" (new mix, featuring Lemmy) | Bruhn, Pesch | Doro Pesch | 4:27 |
| 2. | "Léve Ton Poing Vers Le Ciel" ("Raise Your Fist in the Air") | Andreas Bruhn, Doro Pesch | Doro Pesch | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" | Anne Bredon, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | Led Zeppelin | 7:08 |
| 4. | "Nutbush City Limits" | Tina Turner | Ike & Tina Turner | 2:41 |
| 5. | "Only You" | Gene Simmons | Kiss | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Egypt (The Chains Are On)" | Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain, Vivian Campbell, Ronnie James Dio | Dio | 6:10 |
| 7. | "Nothing Else Matters" | James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich | Metallica | 5:59 |
| 8. | "Warfare" (from the soundtrack of the movie Anouk III – Die Dunkle Flut) | Luke Gasser | 3:48 | |
| 9. | "NYC Blues" (demo, previously unreleased) | Pesch | 5:05 | |
| Total length: | 43:33 | |||
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