25 Years In Rock” is a masterpiece –The night of December 13th, 2008 – a night to remember… That night, DORO Pesch celebrated her 25th stage anniversary with a memorable concert! That night, the “Queen of Heavy Metal” held a 3(!) hour concert with countless guest stars in her hometown Düsseldorf. That “Big City Night”, together with (among others) the SCORPIONS Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker; the singer rocked like a hurricane! Long story short: That night, DORO went down in history! 

More than 8.000 euphoric fans witnessed one of the greatest rock concerts of all time.With 25 songs (not counting the “Intro”, “Outro” or drum solo) , including 13 from Doro‘s solo years, you certainly get a good overview of the best of Doro‘s work. Throw in nine songs from the Warlock days and three well done cover songs (the Judas Priest classic “Breaking The Law” and two Scorpions staples, “Big City Nights” and “Rock You Like A Hurricane”), Opening with the Warlock classics, “Earthshaker Rock” and “I Rule The Ruins”, what any viewer quickly realizes is that Doro absolutely loves what she does and the big smile on her face will be a permanent fixture for the evening! When Doro sings, “You’re my family”, you truly feel that she means every word. Given that this was her 25th anniversary celebration show, Doro pulled out all the stops for this event. At the beginning of “The Night Of The Warlock” appeared this giant warlock’s head, arms and hands in the Eddie style from Iron Maiden — it was quite an amazing spectacle, and very fitting for the song.

  Perhaps the best part of the 25 Years In Rock are all the special guest appearances. The guests that do appear are not always the best known musicians (perhaps that is due to the concert location at Dusseldorf, Germany) but all of them add an extra element to the songs that they play on. The first to appear is lead vocalist Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth of Overkill, who delivers a spirited rendition of “Always Live To Win” with Doro — and is one of my favorites on the DVD. Other guest appearances include Sister Sin‘s Liv Jagrell and a slew of female metal rockers on “Celebrate”, Warrel Dane of Nevermore on “True As Steel”, Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger and Axel Rudi Pell on “East Meets West”, the 1986 Warlock line-up on three songs, and of course Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenkerof the Scorpions during the covers of their songs.

  25 Years In Rock… And Still Going Strong is packed with one great song after another and the energy throughout the show is quite evident. Slower songs such as “Above The Ashes” and the classic Warlock tune “Fur Immer” are just as well received as the faster ‘anthem’-like rockers. Other highlights from the Doro solo repertoire include “She’s Like Thunder” and “Burn It Up”.Band:
Doro Pesch – vocals
Joe Taylor – guitar and backing vocals
Oliver Palotai – guitar, keyboards and backing vocals
Nick Douglas – bass, keyboards and backing vocals
Johnny Dee – drums and backing vocals
Additional Musicians:
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth – vocals
Jean Beauvoir – guitar and vocals
Liv Jagrell – vocals
Sabina Classen – vocals
Floor Jansen – vocals
Liv Kristine – vocals
Ji-In Cho – vocals
Jackie Chambers – vocals
Enid Williams – vocals
Tarja Turunen – vocals
Chris Boltendahl – vocals
Axel Rudi Pell – guitar
Klaus Meine – vocals
Rudolf Schenker – guitar
Peter Szigeti – guitars
Niko Arvanitis – guitars
Michael Eurich – drums
Warrel Dane – vocals
Honza K. Behunek – guitar (
01. Intro 02. Earthshaker Rock 03. I Rule The Ruins 04. You're My Family 05. The Night Of The Warlock 06. Hellraiser 07. Always Live To Win (feat. Bobby Blitz) 08. Above The Ashes 09. She's Like Thunder 10. Herzblut 11. Fur Immer 12. Burn It Up (feat. Jean Beauvoir) 13. Metal Tango 14. Drum Solo by Johnny Dee 15. Celebrate (Full Metal Female Version) (feat.Sabina Classen, Floor Jansen, Liv Kristine, Ji-In Cho, Liv Jagrell, Jackie Chambers, Enid Williams) 16. Love Me In Black 17. Walking With The Angels (feat. Tarja Turunen) 18. East Meets West (feat. Chris Boltendahl and Axel Rudi Pell) 19. Breaking The Law 20. Big City Nights (feat. Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker) 21. Rock You Like A Hurricane (feat. Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker) 22. Fight For Rock (Warlock Line-Up 1986) 23. Burning The Witches (Warlock Line-Up 1986) 24. True As Steel (Warlock Line-Up 1986) (feat. Warrel Dane) 25. Unholy Love (feat. Honza K. Behunek) 26. Fight 27. All We Are (feat. all guests of this special night and a lot of good friends) 28. Outro

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