Blessed & Possessed
2015 studio album by Powerwolf
Blessed & Possessed is the sixth studio album by German power metal band Powerwolf, released on 17 July 2015 by Napalm Records. The band wrote it during 2014 and began recording it in January 2015 at the Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was produced by Fredrik Nordström. It was mastered in the Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren.
Boxset and earbook editions of the album feature a bonus CD, Metallum Nostrum, which contains 10 songs of different artists that Powerwolf's band members selected to cover. It was re-released separately on 11 January 2019.
Background
Powerwolf began writing their sixth album in June 2014. They finished in the December of the same year. They announced their new album on their Facebook page on 5 December 2014.
They began recording the album in January 2015 at the Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, and the process lasted until March of the same year. They unveiled album's title and the cover art on 18 March 2015.
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