Rounding off a special anniversary year for the band (35 years since foundation of the group as well as launching the debut album Animal House) and its fearless leader & voice Udo Dirkschneider (who turned 70 this April), German heavy metal legends U.D.O. have released an extensive career-spanning "best of" compilation, The Legacy.

With such a rich, high class catalogue gathered within the past three and a half decades, it’s simply an impossible task to compile a double CD of material and satisfy everyone, but The Legacy is by far the most extensive retrospective the band has ever released, featuring 33 tracks overall and including songs from all U.D.O. studio albums. Among these 33 tracks are 4 rare songs which a lot of U.D.O.‘s loyal followers will hear for the first time here.

The Legacy proves that U.D.O. produced classics throughout their entire career. Their longevity and quality of output is almost unmatched within the Heavy Metal scene.

Watch a new visualizer for "Holy" below, and order The Legacy here.

Tracklisting:

CD 1:
"Fear Detector"
"Metal Never Dies"
"Wilder Life" (rare bonus track)
"Pandemonium"
"One Heart One Soul"
"Make The Move"
"What A Hell Of A Night" (rare bonus track)
"Pain"
"Decadent"
"Falling Angels" (rare bonus track)
"Metal Machine"
"Steelhammer"
"Dust And Rust" (rare bonus track)
"I Give As Good As I Get"
"Rock’n’Roll Soldiers"
"Dominator"

CD 2:
"Mastercutor"
"Vendetta"
"24/7"
"Blind Eyes"
"Man And Machine"
"Like A Lion"
"Shout It Out"
"Holy"
"Freelance Man"
"Independence Day"
"Metal Eater"
"Future Land"
"Blitz Of Lightning"
"We’re History"
"Break The Rules"
"Go Back To Hell"
"They Want War"

"Holy" visualizer:

"Wilder Life":

"Dust And Rust" (rare bonus track):