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Wake Up the Wicked
Wake Up the Wicked
Studio album by Powerwolf
Released	26 July 2024
Studio	Greywolf Mansion Mandelbachtal; Sandlane; Eglise St. Barbe;
Genre	Power metal; heavy metal;
Length	37:01
Language	English; Latin; German; French;
Label	Napalm
Producer	Joost van den Broek
Powerwolf studio album chronology
Singles from Wake Up the Wicked
	"1589"; Released: 17 May 2024; "Sinners of the Seven Seas"; Released: 21 June 2024;

Wake Up the Wicked is the tenth studio album by German heavy metal band Powerwolf. It was released on 26 July 2024 via Napalm Records.^[1]

Critical reception

Blabbermouth.net described the work as "an album full of instantly memorable heavy metal anthems, all ornately dressed in the quasi-religious trappings and orchestral extravagance that have become such important trademarks".^[2]

Alec Chillingworth of Louder Sound states that "swimming in the Sabaton/Manowar moat rather than their Maiden/Priest paddle-pool of yore, Bless 'Em With The Blade rips Wake Up The Wicked open by reducing Deicide's career to one line: 'Tear up the Bible'" and "It's bubonically catchy heavy metal built for outdoor stages, choirs squeezing through honking organs, tearaway leads and frontman Attila Dorn's überhensch operatics".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Greywolf.

"Bless 'Em with the Blade" – 2:47
"Sinners of the Seven Seas" – 3:00
"Kyrie Klitorem" – 3:03
"Heretic Hunters" – 3:27
"1589" – 4:04
"Viva Vulgata" – 3:08
"Wake Up the Wicked" – 3:39
"Joan of Arc" – 3:20
"Thunderpriest" – 3:21
"We Don't Wanna Be No Saints" – 3:15
"Vargamor" – 3:57

Personnel

Powerwolf

Attila Dorn – vocals
Charles Greywolf – bass, guitar
Matthew Greywolf – guitar, vocal recording, layout
Falk Maria Schlegel – keyboards
Roel van Helden – drums

Additional contributors

Rodney Blaze – male backing vocals
John "Jaycee" Cuijpers – male backing vocals
Zsofia Dankova – artwork, illustrations
Jens De Vos – additional booklet photography
Jos Driessen – engineering, choir engineering
Jasper Erkens – shout choir
Nick Hurkmans – children's choir conductor
Coen Janssen – shout choir
Ted Jensen – mastering
Jan Willem Ketelaers – male backing vocals
Pa'dam Chamber Choir^[a] – choir
Peter Sallai – additional booklet illustrations
Ingo Spörl – layout
Joost van den Broek – production, mixing, choir recording, choir arrangement, choir scoring, shout choir, additional programming, orchestration
Johan van Stratum – shout choir
VD Pictures – photography
Volgspot Class 2 – children's choir

Charts

Chart performance for *Wake Up the Wicked*
Chart (2024)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[5]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[6]	75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[7]	56
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	1
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[9]	28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	4
UK Album Downloads (OCC)^[11]	14
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[12]	5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)^[13]	4

Notes

^ The Pa'dam Chamber Choir consists of director Maria Van Nieukerken; altos Alfrun Schmid and Annette Vermeulen; basses Martijn De Graaf Bierbrauwer and Samuel Wong; sopranos Lilian Tong and Merel van Geest; and tenors Bas Volkers and Guido Groenland.