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Raise Your Fist
Raise Your Fist
	Cover art by Geoffrey Gillespie
Studio album by Doro
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

Professional ratings
Review scores
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]

Track listing

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"	Bruhn, Pesch	5:13
8.	"Freiheit (Human Rights)"	Bruhn, Pesch	3:44
9.	"Little Headbanger (Nackenbrecher)"	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

Digipak edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Sealed in Blood (Human Rights)"	Bruhn, Pesch	3:44
15.	"Strong and Proud"	Nick Douglas, Pesch	3:33

Powerful Passionate Favorites – 30 Years Anniversary Edition bonus disc
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

Personnel

;Band members

Doro Pesch – vocals
Bas Maas – guitars
Luca Princiotta – guitars, keyboards
Nick Douglas – bass
Johnny Dee – drums

Additional musicians

Thorsten Bauer – guitar, bass, backing vocals
Felix Born – drums
Uwe Fichtner – backing vocals
Gus G. – guitar solo on track 6
Mike "Metal" Goldberg – drums
Lemmy Kilmister – vocals on track 4
Alexander Krull – backing vocals
Lucie Roubickova – backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6
Filip Sembera – guitar on track 3
Torsten Sickert – guitars, bass and drums on track 3, keyboards
Klaus Vanscheidt – guitars and backing vocals on track 3
Harrison Young – keyboards

Production

Thorsten Bauer – engineer on track 6
Andreas Bruhn – producer, engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, engineer on tracks 1, 6 and 10, mixing on track 15
Jens Dreesen – mastering
Mike Goldberg – engineer on tracks 12, 13
Jacob Hansen – mixing on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10
Rudy Kronenberger – mixing on track 13
Alexander Krull – engineer, mixing and mastering on track 6
Jochen Kux – engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, engineer on tracks 1 and 6, mixing on track 15
Bas Maas – engineer
Doro Pesch – producer
Chris Rakestraw – vocal engineer
Torsten Sickert – arranger, producer and engineer on track 3
Kendal Stubbs – programming on track 12
Afshin Tahmasebi – engineer on tracks 10 and 15

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[9]	116
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[10]	50
French Albums (SNEP)^[11]	177
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[12]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[13]	29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[14]	52
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)^[15]	32