No matter if there is a heaven or a hell, an opportunity is an opportunity. Once the the pandemic hit the world, a whole lot simply stopped, delayed, cancelled, plans fallen apart. On the other hand, time began to be quite a frequent commodoty, so schedule dependent plans could have a fair chance of actually happening. Grave Digger's Chris Boltendahl and Axel Ritt saw their entire setting put on ice, since it was not possible to tour, therefore, an old idea slowly became a reality, and Hellryder was reforged from paper to the studio. About to unleash the fires of hell with their debut, "The Devil Is A Gambler", Steinnetal had a talk with Axel Ritt about the new prospect in hand, taking the foot off the Grave Digger pedal, and the new band identity.
