โDiamond Head Army, are you ready for ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?! As October 30th marks the night before ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌโ ๐๐ฏ๐, we feel you canโt wait to get up to mischief already... so, on this special night, to set the mood right, we give you our mini-epic video for ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ?
โฆBe safe out there, be sane and STAY EVIL! ๐ ๐ฟโ [Diamond Head]
Fun fact from Brian: โAm I Evil? Is one of the songs that Metallica covered. I got a call from Lars Ulrich on 20th September 1986 to say that Metallica were playing that evening as part of the Master of Puppets Tour, at the Birmingham Odeon which was the best venue in the Midlands to see bands. Lars invited me along, so I caught the number 9 bus and picked up my backstage pass and was shown into Metallicaโs dressing room. I was then introduced to James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton. Lars suggested that I get up and play โAm I Evil?โ on stage with them in the Encore, I of course agreed and after watching their amazing set for an hour I went backstage again where the guitar techs strapped Jamesโs white Flying-V onto me. Then Lars ran to the centre-vocal mike and introduced me as โthe guy who wrote this next song!โ. The five of us played โAm I Evil?โ up to the fast section then Metallica went into โDamage Inc.โ and I scarpered off stage. It was a brilliant experience! Itโs also been a really great experience to re-visit and re-record โAm I Evil?โ and the Lightning To The Nations album for 2020.โ
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โAM I EVIL?โ is the second single from Lightning To The Nations 2020, set for release on November 27th 2020! Pre-order now:
Re-imagined, re-recorded and re-born, Diamond Headโs forthcoming 40-year celebration of their genre-defining debut album Lightning To The Nations is a scintillating shot of fresh metal energy. Taking the material which helped spawn the ground-breaking New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), Diamond Head utilise all their skill, experience and revitalised energy to breathe so much new life into these freshly recorded takes that it feels like experiencing the earth shaking all over again.
The levels of fresh energy in these celebration sessions will blow doors and socks off all who hear them, and the potency of timeless riffage such as โItโs Electricโ and โThe Princeโ literally scream at the listener. Founder member, lead guitarist/songsmith Brian Tatler and rhythm guitarist Andy Abberley give the guitars a new razor edge, Karl Wilcox on drums and Dean Ashton on bass are a buoyant bombastic platform, while vocalist Rasmus Bom Andersen brings a brilliant new take on the vocals.
Anderson also produced and mixed the album with a freshness and attack which will thrill fans old and new. As if that wasnโt enough, Diamond Head add four covers to the album, Judas Priestโs โSinnerโ, Led Zeppelinโs โImmigrant Songโ, Deep Purpleโs โRat Bat Blueโ and a stunning take of Metallicaโs โNo Remorseโ, which is a tributeโs tribute to the band who openly formed under enormous influence from Diamond Head, and covered several of the songs on Lightning To The Nations, decades ago. Diamond Headโs debut was a classic once already; it is about to be a stone cold classic once more. Available as a CD Digipak, Double Black Vinyl Album housed in Gatefold and digital formats.
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Diamond Head are an English heavy metal band formed in 1976 in Stourbridge, England. The band is recognised as one of the leading members of the new wave of British heavy metal movement and is acknowledged by thrash metal bands such as Metallica and Megadeth as an important early influence.
Diamond Head are: Brian Tatler (guitars), Rasmus Bom Andersen (vocals), Karl Wilcox (drums), Dean Ashton (bass), Abbz (guitars).
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