British heavy metallic veterans DIAMOND HEAD will launch “Dwell And Electrical”, a stay album that delivers each nuance of that four-letter phrase due to a music choice that covers the band’s seminal profession, on July 11 by way of Silver Lining Music.
The official music video for the LP’s first single, “Helpless”, created by Jay Shredder, may be seen under.
DIAMOND HEAD founding member and lead guitarist Brian Tatler remembers of the music: “In September 1979 the music ‘Helpless’ started life as a riff I used to be taking part in by an obscure punk band. I used to be taking part in it on the fifth fret and singer Sean Harris stated, ‘Play it on the 2nd fret however play it sooner,’ and the music took form. It has at all times been a powerhouse stay and one of many songs that has by no means left the set record. METALLICA lined ‘Helpless’ on their ‘$5.98 E.P. – Storage Days Re-Revisited’ in 1987 which launched it to a complete new set of metallic followers.”
Recorded in 2022 on DIAMOND HEAD‘s tour with SAXON, “Dwell And Electrical” takes in performances from Aberdeen, Blackburn, York, Cambridge, Cardiff and Bexhill, creating within the course of an unmistakably British power which is beautifully recorded and blended by Jay Shredder, with singer/frontman Rasmus Bom Andersen mastering. By now, the rock and metallic scene is aware of all about Tatler, whose riffs have genuinely outlined a style in addition to influencing one of many world’s biggest-ever rock bands, METALLICA, however the contribution of Andersen to those DIAMOND HEAD performances is explosive as he bursts with energy, presence and persona.
“It is the primary DIAMOND HEAD stay album for twenty years and the primary time in DIAMOND HEAD‘s profession that we have been in a position to document all fourteen exhibits after which undergo them to seek out the perfect performances,” Brian says. “Previously we might solely document one particular present and so all of the strain to get it proper on the night time would construct up and make everybody very nervous. Someplace in the midst of this tour issues started to gel and fortuitously these exhibits have been captured for posterity.”
The seamless approach by which outdated classics reminiscent of “The Prince” and newer stormers like “Stomach Of The Beast” thunder down the tracks is an affidavit to the lock-tight no-nonsense basis that Paul Gaskin (bass),Andrew “Abbz” Abberley (rhythm and lead guitar) and Karl Wilcox on drums add to the alchemy and the steadiness of respect plus reinvigoration for treasures “It is Electrical”, “Helpless” and “Am I Evil?” is electrifying. “Dwell And Electrical” is a real roots illustration of Britain’s metallic communities, and an exquisite stay celebration of DIAMOND HEAD‘s distinctly British heavy metallic music which feels as recent, very important, and vital now because it ever has earlier than.
“Dwell And Electrical” monitor itemizing:
01. The Prince (Dwell At The Bexhill De La Warfare Pavilion)
02. Bones (Dwell At St David’s Corridor, Cardiff)
03. The Messenger (Dwell At The Cambridge Corn Alternate)
04. In The Warmth Of The Night time (Dwell At The York Barbican)
05. Set My Soul On Hearth (Dwell At The Bexhill De La Warfare Pavilion)
06. It is Electrical (Dwell At The Bexhill De La Warfare Pavilion)
07. Useless Reckoning (Dwell At The Aberdeen Music Corridor)
08. Demise By Design (Dwell At The Aberdeen Music Corridor)
09. Candy And Harmless (Dwell At The Aberdeen Music Corridor)
10. Helpless (Dwell At The Aberdeen Music Corridor)
11. Stomach Of The Beast (Dwell At The Aberdeen Music Corridor)
12. Am I Evil? (Dwell At King George’s Corridor, Blackburn)
DIAMOND HEAD is:
Brian Tatler: Lead, Rhythm Guitars
Rasmus Bom Andersen: Vocals
Karl Wilcox: Drums
Andrew “Abbz” Abberley: Rhythm, Lead Guitars
Paul Gaskin: Bass