NWOBHM legends DIAMOND HEAD released the video for “All The Reasons You Live” that comes from the band’s recent and self-titled LP available via Dissonance Productions. Check the video below.
Set to return to North American for the longest tour in their 40-year career, DIAMOND HEAD are expected to perform songs that span their extensive recording catalog, including selections from their self-titled new album. Recorded at Vigo Studios in Birmingham, “Diamond Head” is the first album toe feature new vocalist Rasmus Born Anderson and ends an eight-year silence for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) legends. Prior to 2014, the thought of a new album was bleak as guitarist and band founder Brian Tatler previously revealed.
Brian Tatler comments: “I had no interest in doing another record but after working with Ras on the 2014 European tour that suddenly changed. I wanted to make a record with him. He’s a confident singer and he’s not trying to fill anyone’s shoes” Recording of the album commenced last July with the band and engineer Adam Beddow at the helm. Tatler notes, “I gave Rasmus some music to listen to last January. He selected songs or riffs that he wanted to work on and we began rehearsing. We whittled things down to fourteen songs by April”. Eleven songs were selected in the end for the album; all mixed by Dave Nicholls and mastered by John Davis at London’s Metropolis.
Released on June 24th, “Diamond Head”, “is the band's best work since their first two official albums”, declares Record Collector’s Mark Taylor. “Filled with chugging riffs, high flying solos and bombastic hooks, it just rocks in glorious timeless fashion”, adds Classic Rock. Tatler says, “the album’s energy and excitement are perfect. It echoes our early albums but as always pushes forward”.
Dissonance Productions additionally issued for the first time in North America the band's 2005 album “All Will Be Revealed” and 2007 album “What's In Your Head”.
DIAMOND HEAD tour dates:
September
17 - Stormcrusher Festival ( Lamplauhlstrabe , Germany )
22 - Fibber McGee's Rock Bar ( Dublin , Ireland )
23 - Voodoo ( Belfast , Ireland )
24 - Dolan's Warehouse ( Limerick , Ireland )
29 - The Waterfront ( Norwich , United Kingdom )
October
04 - Fibbers ( York , United Kingdom )
05 - O2 ABC ( Glasgow , United Kingdom )
06 - La-Belle Angele ( Edinburgh , United Kingdom )
07 - the Moorings Bar ( Aberdeen , United Kingdom )
08 - O2 Academy 2 ( Sheffield , United Kingdom )
09 - O2 Academy ( London , United Kingdom)
November
02 - Slim's, San Francisco CA
03 - Whiskey, Hollywood CA
04 - LVCS, Las Vegas NV
05 - Brick By Brick, San Diego CA
10 - Grizzly Hall, Austin TX
11 - Concert Pub North, Houston TX
12 - The Korova, San Antonio , TX
13 - Trees, Dallas TX
17 - Sellersville Theater, Sellersville PA
18 - Fish Head Cantina, Baltimore MD
19 - The Chance, Poughkeepsie NY
20 - Webster Hall's Marlin Room, New York NY
21 - Bug Jar, Rochester NY
22 - Katacombes, Montreal QC
23 - Brass Monkey, Ottawa ON
24 - Garrison, Toronto ON
25 - Token Lounge, Detroit MI
26 - Tailgaters, Chicago IL
27 - Metal Grill, Milwaukee WI
Source: www.DissonanceProductions.Co.Uk