Diamond Head

[Everflow]

Dernier message de la page précédente :

Le chanteur est bon, même si ça sonne un peu différent.

[Everflow]

Encore une bonne chanson... qui ne sonne pas vraiment comme du Diamond Head. Je suis positivement surpris.

[Cardinal-Sin]

Il est vraiment très bien ce dernier Diamond Head, moins typiquement NWOBHM que le précédent mais varié, puissant et mélodique comme j'aime. Une belle réuissite

[Keyser]

J'aime bien aussi. Certains titres un peu plus dispensables que d'autres mais dans l'ensemble ça fait plaisir de voir ces vétérans sortir un album de cette trempe. Le jeune chanteur danois est assez incroyable.

[Mordor]

A l'occasion des quarante ans de leur premier album Lightning To The Nations paru en 1980, les Anglais de DIAMOND HEAD (NWOBHM) sortiront une version réenregistrée de ce dernier, renommée Lightning To The Nations 2020, le 20 Novembre prochain via Silver Lining Music.


1. Lightning to the Nations
2. The Prince
3. Sucking My Love
4. Am I Evil?
5. Sweet and Innocent
6. It’s Electric
7. Helpless
8. No Remorse (Metallica Cover)
9. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin Cover)
10. Sinner (Judas Priest Cover)
11. Rat Bat Blue (Deep Purple Cover)

[Mordor]

[Everflow]

Honnêtement ça tient la route, mieux que j'imaginais en tout cas. Ce line-up est vraiment bon.
Juste dommage que ce soit un peu ralenti, peut-être pour aller avec le son plus lourd et sous-accordé.

[Mordor]

[metalrunner]

Terrible cette reprise lente mais quelle puissance

[Keyser]

Sympa dans l'esprit et bien exécutée (j'aime vraiment beaucoup ce chanteur) mais alors cette production moderne j'accroche pas des masses. Je préfère même pas écouter les morceaux originaux avec ce son, déjà que je déteste les réenregistrements d'albums.

[jamz]

Excellent

[Everflow]

Joli renvoi d’ascenseur de leur part!

[Mordor]

[olivier64]

Le pauvre son de batterie ruine la puissance qu'il y aurait pu y avoir, dommage. Très bon chanteur au passage.

[Metal Knight]

Le pauvre son de batterie

Ca c'est pour l'hommage à Saint Anger

[Everflow]

Nouvel album live.

With a thunderous crunch and genuine ‘in-your-face’ production that places the PA up against your ears, British heavy metal icons, Diamond Head, are proud to announce the release Live And Electric, a live album that delivers every nuance of that four-letter word thanks to a song selection that covers Diamond Head’s seminal career, and a sound that leaves you breathless in the stalls and smelling the sweat and leather of a classic British Heavy metal night.

Live And Electric is set for release on on July 11 via Silver Lining Music and it’s available to pre-order here.

The first single taken from Live And Electric, “Helpless”, is released today. Founding member and lead guitarist Brian Tatler recalls of the song: “In September 1979 the song Helpless began life as a riff I was playing by an obscure punk band. I was playing it at the 5th fret and singer Sean Harris said ‘play it at the 2nd fret but play it faster’ and the song took shape. It has always been a powerhouse live and one of the songs that has never left the set list. Metallica covered Helpless on their $5:98 EP in 1987 which introduced it to a whole new set of Metal fans.”

Watch the “Helpless” video, by Jay Shredder, below.

Recorded in 2022 on the band’s tour with Saxon, Live And Electric takes in performances from Aberdeen, Blackburn, York, Cambridge, Cardiff and Bexhill, creating in the process an unmistakably British energy which is superbly recorded and mixed by Jay Shredder, with singer/frontman Rasmus Bom Andersen mastering. By now, the rock and metal scene knows all about Brian Tatler, whose riffs have genuinely defined a genre as well as influencing one of the world’s biggest-ever rock bands, Metallica, but the contribution of Andersen to these Diamond Head performances is explosive as he bursts with power, presence and personality.

“It’s the first Diamond Head live album for twenty years and the first time in Diamond Head’s career that we were able to record all fourteen shows and then go through them to find the best performances,” continues Brian. “In the past we would only record one specific show and so all the pressure to get it right on the night would build up and make everyone very nervous. Somewhere in the middle of this tour things began to gel and fortunately these shows were captured for posterity.”

The seamless way in which old classics such as “The Prince” and newer stormers like “Belly Of The Beast” thunder down the tracks is a testimony to the lock-tight no-nonsense foundation that Paul Gaskin (bass), Andrew “Abbz” Abberley (rhythm and lead guitar), and Karl Wilcox on drums add to the alchemy and the balance of respect plus reinvigoration for treasures “It’s Electric”, “Helpless” and “Am I Evil?” is electrifying. Live And Electric is a true roots representation of Britain’s metal communities, and a wonderful live celebration of Diamond Head’s distinctly British heavy metal music which feels as fresh, vital, and important now as it ever has before.

Live And Electric tracklisting:

“The Prince” (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
“Bones” (Live At St David’s Hall, Cardiff)
“The Messenger” (Live At The Cambridge Corn Exchange)
“In The Heat Of The Night” (Live At The York Barbican)
“Set My Soul On Fire” (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
“It’s Electric” (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
“Dead Reckoning” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
“Death By Design” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
“Sweet And Innocent” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
“Helpless” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
“Belly Of The Beast” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
“Am I Evil?” (Live At King George’s Hall, Blackburn)

[Everflow]

Brian Tatler se sent tellement bien dans Saxon, où il goutte pour la première fois de sa carrière à une forme de "succès", qu'il avoue ne plus du tout s'occuper de Diamond Head pour le moment.

In a new interview with Metal Journal, DIAMOND HEAD guitarist Brian Tatler, who has been playing with SAXON since early 2023, was asked if there are any plans for DIAMOND HEAD activities beyond the release of a new live album, "Live And Electric", on July 11 via Silver Lining Music. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "At the moment, the live album is the main thing. That comes out July 11th on Silver Lining. And after that, who knows? We haven't got any plans to record a new album. And there are no dates in the book. I just thought once I joined SAXON — and I joined in March 2023 — I just thought it was gonna be difficult to book DIAMOND HEAD gigs because SAXON is so busy that we could easily land right on top of a DIAMOND HEAD gig. 'Cause, as you know, you book six months in advance, nine months in advance, and I didn't wanna be in a position where I said, 'Well, I've gotta do the SAXON gig, so we'll have to cancel the DIAMOND HEAD gig and let people down,' and et cetera, et cetera. So I said, 'Let's just take a break.' And the management advised us the same> 'Take a break. Let's see how the land lies in a year or two years.' And then we'll just see. I'm happy where I am. I'm really enjoying being in SAXON. We've done a lot of gigs already. There's a lot more gigs coming up and we're working on the next record. So I've got a lot on my plate, and I've almost got everything I need to fulfill my needs. So I'm not craving to do DIAMOND HEAD again. I feel like I've been doing DIAMOND HEAD since I was 16, and it's been a long road. But I'm happy where I am at the moment. I'm enjoying the challenge and the change. And playing with different people is fun as well."

Asked if he still has any contact with original DIAMOND HEAD singer Sean Harris, Brian said: "No, not really. Well, he does his thing and I do my thing. It's just the way it is. It's just gone that way. We all live nearby. The four original members all live within about a mile and a half of each other, but we rarely see each other. Myself, Colin [Kimberley, bass] and Duncan [Scott, drums] sometimes go for a curry, and we've been doing that for maybe 10 years. But I haven't seen Sean for a while now, a number of years. As I say, we kind of move in different circles and we've just lost touch with each other."

As for whether he has received any substantial financial offer to reunite the original DIAMOND HEAD lineup for a festival appearance or two, Brian said: "No, not really. You get the odd offer, but there's nothing — no big offer… I mean, maybe a couple of people would like that to happen, but it's not a big deal. I don't think it would change the world. I mean, Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] has got closest — hasn't he? — by getting us all to reassemble and play the NEC in Birmingham with METALLICA in 1992. So he's come closest. But having spoken to Colin, the bass player, he doesn't really wanna do DIAMOND HEAD again. When he left the band, he sold all his gear, and he's never played the bass since, other than when we did that NEC show. We once had a rehearsal just for fun in Stourbridge, but that was about 2000. So even that's been 25 years ago. So I can't see the original lineup playing together again."