Diamond Head 7 coming in March

Diamond Head will release their self-titled seventh album on March 11.

And mainman Brian Tatler has admitted he had no plans for a studio return – until new vocalist Rasmus Bom Andersen injected a spark of energy to the band.

The NWOBHM icons, acknowledged as influences on Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and many others, hadn’t recorded anything since 2007’s What’s In Your Head?

Tatler says: “Ras has certainly renewed the energy. I had no interest in doing a record – but after working with Ras on the 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.”

He continues: “This album has an echo of the early albums, but I always try to push out music forward. When we began, Ras said we should write as a band, just like we did at the beginning. There’s no substitute.”

Andersen says: “We wanted to write songs with ties to the best parts of all the previous albums. We hope everyone will hear and feel the Diamond Head spirit.”

Tracklist

Bones
Shout At The Devil
Set My Soul On Fire
See You Rise
All The Reasons You Live
Wizards Sleeve
Our Time Is Now
Speed
Blood On My Hands
Diamonds
Silence

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