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Formed in 1974, in Newcastle Upon Tyne in North East England, by brothers John and Mark Gallagher, Raven has been an influential New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band. In fact, Raven took both Metallica and Anthrax on their first tours. Today, in honor of AC/DC‘s legendary Bon Scott’s death anniversary, Raven has released a short snippet of their new song, “Thunder Down Under.” Go check out the song at soundcloud.com and let us know what you think.
Now, bring us up to last year, 2014, and Raven opened for Metallica in Sao Paulo for 70,000 fans, they completed a 43-date headlining tour of the U.S., and they completed their new album, ExtermiNation, which has cover art very reminiscent of Re-Animator. The new album will be released in Scandinavia on April 22nd, in Germany on April 24th, in Europe on April 27th, and in the U.S.on April 28th as a digipak version (including 1 bonus track), 2LP gatefold green vinyl version, and download through SPV/Steamhammer.
ExtermiNation Track Listing Digipak:
1. Destroy All Monsters
2. Tomorrow
3. It`s Not What You Got
4. Fight
5. Battle March/Tank Treads (The Blood Runs Red)
6. Feeding The Monster
7. Fire Burns Within
8. Scream
9. One More Day
10. Thunder Down Under
11. No Surrender
12. Golden Dawn
13. Silver Bullet
14. River Of No Return
15. Malice In Geordieland (Bonus Track)
Track Listing 2LP:
Side 1
1. Destroy All Monsters
2. Tomorrow
3. It`s Not What You Got
4. Fight
Side 2
1. Battle March/Tank Treads (The Blood Runs Red)
2. Feeding The Monster
3. Fire Burns Within
4. Scream
Side 3
1. One More Day
2. Thunder Down Under
3. No Surrender
4. Golden Dawn
Side 4
1. Silver Bullet
2. River Of No Return
3. Malice In Geordieland (Bonus Track)
Raven Live Dates 2015:
06.03. MX-Mexico City – El Circo Volador
07.03. CO-Bogota – Thrash La Union Festival
08.03. CO-Pereira – Thrash La Union Festival
11.03. PE-Lima – Wairuru Club
13.03. BR-Sorocaba – Priliampus Bar
15.03. BR-Sao Paulo – Manifesto Bar
27.03. FI-Helsinki – Club Pkrl
28.03. B-Genk – Iron Steel Fest
31.03. D-Hamburg – Hafenklang
01.04. D-Bremen – Meisenfrei
02.04. D-Oberhausen – Helvete
03.04. NL-Helmond – Cacaofabriek
04.04. NL-Staadskanal – Very Eavy Fest
Rock Hard \m/
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