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New Release Information uu February BLACK STAR RIDERS Release Date Pre-Order Start Heavy Fire uu 03/02/2017 uu 09/12/2016 uu LIMITED CD DIGIBOOK available incl. 1 bonus track uu advertising in many important music magazines JAN/FEB 2017 uu album reviews, interviews in all important Metal magazines in Eu- rope’s JAN/FEB 2017 issues uu song placements in European magazine compilations Price Code: CD02 uu spotify playlists in all European territories NE 3884-0 Digibook uu retail marketing campaigns (incl. bonus track) uu instore decoration: flyers, poster A1 uu Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google+ organic promotion uu Lyric video video “When The Night Comes In” check here uu Facebook ads and promoted posts + Google ads in both the search and Price Code: CD04 display networks, bing ads and gmail ads (tbc) NE 3884-2 CD uu Banner advertising on more than 60 most important Metal & Rock websites all over Europe uu additional booked ads on Metal Hammer Germany and UK, and in the Fixion network (mainly Blabbermouth) uu video and pre-roll ads on You tube uu ad campaigns on iPhones for iTunes and Google Play for Androids uu banners, featured items at the shop, header images and a background on nuclearblast.de and nuclearblast.com uu features and banners in newsletters, as well as special mailings to targeted audiences in support of the release “This is a call to innocence… This is a call to Price Code: LP15 NE 3884-1 LP arm yourself.” (black in gatefold) There’s a beautiful purity to the finest rock ‘n’ roll, a thrilling simplicity of »The Killer Instinct«, the group’s second album for Nuclear Blast, in in striking an over-amplified guitar chord, a transcendent joy in getting February 2015, was concrete proof of this, featuring as it did a spec- high on just volume, adrenaline and a backbeat. BLACK STAR RIDERS, tacular arsenal of songs, instant fan favourites ‘Blindsided’, ‘Soldier- lifers in an industry less secure than a secret in a soap opera, under- stown’ and BBC Radio 2 “Record of the Week” ‘Finest Hour’ among stand this, which is why »Heavy Fire«, the quintet’s third album for them, which illustrated that BLACK STAR RIDERS were no longer con- Nuclear Blast, sounds so fresh and exhilarating and alive. tent to merely stand on the shoulders of giants. Recorded with producer Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, “We started out emerging from the shadow of a legendary band, DEFTONES, RUSH) at Rock Falcon Studio in Franklin, Tennessee, the and that was a big shadow,” concedes Scott Gorham. “But I feel like follow up to BSR’s acclaimed 2015 release »The Killer Instinct«, finds BLACK STAR RIDERS quickly began owning our own space.” the quintet - frontman Ricky Warwick, guitarists Scott Gorham and That notion is hammered home emphatically by »Heavy Fire«, the Price Code: LP16 Damon Johnson, bassist Robbie Crane and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso group’s third long-form collection. From the Warwick/Johnson/ NE 3884-4 LP (PIC in gatefold) - in electric form, crashing through 10 tracks of swaggering, life-af- Gorham-penned title track to the euphoric, driving ‘Letting Go Of Me’, firming hard rock with a shared passion and power both irresistible this is a superior hard rock set, 10 songs with their feet in the gutter and inspiring. It’s another compelling chapter in the storied career of but their eyes firmly fixed on the stars. Like Phil Lynott, Northern Ire- a band Classic Rock Magazine hails as “the most vital classic rock act land-born Ricky Warwick is a gifted storyteller, and his sharp, allusive on the circuit.” observations on the human condition coupled with an ingrained em- “It’s an album that showcases the very best of what we can do as pathy for the disaffected, the marginalised, the troubled and the voice- uu Tracklists: writers and players,” says Scott Gorham simply. “And an album we less, shines through on the likes of the VAN MORRISON-tinged ‘Cold think will have a real resonance with our audience. We were excited War Love’, the deceptively-upbeat ‘Dancing With The Wrong Girl’ CD / DIGI: 01. Heavy Fire making it, and I think BLACK STAR RIDERS fans are going to be even and the tense, cautionary ‘Thinking About You Could Get Me Killed’, 02. When The Night Comes In more excited hearing it.” inspired by a conversation with a homeless Vietnam Vet. The album 03. Dancing With The Wrong Girl Due to the strength of their respective CV - Warwick having previously touches on matters both personal and political. Warwick describes 04. Who Rides The Tiger fronted THE ALMIGHTY and Johnson known for his work with ALICE ‘Ticket To Rise’ as “a warning shot across the bows of a relative, to say 05. Cold War Love 06. Testify Or Say Goodbye COOPER and BROTHER CANE - BLACK STAR RIDERS were initially “Think about the path you’re taking”,” while ‘Who Rides The Tiger’ is 07. Thinking About You Could Get Me Killed billed as a “supergroup”, but eighteen months on the road supporting the singer’s seething indictment of the madness of America’s gun laws - 08. True Blue Kid »All Hell Breaks Loose« bore witness to the fact that this was a genuine while retaining a basic faith in humanity’s ability to cope with whatever 09. Ticket To Rise 10. Letting Go Of Me band of brothers, not a vehicle for inflated rock star egos. The release obstacles might hurl at us. Digibook Bonus track: 11. Fade TOU R 2017 LP: Side A w/ GUN, THE AMORETTES 10.03. UK Newcastle ................................................. o2 Academy 01. Heavy Fire 02.03. UK Cardiff ...........................................................Tramshed 11.03. UK Leed ......................................................... o2 Academy 02. When The Night Comes In 03.03. UK Wrexham ........................................ William Aston Hall 12.03. UK Manchester ....................................................... o2 Ritz 03. Dancing With The Wrong Girl 04.03. IRL Dublin ........................................................... Academy 14.03. UK Nottingham .................................................... Rock City 04. Who Rides The Tiger 05.03. UK Belfast ............................................................ Limelight 15.03. UK Norwich ............................................................... UEA 05. Cold War Love 07.03. UK Inverness ........................................................Ironworks 16.03. UK Bristol ....................................................... o2 Academy Side B 01. Testify Or Say Goodbye 17.03. UK London .....................................o2 Kentish Town Forum 02. Thinking About You Could Get Me Killed w/ BACKYARD BABIES, GUN 18.03. UK Birmingham ................................................. o2 Institute 03. True Blue Kid 08.03. UK Glasgow ..............o2 ABC (Co-Headline Show w/ GUN) 19.03. UK Bournemouth ............................................. o2 Academy 04. Ticket To Rise 09.03. UK Glasgow ..............o2 ABC (Co-Headline Show w/ GUN) 07.06. S Sölvesbor ......................................Sweden Rock Festival 05. Letting Go Of Me www.blackstarriders.com · www.facebook.com/blackstarridersofficial · www.nuclearblast.de/blackstarriders NUCLEAR BLAST GMBH · OESCHSTRASSE 40 · D-73072 DONZDORF · GERMANY · PHONE +49-7162-9280-13 / -20 / -25 · FAX +49-7162-24554 uu www.facebook.com/nuclearblasteurope · www.twitter.com/nuclearblasteu uu LINKS: uu Nuclear Blast Video Clips · Nuclear Blast Bands on Tour · Nuclear Blast albums in the Charts · New Songs on Spotify uu www.nuclearblast.de New Release Information uu February Line up: Ricky Warwick | vocals Scott Gorham | guitars Damon Johnson | guitars Robbie Crane | bass Jimmy DeGrasso | drums ALSO AVAILABLE: (World) Price Code: CD01 Price Code: CD04 Price Code: LP01 NB 3069-0 DIGDV NB 3069-2 CD NB 3069-1 DLP All hell breaks loose All hell breaks loose All hell breaks loose BLACK VINYL Price Code: CD04 Price Code: LP03 NB 3415-2 CD NB 3415-1 LP Territory: World The killer instinct The killer instinct BLACK VINYL Style: Classic Hard Rock TOU R 2017 w/ GUN, THE AMORETTES 11.03. UK Leed ............................................................. o2 Academy 02.03. UK Cardiff ............................................................... Tramshed 12.03. UK Manchester ........................................................... o2 Ritz 03.03. UK Wrexham ............................................ William Aston Hall 14.03. UK Nottingham ........................................................ Rock City 04.03. IRL Dublin ............................................................... Academy 15.03. UK Norwich ................................................................... UEA 05.03. UK Belfast ................................................................. Limelight 16.03. UK Bristol ........................................................... o2 Academy 07.03. UK Inverness ............................................................Ironworks 17.03. UK London ......................................... o2 Kentish Town Forum w/ BACKYARD BABIES, GUN 18.03. UK Birmingham ..................................................... o2 Institute 08.03. UK Glasgow .................. o2 ABC (Co-Headline Show w/ GUN) 19.03. UK Bournemouth ................................................. o2 Academy 09.03. UK Glasgow .................. o2 ABC (Co-Headline Show w/ GUN) 10.03. UK Newcastle ..................................................... o2 Academy 07.06. S Sölvesbor .......................................... Sweden Rock Festival www.blackstarriders.com · www.facebook.com/blackstarridersofficial · www.nuclearblast.de/blackstarriders NUCLEAR BLAST GMBH · OESCHSTRASSE 40 · D-73072 DONZDORF · GERMANY · PHONE +49-7162-9280-13 / -20 / -25 · FAX +49-7162-24554 uu www.facebook.com/nuclearblasteurope · www.twitter.com/nuclearblasteu uu LINKS: uu Nuclear Blast Video Clips · Nuclear Blast Bands on Tour · Nuclear Blast albums in the Charts · New Songs on Spotify uu www.nuclearblast.de.