Year : 2015
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 154 mb
Bio:
Stormzone is a heavy metal band from Northern Ireland, formed in 2006 by ex-Sweet Savage members vocalist John 'Harv' Harbinson and drummer Davy Bates. Sweet Savage will mostly be recognised as the band from which guitarist Vivian Campbell joined Ronnie James Dio. Metallica also recorded the Sweet Savage song 'Killing Time' as the B side of their 'The Unforgiven' single. The Stormzone line-up contains the following members: John 'Harv' Harbinson - Lead Vocals Steve Moore - Guitars Davy Bates - Drums Graham McNulty - Bass Dave Shields - Guitars...Stormzone quickly signed to UK label Escape Music and released their debut album, 'Caught in the act' in 2007. This album also achieved a Japanese release through Marquee/Avalon and featured cover artwork by the legendary Rodney Matthews. Rodney had previously created album covers for Thin Lizzy, Diamond Head, Magnum and Praying Mantis. In March 2008 Stormzone was invited to play with Dokken guitarist George Lynch on his European tour. The band would play as support and then return to the stage as headliners each night as George Lynch's band. This led to a great reception especially in Spain where they have returned several times touring with Cinderella, Sryper, LA Guns and Y&T. They have also played at Spain's biggest rock festival, Lorca Rock. In 2009 Stormzone was invited to play at the Sweden Rock festival where they played on the Zeppelin stage just after Sabaton. A great performance gained them the interest of a representative from German label SPV and they signed to Olly Hahn's company in early 2010. This led to the release of the second Stormzone album, 'Death Dealer', which also saw the band take a heavier approach to song-writing. This led to very positive reviews all over Europe and Stormzone was quickly getting a reputation as fore-runners of the NNWOBHM (New New Wave Of British Heavy Metal). 'Death Dealer' was co-produced by the creator of the NWOBHM, Neal Kay, the legendary metal dj who brought Iron Maiden to the attention of their first deals. A tour of the UK with Tesla came next, then shows with White Lion and Winger followed up by invitations to play at Raismesfest in France, Headbangers Open Air in Germany and then their biggest show so far, last year's Wacken Open Air festival. This very promptly encouraged SPV to release the third Stormzone album shortly after Wacken, and 'Zero To Rage' hit the review pages very positively in November 2011. Afterwards the band hit the road again with Sebastian Bach, played their own headlining shows in Ireland then supported Little Angels as well as playing the Metal Masters festival in Jaen, Spain and, most recently, playing a devastating set at Germany’s Metal Assault III festival.Stormzone have maintained their NWOBHM roots and the band is influenced by metal acts such as Saxon, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Queensryche and reviews of Death Dealer and Zero To Rage have seen comparisons also to Hammerfall and Helloween. The band are also in contention to have Stormzone music on an Irish/American production of a movie based on the warrior Cuchulainn. Having now signed a long-term management agreement with Blink Management in Northern Ireland and working closely with Gabriel Booking and Management for mainland Europe Stormzone is now convinced that this will also enhance the band’s profile during what should be a very busy and productive year keeping the spirit of the NWOBHM alive!
Album:
Out today, 3rd August via Metal Nations Records, Seven Sins is the fifth album from Northern Ireland’s Stormzone; featuring 12 brand new studio tracks sure to please fans of classic heavy metal having already went down a storm with the hard rock and metal media over the past couple of months.
“…in ‘Seven Sins’ Stormzone have produced an album of ambition, scope and depth and one which shows a band mature enough to take on new challenges with aplomb and confidence.”
Planet Mosh
‘…a monster of an album has been unearthed here, which deserves to be on the frontline of the metal revolution.”
My Global Mind
“…this is a major contender of the most enjoyable album of the year in this sub-genre.”
Ave Noctum
“…heavy metal as it should be, intelligent, loud, proud and ripe for multiple listens!”
Devils Gate Media
A concept album, Seven Sins is undoubtedly the band’s most daring to date with a story revolving around the illustrious Dr Dealer, a character that singer and lyricist John ‘Harv’ Harbinson has brought to life under various guises already through the Stormzone back catalogue.Set in the 18th century, the album tells the story of the mysterious Dr Dealer, his travelling troupe of various gifted misfits and the Seven Sins Emporium into which he invites men to test their resolve and strength. “It’s hard to describe Seven Sins in one paragraph…” says Harv. “The story-line is so complex. It’s a very dark subject. It’s touch and go at times with regards to how far you can go with it, but at the end of it all there’s hope.”On the twelve days leading to the release of the album, the band unveiled a series of videos, one per day, expanding on the story behind each song. Harv commented, “The Seven Sins storyline is a little darker, deeper and more extensive than can be portrayed in full within the lyrics of the songs on the album. So in an effort to do the whole adventure further justice and, at the same time, hopefully give people a chance to get to know the interesting characters involved, we have created a series of atmospheric track-by-track videos, one for each song, that allow you to delve deeper into what the Seven Sins theme is all about.”
Line-Up:
John "Harv" Harbinson - Vocals - See also: ex-Sweet Savage
Graham McNulty - Bass, Vocals (backing)
Steve Moore - Guitars - See also: Fireland, Riffmaster General, ex-Condemned, ex-Devilmakesthree, ex-Psychotribe, ex-Stone Cold
David Bates - Drums - See also: ex-Sweet Savage
Tracklist:
01. Bathsheba
02. Another Rainy Night
03. Your Time Has Come
04. The One That Got Away
05. I Know Your Pain
06. Seven Sins
07. You're Not the Same
08. Raise the Knife
09. Abandoned Souls
10. Special Brew
11. Master of Sorrow
12. Born of the Damned
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