Description

Double album on red vinyls with gatefold cover and the entire album on cd as bonus

We were surprised of course, since nobody had informed us of this beforehand, John Gallagher explains. We had a flash drive with the recording delivered to us and when we checked it, we realized that – barring some small technical problems – we had a truly magical live recording on our hands. It was a near perfect concert thanks to the great atmosphere inside the hall and our out of control attitude – since, you know, we weren’t aware the show was being recorded. Lets be honest – Raven aren’t ever going to make the metal premier league, but they deserve their place in heavy metal history and they have been part of it now for more than 45 years. They really deserve a moment and Screaming Murder Death From Above: Live In Aalborg is just that. Their third live album, and its their best by a long way. So maybe the band werent aware that this performance at Skråen Stage in Aalborg, Denmark back in November of 2017 had been recorded. Would it have mattered if they had? Would it have sounded different? Would it have been any less committed? No and no. the two Gallagher brothers only know one way. And for almost an hour that’s exactly what they do here. Right from the opening screech of Destroy All Monsters they do what Raven do. They are leather clad, some hybrid of Iron Maiden’s debut and an early thrash album – and it sounds ace. The rarely played Hell Patrol is both fresh and positively evil sounding, All For One sees new drummer Mike Heller to the fore, but it’s the duo of John and Mark Gallagher that have always piloted this band and they always will as long as there’s life in these riffs. Mark’s lead guitar has always been one of the most underrated around, and in the likes of Hung, Drawn And Quartered, Rock Until You Drop and his solo A.A.N.S.M.M.G. he proves it. Break The Chain is essentially what British Heavy Metal should sound like, and Crash, Bang, Wallop is as simple as its title suggests but is way more effective and it seems them exit the stage knowing they’ve done all they can do.

Track list:
1. Destroy All Monsters
2. Hell Patrol
3. All For One
4. Hung Drawn And Quartered
5. Rock Until You Drop
6. A.A.N.S.M.M.G.N.
7. Tank Treads (The Blood Runs Red)
8. Faster Than The Speed Of Light
9. On And On
10. Break The Chain
11. Crash Bang Wallop
12. Destroy All Monsters
13. Hell Patrol
14. All For One
15. Hung Drawn And Quartered
16. Rock Until You Drop
17. A.A.N.S.M.M.G.N.
18. Tank Treads (The Blood Runs Red)
19. Faster Than The Speed Of Light
20. On And On
21. Break The Chain
22. Crash Bang Wallop