Description
Fresh from the critically acclaimed Top 30 debut album ‘All Hell Breaks Loose’ in2013, Black Star Riders are set to release the long-awaited follow up, ‘The KillerInstinct’.
The band formed around the last incarnation of Thin Lizzy, featuring guitar legendScott Gorham, Damon Johnson (guitar, ex-Alice Cooper), Jimmy DeGrasso (drums,ex-Megadeth), Robbie Crane (bass, ex-Ratt) and fronted by Belfast-born, ex-TheAlmighty vocalist Ricky Warwick.
October 2014 saw the band gather in Nashville, entering the studio with heraldedproducer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, The Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Mastodon) tobegin recording the follow up. Frontman Ricky Warwick explains, “Life’s not fair,never has been, never will. Sometimes you have to live with a killer instinct just tosurvive in the ongoing pursuit of happiness. Because nobody can do for you what youshould be doing for yourself.”
The energy from a year of touring has resulted in a truly powerful sophomore effort.From the Irish-tinged rock of ‘Soldierstown’ to the balls-out Lizzy-esque harmonies ofthe title track (and first single). From the dirty groove of ‘You Little Liar’ to theacoustic ‘Blindsided’, this is a band coming of age. ‘The Killer Instinct’ will see BlackStar Riders cement their place as one of the most exciting contemporary rock acts.
Damon Johnson says “Nick Raskulinecz came riding out of the sunset like a Vikingwarrior, with his record collection and arsenal of killer guitars and amplifiers andproved to be the world class producer we had heard so much about. Indeed, therumors are all true. There’s no doubt that Ricky and I had written a sizable number ofsongs, but Nick patiently walked through the full song list with the entire band andmade sure we focused on the material to best represent Black Star Riders in 2015.”
Tracklisting
1. The Killer Instinct
2. Bullet Blues
3. Finest Hour
4. Soldierstown
5. Charlie I Gotta Go
6. Blindsided
7. Through The Motions
8. Sex, Guns & Gasoline
9. Turn In Your Arms
10. You Little Liar
Bonus tracks
11. Gabrielle
12. The Reckoning Day
13. The Killer Instinct (Acoustic)
14. Blindsided (Acoustic)
15. Charlie I Gotta Go (Acoustic)
16. Finest Hour (Acoustic)
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