New Wave of British Heavy Metal stalwarts RAVEN unleash their crushing new single ‘Surf The Tsunami’, taken from the upcoming album, All Hell’s Breaking Loose.

RAVEN’s new single/video ‘Surf The Tsunami’, released today, showcases the relentless, resolute energy the three-piece brings to everything they do. Prepare yourself for a truly vehement ambush as drummer Heller gatecrashes your eardrums with a furious flurry of his own, before some supreme twister riffs bring on the full metal chaos!

“The second video from our new album is ‘Surf The Tsunami’ which features our very own ‘Drum Tsunami’ Mike Heller!” enthuses co-founding bassist and vocalist John Gallagher. “It has a blistering opening… killer riffs and I get ‘Tsunami-ed’ in the middle… it’s 100% Metal!!!”

Set for release via Silver Lining Music on June 30th, RAVEN’s new album, All Hell’s Breaking Loose, demands that you prepare yourself for a metal rampage the likes of which you haven’t enjoyed in many a year!

“It’s pretty overwhelming when you listen to the new record. It’s also great to know that we can perform the songs live. We’re not doing any kind of tapes and all that bullshit! We can still just be a kick-ass power trio!” adds John.

The Newcastle pioneers, formed by the Gallagher brothers (bassist/vocalist John and guitarist Mark) and rounded out by drummer extraordinaire Mike Heller have emerged from Heller’s own Heaven And Heller Studios in Los Angeles with 10 crisp, visceral metal classics, each fused with riffs, twists, turns, chaos and more hooks than all the Hellraiser movies combined (think hyperbole, ‘turn-it-UP’ and find out for yourself)!

The recently released lead single ‘Go For The Gold’ is an amalgamation of riffs and furious, percussive madness, yet behind it all a melodic journey that makes it multi-dimensional skull-crushing. Title track ‘All Hell’s Breaking Loose’ twists and turns with accents and flavours buried inside the chaos; ‘Turn Of The Screw’ bounces on the upbeats before smashing you with a thunderous chorus; ‘The Far Side’ has as classic a metal riff as you’ll hear in 2023; ‘Desperate Measures’ is pure ’81-saturated tales of hardship and despair, if you ever wondered what RAVEN at the Marquee were like on a sweaty metal night in ’83; ‘Edge of A Nightmare’ is your portal to paradise, thundering as hard as the opener ‘Medieval’.

What RAVEN have delivered with All Hell’s Breaking Loose is permission for everyone to remember exactly what it’s like to lose yourself in the healing aural waters of supreme heavy metal music, resplendent in sweat-soaked denim and leather.

All Hell’s Breaking Loose will be available on 12” Black Vinyl, 12” Limited Edition Green Vinyl, CD Digipak, Tape Cassette, Digital Formats and special D2C bundles; pre-order at this location.

Tracklisting

1. Medieval

2. Surf The Tsunami

3. Turn Of The Screw

4. All Hell’s Breaking Loose

5. The Far Side

6. Desperate Measures

7. Victory’s Call

8. Edge Of A Nightmare

9. Invasion

10. Go For The Gold

• RAVEN are:
• JOHN GALLAGHER: Lead Vocals, Bass, 12 String Bass
• MARK GALLAGHER: Guitar, Vocals
• MIKE HELLER: Drums

Prepare yourself for a metal rampage the likes of which you haven’t enjoyed in many a year as New Wave of British Heavy Metal stalwarts RAVEN deliver the electric mayhem of All Hell’s Breaking Loose, their 15th studio album, set for release June 30th on Silver Lining Music.

The Newcastle pioneers, formed by the Gallagher brothers (bassist/vocalist John and guitarist Mark) and rounded out by drummer extraordinaire Mike Heller have emerged from Heller’s own Heaven And Heller Studios in Los Angeles with 10 crisp, visceral metal classics, each fused with riffs, twists, turns, chaos and more hooks than all the Hellraiser movies combined (think hyperbole, ‘turn-it-UP’ and find out for yourself)!

Among the stand-outs are lead single “Go For The Gold” with the redline pushed hard by a cavalcade of riffs and furious, percussive madness, yet behind it all a melodic journey that makes it multi-dimensional skull-crushing.

“‘Go For The Gold’” is our first single as it really represents the new album mission statement… 100% full on RAVEN lunacy!!!!” enthuses John Gallagher. “If you’ve got an initial great riff, you just build from it,” explains John, “you try not to milk it to death. You want a good structure. You want a good verse with hooks, a good pre-chorus with hooks, a great chorus, and then you want little left turns here and there to spice it up. Otherwise it can sound boring. And if you have too many left turns then it turns into jazz fusion, so it’s a funny line you gotta dance on to have structure but also the chaos part as well.”

Title track “All Hell’s Breaking Loose” twists and turns with accents and flavours buried inside the chaos. Meanwhile “Surf The Tsunami” sees Heller gatecrash your eardrums with a furious flurry of his own, before some supreme twister riffs bring on the full metal chaos; “Turn Of The Screw” bounces on the upbeats before smashing you with a thunderous chorus; “The Far Side” has as classic a metal riff as you’ll hear in 2023; “Desperate Measures” is pure ’81-saturated tales of hardship and despair, if you ever wondered what RAVEN at the Marquee were like on a sweaty metal night in ’83; “Edge of A Nightmare” is your portal to paradise, thundering as hard as the opener “Medieval”.

What RAVEN have delivered with All Hell’s Breaking Loose is permission for everyone to remember exactly what it’s like to lose yourself in the healing aural waters of supreme heavy metal music, resplendent in sweat-soaked denim and leather.

“You got three guys with very strong, passionate, opinions,” offers Mark, “and when those are brought together, it’s a case of ‘iron sharpens iron.’” “We’re very hard on ourselves,” adds John, “it had to be ‘all killer, no filler’. Absolutely every single part of every song had to make sense, had to mean something, and had to be there for a purpose.”

And All Hell’s Breaking Loose makes it clear that RAVEN aren’t messing around in that regard.

All Hell’s Breaking Loose will be available on 12” Black Vinyl, 12” Limited Edition Green Vinyl, CD Digipak, Tape Cassette, Digital Formats and special D2C bundles; pre-order at this location.

TRACKLISTING

1. Medieval

2. Surf The Tsunami

3. Turn Of The Screw

4. All Hell’s Breaking Loose

5. The Far Side

6. Desperate Measures

7. Victory’s Call

8. Edge Of A Nightmare

9. Invasion

10. Go For The Gold

• RAVEN are:
• JOHN GALLAGHER: Lead Vocals, Bass, 12 String Bass
• MARK GALLAGHER: Guitar, Vocals
• MIKE HELLER: Drums

RAVEN are that rare thing in music, true originals – cut these guys with a razor and they will BLEED true heavy metal – a more intense live band does not exist on this planet!

RAVEN released three of the most influential metal albums of the NWOBHM era (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) inspiring every band of that time and beyond. Without RAVEN you just would not have thrash/speed metal… after all, the band did give Metallica and Anthrax their first tours!

Next year RAVEN are set to hit the road once more where they will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of their iconic record ‘Wiped Out’ and treating their fans by playing the album in full during each show.

Founder member John Gallagher comments, “really looking forward to playing one of my personal fave Raven albums “Wiped Out” in its entirety on this upcoming U.S tour… there’s a few songs on the album we never got to ever play live so that’s gonna be a blast!!!!”

Joining RAVEN on their US tour are Riot Act, who will perform Riot repertoire from their classic era (1977-1982). In a cynical musical landscape these days, where bands are not “Gangs” but faceless corporations, RAVEN are a band that are REAL not FAKE – and proud of it! The ‘WIPED OUT’ 40th Anniversary Tour will kick off on the 22nd of September 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida; more dates are to be announced soon.

2022 ‘WIPED OUT’ – 40th Anniversary Shows (US):

09/22 Jacksonville FL Jack Rabbits

09/23 New Orleans LA Santos

09/24 Austin TX Lost Well

09/25 Houston TX Warehouse Live

09/27 El Paso TX Rockhouse Bar & Grill

09/28 Glendale AZ 44 Sports Grill

09/29 Santa Ana CA La Santa

09/30 Fresno CA Strummer’s

10/01 San Francisco CA Eli’s Mile High Club

10/03 Everett WA Tony V’s Garage

10/04 Portland OR Dante’s

10/08 Salt Lake City UT Aces High

10/09 Ft Collins CO The Coast

10/11 Chicago IL Reggie’s Rock Club

10/12 Grand Rapids MI Pyramid Scheme

10/14 Toronto ON Lee’s Palace

10/15 Detroit MI Sanctuary

10/17 Cleveland OH No Class

10/18 Ottawa ON Brass Monkey

10/19 Boston MA Sonia

10/20 Portland ME Geno’s

10/21 Brooklyn NY Market Hotel

10/23 Philadelphia PA Kung Fu Necktie

10/26 Piedmont SC Tribble’s

10/27 Knoxville TN Brickyard

Tickets on sale now at ravenlunatics.com https://ravenlunatics.com/

RAVEN are that rare thing in music, true originals – cut these guys with a razor and they will BLEED true heavy metal – a more intense live band does not exist on this planet!

RAVEN released three of the most influential metal albums of the NWOBHM era (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) inspiring every band of that time and beyond. Without RAVEN you just would not have thrash/speed metal… after all, the band did give Metallica and Anthrax their first tours!

Next year RAVEN are set to hit the road once more where they will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of their iconic record ‘All for One’ and treating their fans by playing the album in full during each show. Joining RAVEN on their UK tour are US band Hellgrimm. In a cynical musical landscape these days, where bands are not “Gangs” but faceless corporations, RAVEN are a band that are REAL not FAKE – and proud of it!

Frontman John Gallagher enthuses “we cannot wait to get back to Blighty, crank the amps to eleven and visit our “ all for one” album in it’s entirety… 2 of the songs have never been played live so that’s gonna be fun! The band is on fire so we will be delivering the metal in spades!!!!!”

2023 ‘ALL FOR ONE’ – 40th Anniversary Shows (UK):

2 MAR – ELEVEN, Stoke-On-Trent

3 MAR – ST. DOM’S, Newcastle

4 MAR – BANNERMAN’S, Edinburgh

5 MAR – THE RED LION, Machynlleth

7 MAR – ASYLUM, Birmingham

8 MAR – HARD ROCK HELL, Great Yarmouth

9 MAR – NIGHTRAIN, Bradford

10 MAR – THE PATRIOT, Crumlin

11 MAR – THE BLACK HEART, London

12 MAR – QUEEN’S HALL, Nuneaton

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