Ruthless

US heavy metal veterans RUTHLESS inked a double deal with Skol Records and their twin company Gabriel Management, and started pre-production process of the new studio album, “Soldiers Of Steel”, scheduled for the release in the last months of 2022. The Los Angeles based act debuted in 1984, and released two classic studio albums back in the day, “Metal Without Mercy” and “Discipline Of Steel” which came out in 1986. The band broke up in 1988, to return in 2015 with new album, “They Rise”, which was followed by a split single with Bay Area thrashers HEXX in 2016, and another new album, “Evil Within”, released in 2019.

“We are very excited to sign this deal with Skol Records and Gabriel Management, Bart has been a good friend over the years. We did our split single in 2016 with him, and now we are looking forward to our new adventure with Skol Records and Gabriel Management. “Soldiers Of Steel” is coming, see you all soon!” comments RUTHLESS co-founder, vocalist Sammy DeJohn.

“I absolutely love the band and their classic albums, but I also managed to see them live in more recent years: their energy is just amazing” says Skol Records & Gabriel Management CEO, Bart Gabriel. “It’s the first time ever that we offered any band this kind of double deal: except signing them to Skol Records and taking care of their new music, we will now also represent the band via Gabriel Management. We share the same passion and vision when it comes to Heavy Metal, so I’m sure we will do a couple of great things together!” he adds.

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Two legendary US Metal acts, HEXX and RUTHLESS, joined forces for the “TYRANTS OF STEEL” 7″ vinyl single, which will be released this summer on High Roller Records. The single, which is the first one in the series of the 7″ vinyl splits featuring Classic US Metal acts, has been produced by Bart Gabriel (SATAN’S HOST, CRYSTAL VIPER, SACRED STEEL), and will include brand RUTHLESS track titled “Thirteen Skulls”, and new exclusive version of the HEXX track titled “Burn Or Boil”.

“This version of “Burn Or Boil” features our amazing new vocalist Eddy Vega, and the world famous Bob Wright from BROCAS HELM on guitar! This track represents the style and sound you can expect from the new upcoming full length HEXX album!” says guitarist and founding HEXX member Dan Watson. The RUTHLESS track had its live premiere at the Up The Hammers Festival in Greece: “This song, “Thirteen Skulls” is taken from the myth about an alien race coming here and leaving these thriteen crystal skulls, with mysterious powers when they are all together, but many people believe this not to be a myth, but reality” explains RUTHLESS vocalist Sammy De John.

“I always loved all kind of single, split or mini LP releases, and I’m crazy when it comes to all those weird releases from Iron Works and Azra. They had this killer compilation titled “Iron Tyrants”, and this is where the name “Tyrants Of Steel” comes from, it’s like a tribute. I’m honored that my friends from RUTHLESS and HEXX joined me on this project, and I can reveal that I already work on TYRANTS OF STEEL II and III, which will also include two exclusive tracks from other US cult acts each. Special shout out to Roberto Toderico, who perfectly visualized my idea, and painted this great artwork inspired by the old Conan The Barbarian comic books!” adds Bart Gabriel.

More information at http://www.hrrecords.de and http://www.bartgabriel.com