DIAMOND HEAD will
begin their longest North American tour in their 40-year career
tomorrow! Expected to include songs that span their extensive recording
catalog, the band's set will feature selections from their popular, self-titled
new album.
The band has launched a special contest for fans to
celebrate the tour. Fans are invited to
post their best #AMIEVILFACE selfie on their personal Instagram pages. Simply include @diamond_head_official and the
show that you are attending and be automatically entered in to randomly win
either an autographed tour poster or a special meet & greet with the band.
Released via Dissonance Productions on June 24, Diamond Head is the first album to feature new vocalist
Rasmus Born Anderson and ends an eight-year silence for the New Wave of British
Heavy Metal legends. Decibel Magazine
calls Diamond Head "vital and interesting. All the songs, thanks to (Brian) Tatler's
masterclass riffing, are all rock solid from top to bottom. These guys deserve their legendary
status." Metal Injection adds, "Tatler has come to the table with
some of his all-time best,:" while Noisey claims simply, "Diamond
Head stand the test of time on their new album."
DIAMOND HEAD are considered one of NWOBHM’s early members. Formed in 1976, their songs influenced a slew
of early 80’s thrash metal bands, in particular Metallica who recorded the
band’s “Am I Evil” as a b-side to their 1984 Creeping Death single and again
included on the band’s multi-platinum 1998 covers album Garage Inc. Tatler joined members of Metallica, Megadeth,
Slayer and Anthrax at the 2011 Sonisphere Festival. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich addressed the
crowd saying, “if it wasn’t for Brian Tatler, there’s a pretty good chance none
of us would be here tonight.” Later
speaking about the event Tatler said, “if it wasn’t for Metallica, Diamond Head would not have had this second wind.” Metallica would record three additional
DIAMOND HEAD songs – “Helpless” (Garage Days, 1987), “The Prince” (“One Single b-side,
1989), “It’s Electric” (Garage Inc., 1998).
Dissonance Productions additionally issued for the the first
time in North America the band's 2005 album All Will Be Revealed and 2007 album
What's In Your Head.
DIAMOND HEAD tour dates are:
11/02 - Slim's, San
Francisco CA
11/03 - Whiskey, Hollywood
CA
11/04 - LVCS, Las
Vegas NV
11/05 - Brick By Brick, San Diego CA
11/10 - Grizzly Hall, Austin
TX
11/11 - Concert Pub North, Houston TX
11/12 - The Korova, San
Antonio , TX
11/13 - Trees, Dallas
TX
11/17 - Sellersville Theater, Sellersville PA
11/18 - Fish Head Cantina, Baltimore MD
11/19 - The Chance, Poughkeepsie
NY
11/20 - Webster Hall's Marlin Room, New York NY
11/21 - Bug Jar, Rochester
NY
11/22 - Katacombes, Montreal
QC
11/23 - Brass Monkey, Ottawa
ON
11/24 - Garrison, Toronto
ON
11/25 - Token Lounge, Detroit
MI
11/26 - Tailgators, Chicago
IL
11/27 - Metal Grill, Milwaukee
WI
DIAMOND HEAD are guitarist Brian Tatler, vocalist Rasmus Bom
Andersen, drummer Karl Wilcox, bassist Dean Ashton, and guitarist Abbz.
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