Stefan Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 From blabbermouth.net: BLACK STAR RIDERS will release their seond studio album, "The Killer Instinct", in February 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2013's "All Hell Breaks Loose" was recorded in October at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS, ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON). BLACK STAR RIDERS frontman Ricky Warwick stated about the album title: "Life's not fair, never has been, never will. Sometimes you have to live with a killer instinct just to survive in the ongoing pursuit of happiness. Because nobody can do for you what you should be doing for yourself." The energy in the studio from a year of touring, and BLACK STAR RIDERS gelling as a creative force has resulted in a truly powerful sophomore effort. From the Irish-tinged rock of "Soldierstown" to the balls-out twin guitar riffing of "Sex, Guns & Gasoline", rom the dirty groove of "You Little Liar" to the acoustic "Blindsided", this is a band coming of age. Says BLACK STAR RIDERS guitarist Damon Johnson: "Nick Raskulinecz came riding out of the sunset like a Viking warrior, with his record collection and arsenal of killer guitars and amplifiers and proved to be the world-class producer we had heard so much about. Indeed, the rumors are all true. There's no doubt that Ricky and I had written a sizable number of songs, but Nick patiently walked through the full song list with the entire band and made sure we focused on the material to best represent BLACK STAR RIDERS in 2015." "The Killer Instinct" track listing:01. The Killer Instinct 02. Bullet Blues 03. Finest Hour 04. Soldierstown 05. Charlie I Gotta Go 06. Blindsided07. Through The Motions08. Sex, Guns & Gasoline09. Turn In Your Arms10. You Little LiarBLACK STAR RIDERS will head out on a co-headline tour of UK and Ireland with EUROPE throughout March 2015. BLACK STAR RIDERS were one of the first signings to Nuclear Blast Entertainment by Monte Conner — the A&R guru who signed acts such as SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD, SEPULTURA, and RUSH to Roadrunner. Nuclear Blast Entertainment is a new U.S. partnership co-founded by Conner with Nuclear Blast owner Markus Staiger. "All Hell Breaks Loose" sold around 2,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The effort landed at position No. 5 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. BLACK STAR RIDERS earlier in the year parted ways with bassist Marco Mendoza and replaced him with Robbie Crane (RATT, VINCE NEIL, LYNCH MOB). blackstarriders.com Facebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Nights Reserved Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 At last a Thin Lizzy inspired band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Sounds like something off the debut, which is fine by me :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMale Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Wow.... cool song and great band! Loved the debut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Little Pony KarpetRydOFunk Posted December 17, 2014 My Little Pony Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I don't know if I'm just tired, but I almost fell asleep in those three and a half minutes. It was pretty boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaMale Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Sounds like Thin Lizzy to me. Big time. And I like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I never heard of the debut or the band before. Didn't realise Ricky Warwick was still doing stuff. I guess I assumed The Almighty were probably still going through the motions in some corner of the world. Anyway, the song is moderately decent. Would never seek this out, but if it fell in my lap I'd probably give it a listen. Very, very subdued kind of song, though. There's something there, but it just sounds by-the-numbers in execution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightrain Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I think I rated the debut around 72%, guess this new one will not fall far from that, or slightly better maybe This new song is quite good and fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jez Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 A good, solid album that betters the debut I think. It improves with each listen and has some good tracks 'Blindsided' and 'You Little Liar' are my initial picks, but no real bad ones. Still very Lizzyesque in sound, which is a good thing, so old school classic rock fans should like this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Full album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooOJY0luD4Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crazynights Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Well maybe this is my favourite album this year. The Poodles and Trixter are the competitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 I absolutely hate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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