Chris Boltendahl's Steelhammer - 'Beds Are Burning' (Midnight Oil cover)

[Verse 1]
Out where the river broke
The bloodwood and the desert oak
Holden wrecks and boilin' diesels
Steam in forty-five degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

[Chorus]
How can we dance when our earth is turnin'?
How do we sleep while our beds are burnin'?
How can we dance when our earth is turnin'?
How do we sleep while our beds are burnin'?

[Post-Chorus]
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent now, to pay our share

[Verse 2]
Four wheels scare the cockatoos
From Kintore, east to Yuendemu
The Western Desert lives and breathes
In forty-five degrees

[Pre-Chorus]
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back

[Chorus]
How can we dance when our earth is turnin'?
How do we sleep while our beds are burnin'?
How can we dance when our earth is turnin'?
How do we sleep while our beds are burnin'?

[Pre-Chorus]
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back

[Outro]
How can we dance when our earth is turnin'?
How do we sleep while our beds are burnin'?

Μετά από τέσσερις (και πλέον) δεκαετίες με τους Grave Digger ο Chris Boltendahl αποφάσισε να κυκλοφορήσει προσωπικό δίσκο. Chris Boltendahl's Steelhammer το όνομα του προσωπικού του σχήματος, "Reborn In Flames" ο τίτλος του δίσκου και αναμένεται μεθαύριο. Το δελτίο τύπου της δισκογραφικής εταιρείας Rock of Angels Records (που θα κυκλοφορήσει το album) μας δίνει τις λεπτομέρειες:

«After 42 years in the metal business, Grave Digger’s front icon Chris Boltendahl will release his first solo album. Under the banner of Chris Boltendahl’s Steelhammer, “Reborn in Flames” will see the light of day in 2023.

Chris was able to win over an illustrious guild of first-class musicians for this work... none other than the ex-Orden Ogan guitar wizard Tobias Kersting can be found on the guitar. With him Chris wrote all 10 tracks on “Reborn in Flames”.

The album is rounded off by the cover version of the classic “Beds are burning” by Midnight Oil. The line up is completed by Lars Schneider on bass (ex Orden Ogan) and Patrick Klose on drums (Iron Savior).

Recorded in various studios and mixed and mastered in Chris’ in-house Graveyard Studio, where the last Grave Digger “Symbol of Eternity” (#7 in the German charts) was mixed and mastered, “Reborn in Flames” brims with classic power metal riffs... in Various interviews promised Chris a glowing mixture of “Grave Digger meets Metal Church”, which hits the nail on the head.

From heavy metal steamers ala “Reborn in Flames, Fire Angel or Beyond the Black Soul” to the groove monsters “Gods of Steel, Out of the Ruins or The Hammer that kills” you can hear everything a banger’s heart desires on the album.

Tobias Kersting refines the album with filigree Power Metal riffing and worldclass solos, while Lars Schneider and Patrick Klose provide the duo Kersting / Boltendahl with the necessary basis.

The unmistakable voice of the Grave Digger legend reigns supreme... “Reborn in Flames” is a firework of metal for every headbanger who loves classic metal... With “Reborn in Flames” the four musicians create an independent, fresh and high-class debut power metal album.

As Ozzy says so beautifully: “let the madness begin”!!!»

Το τραγούδι "Beds Are Burning" αποτελεί μία από τις μεγαλύτερς μουσικές επιτυχίες της δεκαετίας του ογδόντα. Αποτελεί μέρος (πρόκειται για το εναρκτήριο τραγούδι) του δίσκου του Αυστραλιανού συγκροτήματος Midnight Oil "Diesel and Dust" που κυκλοφόρησε το καλοκαίρι του 1987, ενώ λίγες ημέρες αργότερα "βγήκε" και αυτόνομα ως single. Η διασκευή του υπάρχει μόνο στην έκδοση του cd στο ντεμπούτο των Chris Boltendahl's Steelhammer. Ο Chris είπε για το τραγούδι:

«The song "Beds are burning" by Midnight Oil is more relevant today than ever before. Mankind is digging its own grave, climate change can hardly be stopped. It is such a great song with a current time criticism... this song should wake up and lead us again and again in mind: there is only this world... after that nothing more comes!»

Band: Chris Boltendahl's Steelhammer
Country of origin: Germany
Formed in: 2023
Genre: Heavy / Power Metal
Years active: 2023-present

Lyric video: "Beds Are Burning"
Lyric video created by: W Designer
Album: "Reborn In Flames"
Type: Full length
Release date: July 28th, 2023
Label: Rock of Angels Records
Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
01. Reborn In Flames
02. Fire Angel
03. Beyond The Black Souls
04. Gods Of Steel
05. Die For Your Sins
06. Let The Evil Rise
07. Out Of The Ruins
08. I Am Metal
09. The Hammer That Kills
10. Iron Christ
11. Beds Are Burning (CD Bonus Track)

Line-up:
Chris Boltendahl - Vocals
Tobias Kersting - Guitars
Lars Schneider - Bass
Patrick Klose – Drums