Raven - 'Go For The Gold' (official music video)

Ten thousand hours was never enough
Pushing the limit, you gotta hang touch
Bend the parameters out of your brain
Accelerating the threshold of pain

Glance at your rival, the mirror won't lie
No second chances, it's your time to fly
Race with the devil, he's calling your name
Put up or shut up, it's time to...

Go for the gold
Fly like the wind to the top of the sky
Go for the gold
No one will take you down

Fiendish velocity burning the track
Jackals are nearing, there's no looking back
Smashing the record but it's not enough
Breaking the threshold of pain

Glance at your rival, the mirror won't lie
No second chances, it's your time to fly
Race with the devil, he's calling your name
Put up or shut up, it's time to...

Go for the gold
Fly like the wind to the top of the sky
Go for the gold
No one will take you down

Άκρως δραστήριοι δισκογραφικά μέσα στο 2023 οι Raven. Ένα single ("Go for the Gold"), ένα boxed set ("Faster than Speed of Light") και ένας "ολοκληρωμένος δίσκος ("All Hell's Breaking Loose") ο (μέχρι τώρα) δισκογραφικός τους απολογισμός στο τρέχον έτος.

Οι Raven δεν νομίζω ότι χρειάζονται ιδιαίτερες συστάσεις (τουλάχιστον στους τακτικούς αναγνώστες της ιστοσελίδας μας). Από τα πλέον ιστορικά Βρετανικά συγκροτήματα, το οποίο σχηματίσθηκε στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του εβδομήντα και συνεχίζει μέχρι τις ημέρες μας διατηρώντας τον αρχικό πυρήνα (Mark και John Gallagher).

Το "Κοράκι" ξεκίνησε να δισκογραφεί το 1980 (βλ. το single "Don't Need Your Money") και έκτοτε έχει κυκλοφορήσει δεκαπέντε "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους, τρία live albums, δεκαέξι singles, επτά EPs και μπόλικες συλλογές - box sets κλπ.

Δελτίο τύπου: «Sometimes, things just speak -or scream, roar, shout, maim, wound, beat, pulverize and destroy- for themselves. Exhibit one? All Hell’s Breaking Loose, the 15th studio album from Newcastle-born Heavy Metal pioneers Raven, to be released on June 30th 2023 on Silver Lining Music.

Founding Geordie brothers John Gallagher (lead vocals, bass, 12 string bass) and Mark Gallagher (guitar, backing vocals) have seemingly entered a time-machine and regenerated their youthful selves, and with the fierce drumming of Mike Heller propelling further power, All Hell’s Breaking Loose shows a band clearly bursting with fire, energy, power and pride in their standing as one of the true forefathers of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

It is no understatement to say these are 10 'banger-after-banger' tracks, each with a tantalizing flurry of twisting NWOBHM riffery.

“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, then “Edge of A Nightmare” is your portal to paradise, and “Go For The Gold” (the finisher!) thunders as hard as the opener “Medieval”.

Produced expertly by the band themselves at Heaven And Heller Studios, All Hell’s Breaking Loose is 100% peddle to the heavy metal fun and escape back to the timeless future. Get into yer denim and leathers, break out the bevvies and crank this mutha to 11!!!»

Παρακολουθούμε το μουσικό βίντεο του (επιλογικού) τραγουδιού "Go For The Gold", για το οποίο ο John Gallagher μας λέει:

«‘Go For The Gold’ is our first single as it really represents the new album mission statement... 100% full on Raven lunacy!!! If you’ve got an initial great riff, you just build from it 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.»

Band: Raven
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Formed in: 1974
Genre: NWOBHM/Heavy Metal, Speed Metal
Lyrical themes: Rock, Life, Social, War
Years active: 1974-present

Video: "Go For The Gold"
Album: "All Hell's Breaking Loose"
Type: Full length
Release date: June 30th, 2023
Label: Silver Lining Music
Format: CD, 12" vinyl, Cassette, Digital

Track listing:
01. Medieval
02. Surf The Tsunami
03. Turn Of The Screw
04. All Hell's Breaking Loose
05. The Far Side
06. Desperate Measures
07. Victory's Call
08. Edge Of A Nightmare
09. Invasion
10. Go For The Gold

Band members:
Mark Gallagher - Guitars
John Gallagher - Vocals, Bass
Mike Heller - Drums