RAVEN TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM IN JANUARY
Written by Malcolm Dome on November 6, 2018
Raven are to have a new live album put out by SPV/Steamhammer on January 18.
It’s to be titled ‘Screaming Murder Death From Above: Live In Aalborg’. It was recorded in November 2017, but was never meant to be released, as bassist/vocalist John Gallagher explains.
“We were surprised of course (it had been recorded), since nobody had informed us of this beforehand. We had a flash drive with the recording delivered to us and when we checked it, we realized that – barring some small technical problems – we had a truly magical live recording on our hands. It was a near perfect concert thanks to the great atmosphere inside the hall and our out of control attitude – since, you know, we weren’t aware the show was being recorded.
“We have of course gotten better and better on a technical level over the years. Also, on ‘Destroy All Monsters/Live In Japan’ (1996), you can clearly hear that I was wrestling with voice issues due to a bout of laryngitis. And if you compare ‘Screaming Murder Death From Above: Live In Aalborg’ with ‘Live In The Inferno’ from 1984, it almost seems as if we had taken sedatives back then. The Aalborg recording matches the energy which Raven is exuding 100 percent. It’s the best representation of us as a live band yet.”
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