DARKFIGHTER

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By the end, there were really two different sides to the same story being told. On one side, you’re fighting the darkness and, on the other, you’re bringing your own light to where there is none. One side in a corner, on the ropes, and the other advancing, cleaning the ring. Without an intermission, a refractory period, the collection would be too big a bite, so splitting it in two was the only way to do it. So 2023s first of two albums from Rival Sons has dropped and this is a monster and a brilliant follow up to the amazing Feral Roots. hours ago Yoshiki – UK Theatrical Release Date Announced for New Music Documentary: YOSHIKI: Under The Sky Jay Buchanan stars as Preacher who throws dynamite in verse in the Nobody Wants To Die video and features the band’s vintage cars [Scott’s 1956 Pontiac Chieftain and Jay’s 1982 Mercedes 300SD] while stunt-driving across the California desert. The film was directed by Eli Sokhn. At album number seven a band is either cutting a path or struggling to stay relevant and Darkfighter is definitely nowhere near the latter. Rival Sons for me are still far too underrated and as a live act they are unstoppable so hopefully Darkfighter breaks them to a new level and the follow up Lightbringer burts them to superior heights.

Rival Sons Rip 'Late Late Show' With Explosive 'Too Bad': Watch". Billboard. May 9, 2019 . Retrieved August 26, 2020. Earache News: Rival Sons Sell Out Debut Uk Show In Advance". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. February 11, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. Jay Buchanan comments: “ It’s been a great time writing and producing these videos along with great directors and crew. With video production we’re really at that sweet spot where we don’t know the rules so we’re not afraid of breaking them. We’ll see where it goes from here.”Shaffer, Claire (May 3, 2019). "Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons Announce Co-Headlining Tour". Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 26, 2020. In March 2013 the band recorded for Billboard The Beat and appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. On March 7, 2013, Rival Sons left on a tour of Europe supported by The Balconies. In April they toured the UK supported by The Graveltones and Ulysses culminating in a sold-out show at Shepherd's Bush Empire. Rival Sons also played a station session in St. Pancras, London, for the second time to raise money for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

DARKFIGHTER(out June 2 nd) will be accompanied by companion volume, LIGHTBRINGER,arriving later this year. Both produced by long-time collaborator and 8x GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell). The two new LPs marks the first new music from Rival Sons in more than four years, following 2019’s critically acclaimed, GRAMMY® Award-nominated sixth studio album, FERAL ROOTS. EARACHE NEWS: RIVAL SONS CONFIRM JANUARY 2012 U.S. TOUR WITH EVANESCENCE". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. December 15, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. Rival Sons are often compared to sounds of the 1970s yet they cite Prince, D'Angelo and The Roots as influences alongside Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. [40] Jay has listed artists from Joni Mitchell to Sly and the Family Stone amongst his influences, often stating Van Morrison as one of his heroes. "I can't overstate his influence on me as a writer and vocalist" – Louder Sound. [41]Rival Sons played at Gene Simmons' "Aces & Angels" Super Bowl party on February 2, 2011, [6] before making their European debut appearance at Camden Barfly on February 12, 2011, for the HMV Next Big Thing. The band Vintage Trouble supported their act and the show sold out in advance, [7] which started a nearly unbroken string of European sell-out shows. [8] In March 2011 a string of shows at Canadian Music Week, SXSW and the House of Blues was announced. [9] Rival Sons – Get What's Coming [Official Video]". www.youtube.com. YouTube . Retrieved December 21, 2018. Earache News: Rival Sons "Until The Sun Comes" Video Premieres On Vevo". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. January 3, 2013 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. Bauer Media Group consists of : Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, Company number 01176085; Bauer Radio Limited, Company number: 1394141 Rival Sons recording process changed for their major label debut Feral Roots, for the first time writing and recording over a process of months. Jay Buchanan stated that "You need to shift and constantly find new soil" within the creative process, taking eight months to write and record the Grammy nominated album instead of all their previous work which took less than six weeks. [39] Style and influences [ edit ]

Their music was played at every party, bush bash, and camp fire you would go to": Fully Completely by The Tragically Hip - Album Of The Week Club review In comparison to our previous records, we certainly took our time both writing and recording this collection,” says Rival Sons vocalist Jay Buchanan. “ When we set out, the intention was mostly to dig as deep as possible. Even in the beginning before the body had formed, we agreed to throw the map away and chop our way through the woods to make a new path. Unless otherwise stated, all content, including photography, is owned and managed by MetalTalk and must not be used elsewhere without written permission. a b "Rival Sons Have a New Single Out Named 'Bird in the Hand,' Announce 'The Darkfighter Tour' in North America". Ultimate Guitar. March 10, 2023 . Retrieved June 6, 2023.In 2021, Rival Sons celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2011 album, Pressure and Time, by performing the landmark long player live in its entirety on the Pressure and Time Tour for the first time. They also lit up Southern California with a two-night livestream event, Rival Sons – “PAIR OF ACES” – Live from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island. They performed their debut LP, Before the Fire [2009], in its entirety on the first night and their self-titled EP, Rival Sons [2010], on the second.

Jay Buchanan as Preacher throws dynamite verse in the Nobody Wants To Die video, the first single from DARKFIGHTER, from their own vintage cars; (Scott’s own 1956 Pontiac Chieftain and Jay’s 1982 Mercedes 300SD) while stunt-driving across the California dessert. In the latest video for new hit single Bird In The Hand the explosive consequences are contextualised with the video adding another vignette to the trilogy. The 10-legged fuzz beasts then call at NX Newcastle, Glasgow’s Barrowlands, O2 Academy Birmingham, Manchester Academy, Cambridge Corn Exchange, O2 Academy Bristol and O2 Guildhall Southampton.

a b c Bowar, Chad (June 3, 2023). "Album Review: Rival Sons Darkfighter". Metal Injection . Retrieved June 6, 2023. Rival Sons' last UK tour took place in June and July 2022. Rival Sons The DARKFIGHTER Tour UK dates: Management [Business Management] – Beth Sabbagh, Chris Parks (8), David Weise & Associates, Laurie Davis (2) Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing, Company number: LP003328; Dean Delray on Discovering EXODUS’ “Bonded By Blood” and Interviewing His Idols – Humor of the Beast