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Release Date Friday 11th July 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
WITH a thunderous crunch and genuine ‘in-your-face’ production that places the PA up against your ears,
Diamond Head are proud to present Live and Electric, a live album that delivers every nuance of that four-letter
word thanks to a song selection that covers Diamond Head’s seminal career, and a sound that leaves you
breathless in the stalls and smelling the sweat and leather of a classic British Heavy metal night.
Recorded in 2022 on the band’s tour with Saxon, Live and Electric takes in performances from Aberdeen,
Blackburn, York, Cambridge, Cardiff and Bexhill, creating in the process an unmistakably British energy which is
superbly recorded and mixed by Jay Shredder, with singer/frontman Rasmus Bom Andersen mastering. By now,
the rock and metal scene knows all about lead guitarist and founding member Brian Tatler, whose riffs have
genuinely defined a genre as well as influencing one of the world’s biggest-ever rock bands, Metallica, but the
contribution of Andersen to these Diamond Head performances is explosive as he bursts with power, presence
and personality across the likes of “The Messenger” and “Bones”.
The seamless way in which old classics such as “The Prince” and newer stormers like “Belly Of The Beast” thunder
down the tracks is a testimony to the lock-tight no-nonsense foundation that Paul Gaskin (bass), Andy “Abbz”
Abberley (rhythm and lead guitar), and Karl Wilcox on drums add to the alchemy and the balance of respect plus
reinvigoration for treasures “It’s Electric”, “Helpless” and “Am I Evil?” is electrifying. Live and Electric is a true roots
representation of Britain’s metal communities, and a wonderful live celebration of Diamond Head’s distinctly British
heavy metal music which feels as fresh, vital, and important now as it ever has before.
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