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2 Raven – Walk Through Fire (2010)
Those merciless metalheads Raven are back with their first new studio album in ten years. On Walk Through Fire, Raven picks up right where they left off. Walk Through Fire has plenty of metal attitude, proving to me that the Gallagher brothers are showing no sign of slowing down. John Gallagher is still screaming like a mad banshee, and Mark Gallagher is still dishing out some of the best metal riffs in the business.
If “Against the Grain” doesn’t get your blood pumping on the first listen, there may be no hope for you. “Against the Grain” bludgeons your senses with fist-throwing, blood-curdling metal, and doesn’t let up for a second.
One you get to heart of the album, you will find some killer songs with “Under Your Radar”, the title track “Walk Through Fire” and my personal favorite “Trainwreck”. The opening riffs of “Bulldozer” immediately brought Pantera to mind.
Raven also deliver a cool cover of the Montrose classic, “Space Station #5”. Raven’s version is a little shorter than the original, but it a good rendition nonetheless. Sammy Hagar could never scream like this!
I have been a fan of Raven for a long time, and found plenty of metal to enjoy on this disc. The only real weak spots for me were the two bonus live tracks at the end of the CD, which gave the album a little bit of an uneven feel. If you like your music loud, raw & heavy, you could do a lot worse than Raven’s Walk Through Fire. If you are a metalhead, and are a Raven fan, you need to get this. This disc will likely appeal to fans of Anvil & Armored Saint as well.
Walk Through Fire was officially released in the United States on March 30th, 2010. You can pick up a copy of the CD at this link.
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. Against The Grain 
3. Breaking You Down
4. Under Your Radar
5. Walk Through Fire
6. Bulldozer
7. Long Day’s Journey
8. Trainwreck
9. Grip
10. Running In Circles
11. Hard Road
12. Armageddon (The Beginning)
13. Attitude
14. Space Station #5
15. Live At The Inferno (Live)
16. Rock Until You Drop (Live)
Raven is:
John Gallagher – Bass, Vocals
Mark Gallagher – Guitar
Joe Hasselvander – drums
1 Metal Blade Records signs RAVEN, prepare to release first album in 10 years!
Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the signing of legendary metal band RAVEN and is gearing up to release Walk Through Fire, RAVEN’s first album since 2000’s One for All. Walk Through Fire contains 14 new tracks and two live bonus tracks. Track listing for Walk Through Fire is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Against the Grain
3. Breaking You Down
4. Under Your Radar
5. Walk Through Fire
6. Bulldozer
7. Long Day’s Journey
8. Trainwreck
9. Grip
10. Running Around In Circles
11. Hard Road
12. Armageddon (the Beginning)
13. Attitude
14. Space Station #5
15. Live at The Inferno**
16. Rock Until You Drop**
**Bonus Live Tracks
Vocalist, bassist, and founding member John Gallagher comments; “We are ecstatic – we go way back with Metal Blade (we’ve known Brian since meeting him backstage at one of our shows in the UK in 1982!!!) so there’s mutual respect. We feel that having this killer new album Walk Through Fire and a relationship with Metal Blade, an outfit that lives and breathes this music – that UNDERSTANDS where we have been and what we’ve been through, will show that we are not trading on past glories but that we are a band that continues to be relevant…and kicks ass more than ever before! We’ve set the bar high here with this album and are happy to have a partner willing to get it out there to the metal fans and spread the word. This is the RAVEN album the diehards have been beating us up for…and then some!”
Metal Blade Record’s Michael Faley comments; “We are excited and proud to be releasing the new album by RAVEN entitled Walk Through Fire! This record has garnered tremendous reviews worldwide and combines all the strength and power that only the Gallagher brothers can deliver, Rock Solid METAL! With a career that has spanned over 25 years, RAVEN is back with a CLASSIC album.”
According to the pages of the various metal media, the labels “LEGENDARY,” “INNOVATIVE,” “TRUE ORIGINALS,” as well as “F**K!ING CRAZY!!” have been rightfully pinned upon RAVEN over the years. In a music scene filled by clones nurtured with a cookie-cutter mentality, the unique personality, power and humor of the three band members has always shone through. The crazed vocals & bass playing of John Gallagher, the full frontal guitar assault of brother Mark Gallagher, and the punishing polyrhythmic pounding of drummer Joe Hasselvander all combine to form a sonic battering ram unique in rock!
From the well documented early days as NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) frontrunners, RAVEN’s albums ROCK UNTIL YOU DROP, WIPED OUT and ALL FOR ONE virtually invented both the speed metal and power metal genres – during the trailblazing USA tours of the 80’s introducing the States to “Athletic rock” as well as giving opening acts like Metallica and Anthrax their first tours, through the doldrums of the late 80’s/early 90’s when a grunge obsessed media wrote off so many acts — RAVEN has consistently proved to be both survivors par excellence and in a genre of grim imitation – shown that they are “the real thing”. Where so many of their contemporaries have either faded creatively or become parodies of themselves, RAVEN have consistently pushed the envelope while retaining their unique sound and attack – both in the studio & in their true element, onstage!
Following a forced layoff through half of the last decade due to Mark Gallagher’s long recuperation from a serious accident where Mark’s legs were crushed after a wall collapsed on the musician, the band have fought back with a number of European festival appearances, a UK tour in 2008 and a triumphant jaunt to Japan in 2009.
And now, the band unleashes the best album they’ve done in many years, Walk Through Fire – this, quite simply, is the real deal – the right songs, the right sound and the right feel – guaranteed to rip yer head off! – Raven are finally set to reclaim the title that is rightfully theirs – “the wildest band in the f**kin’ world!!”
RAVEN is:
John Gallagher – vocals & bass
Mark Gallagher – guitars
Joe Hasselvander – drums
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