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BLACK STAR RIDERS Release Second Studio Album ‘The Killer Instinct’
February 20th, 2015

Rock group Black Star Riders, an offshoot of Thin Lizzy, issued second full-length studio album The Killer Instinct on February 20th, 2015 in Europe (excluding the United Kingdom) through Nuclear Blast Records. The label scheduled UK release for the 23rd, with North American release taking place on the 24th.

The outing was recorded in October 2014 at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Nick Raskulinecz.

The Killer Instinct was made available in the following formats; CD, limited two-CD digibook, limited gatefold black vinyl, and limited gatefold clear vinyl.

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘The Killer Instinct’
02. ‘Bullet Blues’
03. ‘Finest Hour’
04. ‘Soldierstown’
05. ‘Charlie I Gotta Go’
06. ‘Blindsided’
07. ‘Through The Motions’
08. ‘Sex, Guns & Gasoline’
09. ‘Turn In Your Arms’
10. You Little Liar’

Bonus CD

01. ‘Gabrielle’
02. ‘The Reckoning Day’
03. ‘The Killer Instinct’ (acoustic)
04. ‘Blindsided’ (acoustic)
05. ‘Charlie I Gotta Go’ (acoustic)
06. ‘Finest Hour’ (acoustic)

Black Star Riders’ line-up is as follows;

Ricky Warwick (vocals and guitar)
Scott Gorham (guitar)
Damon Johnson (guitar)
Robert Crane (bass)
Jimmy DeGrasso (drums)

In its first week of release, The Killer Instinct charted in the following countries; the United Kingdom (#13), Germany (#23), Ireland (#29), Sweden (#29), and The Netherlands (#171).

Music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘Finest Hour’ and ‘The Killer Instinct’, which can both be viewed below. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the title track and the song ‘Soldierstown’.

Debut studio record All Hell Breaks Loose was released in May 2013.