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BLITZKRIEG Release Ninth Studio Album ‘Judge Not!’
April 27th, 2018

Newcastle, England-based heavy metal band Blitzkrieg issued ninth full-length studio album Judge Not! on April 27th, 2018 worldwide (excluding Japan and South America) through Mighty Music. Japanese release was scheduled for April 25th via Spiritual Beast (with the CD featuring two bonus tracks), while South American issue was handled by Hellion Records.

Guitarist Ken Johnson commented: “We’re all really excited in the band about the release of the new Blitzkrieg album especially after how well the Reign Of Fire EP turned out to close out last year. The reviews and response to that has been very good. This will be the bands first recorded new material since 2013! We all hope everyone enjoys listening to the new material as much as we enjoyed the production and recording of ‘Judge Not!’.”

Recording sessions for the outing commenced on October 16th, 2017 with Phil Davies at Downcast Base HQ Recording Studios in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Mixing was handled by Jonas Haagesen at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Heretic’
02. ‘Who Is Blind?’
03. ‘Forever Is A Long Time’
04. ‘Reign Of Fire’
05. ‘All Hell Is Breaking Loose’
06. ‘Angels Or Demons’
07. ‘Loud And Proud’
08. ‘Without You’
09. ‘Wide Legged And Headless’
10. ‘Falling Into Darkness’
11. ‘Judge Not Lest You Yourself Be Judged’
12. ‘School’s Out’ (Alice Cooper cover) (CD bonus track)
13. ‘After Dark’ (Japanese CD bonus track)
14. ‘Together We Are Strong’ (Japanese CD bonus track)

Blitzkrieg’s line-up was as follows:

Brian Ross (vocals)
Ken Johnson (guitar)
Alan Ross (guitar, vocals on ‘Without You’)
Huw Holding (bass)
Matt Graham (drums)

Blitzkrieg issued limited edition (500 copies) two-track seven-inch vinyl EP Reign Of Fire on December 8th, 2017 through Mighty Music.

A music video was released for the track ‘Angels Or Demons’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Forever Is A Long Time’. Both clips can be viewed below.

Eighth studio record Back From Hell was released in November 2013 via Metal Nation Records.

Promotional photograph by Geoff Duke.