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RAVEN Release 12th Studio Album ‘ExtermiNation’
April 22nd, 2015

Newcastle, England-born heavy metal group Raven issued ExtermiNation in Scandinavia on April 22nd, 2015 through Steamhammer / SPV. The label scheduled German release for the 24th, general European release for the 27th, and North American release for the 28th.

The effort was made available in the following formats; digipak CD, 2LP gatefold green vinyl, and digital download.

A Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign launched to finance recording raised more than $27,000. Full-length covers record Party Killers was given away as an exclusive Kickstarter reward, with exclusive T-shirts, patches, and a seven-inch vinyl single also being offered.

ExtermiNation was recorded between August and December 2014 at Assembly Line Studios in Vienna, Virginia, and mixed by Kevin Gutierrez. Mastering duties fell to Bill Wolf at Wolf Productions Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia.

Cover artwork was created by Jay Sharpe.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Destroy All Monsters’
02. ‘Tomorrow’
03. ‘It’s Not What You Got’
04. ‘Fight’
05. ‘Battle March/Tank Treads (The Blood Runs Red)’
06. ‘Feeding The Monster’
07. ‘Fire Burns Within’
08. ‘Scream’
09. ‘One More Day’
10. ‘Thunder Down Under’
11. ‘No Surrender’
12. ‘Golden Dawn’
13. ‘Silver Bullet’
14. ‘River Of No Return’
15. ‘Malice In Geordieland’ (bonus track)

Raven’s line-up was as follows:

John Gallagher (vocals and bass)
Mark Gallagher (guitars)
Joe Hasselvander (drums)

In its first week of release, ExtermiNation charted at position 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hard Music Charts and position 190 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart.

A music video was filmed for the track ‘Battle March/Tank Treads (The Blood Runs Red)’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Destroy All Monsters’. Both clips can be viewed below.

Twelfth studio record Walk Through Fire was released in March 2010.