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RAVEN Release 14th Studio Album ‘Metal City’
September 18th, 2020

Newcastle, England-born heavy metal band Raven issued 14th full-length studio album Metal City on September 18th, 2020 through Steamhammer / SPV.

The outing marked the first Raven studio album to feature Fear Factory drummer Mike Heller, who replaced Joe Hasselvander in 2017.

John Gallagher commented: “Our initial goal was just to raise the bar once more. We did a good job on ExtermiNation [2015] and decided we just wanted more of everything next time. However, things changed once we got Mike on board. Attitude and tempos got revved up a lot! Mike is a ball of energy. He has a good ear and is a big fan of the early albums, especially the crazy feel. He’s kicked us into a higher gear where we feel that we can play anything and everything we write with no restrictions.”

Metal City was recorded at Michael Wagner’s WireWorld Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Mixing and mastering was handled by Chris “Zeuss” Harris.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘The Power’
02. ‘Top Of The Mountain’
03. ‘Human Race’
04. ‘Metal City’
05. ‘Battlescarred’
06. ‘Cybertron’
07. ‘Motorheadin’’
08. ‘Not So Easy’
09. ‘Break’
10. ‘When Worlds Collide’
11. ‘Rock This Town’ *

* Japanese CD bonus track

Raven’s line-up was as follows:

John Gallagher (vocals and bass)
Mark Gallagher (guitar)
Mike Heller (drums)

Produced by Paul McGuire, a music video was filmed for the title track.

In addition, a music video was filmed for the song ‘Not So Easy’. Speaking about the clip, frontman John Gallagher said: “We actually shot this back in April 2019 in Los Angeles while we were doing some studio lunacy at Mike Heller’s place. Just a regular day at the office… lunatic style!”

And as well, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Top Of The Mountain’.

All three clips can also be viewed below.

Thirteenth studio record ExtermiNation was released in April 2015 via Steamhammer / SPV.

Promotional photograph by Magalie Aspeele.