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Hammer Of Doom 2012 Review
HAMMER OF DOOM FESTIVAL
GERMANY
'FFM - ROCK' REVIEW
DESOLATION ANGELS
'FFM - ROCK' REVIEW
DESOLATION ANGELS
Desolation Angels came on stage and started to play some old-school 70's hard rock and heavy metal with fluent grooves, powerful riffs with super lead solos, a tight rhythm-section and a lead singer, who seemed to really rise to the great reaction from the audience!
'Grooveslasher' hymns like POWER HUNGRY and VALHALLA were celebrated by the appreciative fans!
It appeared that most of the fans knew the band like they had played regularly in Germany; but maybe only 20% really knew of the band prior to tonight?
This band got huge attention from the crowd which could be because they are one of the best bands of the NWOBHM era!
Better and better, with perfect grooves they get the audience really rocking in a short time and also the people in the back of the hall.
We were fascinated by DA! The longer they played, the more hands went up in the air and more and more people came into an already very busy hall.
The audience stayed and rocked right until the end and there were 2 "die-hard-fan-blocks" that celebrated this fantastic band from the begining to the end of their set!
The show was hugely impressive and the band had to play some encores due to massive applause and cheering from the fans!
After their show I met DA singer Ian 'Curly' Davies and I asked him what the band's music roots were; he answered "Dio, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath (from the Tony Martin era) as well as many other old school hard rock and heavy metal bands".
He also said that after this wonderful reaction from the crowd on their first visit to Germany, DESOLATION ANGELS would love to come back to Germany again soon and play some more shows!
"You are welcome back anytime guys"!
Michael Toscher
More images and Power Hungry video coming soon.
English translation from the original German review.
Friday, 14 September 2012
Mega Rehearsals
DA have been in rehearsals in London for the past couple of months, fine tuning an awesome 'Live' set ready for upcoming gigs!
Everyone is pumped and revitalized by what is happening, in short the band has undergone a metamorphosis and has become a hard rocking animal hungry to unleash it's new found dynamism in 2012!
Curly on lead vocals is taking classic DA songs to new places whilst the rest of the band delivers a chest pounding wall of melodic hard rock that will literally be music to the ears of DA fans the World over!
DA are firing on each and every cylinder and are counting the days until they can unleash their rock n roll 'Fury' live on stage, firstly on Saturday October 27th @ The Bull & Gate, London and then in Germany @ The Hammer of Doom Festivals' 'Epic Metal' night, on Friday 9th November 2012!
DA are embarking on a new rock n roll journey and want you there with them every step of the way!
Gig details @ http://desolationangels.co.uk/pages/gigs.html
Curly with the lovely Coventry ladies - Ooooow Yeah!
DA have been in rehearsals in London for the past couple of months, fine tuning an awesome 'Live' set ready for upcoming gigs!
Everyone is pumped and revitalized by what is happening, in short the band has undergone a metamorphosis and has become a hard rocking animal hungry to unleash it's new found dynamism in 2012!
Curly on lead vocals is taking classic DA songs to new places whilst the rest of the band delivers a chest pounding wall of melodic hard rock that will literally be music to the ears of DA fans the World over!
DA are firing on each and every cylinder and are counting the days until they can unleash their rock n roll 'Fury' live on stage, firstly on Saturday October 27th @ The Bull & Gate, London and then in Germany @ The Hammer of Doom Festivals' 'Epic Metal' night, on Friday 9th November 2012!
DA are embarking on a new rock n roll journey and want you there with them every step of the way!
Gig details @ http://desolationangels.co.uk/pages/gigs.html
Curly with the lovely Coventry ladies - Ooooow Yeah!
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Words From The Front . . .
Hey, I'd like to say hello, I am Curly, the new lead singer with Desolation Angels.
It's a privilege to be a part of this great band, helping to take it forward, contributing to writing new material whilst maintaining the quality, drive and energy that has appealed to and rocked fans in the UK, Europe and the U.S. since the 1980's!
The first DA track I listened to was 'Fury' and it blew me away! I had just completed 30hrs recording at a studio in Birmingham and the record company who hired me were dicking me about and trying to wriggle out of paying me. The lyrics of 'Fury' expressed the aggression and rage that was welling up inside me, I wanted to hurt these f-ckers, make their lives a misery for what they were trying to do to me. We have all had times in our lives when at some point we felt we could lose it, and 'Fury' said it all for me; this is when I realised I was on the same wave length as DA and could relate to what this band was all about, raw, living breathing emotion, expressed through explosive, heavy riff driven rock n roll!
I spent a couple of months learning lyrics for my audition and when the day came I was blown away by the thunderous 'live' sound of DA in the studio and the sheer power and energy that they deliver!
The rest of the band and I hit it off straight away and I knew the audition had gone well when Rob said "You are so right for this band, this wasn't like an audition, it was like we were rehearsing after you had been with the band for a few months!"
So, here I am, a cold can of cider in hand, all fired up n ready to get out there fronting the awesome 'Desolation Angels'! I drink to your health and look forward to sharing a few cold ones with you at our live shows in the UK, Europe, U.S. and beyond!
Rock on,
Curly
It's a privilege to be a part of this great band, helping to take it forward, contributing to writing new material whilst maintaining the quality, drive and energy that has appealed to and rocked fans in the UK, Europe and the U.S. since the 1980's!
The first DA track I listened to was 'Fury' and it blew me away! I had just completed 30hrs recording at a studio in Birmingham and the record company who hired me were dicking me about and trying to wriggle out of paying me. The lyrics of 'Fury' expressed the aggression and rage that was welling up inside me, I wanted to hurt these f-ckers, make their lives a misery for what they were trying to do to me. We have all had times in our lives when at some point we felt we could lose it, and 'Fury' said it all for me; this is when I realised I was on the same wave length as DA and could relate to what this band was all about, raw, living breathing emotion, expressed through explosive, heavy riff driven rock n roll!
I spent a couple of months learning lyrics for my audition and when the day came I was blown away by the thunderous 'live' sound of DA in the studio and the sheer power and energy that they deliver!
The rest of the band and I hit it off straight away and I knew the audition had gone well when Rob said "You are so right for this band, this wasn't like an audition, it was like we were rehearsing after you had been with the band for a few months!"
So, here I am, a cold can of cider in hand, all fired up n ready to get out there fronting the awesome 'Desolation Angels'! I drink to your health and look forward to sharing a few cold ones with you at our live shows in the UK, Europe, U.S. and beyond!
Rock on,
Curly
Heavy Metal
Always the happy mob . . . Just add dry ice, pyros, beer and we got ourselves a party
http://desolationangels.co.uk/pages/gigs.html
http://desolationangels.co.uk/pages/gigs.html
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