DIAMOND HEAD North American tour announced

DIAMOND HEAD are set to return to North American for their longest tour in their 40-year career.  The headline run will feature songs that span their extensive recording catalog including their self-titled new album out now on Dissonance Productions. A series of UK dates will precede the band’s North American tour.

Recorded at Vigo Studios in Birmingham, “Diamond Head” is the first album to feature new vocalist Rasmus Born Anderson and ends an eight-year silence for the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) legends. Prior to 2014, the thought of a new album was bleak as guitarist and band founder Brian Tatler previously revealed.

“I had no interest in doing another record but after working with Ras on the 2014 European tour that suddenly changed.  I wanted to make a record with him.  He’s a confident singer and he’s not trying to fill anyone’s shoes”.  Recording of the album commenced last July with the band and engineer Adam Beddow at the helm.  Tatler notes, “I gave Rasmus some music to listen to last January.  He selected songs or riffs that he wanted to work on and we began rehearsing.  We whittled things down to fourteen songs by April”.  Eleven songs were selected in the end for the album; all mixed by Dave Nicholls and mastered by John Davis at London’s Metropolis. 

In addition to the new album, Dissonance Productions will issue for the first time in North America the band’s 2005 album “All Will Be Revealed” and 2007 album “What’s In Your Head”.  Both will be released on July 1.