Northampton welcomes Raging Speedhorn
Posted 31st October 2024Raging Speedhorn have announced a brace of dates to welcome in their new album, Nightwolf, and SBD Promotions have bagged one of them. The Corby founded band will be live at The Black Prince in Northampton on November 1. Vocalist Dan Cook talked Pulse’s Sammy Jones through the latest…
“It’s gonna be good to get back to Northampton again, it’s close to the birthplace of Speedhorn, and not far from where a lot of the creation happens and where the last three albums have been recorded, so it always feels familiar – even for the members from the other end of the country,” Dan said, “It seems the band will always be drawn back to near its roots and it will be great to see lots of old faces from the early days.
“It’s one of two small shows we’ve chosen to kick the new album campaign off and what better place to have one of the pre-release parties to unleash album number seven?”
The British metal saviours’ sixth studio elpee, Hard to Kill, was a fiery fuelled release that saw them back to their brutal best. Nightwolf has been around for a while now though, awaiting its big reveal.
“It’s possibly been three years in the making, and recorded more than a year and a half ago. We started writing during Covid – there wasn’t much else we could do; as we know, gigs were on the back burner because of the pandemic. But the energy was higher than ever in the band and the need to make noise was very apparent between us all.”
As soon as restrictions were lifted, the guys convened to the rehearsal room, and the album was recorded at the start of 2023 at Kettering’s Parlour Studios, the band reconnecting with producer Russ Russell (Napalm Death, At The Gates, The Wildhearts) to get the job done.
“He just gets us and the working relationship is nothing short of awesome,” Dan said, “He’s very involved in all parts and not afraid to give his opinion and to be honest he’s probably one of the few people we actually listen to.”
The plan was to issue the disc independently, but with industry ears turned their way, the buzz built and a deal was inked with Spinefarm Records, which sees the lads now sitting on a roster which includes Black Label Society, Creeper and Electric Wizard. Nice company to be in.
“Although frustrating not getting the record out sooner, it’s definitely been worth the wait for us,” Dan realises, “All things happen for a reason, as they say.”
There’s an avid fan base waiting for the album to drop – what can they expect?
“It is definitely a huge progression, due to the current line-up, but 100% still Speedhorn.
“The artwork is off the scale and we’ve got some really great people working with us now. We can’t wait to unleash it on the world.”
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