Artist: BLACK STAR RIDERS [THIN LIZZY]
Album: ANOTHER STATE OF GRACE (CD)

Year: 06.09.2019
EAN/UPS: 727361489328
Media type: CD

BLACK STAR RIDERS are back – with a new album, a new line-up, and what frontman Ricky Warwick calls “a new energy and chemistry”.

In the seven years since Warwick and legendary guitarist Scott Gorham put BLACK STAR RIDERS together, they have made three of the finest hard rock albums of modern times.

In 2013 came the debut »All Hell Breaks Loose«, praised by AllMusic for its “aggressive attack, melodic sensibility, and deep groove consciousness”. In 2015 came »The Killer Instinct«, of which Classic Rock stated: “All ten tracks here would sound glorious blasting from a jukebox in the best spit ’n’ sawdust bar in town.” And in 2017 there was »Heavy Fire«, a top 10 hit in the UK, acclaimed by MOJO for its “glorious, free-roaming twin-lead guitars”, “jubilant songs”, and the band’s ability to “distil hard rock to its elemental state”.

There have been a few line-up changes along the way for BLACK STAR RIDERS. In 2014, original bassist Marco Mendoza (ex-WHITESNAKE) was replaced by an old friend of his, Robbie Crane, formerly of RATT and Vince Neal; in 2017, drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Ex-MEGADETH, Ex-ALICE COOPER) was replaced by Chad Szeliga; and in early 2019, Christian Martucci was recruited following the departure of Damon Johnson (THIN LIZZY, ex-ALICE COOPER), who had been a contributor to the songwriting in BLACK STAR RIDERS.

The result is BLACK STAR RIDERS’ finest album so far. Scott Gorham thinks so, and Ricky Warwick agrees. “I think we’re very comfortable now in our own skin,” he says. “And with two different personalities in the band, they’ve really put their mark on this record.”
One of the first people to hear »Another State Of Grace« in its full glory was DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott, a fan of THIN LIZZY and of the band that Ricky Warwick led in the late ’80s and ’90s, THE ALMIGHTY. As Elliott says: “I’ve been an ardent supporter of BLACK STAR RIDERS ever since they started their journey, having moved away from being THIN LIZZY and becoming a legitimate band in their own right. For me, this album is by far their best effort to date.”


CD:

01. Tonight The Moonlight Let Me Down
02. Another State Of Grace
03. Ain’t The End Of The World
04. Underneath The Afterglow
05. Soldier In The Ghetto
06. Why Do You Love Your Guns?
07. Standing In The Line Of Fire
08. What Will It Take?
09. In The Shadow Of The War Machine
10. Poisoned Heart


LINE-UP:

Ricky Warwick | vocals
Scott Gorham | guitars
Damon Johnson | guitars
Robbie Crane | bass
Jimmy DeGrasso | drums