Raven - Walk Through Fire

Legendary British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN will release its new album, "Walk Through Fire", on March 25 in Japan through King Records. The CD was recorded at the Assembly Line Studios with engineer/mixer Kevin 131 (PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, DECEASED, DYSRYTHMIA, GARDEN OF SHADOWS).

RAVEN vocalist/bassist John Gallagher
previously stated about the new CD, "It's the right combination of
spontaneous lunacy captured with the sounds we've always wanted."

"Walk Through Fire" track listing:

01. Intro
02. Against The Grain
03. Breaking You Down
04. Under Your Radar
05. Walk Through Fire
06. Bulldozer
07. Long Day's Journey
08. Trainwreck
09. Grip
10. Running Around In Circles
11. Hard Road
12. Armageddon
13. Attitude
14. Necessary Evil (Japan-only bonus track)
15. Space Station #5 (MONTROSE cover)

Check out the cover artwork below.

RAVEN's last studio album, "One for All", was released in 1999 via Massacre Records.

RAVEN performed on August 22, 2008 at Rockit Room in San Francisco, California. Also on the bill were STONE VENGEANCE and HELLHUNTER. Watch fan-filmed video footage from the concert below.





Should be good, but the cover art sucks IMO...

Can't wait until this one is available. I've been waiting for new Raven for a decade!

The cover art is not that bad. It looks like a Raven cover. Has a similar vibe ot Live At the Inferno.

WOOOOOT! It's about damn time!!

The cover may not be great but I agree with Ult, it's got a LIVE @ THE INFERNO vibe to it. They've never been known for great album covers anyway.

awesome, bring it on.

Hope there will be a U.S. or European release as well. Japan only sucks because I'm sure I'll have to fork over $30+ for it.

Is Ravens stuff from the 90s as good as their 80s stuff excluding The Pack Is Back?

80smetalrocks wrote:

Is Ravens stuff from the 90s as good as their 80s stuff excluding The Pack Is Back?

I thought their ARCHITECT OF FEAR album from '91 was pretty bad-ass... that one stands up admirably against the classics like ALL FOR ONE in my opinion. '97's EVERYTHING LOUDER and 99's ONE FOR ALL are pretty good too.

80smetalrocks wrote:

Is Ravens stuff from the 90s as good as their 80s stuff excluding The Pack Is Back?

Nostalgia aside, I think that Raven have released several stellar albums in the late 80's and into the 90's. Nothing Exceeds Like Excess (Combat Records) is a classic IMO. A real return to form after the push for commercialism with Atlantic Records. Architect of Fear, Heads Up, Glow, Everything Louder, One For All...all excellent metal albums.

ultmetal wrote:

Glow

Yea, GLOW is a good one... the production is a bit of a let down though. Love that cover of Thin Lizzy's "The Rocker." I saw them do that song live! As a matter of fact, I bought the GLOW disc from John Gallagher himself at that show.

I will get this one...Great Band and Great People...

Glenn Rogers wrote:

Great Band and Great People...

Yup. I've seen Raven twice and talked to John Gallagher for a while at both shows... he is definitely one of the coolest metal mofo's I've ever had the pleasure of hangin' with.

It's about time.

Cool interview with John Gallagher about the new Raven album here:

http://www.powerlinead.com/metal

John sez that distribution deals for the U.S. and Europe are currently being sorted out for the new album.

He also posted on the "Loonie Board" (at the official Raven site) that they should be offering copies of the CD for sale through the site sometime soon to tide everyone over till it gets released outside of Japan.

I soooooooo want this. Number one on my NLTM want list right now.

Why don't we all pitch in and buy a HoM copy? If 20 of us pitch in $2 a piece, we will have it covered!

Found a fan-made vid on YouTube for a track from the new Raven album... sounds durn good to me.

I sooooooooooo want this CD, but on Ebay it ever sells for under $40! GRRR!

Checked out the message board at Raven's site a couple of days ago and read that the first pressing of the new album is totally sold out... no word if there will be another pressing, or any news about a U.S. or European release yet.

(kicks rock) ...I'm never gonna get to hear this frickin' thing am I?

That's how I am. I just cannot bring myself to pay $40 - $60 for the Japanese pressing! They need a US label NOW!

ultmetal wrote:

That's how I am. I just cannot bring myself to pay $40 - $60 for the Japanese pressing! They need a US label NOW!

When I was single and had plenty of disposable $ to piss away on imported CDs, I didn't have a problem with paying that much for a disc. (I willingly paid obscene prices for much of Raven's '90s stuff that was only available in Japan at the time...) Now that I'm all Married With Children and those dang kids need unimportant stuff like food, clothing and shelter, such expenditures are no longer do-able...

Some guy on Raven's "Loonie Board" posted that he went looking for the new CD @ Amazon, and it is now listed as "No Longer Available" -- though he did find someone selling a used copy for $75!!

John Gallagher posted this response yesterday :

John Gallagher wrote:

$75?? Geez!!
believe it or not, we are working on a friggin deal for the album..and
will keep everyone posted..its not that we have not had offers, its
just that frankly the album deserves a little better...

cheers, john

I'll keep checking back for updates.

Just checked the Raven forum and John G. recently (Oct. 29th) posted that a US/Europe release for WALK THROUGH FIRE is "currently in the works" and that "details are being sorted out." He promises that there'll be more info soon.

I bought my copy directly from John Gallagher. It cost me $25. It's a fantastic album!!!

John Gallagher posted this nugget of info on Raven's Loonie Board a couple of days ago:

I CAN confirm the CD will be out in the USA & Europe in late March 2010 - full details to come out when I get the ok.....

we will have extra tracks on each version!

more to follow...

cheers, John

WOOT! It's about damn time!!

Horray!