Warrant's Erik Turner & Robert Mason on This Weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 333 - Warrant

Hot on the heels of the release of Warrant’s latest “Louder Harder Faster” we bring you talks with both Erik Turner and Robert Mason. These guys are out on tour right now and if ya want all the tour info and more head to warrantrocks.com .

Track of the week comes from Sweden in the form of Crazy Lixx and one off their latest release “Ruff Justice”. Get your Lixx at crazylixx.com

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Kurdt Vanderhoof & Jarvis Letherby on this Weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 332 - Metal Demon

A double header this week as we bring you a chat with Kurdt Vanderhoof as Metal Church releases “Classic Live” via RatPak Records.

If that wasn't enough metal for ya we also we talk once again with Jarvis Letherby as Night Demon sets loose their latest “Darkness Remains”.

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House of Lords guitarist Jimi Bell Guests on The Weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 331 - Jimi Bell

House of Lords just released “Saint of The Lost Souls” and this week we have guitarist Jimi Bell on the show to give us the whole story on the album. Jimi also regales us with some great stories from the eighties including a great Ozzy recollection. Get more info at HouseofLordsBand.com

Track of the week is from past FoM guests Wolfpakk from their new one on AFM  “Wolves Reign”. Find em’ at Wolfpakk.net

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Metal Journo Howard Johnson guest on This Weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 330 - Kerrang! Episode 4

This week we continue our Kerrang! magazine project as we bring you a chat we just had with Howard Johnson. Howard had a wealth of great stories for us and we are sure you’re going to enjoy everything he has to say. These days Howard is involved with the great Rock Candy Mag. They just put out issue 1 and you can get yourself a copy by going to rockcandymag.com/

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DIAMOND HEAD TO TOUR THE STATES WITH FIRST EVER USA FESTIVAL APPEARANCES

One of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, Diamond Head, will be returning to the States for tour dates in May and in August. From May 17-27, the band - led by co-founding member/guitarist Brian Tatler - will be playing headline shows (and two dates with Ross the Boss, as well as a performance at the Legions of Metal Festival in Chicago with Armored Saint, and an appearance at Rocklahoma in Oklahoma). And then from August 19-25, Diamond Head will return to the US for another festival appearance (Psycho Vegas 2017 in Las Vegas), as well as additional headlining gigs.  “Excited to be back in the US this spring, playing songs from the new album ‘Diamond Head’ along with many classics from Lightning To The Nations, Borrowed Time & Canterbury’.” -Brian Tatler, 5/4/17 As part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, Diamond Head came up in the same scene as eventual global headliners Def Leppard and Iron Maiden. And while Diamond Head did not achieve the same commercial success as the aforementioned bands, they did influence countless subsequent musicians - especially Metallica, as it was a then-teenaged Lars Ulrich that befriended the band early on and became a major fan. Subsequently, Metallica has covered such Diamond Head classics as “Am I Evil,” “Helpless,” “The Prince,” and “It’s Electric” multiple times - on multiple platinum releases. In addition to performing these classics at their upcoming U.S. shows, expect to also hear material performed off their latest release - 2016’s self-titled offering. Their seventh studio albums overall, the album has become one of their most critically acclaimed of their entire career - as evidenced by Classic Rock Magazine saying, "It just fu*kin' rocks in glorious timeless fashion" and Metal Hammer simply adding, "This is rather excellent." And soon, many U.S. fans will get to see the legendary Diamond Head on a nearby concert stage.  "When we made 'Kill Em All', it was just Diamond Head and Motörhead"  Lars Ulrich - Metallica "We're a combination of the two heads, Diamond Head and Motörhead. The epic feel is definitely from Diamond Head, while the simplicity came from Motörhead."  James Hetfield – Metallica "I'm influenced by the likes of Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and Brian Tatler".  Dave Mustaine - Megadeth DIAMOND HEAD LINE-UP 2017: Brian Tatler - Guitars  Rasmus Bom Andersen - Vocals  Abbz Abberley  - Guitars  Dean Ashton - Bass  Karl Wilcox - Drums  DIAMOND HEAD US TOUR 2017: Additional dates to be announced shortly. W   5/17 Columbus, OH      Ace of Cups Th  5/18 Indianapolis, IN     The Headquarters w/Ross The Boss F    5/19 Rock Island, IL      RIBCO S    5/20 Chicago, IL            Legions of Metal Festival w/Armored Saint  Su  5/21 Savage, MN          Neisens w/Ross The Boss                  M   5/22 Joliet, IL                 The Forge T    5/23 Newport, KY          Southgate House Th  5/25 Springfield, MO     Nathan P Murphy's S    5/27 Pryor, OK              Rocklahoma Festival                     S    8/19 Las Vegas, NV      Psycho Vegas 2017 Festival W   8/23 Portland, OR         Bossanova Ballrooms Th  8/25 Seattle, WA           El Corazon FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://www.facebook.com/DiamondHeadOfficial/ http://www.diamond-head.net

Robin McAuley Returns to the show on this weeks Focus on Metal

Episode 329 - Robin McAuley

Vocalist Robin McAuley returns to the show this week. We haven’t talked to Robin since late 2015 but as usual; the guy stays pretty busy. Besides the relaunch of Raiding The Rock Vault Robin has also been doing dates with Michael Schenker as part of Schenker Fest. In fact they just did a multi format release of the Tokyo show in late March. Keep track of Robin at his site robinmcauley.com/ 

See if the Schenker Fest is coming near you at michaelschenkerhimself.com/

Get all the Rock Vault and tix at raidingtherockvault.com/

Track of the week is from past FoM guests Helker from their new one on AFM  “Firesoul”. Find em’ at helker.net/

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