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\nNew wave of British heavy metal and thrash legends RAVEN have are currently on the road in North America on the \u201cNorth American Extermination Tour 2014\u2033. The band kicked off this tour following their special guest appearances alongside Accept. . Fans can expect to hear RAVEN classics and new songs that the band is currently in the studio working on. The tour is going on now and runs through November 25th in Raleigh, NC.<\/p>\n
Vocalist\/Bassist John Gallagher commented on the tour:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tour is off to a great start\u2026we\u2019ve mixed things up set wise and are playing a few brand new songs that will be in the upcoming album and a few old ones we have not done in a long while or ever! We even did \u2018Ballad of Marshall Stack\u2019 last night! Night Demon is killing it as support and we are really looking forward to the rest of the gigs.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was recently announced that RAVEN has signed a worldwide deal with SPV\/Steamhammer and their new studio album and follow up to Walk Through Fire is set for a release in February 2015<\/p>\n
Last year saw the release of the band\u2019s documentary DVD Rock Until You Drop \u2013 A Long Day\u2019s Journey documents the band\u2019s almost 40 year career and highlights their high energy approach and influence on the development of thrash. The DVD can be ordered HERE.<\/p>\n
RAVEN \u201cNorth American Extermination Tour 2014\u2033
\n10\/07: New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
\n10\/08: Dallas, TX @ RBC
\n10\/09: Houston TX @ White Swan Live
\n10\/10: Little Rock, AR @ Vino\u2019s
\n10\/11: Austin, TX @ Red 7
\n10\/12: Midland, TX @ Keglers Lounge
\n10\/13: Las Cruces, NM @ The Green Room
\n10\/15: Mesa, AZ @ Club Red
\n10\/17: San Marcos, CA @ Jumping Turtle
\n10\/18: Santa Barbara, CA @ Biko House
\n10\/19: Las Vegas, NV @ Cheyenne Saloon
\n10\/20: Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
\n10\/22: San Bernardino, CA @ Black Flame Collective
\n10\/23: Fullerton, CA @ Slidebar
\n10\/24: Ventura, CA @ Bombay
\n10\/25: Los Osos, CA @ Sweet Springs Saloon
\n10\/26: Sacramento, CA @ Blue Lamp
\n10\/27: San Francisco, CA @ The Elbo Room
\n10\/28: Sparks, NV @ The Alley
\n10\/29: Ashland, OR @ Club 66
\n10\/30: Portland, OR @ Tonic Lounge
\n10\/31: Spokane, WA @ The Hop!
\n11\/01: Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
\n11\/02: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
\n11\/03: Boise, ID @ The Shredder
\n11\/04: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Lo-Fi Caf\u00e9
\n11\/05: Denver, CO @ 3 Kings
\n11\/07: St Louis, MO @ Fubar
\n11\/09: Columbus, OH @ Shrunken Head
\n11\/11: Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
\n11\/13: Indianapolis, IN @ Headquarters
\n11\/14: Akron, OH @ Empire Rock Club
\n11\/15: Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
\n11\/16: Chicago IL @ Reggie\u2019s
\n11\/18: Detroit, MI @ Token Lounge
\n11\/19: Syracuse, NY @ Macs Bad Art Bar
\n11\/20: Pittsburgh, PA @ Dead Horse
\n11\/21: Brooklyn, NY @ St. Vitus
\n11\/22: Philadelphia, PA @ Dobbs
\n11\/23: Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
\n11\/24: Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
\n11\/25: Raleigh, NC @ The Maywood<\/p>\n
About RAVEN:
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\nAccording to the pages of the various metal media, the labels \u201cLEGENDARY,\u201d \u201cINNOVATIVE,\u201d \u201cTRUE ORIGINALS,\u201d as well as \u201cLUNATICS!\u201d have been rightfully pinned upon RAVEN over the years. In a music scene filled by clones nurtured with a cookie-cutter mentality, the unique personality, power and humor of the three band members has always shone through. The crazed vocals & bass playing of John Gallagher, the full frontal guitar assault of brother, Mark Gallagher, and the punishing polyrhythmic pounding of drummer, Joe Hasselvander, all combine to form a sonic battering ram unique in rock!<\/p>\n
From the well documented early days as NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) frontrunners, RAVEN\u2019s albums ROCK UNTIL YOU DROP, WIPED OUT and ALL FOR ONE virtually invented both the speed metal and power metal genres \u2013 during the trailblazing USA tours of the 80\u2019s introducing the States to \u201cAthletic rock\u201d as well as giving opening acts like Metallica and Anthrax their first tours, through the doldrums of the late 80\u2019s\/early 90\u2019s when a grunge obsessed media wrote off so many acts \u2013 RAVEN has consistently proved to be both survivors par excellence and in a genre of grim imitation \u2013 shown that they are \u201cthe real thing\u201d. Where so many of their contemporaries have either faded creatively or become parodies of themselves, RAVEN have consistently pushed the envelope while retaining their unique sound and attack \u2013 both in the studio & in their true element, onstage! New wave of British heavy metal and thrash legends RAVEN have are currently on the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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