DIAMOND HEAD To Release Lightning To The Nations (The White Album) [Remastered 2021] On September 30th Via Silver Lining Music

DIAMOND HEAD is of seminal importance to heavy metal music, and their debut album Lightning To The Nations is a key influence on the genre.

âWe wrote instinctively,â explains cofounding member and riff lord Brian Tatler. âWe had an undeniably unique sound. Four young lads, each with an element that, when combined, produced an alloy that was our own heavy metal sound.â

Lightning To The Nations (The White Album) [Remastered 2021] is the ultimate version of this ultimate album, set for release via Silver Lining Music on September 30th. The offering will feature not only the original album from 1/4-inch master tapes which Lars Ulrich helped Brian Tatler retrieve back in 1990, but also alternative mixes of classic cuts âLightning To The Nations,â âThe Prince,â âSucking My Love,â âAm I Evil?,â and âSweet And Innocentâ never publicly released (or heard) before. There is also brand-new cover artwork based on an idea Brian Tatler had, to show a character referred to as âThe Lightning God.â

âIn 1990, as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the NWOBHM, Lars Ulrich and Geoff Barton compiled the double album New Wave Of British Heavy Metal â79 Revisited which came out on Phonogram Records. It was Lars who made it his business to track down wherever possible the original master tapes because all he had were the old, often scratched singles,â recalls Tatler. âHe told me that he would often call up members of the bands they wanted to feature on the album and the confused guy on the other end of the phone would assume it was wind-up. âWho? Lars Ulrich? From Metallica Fuck off!â When Lars called me, I explained that the original 1/4-inch masters for Lightning To The Nations hadnât been seen since they were sent by our old manager to a guy called Horgi at Woolfe Records years back. Apparently, Horgi didnât return the tapes, so Lars dispatched someone from Metallicaâs German label to pay the guy a visitâ¦ The tapes were duly returned and after Phonogram had finished with them, Lars made sure they came home to me. I still have them stored safely.â

The original tapes were first quite literally baked — a process which allows degraded tape to be returned to playable quality — then restored and digitized before DIAMOND HEAD frontman Rasmus âRasâ Bom Andersen remastered the tracks, ending up with a pristine edition of the original recordings and the recently discovered alternative mixes. Pure treasure for all fans of both DIAMOND HEAD and the NWOBHM, the restored masters are supplemented by a set of bonus tracks originally recorded in the 1980s. Rounding-out this ultimate edition are a set of deep and detailed notes on both the era and each song by Brian Tatler.

âI donât really know what inspired âLightning to the Nations,ââ says Tatler in his notes. âI can’t think of any other song by any other band that sounds like it and that’s a hell of a claim. Sean got the title from a painting he had seen in an art book somewhere and thought it would make a good title for a song. Once we had the song and it became track one, side one, it seemed like a good album title too. Itâs still in the live set after forty-years.â

View/stream DIAMOND HEAD’s âLightning To The Nations (Lost Original Mix)â at THIS LOCATION.

Lightning To The Nations (The White Album) [Remastered 2021], will be released as a double CD, a deluxe 180-gram gatefold triple-vinyl edition containing the original album remastered, the lost mixes, and the bonus tracks. There will also be a single vinyl edition of just the remastered album, also on 180-gram. The complete recordings will also be available to stream and download.

A twenty-four-hour exclusive presale is available now via the bandâs D2C record store HERE. General retail preorders will be available Friday, August 12th via the same link.

Lightning To The Nations (The White Album) [Remastered 2021] Track Listing:

Lightning To The Nations
The Prince
Sucking My Love
Am I Evil?
Sweet And Innocent
Itâs Electric
Helpless
Lightning To The Nations (Lost Original Mix)
The Prince (Lost Original Mix)
Sucking My Love (Lost Original Mix)
Am I Evil? (Lost Original Mix)
Sweet And Innocent (Lost Original Mix)

Bonus Tracks:

Shoot Out The Lights
Streets Of Gold
Play It Loud
Waited Too Long
Diamond Lights
We Wonât Be Back
I Donât Got

Later this year, DIAMOND HEAD will embark on a string of shows where they will be joining Saxon as special guests for the European and UK dates on their Seize The Day world tour.

DIAMOND HEAD w/ Saxon:
10/02/2022 Trianon – Paris, FR
10/03/2022 013 – Tilburg, NL
10/04/2022 Capitol – Hannover, DE
10/06/2022 Admiralspalast – Berlin, DE
10/07/2022 Muffathalle – Munich, DE
10/08/2022 Capitol -Offenbach, DE
10/10/2022 Alcatraz – Milan, IT
10/11/2022 Z7 – Pratteln Z7
10/12/2022 Trix – Antwerp, BE
10/13/2022 Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
10/15/2022 Train – Aarhus, DK
10/17/2022 Pustervik – Gothenburg, SE
10/18/2022 Rockefeller – Oslo, NO
10/19/2022 Amager Bio – Copenhagen, DK
10/21/2022 Hedon – Zwolle, NL
10/22/2022 La Bam – Metz, FR
10/23/2022 Les Docks – Lausanne, CH
11/11/2022 Regent Theatre â Ipswich, UK
11/12/2022 O2 Guildhall â Southampton, UK
11/13/2022 De La Warr Pavilion â Bexhill, UK
11/14/2022 St. Davidâs Hall â Cardiff, UK
11/15/2022 Forum â Bath, UK
11/16/2022 Corn Exchange â Cambridge, UK
11/18/2022 O2 City Hall â Newcastle, UK
11/19/2022 King George’s Hall â Blackburn, UK
11/20/2022 Music Hall â Aberdeen, UK
11/21/2022 Barrowland â Glasgow, UK
11/22/2022 City Hall â Hull, UK
11/23/2022 Barbican â York, UK
11/25/2022 De Montfort Hall â Leicester, UK
11/26/2022 Roundhouse â London, UK

For EU tickets visit: https://www.saxon747.com/tour
For UK tickets visit: https://myticket.co.uk/artists/saxon

DIAMOND HEAD 2022 Lineup:
Rasmus Bom Andersen – vocals
Brian Tatler – lead, rhythm guitars
Karl Wilcox – drums
Andrew âAbbzâ Abberley – rhythm, lead guitars

DIAMOND HEAD 1980 Lineup:
Sean Harris – vocals
Brian Tatler – guitar
Duncan Scott – drums
Colin Kimberley – bass