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Lightning To The Nations 2020

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Lightning to the Nations
2 The Prince
3 Sucking My Love

Disc: 2

1 Am I Evil?
2 Sweet and Innocent
3 It's Electric
4 Helpless

Disc: 3

1 No Remorse
2 Immigrant Song

Disc: 4

1 Sinner
2 Rat Bat Blue

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LIGHTNING TO THE NATIONS 2020: HEAVY METAL RE-BORN AND RE-ENERGISED AS DIAMOND HEAD RELEASE 40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF DEBUT ALBUM Re-imagined, re-recorded and re-born, Diamond Head’s forthcoming 40-year celebration of their genre-defining debut album Lightning To The Nations is a scintillating shot of fresh metal energy. Taking the material which spawned the ground-breaking New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), Diamond Head utilise all their skill, experience and revitalised energy to breathe so much new life into these freshly recorded takes that it feels like experiencing the earth shaking all over again. The levels of fresh energy in these celebration sessions will blow doors and socks off all who hear them, and the potency of timeless riffage such as “It’s Electric” and “The Prince” literally scream at the listener. Founder member, lead guitarist/songsmith Brian Tatler and rhythm guitarist Andy Abberley give the guitars a new razor edge, Karl Wilcox on drums and Dean Ashton on bass are a buoyant bombastic platform, while vocalist Rasmus Bom Andersen brings a brilliant new take on the vocals. Anderson also produced and mixed the album with a freshness and attack which will thrill fans old and new. As if that wasn’t enough, Diamond Head add four covers to the album, Judas Priest’s “Sinner”, Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song”, Deep Purple’s “Rat Bat Blue” and a stunning take of Metallica’s “No Remorse”, which is a tribute’s tribute to the band who openly formed under enormous influence from Diamond Head, and covered several of the songs on Lightning To The Nations, decades ago. Diamond Head’s debut was a classic once already; it is about to be a stone cold classic once more.

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  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.48 x 12.36 x 0.47 inches; 10.58 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Silver Lining Music
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2020
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 17, 2020
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Silver Lining Music
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08JB5WRZL
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 431 ratings

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Monkyman Kong
5.0 out of 5 stars Warm up the tube amps!
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2022
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This album is of excellent quality. Now get ready to be Bruce Lee 1 inch punched to the midsection then pummeled to the cranium for 10 minutes, Ok, you made it through No Remorse and the Immigrant song. Take a break, gather your senses and finish the album. I was hesitant about a reissue but this is done right. If my copy was actually the last one on Amazon, I truly apologize that you missed it. I hope they get more……it rocks.
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Red Star Haze
5.0 out of 5 stars Diamond Head covers Diamond Head!
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2021
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The recording and performance on this disc is perfect. The band is tight, and they play with needed aggression, and the new singer does the old songs justice. The included covers are great as well, and it was nice to see them return the favor to Metallica and do an excellent cover of No Remorse. With this said, the cover of Judas Priest's Sinner steals the show... this cover would make Rob Halford and the boys proud!

DO NOT HESITATE... BUY THIS DISC!
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C CORSO: Tiny
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy it 🤘
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020
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Recording is superb, great sound! Of course original can't be touched, first vocals! ( Not a fan of singer switch but this guy works! Not over the top like so many) Second is the classic distortion of the time that brings you right back to the day ( celtic frost, exodus, slayer, metallica, destruction COC ECT ECT ....early/mid eighties. So yes Updated sound of course but heavy again it's mixed nicely with base well pronounced.
Worth getting new/old Album. Happy, heavy and digging it
Merry Christmas 🎄
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Joe Bybel
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2021
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I was very happy to buy this cd. The sound is very good and heavy. Kudos the the band. I was very surprised at the excellent quality of the cover songs that they played. The Deep Purple cover song, I couldn't figure out why they picked that one when there were so many other better choices. But DH did a fantastic job recording it. Did I mention that I was very happy with this cd? Oh yes, I did.
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Gary Venema
4.0 out of 5 stars It is a retread
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020
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sounds good though.
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Rick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great record!
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021
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Finally I could put my hands on this record, at least the relaunched version! Great from start to end, the artwork and the sleeves looks beautiful, the copy sounds insanelly good, not too much to say, if you ate a NWOBHM and/or a Metallica fan, you will enjoy this record a lot!
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Scott Burridge
5.0 out of 5 stars Great album! A HEAVY METAL must have
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2021
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These guys are awesome! From the late 70s when real, hard driving HEAVY METAL was just getting started. I believe they wrote a lot of the songs that Metallica covered on the Kill 'Em All album. ( I'll hafta look into it )
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Russ Pickering
5.0 out of 5 stars This album is amazing
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2022
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I love this album is a classic
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kenner7
5.0 out of 5 stars The goods were delivered!
Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2021
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I ordered this release and it was delivered quickly. It's a wonderful recording of the band's classic first album. This will not disappoint!
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J. Marcos
5.0 out of 5 stars Impresionante sonido. Grata sorpresa
Reviewed in Spain on March 7, 2022
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Como muchos descubrí a Diamond Head gracias a Metallica en el 87 con el EP Garage Days Re-revisited. En esos años era imposible hacerse con una copia del Lightning To The Nations. No había y no teníamos los medios de hoy día para localizarlos. Después, con la irrupción del MP3 y el Garage Inc. de Metallica volvieron a hacerlo y ahí no me fue difícil hacerme con la discografía de Diamond Head. Este disco sonaba brutal en su formato original pero este de 2.020 le supera. El cambio de vocalista es, en mi opinión, secundario, ya que cumple con creces la ausencia de Sean Harris y no lleva a la banda a sonar de manera distinta. De hecho, el cambio, la nueva ingeniería de este LP es demoledoramente superior a su original. Como decía, brutal. Un disco de metal absolutamente imprescindible. A esto hay que sumarle un segundo disco de covers nada despreciable, lo que anunciaba en el título como una grata sorpresa. Si ya hacía tiempo que los Diamond me habían enganchado con su riff directo, este disco me ha encandilado.
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Parfait livraison bien reçue
5.0 out of 5 stars Diamond head 80/20
Reviewed in France on December 1, 2020
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Très bon reengistrement d'un album culte du heavy 1980. Le son du vinyl est excellent.
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S. Lornie
5.0 out of 5 stars Killer Re-Recordings!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2020
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I think it is safe to say that anyone looking at this page knows at least one Diamond Head song and it is likely because of a cover released by Metallica. That is how it was for me and that is how it seems to be for everyone else. The now legendary Lightning To The Nations record is now an impressive forty years old and to celebrate, Brian Tatler and his current line up of musicians have re-recorded the entire album to show it the love that it never got.

I know what you're thinking, I groaned internally too when I heard that they have re-recorded this classic. But let me just say, I am VERY impressed with what the band churned out here. Not only have they given the songs a strong new sound but it oozes with the energy and passion that the currently line up have put into their recent albums, Diamond Head and Coffin Train.

It's no doubt going to be seen as a controversial opinion but this is a huge upgrade from the thin cheap production of the original LP. As soon as the album starts, it'll hit you immediately with this huge thick guitar. Tatler is not screwing around. He sounds heavier and meaner than he ever has. He performs some fantastic solos. Between Brian and guitarist Andrew Abberley, the two give those old played out riffs the kick up the butt they deserve. The bass playing from Dean Ashton sounds great in the mix between the twin guitars. The drums are quite up front in the mix and have quite an impact. I like the use of double bass drumming sprinkled through out. It's not over used like other bands but just enough to give certain passages a boost. The vocals from Rasmus Bom Anderson are some of the finest the band have had in general. But here he is more consistent and more powerful than the original by Sean Harris. I love the extra melodies he gives us and the James Hetfield style grunt. It's the little things that count.

The production and engineering of the album is pretty good for the most part. I would argue that it has been mixed a bit too loud but it isn't anywhere near as bad as other metal albums released this year. The songs have all been slowed down just a little bit and I'm curious to know who made that decision. The song Am I Evil? for example sounds more in line with the rendition on the bands Borrowed Time album and not the original Lightning To The Nations. It's an interesting choice and no doubt some meat head types will find this offensive but I find it gives the music more room to breathe and makes the riffs feel heavier, which is what this album definitely is.

In a weird bit of irony, I think Diamond Head have finally made a cover of Am I Evil? that tops Metallica in terms of heaviness and impact. They took what they've done with this song over the years and rubbed it all over the entire album. The results are a fantastic re-recording of one of heavy metal's most under appreciated bands. This line up of the group is on fire, between this and their previous two albums. I hope we see more from the band soon. If you're a Diamond Head fan, a NWOBHM fan, a Metallica fan and so on, this well worth picking up.
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Raúl Reyes
5.0 out of 5 stars Sonido explosivo!
Reviewed in Spain on December 7, 2022
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Gran regrabación del álbum original al que le sacaron brillo y que cuenta con interesantes temas bonus como Rat Bat Blue de Deep Purple y No Remorse de Metallica. Es una buena apuesta de esta banda británica que creo que no fue lo suficientemente valorada en su carrera. Fui de los que los conoció a través de las versiones que Metallica hicieron de Am I Evil?, Helpless y The Prince, las tres incluidas en este álbum e interpretadas muchísimo mejor que la banda de San Francisco.
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