Out now, House Of Lords’ new single, ‘Cry Of The Wicked’, taken from their latest album Full Tilt Overdrive, the band’s twelfth studio album, via Frontiers Music Srl.
“Drowning in the tears of the innocent, you hear the ‘Cry Of The Wicked’ – Retribution unleashed for evil deeds,” declared vocalist James Christian, who produced the album with keyboardist Mark Mangold.
You can check out the video for ‘Cry of the Wicked’ below here at RAMzine.
Debuting in 1989 with their self-titled album, it showcased the arena rock capabilities of the band. The soaring vocals of Christian, and the instrumental capabilities of the band featuring ex-Angel and Giuffria keyboardist Gregg Giuffria, along with luminaries Lanny Cordola, Chuck Wright, and Ken Mary, were reminiscent of such frontrunners as Whitesnake, Deep Purple and Van Halen, bringing the band to the attention of the mainstream music media and the ‘80s hard rock fan masses.
With their sophomore release, Sahara, House Of Lords had considerable radio and video chart success via their cover of Blind Faith‘s ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’. After a tour with Nelson in 1991, the group disbanded, eventually coming back together with a new lineup (featuring original members Giuffria and Christian) in 1992 with Demon’s Down. With the change in musical climate at the time, they then hibernated until the original lineup came back together in 2000, releasing the controversial Power And The Myth, an album that featured a sound leaning more towards progressive hard rock with ’70s rock influences.
After a short European tour, Christian decided to go back to the trademark arena rock sound of House Of Lords, putting together a new lineup with the blessing of founding member Giuffria, who opted out right before the release of Power And The Myth. New members Jimi Bell on guitars and B.J. Zampa on drums supplied a powerhouse sound to the fifth studio album, World Upside Down, a record that caused a stir in the hard rock and melodic rock scenes. That album was followed up by Come To My Kingdom in 2008, Cartesian Dreams in 2009, Big Money in 2011, Precious Metal in 2014, and Saint Of The Lost Souls in 2017.
“Superb hooks and majestic atmospheres” are the ingredients it’s been said you will find in abundance on Full Tilt Overdrive that features the tracks: ‘Crowded Room’, ‘Bad Karma’, ‘Cry Of The Wicked’, ‘Full Tilt Overdrive’, ‘Taking The Fall’, ‘You’re Cursed’, ‘Not The Enemy’, ‘I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye’, ‘Still Believe’, ‘State of Emergency’ and ‘Castles High’ – And can be ordered here.
With singer James Christian – the sole member who appeared on all the band’s albums on bass, the band now features guitarist Jimi Bell, who has been with the band since their return with World Upside Down, keyboardist and songwriter Mark Mangold (Touch, Michael Bolton, Drive, She Said) along with Swedish drummer Johan Koleberg (Lions Share, Ignition, Therion). This is the same line-up that appeared on the previous album Saints And Sinners however they are now said to be “more gelled and have produced a more focused and extremely ambitious new album.”
The band has toured relentlessly in Europe and the States in support of their releases and plans to bring their new songs to stages again in the future.
