Following their acclaimed comeback album, Inferno, Swedish heavy metal band Lion’s Share will see their classic 2009 album, Dark Hours, reissued by Metalville Records on 28th August.
Dark Hours was hailed as one of the strongest traditional heavy metal albums of the year on its initial release. It was nominated for Album of the Year at the Swedish Metal Awards and earned worldwide respect. The reissue arrives on CD and, for the first time ever, on vinyl, in both classic black and a limited yellow edition.
From one of Sweden’s most respected melodic heavy metal bands, Dark Hours features vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson, guitarist Lars Chriss, who also produced it, and bassist Sampo Axelsson (formerly of the Glenn Hughes Band), plus a guest guitar solo from Michael Romeo of Symphony X. It was mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Arch Enemy, Amon Amarth, Kreator) at Fascination Street Studios.
Lyrically, Dark Hours explores some of the darkest chapters of the late 1960s. Rather than celebrating the optimism of the decade, it draws on historical events and controversial figures, including the Vietnam War, Charles Manson, Martin Luther King Jr., Che Guevara, the Prague Spring and moon landing conspiracy theories, weaving a powerful thematic thread throughout.
The tracklist runs: ‘Judas Must Die’, ‘Phantom Rider’, ‘Demon In Your Mind’, ‘Heavy Cross To Bear’, ‘The Bottomless Pit’, ‘Full Metal Jacket’, ‘The Presidio 27’, ‘Barker Ranch’, ‘Napalm Nights’, ‘Space Scam’ and ‘Behind The Curtain’.
You can check out the video for opening track ‘Judas Must Die’ below, here at RAMzine.
