7 spot on the UK Independent Albums chart ), plus a fistful of EPs, Black Spiders have toured with a variety of rock’s most riff-hungry sons, the likes of Volbeat, Danzig, Airbourne and Monster Magnet, and appeared at all of the UK’s leading festivals, including Download, Sonisphere and Bloodstock. In support of their studio albums (the most recent of which hit the No. (Image credit: Will Ireland) Volbeat and the British grindcore pioneers go way back: Napalm frontman Barney Greenway appeared on the Volbeat song Evelyn on 2010’s Beyond Hell/Above Heaven album, while Napalm cover artist Frode Sundb Sylthe created artwork a striking, Hipgnosis-style image of a person removing his own mannequin-esque face for the Danes’ new album Servant Of The Mind. Never has a title been more apt!” – Black Spiders We went all out, balls out on this record, each track is an ear worm. “It’s a party album from top to tail, every one a banger! As usual, there is something for everyone and maybe some surprises. It’s a cocktail fans have come to savour, and it’s there in double-measure on the UK outfit’s latest / fourth studio album, ‘Can’t Die, Won’t Die’ – 42 minutes of back-street trouble, produced by regular studio compadre, Matt Elliss, and set for worldwide release via Spinefarm on May 12th, the band’s first campaign with the label.Īs a taste of things to come, a shot before the pint, lead single / video ‘Hot Wheels’ is out now it sees the band – led into action by frontman, Pete Spiby – in a variety of scenarios and settings, at one point surviving a close encounter with a rampant shark (sort of). That said, the follow-up to 2013's brilliant Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies may seem, at least for longtime fans, a surprising choice for a breakthrough. Since re-assembling Avengers-style (though probably more Suicide Squad!) in 2020, Black Spiders have continued to make a loud and compelling case for heavy guitar music from the sin city streets, with three chords and the truth – revelling in the glories of the genre, its sacred lore, with a top-shelf collection of riffs, a sly dash of humour, plus an iconic logo that sits alongside the best. Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie may be the album that finally makes Volbeat rock & roll superstars in the U.S - they are everywhere else.
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