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According to the pages of the various metalmedia, 'labels of "LEGENDARY," "INNOVATIVE," "TRUEORIGINALS," as well as "F**K!ING CRAZY!!" have been rightfullypinned upon RAVEN over the years.
In a music scene filled with clones nurturedby labels with a cookie-cutter mentality, the unique personality of the threeband members has always shone through...from the well documented early days asNWOBHM (new wave of British heavy metal) frontrunners, during the trailblazingUSA tours of the 80's giving such folk as Metallica & Anthrax their firsttours, through the doldrums of the late 80's/early 90's when a grunge obssessedmedia wrote off so many acts -- RAVEN has consistently proved to be bothunparalleled survivors and in a genre of grim imitation - shown that they are"the real thing". In 2001 the "godfathers of power metal"released the album "ONE FOR ALL," produced by Michael Wagener who wasat the board for the band's 1999 album "ALL FOR ONE." In true RAVENtradition, "ONE FOR ALL" covered the gamut from anthemic rockers tobrutal heavy metal, as well as covering new ground in rifforama and then some!!Following MarkGallagher’s long recuperation from a serious accident
in 2001, the bandfinally hit the boards in 2004 & 2005 on the festival trail,
playing the UKBloodstock festival, the German Keep It True & in 2006
The German BangYour Head festival – 2007 & 2008 was spent working on new music & morefestivals - finally with the completion of the ultimate Raven album “WALKTHROUGH FIRE”in 2010, Raven have been hard at work touring the globe –reaquainting themseleves with old friends and venturing to new frontiers –South America has been well bitten by the Raven bug!!
2013 brought the release of the “holy grail” forRaven fans – the DVD retrospective tour de force “ROCK UNTIL YOU DROP – A LONGDAY’S JOURNEY” covering their entirecareer with never before seen footage of live shows, studio/backstage crazinessand many interviews with the band & their peers…The bank embarked upontheir largest ever USA tour halfway through joining forces with fellow Britrockers Diamond Head then off to Europe with Girlschool as openers.
2014 has startedwith a bang for RAVEN..the 70000 tons of metal cruise and a slew of Braziliangigs including an Sao Paulo stadium gig opening for old friends Metallica infront of 61,000 rabid metal fans!!
Raven are set to reclaim the title that is rightfully theirs – power metal lunatics par excellence!!