{"product_id":"blood-omen-deluxe-cd","title":"Blood Omen Deluxe CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: Music For Nations \/ Sony Music UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFFO: Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOver 75m worldwide streams and a top 35 single in the Billboard US Charts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal touring plot including headline shows, international festivals including Hellfest, Rock in Rio, Wacken and others, and supporting the likes of Killswitch Engage, Anthrax and Ghost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupporting Iron Maiden across their 2023 UK \u0026amp; European arena run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollowing a mainstage Download appearance the band will perform at major EU festivals like Rock Am Ring, Graspop and Metal Days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSUMMARY\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving established their name as one of the finest in modern British metal, thanks to two brilliant albums, 2019’s\u003cem\u003eConspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDarkness Will Rise\u003c\/em\u003e debut in 2017, The Raven Age have garnered over 75 million streams worldwide and have toured heavily across the globe with the likes of Killswitch Engage, Anthrax and Tremonti. On February 14th,\u003cstrong\u003eThe Raven Age\u003c\/strong\u003e will announce their highly anticipated third album \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Omen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. Out July 7th, it is their first record with \u003cstrong\u003eMusic For Nations\/Sony Music\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Omen\u003c\/em\u003e pushes everything further than ever before. The choruses are made for arenas, the riffs are taut, direct, and free of fat. It all makes for a grand musical stage on which the record’s concept plays out. ‘Forgive \u0026amp; Forget’ rushes in on a scalding lead guitar riff, while the epic ‘Nostradamus’ is a tale of the great prophet. The heavy, raging ‘Serpents Tongue’, meanwhile, deals with\u003cem\u003e“deceit, and never knowing if you’re being told the truth,” \u003c\/em\u003eaccording to George.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis motivation is written into the album’s concept. Following the theme of its two predecessors, the raven motif looms large, this time centering on the overthrowing of old masters, with the band’s Raven King character coming to prominence. Even in the artwork, things are bolder, a close up of The Raven King, says George,\u003cem\u003e“taking his rightful place on the throne.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo capture all this on record, the band enlisted the help of long-term producer Matt Hyde (Slipknot, Machine Head, Bullet For My Valentine) to lay down the album’s framework, before setting to recording the rest of the album themselves. The final mastering was put into the treasured hands of Mika Jussila at Finnvox (Nightwish, Children of Bodom, HIM).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Omen\u003c\/em\u003e is a record of several firsts for The Raven Age. With the metal end of the operation firmly nailed down, this time around the band were finally able to realise their ambitions of using real strings. Working with noted British cellist arranger Audrey Riley (Foo Fighters, Muse, Coldplay) at the ICMP [Institute of Contemporary Music Performance] studios in London.\u003cem\u003e“Watching a quartet play along to our songs was a whole new experience,”\u003c\/em\u003e says George.\u003cem\u003e“They just made everything more dramatic.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Omen\u003c\/em\u003e is a strong, focussed, and ambitious work from one of the most rapidly rising rock bands in Britain and live they solidify this status. They have performed over 400 shows internationally across 38 countries including major festival performances such as the main stage at Download Festival, Rock in Rio, Wacken, Hellfest and many more, as well as touring with the likes of Killswitch Engage, Volbeat, Shinedown and Alter Bridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis summer they will be touring arenas across Europe and the UK with Iron Maiden, including London’s O2 Arena on July 8th. They have also been announced to perform at a number of major European festivals this summer including Germany’s Rock am Ring, Belgium’s Graspop Metal Meeting, Return Of The Gods Festival in Italy as well as Metal Days in Slovenia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recordstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49974730031346,"sku":"19658795022","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0850\/1621\/5794\/files\/big-TRA_full_cd_mockup_v2.png?v=1787629627","url":"https:\/\/recordstero.shop\/products\/blood-omen-deluxe-cd","provider":"recordstero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}