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Album Details
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· Produced By: Vendetta
· Running Time: 51.09
· Release Date: Out Now
· Released: EU
· Genre: Heavy Metal
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· LabelLink: Lion Music
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Artist Bio
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Since their formation in early 2006, Vendetta has gone from strength to strength. 2007’s
Tyranny of Minority caught the metal masses unaware - here was a band not just content to
reference the old school - they were on a mission to extract the very essence of this timeless
style and reignite it for a new age. Inspired and on the up the band has spent the last 18 months
carefully crafting their second album and 2009 see’s the release of Heretic Nation.
Containing ten scorching tracks, it takes off where Tyranny of Minority ended and all the
hallmarks of the Vendetta sound are present and correct: Crunching guitars, throbbing bass,
pounding drums, searing leads and impassioned vocals.
Heretic Nation is a natural progression from Tyranny of Minority both lyrically and musically.
Having a permanent drummer in Lee Lamb combined with the band gigging for the past two
years has solidified the band and Vendetta are now a more cohesive unit reflected in the overall
sound and performances contained within Heretic Nation. One more subtle change to the debut
is Heretic Nation being more ‘metal’ containing less of the ‘LA’ influence that was featured on
Tyranny of Minority, but it still contains the balance of melody and aggression the band strive
for.
On the subject of the band goals with Heretic Nation, Edward Box comments, “essentially it
was to build on the positives of the debut but to take on board the criticisms. It was clear the
vocals needed to be improved and the drumming pushed to the fore. We feel we have succeeded
in harnessing a much better sound for the rhythm section and the vocals have a more aggressive
and expansive feel to them. Overall, the album is more focused and tighter”.
Along with an excellent new album, the band have also produced 2 promotional videos for the
album. The first of which “My Revelation” has been on YouTube for a couple of months prior to
release and gained a superb response from the public. This will be followed up with another
performance video for “New Horizon”.
In the final analysis Heretic Nation has a sound that reaches back into a bygone era of melody
and finesse. If you haven’t already caught on then now is the time to convert to this most
traditional of English metal bands.
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