out now: Black Knight new album Road to Victory

Dutch heavy metal traditionalists Black Knight have a long history and have had their share of personnel changes, but on June 26th, 2020 they had their third album Road to Victory released. The music is uptempo, rocking songs with the riffs that are classic-style, done with expertise. The band is essentially the dictionary definition of traditional heavy metal. High vocals and high screams, riffs, solos, everything, with a gritty mentality. They want their songs to hit harder, the guitars to rock on the basis of the big riffs. The songs have a crunch to them. This is not to say that they have no melodies. They have hooks and they have solos that include melody, not just shredding. They have choruses that drive the themes home. Still, it is the guitar crunch that seeks headbanging movement from the listener.

Here is some official information about them and a couple of YouTube videos.

BLACK KNIGHT reach for the stars again. The formation from Amsterdam, founded in 1981, starts its big comeback this year. After two demos in the 1980s and early 1990s, the classic debut ´Tales From The Darkside´ (1999) and its successor ´The Beast Inside´ (2007) concluded a glorious band phase. Now the only remaining original member, drummer Rudo Plooy, has returned with a new team and a new long player named "Road To Victory". Guitarist Gert Jan Vis (3RD MACHINE) was already involved in the nineties and bassist Ron Heikens (PROFOUND) has been with the band for a number of year too. Guitarist Ruben Raadschelders and Singer David Marcelis (LORD VOLTURE, THORIUM), on the other hand, joined more recently in 2017.

And what did BLACK KNIGHT produce in the studio? Their third full-length is rigged with classic heavy metal. Stunning twin guitars that express the the eighties' flair in melodic runs and a singer who moves powerfully in medium and high pitches. “Road To Victory” sounds so stylish as if the last three decades haven't existed at all!

BLACK KNIGHT - Road To Victory - official Video (PURE STEEL RECORDS)

BLACK KNIGHT - "Road to Victory" Online Album Release Show

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