DIAMOND HEAD

•  New live album It's Electric released June 26, 2006 .
•  Live DVD released in August
•  UK live dates in May and June.
•  Classic Diamond Head tracks featured on Metallica ‘roots' album.
•  Diamond Head anthem Am I Evil featured in the cult movie Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

DIAMOND HEAD release a new live album, It's Electric, through Secret Records on June 26. The album was recorded at London 's Astoria theatre on November 4, 2005 , and features a mixture of classic tracks and new material. It is the second Diamond Head album to feature singer Nick Tart, who made his debut on 2005's critically acclaimed album All Will Be Revealed.

The full tracklisting for It's Electric is as follows:

•  Am I Evil (intro)
•  It's Electric
•  Give It To Me
•  The Prince
•  Mine All Mine
•  Lightning To The Nations
•  Fallen Angel
•  To The Devil His Due
•  Alimony
•  I Can't Help Myself
•  Sucking My Love
•  Streets Of Gold
•  Helpless
•  Am I Evil
•  In The Heat Of The Night

In the album's liner notes, Kerrang! writer Dom Lawson describes Diamond Head as “one of the greatest British heavy metal bands of all time… criminally underrated, with a staggering catalogue of magnificent, shit-kicking anthems.” He concludes: “There has never been a better time to reassess this remarkable band.”

It's Electric is both a celebration of Diamond Head 's heritage and a reaffirmation that the band is very much back in business. As guitarist and founder member Brian Tatler explains, “We've never sounded better live, and a lot of that comes down to having a new singer. Nick has re-energized the band. He's brought a lot of fresh ideas and fresh enthusiasm. And the response we've had to the new material has been fantastic.”

Preceding the album's release, Diamond Head will be playing four UK club gigs: Leicester The Shed May 29, Milton Keynes The Pitz June 2, Ashton-under-Lyme The Witchwood June 7, London Camden Underworld June 21.

A DVD of the Astoria show will be available in August.

Diamond Head will begin work on a new studio album before the end of 2006. Tatler promises plenty of his trademark riffs plus a few surprises. “We're all feeling really hungry and inspired.”

2006 is also seeing renewed interest in Diamond Head 's past. The band's classic track Am I Evil is featured in the movie Metal: A Headbanger's Journey and also on a new compilation album released on June 26, the same day as It's Electric. Full Metal Garage – The Songs That Drove Metallica is fully approved by Metallica themselves and features 27 vintage recordings that influenced the San Franciscan superstars. Included alongside tracks by such legendary names as Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, Black Sabbath and Lynyrd Skynyrd are no less than five Diamond Head songs: Am I Evil, Helpless, Sucking My Love, The Prince and It's Electric. Proof indeed that Diamond Head are Metallica's favourite band bar none.

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