RAVAGE UPDATE: RAVAGE SIGNS WITH METAL BLADE RECORDS!

Greetings everyone. I can now announce that the rumors that have been going around for some time are true. Ravage has signed with Metal Blade Records to release our forthcoming CD "The End Of Tomorrow" which should be out in July (a release date will be announced soon). The official press release is below followed by my full statement on the signing.

In the words of Judas Priest...

"Let's all join forces
Rule with an iron hand
And prove to all the world
Metal rules the land!"

- Al



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Metal Blade Records announces signing of Boston Mass act RAVAGE!

 

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the addition of Boston Massachusetts metalers RAVAGE to its roster. The heavy metal band RAVAGE began as the idea of two young brothers from Boston Massachusetts, whom fans would come to know as Al Ravage and Eli Joe, who wished to form a band that could bring bombastic heavy metal back to prominence and crush the insipid alterna-grunge music craze of the mid-90's. Though the barely-high school aged rockers had mighty ambitions when they played their first gig in 1996, they quickly learned that Rome was not built in a day, and RAVAGE had to work on honing their sound and forging their way through the local underground metal scene. Now in their early 20’s RAVAGE is ready to show the metal world what they’re made of with their Metal Blade debut The End of Tomorrow, which will drop in the late summer of 2009 and features cover art by none other than Ed Repka (MEGADETH, DEATH, AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE).

 

"Everyone in the band is thrilled to have the opportunity to have our music released by a record company that is not only one of the greatest heavy metal record labels ever, but also a label that is currently home to many of our favorite bands (such as LIZZY BORDEN, CANNIBAL CORPSE, KING DIAMOND, AMON AMARTH etc). Metal Blade has released some of the classic metal albums of all time and Ravage welcomes the opportunity to make our own mark on the scene. Only Brian and Metal Blade had the guts to put this deal together with a band that has never bowed to trends or used gimmickry to fit in, a band that has always forged ahead toward fresh musical ground in the face of those who wanted us to become some sort of goofy retro-act or clone of whatever was hip. So on behalf of the band, I'd like to thank all the fans in the local scene, national scene and abroad who have stuck by us thus far, the promoters who've dared book us, the small labels who dared release our early work, those in the press who dared stand up to the feeble-minded trendmakers, the [few] DJ’s who've played us, and all the great bands we've played with. This is just another step on a long road as we continue our mission to put out some quality, no-bullshit, heavy metal music that real metalheads can be proud of. Keep headbangin' with us and RAVAGE IN PEACE!!!" commented singer Al RAVAGE

 

“RAVAGE brings a fresh element to pure metal conveying a young and modern vibe to old school thrash/power metal. It’s this type of musical resurrection that will break new ground for metal and we couldn’t be more excited to unleash them to the masses!” Metal Blade

 

RAVAGE's new album seamlessly intertwines the sounds of New Wave of British Heavy Metal, late 80's American Thrash Metal and late 90's European power metal to showcase the band's signature style. The End of Tomorrow is sure to be enjoyed by metal maniacs young and old as it blends the soaring vocal and guitar melodies of Iron Maiden and Helloween with the raw power of thrashers like Testament and Kreator, presented in a crisply modern production-style.

 

RAVAGE is:

Al Ravage - Vocals

Eli Joe - Lead and Rhythm Guitar

Nick Izzo - Lead and Rhythm Guitar

Howie 'The Mosh Pig' Snow - Bass

GTB - Drums

 

http://www.myspace.com/swwr


RAVAGE STATEMENT ON THE SIGNING

There have been rumors going around for a while, some people very close to the band have known this for a while, but we can now finally confirm that Ravage has in fact signed with Los Angeles California based Metal Blade Records to release the band's new full-length album "The End Of Tomorrow". The album is tentatively scheduled for a July release - there will be more details regarding the specific release dates in the weeks ahead. Everyone in the band is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with an organization that is certainly one of the greatest heavy metal record labels ever and certainly has been home to many of our favorite bands (such as LIZZY BORDEN, CANNIBAL CORPSE, KING DIAMOND etc), and many of the greatest metal releases of all time.

I think this is a significant signing not only for us but for the oft-ignored Boston metal music scene, and the American traditional metal underground. We're a relatively young band, but we've been around for a long time and there are a lot of great bands that we have played with over the years that never got any support and eventually broke up because the local music scene in the Boston area is very tough. There are a lot of good traditional heavy metal bands out there that we've played with - especially in America - that have never gotten their due. Only Brian and Metal Blade had the guts to put this deal together with a band that has never bowed to trends or used gimickry to fit in, a band that has always forged ahead toward fresh musical ground in the face of those who wanted us to become some sort of goofy retro-act or clone of whatever was hip in melodic metal overseas, and a band that has always had to fight against hordes of naysayers who for over 10 years have said that traditional-sounding metal and melodic metal and thrash are dead in our home country. So on behalf of the band, I'd like to thank all the fans in the local scene, national scene and abroad who have stuck by us, the promoters who dared book us, the small labels who dared release our early work, those in the press who dared stand up to the feeble-minded trendmakers, the [few] dj's who've played us, and all the great bands we've played with that weren't able to stick around long enough to get any deserved recognition. This is just another step on a long road as we continue our mission to put out some quality no-bullshit heavy metal music that real metalheads can be proud of. Keep headbangin' with us and RAVAGE IN PEACE!!!

- Al


 

..
see Ravage in New Jersey March 28th at the Cherrywood in Clemonton with Arctic Flame and Faith Factor (ex-Deadly Blessing)

see Ravage in Everett MA with Bonded By Blood and others March 29th email swwrproductions@gmail.com for details

The Ravage song "Freedom Fighter" will be featured on the Heavy Magazine Sampler that will be released at the end of November - 30,000 copies will be available with the latest issue of Heavy Magazine.

Ravage will also appear on a Tribute To Steel - A Warlock Tribute Album which will be released by Pure Steel Records on December 5th. Ravage covered the song "Cold Cold World". The album will feature Sabaton, Crystal Viper and others, including Doro herself.

Al Ravage recently completed work on the vocals for STEEL MAID, a project he has been working on with members of RITUAL STEEL. The self-titled debut album from STEEL MAID will be released by Karthago Records and will be available on both CD and Vinyl. Release date TBA

Tracklisting
Welcome
Hellraiser
Unbreakable
Metalwar
Hellwings Of Fire
Die Fast
Lovebreaker
Armageddon
The Falling Angel
Raptor
Steamrock Fever (Bonus track - cover of Scorpions Song)

Al has also begun work on a solo album. Tracklist and release date TBA

I've posted some "classic" Ravage tracks from the band's early demos online @ http://www.myspace.com/swwrproductions

- "Black Horizon" from the "Black Horizon" demo tape circa 1997 with Eli on guitar and John "The Ogre" Koziol on bass, I played drums and sang on this one

- "Face Of Infamy" from the "Face Of Infamy" demo circa 2001 - with John "The Boombat" LoConte on drums, and Jay Alonzo on bass

- "Father Of The Atom" from the Al Ravage Band demos 2005

- "Terror's Head" from the Curse Of Heaven EP

- "Grapes Of Wrath" from our new "Freedom Fighter" EP - available NOW!!! send $7.99 paypal to swwrproductions@gmail.com (MA residents add $0.40 sales tax)

OR buy it at our CD RELEASE party at Obriens in Allston MA August 8th FREE SHOW feat Lack Sabbath (BLACK SABBATH tribute) and Amagizo

EUROPEAN FANS can see us next week at the battle of the bands at THE MAGIC CIRCLE FESTIVAL in Bad Arolsen Germany