‘Pantera-influenced metallers Left For Red are loud, heavy and will make you wanna throw your super-size Coke over someone.’ -Jennyfer J. Walker, Kerrang!
‘This is metal as it ought to be, from a band with great potential’ – Rocksound, 8/10.
Oozing gargantuan riffs and imposing melodies, Midland metallers ‘Left For Red’ step up with their enthralling debut album All Things Known and Buried, out through Burning Halo Records on 27th April.
Hailing from the same fertile region that bred metal kings such as Black Sabbath, Napalm Death, Diamond Head and Judas Priest, Left for Red were spawned in 2010 and soon soaked up the records of Sabbath and Judas Priest before spreading their wings to help form their own blend of modern heavy metal.
The past four years have been very productive for the midlanders; they have built up an army of followers and are well renowned for delivering stunning live performances. Sharing stages with the likes of Chimaira, Crowbar, Beholder and Breed 77, and winning Kerrang!’s TNA competition, have all contributed to the band’s growing stock. Added to that, the metal monkeyshave nationally released two killer EP’s: ‘Vol 001 – Empty Shell’ and ‘Vol 002 – Mercy Flight’, which both picked up considerable national and widespread online praise including rave reviews from Kerrang!, Big Cheese and Rock Sound.
The five-some surge forward with their first full-length debut album, entitled ‘All Things Known and Buried’, which is unleashed in April. This record etches a line in the sand and it’s poised to mark the band as a true force within the UK metal scene. Stacked with pounding riffery, immersing vocal passages and intricately woven layers, the album offers up nine beefy slabs of cutting edge modern metal. Current single ‘Master Of The Game‘
( http://youtu.be/C0GKtzvLv-g) is a true statement of intent; so too is the magnificent ‘Reborn’ with its Tool-esque hook that will leave you pining for more. Look out for the raucous metal-heads when they bring the party to your town, as they plan a flurry of shows and festivals this year.
LEFT FOR RED LIVE:28th February – Album Launch – 02 Academy, Birmingham; 28th March – The Unicorn, Camden, London; 25th April – The Old Sal, Nottingham; 15th May – Mosh Against Cancer Festival – The Lomax, Liverpool; 16th May – Lower George Inn, Gloucester; 30th May – Midlands Metal Crusade – Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton; 20th June – Hard ‘N’ Hevy Fest – The Dollhouse, Abertillery.
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– LEFT FOR RED RELEASE ‘ALL THINGS KNOWN AND BURIED’, OUT 27th APRIL THROUGH ALL STORES –
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