Blood Lightning Sign to Ripple Music; Self-Titled Debut Due in October
Cheers to Blood Lightning and Ripple Music on joining forces for the greater good of heavy rock and roll. The Boston-based pretty-gosh-darn-super-group came about in 2020 and thus far have posted two singles in “The Dying Starts” (posted here) and “Blankets” (posted here), and they’ll release their helmed-by-Benny–Grotto (who’s also pretty super) self-titled debut this October.
So who’s in the band? Check out Jim Healey and Doug Sherman, respectively known for their work in We’re All Gonna Die (also Black Thai, Set Fire, Shatner, solo, etc.) and Gozu (whose new record stands among 2023’s best and is out this month) collaborating. That’s a marquee match up from Boston in itself, but neither drummer J.R. Roach (Sam Black Church) nor bassist Bob Maloney (Worshipper) have anything to prove in my mind. It’s a band of dudes from other bands. You’ve been down this road before. But, in addition to the aggro vibes they’ve shown this far, there’s not a doubt in my mind they’ve got some tricks up their collective sleeve for the LP, and I’ll be completely honest and tell you that any album Healey is belting it out on is one I want to hear. Seriously. Dude could be singing over a 40-minute sample of the T running late and make it sound good. Throw Sherman‘s shred on there, Maloney‘s bass, Roach‘s drums, and, well, you get the idea.
More to come, is what I’m saying.
Ripple posted the following on socials:
Ripple is extremely proud to welcome to our family, the Boston supergroup, Blood Lightning!
Formed in December 2020, Blood Lightning brings together the talents of Jim Healey (We’re All Gonna Die), vocals; Doug Sherman (GOZU), guitar; Bob Maloney (Worshipper), bass; and J.R. Roach (Sam Black Church).
During Covid lockdown. The guys decided to riff around remotely, eventually coming together to flesh out their ideas into songs.
Blood Lightning was formed with one thing in mind: Get back to the real essence of heavy metal. That’s it. Nothing fancy. No pretense. No subgenres to fit into. Just badass, straightforward, hard-hitting heavy metal with a nod to old school NWOBHM, with a bunch of contemporary firepower.
Award-winning producer/engineer, Benny Grotto (Rolling Stones, Aerosmith) and mastering legend, Alan Douches (Motörhead, Mastodon, High On Fire), recorded/mixed and mastered their self-titled debut.
Album release, vinyl, CD, and digital hitting you worldwide this October
Please give them a big waverider welcome!
BLOOD LIGHTNING are:
Jim Healey – Vocals
Doug Sherman – Guitars
Bob Maloney – Bass
J.R. Roach – Drums
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