Metal Blade Records Announces Signing Of Ravage
Metal Blade Records have just announced the addition of Boston Massachusetts metalers RAVAGE to its roster. Their debut for the label, The End of Tomorrow, will drop in the late summer of 2009 and features cover art by none other than Ed Repka (Megadeth, Death, Municipal Waste).
Vocalist Al Ravage commented on the signing: “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 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!!!”
Listen to the band here.
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the drummer looks like frankenstein
they all look like fags, do they think they are cool because they are sitting in front of empt booze bottles… whoah, look out, they are crazy…
Once again, another band who is trying to make it seem like it’s 20 years ago – right down to their leather jackets, logo, and music. The singer is trying way too hard to sound like Bruce Dickinson on the cover song. They play alright, but this is just as tried and tired as the metalcore scene.
Wow, everyone’s so picky these days about their metal. Metal Blade has certainly signed bands way way worse than Ravage, these guys have definitely improved over the years and totally deserve the recognition.