May 22nd 2006
Prior to the DVD release, Diamond Head release a new live album, It's Electric, through Secret Records on June 26 (catalogue no is SMACD941). 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 album comes in a nice card digipak sleeve with a booklet inside featuring lots of great pictures and sleeve notes by Dom Lawson from Kerrang!.
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
It is available to order from Secret Records website Sounclips from some of the songs can now be found on the Media page.
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, 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."