BLACK & DAMNED – will release their album “Heavenly Creatures” via ROAR! Rock Of Angels on January 29, 2021 #blackanddamned

The year is 2020, a virus paralyzes us all and everything stands still. But suddenly and out of nowhere a new band makes its way into the limelight: BLACK & DAMNED … Damned, rising out of the darkness and armed with the steely weapons of pure Heavy Metal! The two damned ones and prisoners of their passion are Michael Vetter with his sixstring axe (Ex-PUMP) and Roland “Bobbes” Seidel, who’s proclaiming his messages on the microphone. And in their damnation, these two lost souls of the music industry have merged into a glowing and unstoppable unit. For their first studio work “Heavenly Creatures“, Axel Winkler (IHRESGLEICHEN) was hired for the drums and Axel Mackenrott (MASTERPLAN) handled the keys and with Ali Gözübüyük (BIONIC ANGELS) as the fighter on bass and Aki Reissmann (PUMP) who swings the axe of rhythm, the army of darkness was complete and is now ready to be unleashed to the world of Metal! Twelve (ten on the vinyl version) incredibly multi-layered, gorgeous and over long stretches of merciless toughness tracks were wrote by the duo within a very short time, which appears like a symbiosis of the energy of bands like IRON MAIDEN, the gloom of BLACK SABBATH and the playfulness of HELLOWEEN. Are you prepared to enter the darkness with these damned guys?

MARKETING AND PROMOTION / SELLING POINTS
• Debut full length album by the German heavy metallers BLACK & DAMNED.
• “Heavenly Creatures” is released worldwide by ROAR! Rock of Angels Records (Mystic Prophecy, Steel Prophet, Ashes of Ares, Fireforce etc.).
• Released as digipak CD, limited white/black splatter vinyl (300 copies worldwide) and digital streaming and download format.
• Strictly limited CD + free T-Shirt / Vinyl + free T-Shirt bundles will be available on various online retail stores like EMP, Amazon, musicmegastore.com
 • Music written by Michael Vetter & Roland Seidel
• Lyrics written by Roland Seidel
• All music produced by Michael Vetter & Roland Seidel
• Album recorded by Roland Seidel at Backguard Studios (Germany)
• Album mixed & mastered by Achim Köhler at Indiscreet Audio (Germany)
• Album artwork, band photography and video clips direction by Michael Vetter (Menschbilder)
 • Three official videos / digital singles to be released prior to the album release date.
• Two more official video / digital singles to be released after the album release date.
• Targeted digital video campaigns via Google Ads in EU.
• Targeted social media sponsored posts for pre-order and videos.
• Print magazine / webzine advertisement campaigns in major outlets on December / January print issues.
• Spotify Playlist singles’ pitching.
• Extensive newsletter mailout to all relevant media.
• EU promotional campaign to all relevant media.

TRACK LIST CD:

1. Salvation
2. Liquid Suicide
3. Born Again
4. The Wardress
5. War Is Just Another Word For Hell
6. A Whisper In The Dark
7. The 13th Sign
8. Decide On Your Destiny (CD exclusive track)
9. The World Bleed
10. Dreams To Stay Alive (CD exclusive track)
11. We Are Warriors
12. Heavenly Creatures

TRACK LIST LP:

SIDE A:

1. Salvation
2. The World Bleed
3. The Wardress
4. A Whisper In The Dark
5. War Is Just Another Word For Hell

SIDE B:

1. Born Again
2. Liquid Suicide
3. We Are Warriors
4. The 13th Sign
5. Heavenly Creatures

Black & Damned is:
Roland “Bobbes” Seidel – Vocals & Growlings
Michael Vetter – Guitar
Aki Reissmann – Guitar
Ali Gözübüyük – Bass
Axel Winkler – Drums

Guest Musicians:
Tommy Laasch – Backing Vocals (ex-Chinchilla)
Axel Mackenrott – Keys & Samples (Masterplan)

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