A lyric video for the BLACK STAR RIDERS track “Kingdom Of The Lost” is now available for viewing on YouTube and features artwork by Terry Bradley, the renowned artist & illustrator from Belfast, Ireland.
“Kingdom Of The Lost” comes from BSR’s debut album, All Hell Breaks Loose, due out in North America next week on May 28th.
BSR frontman & lyricist Ricky Warwick shares how the collaboration for the illustrated visuals used in the lyric video came about:
“[Terry] was so blown away by ‘Kingdom Of The Lost’ when I played it for him [that] he gave us his art to use for free - something he has never done before. His paintings go for anywhere from 50 to 100,000 pounds and Madonna and Bono are some of his famous clients.”
Fans will be happy to know that the showcased black & white photos also have personal, historical ties to Warwick:
“The picture of the two gentlemen in the very dapper 1930s suits at the start of the chorus are my grandfather and great-grandfather. Also, the shop in the chorus ‘McNeily's,’ was my great-grandmother's bakery in Belfast. The picture of the young man in the soldier's uniform is also my great-grandfather - who at 14 years of age ran away from Belfast to enlist in the British army to fight in the First World War (he lied about his age; you had to be 16 to fight). He got as far as Southampton, where he got seriously ill with pleurisy and was hospitalized. When they found out he was only 14, [they] sent him back home to Belfast. He enlisted again in 1918 when he was 17 but by then, the war was over! This was a big inspiration for the lyrics for me.”
The BLACK STAR RIDERS line-up features THIN LIZZY members Ricky Warwick (The Almighty), Damon Johnson (Alice Cooper / Brother Cane), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy) and Marco Mendoza (Ted Nugent / Whitesnake / Blue Murder) together with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper / Megadeth). Produced & mixed by the legendary Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Rush), their first studio album All Hell Breaks Loose features cover artwork by Gil Elvgren - the most renowned pin-up artist in the history of American Illustration.
MORE ABOUT BLACK STAR RIDERS: In 2012, the touring members of THIN LIZZY began to seriously consider utilizing the vast songwriting talent within the band and spoke of it freely in the press. When THIN LIZZY drummer Brian Downey and keyboardist Darren Wharton bowed out of a new album and the subsequent tours to support it, the remaining members decided to band together under the BLACK STAR RIDERS name allowing them to forge forward from - yet informed by - the historical legacy that the THIN LIZZY name is infused with.
Various bundles of All Hell Breaks Loose can be pre-ordered from the Nuclear Blast Online Webshop. The special edition digi-pak version features the bonus track “Right To Be Wrong” and a “Making of” DVD.
All Hell Breaks Loose is available digitally on iTunes for only $9.99.
Visit the BLACK STAR RIDERS landing page to view other exclusive pre-orders: http://bit.ly/BSR-AHBL
