Diamond Head live | Rockpalast | 2018

Diamond Head live | Rockpalast | 2018 | Setlist
1. Play It Loud 00:00
2. Borrowed Time 02:54
3. Bones 05:54
4. Helpless 10:20
5. In The Heat Of The Night 17:42
6. Lightning To The Nations 23:47
7. Set My Soul On Fire 28:11
8. Shoot Out The Lights 32:53
9. It's Electric 34:58
10. The Prince 39:10
11. Am I Evil? 46:14

Besetzung
Rasmus Bom Andersen - vocals
Brian Tatler - guitar
Andrew Abberley - guitar
Dean Ashton - bass
Karl Wilcox – drums

Das Konzert fand am 19.05.2018 während des Rock Hard Festivals in Gelsenkirchen statt.

Die 1976 in den britischen Midlands gegründete Band Diamond Head zählt zu den einflussreichsten Metalbands aller Zeiten. Leider wurde die Band trotzdem nie so erfolgreich, wie sie es hätte sein sollen.
Die Working-Class-Teenager Brian Tatler (Gitarre) und Duncan Scott (Drums) gründeten Diamond Head mit einer geliehenen Gitarre und einem Schlagzeug aus einer Keksdose. Kurz vor Ende der Schule war die Band komplett mit Bass und Gesang. Frontmann Sean Harris war ein absoluter Glücksfall: gutaussehend, charismatisch und mit jeder Menge Selbstvertrauen für die Bühne.
Die großen Vorbilder von Diamond Head waren Bands wie Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin oder Motörhead. Der Sound, den sie und andere Bands wie Iron Maiden in jener Zeit aus diesen Einflüssen entwickelten, war die New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWoBHM), ein Genre, das später schlicht als Heavy Metal bezeichnet wurde und die gesamte harte Musik der achtziger Jahre bis heute maßgeblich geprägt hat.
Diamond Heads Studioalben werden bis heute von der gesamten Metal-Szene gefeiert, zu den prominentesten Fans der Band gehören Sabbath-Gitarrist Tonny Iommi, Megadeth oder Metallica, die zahlreiche Diamond Head-Songs gecovert haben.
Den großen Erfolg beim Publikum hatten Diamond Head jedoch nie: Sie wurden zwar Anfang der Achtziger vom Majorlabel MCA gesignt, aber bereits nach ein paar Jahren wegen Erfolglosigkeit fallengelassen. Ein unerfahrenes Management und viele unglückliche Umstände führten zu zwei kompletten Bandauflösungen und vielen Besetzungswechseln. Seit 2000 ist die Band wieder aktiv, mit Gitarrist Brian Tatler als einzigem Mitglied aus der Urbesetzung.

[tcc]

These guys were the influence on Metallica and Megadeth. We must honor them.

[TheJohnsblog]

This is maybe silly, but I get so proud when I watch Rasmus live. He used to lead sing in my band in high school. Even then he was in another league. I’m a music teacher now and he’s a freaking rockstar. GJ Ras.

[ryanmcneila]

Diamond Head was an incredible band back in the day. They and Angel Witch were every bit as good as Iron Maiden. Bad management and decisions derailed these bands and they basically disappeared. True metalheads such as myself never gave up on them. There are so many bands like them that have been forgotten. The best band of them all is RIOT. They are incredible.

[helmutbiehl]

This band is so damn good.
THIS BAND IS THE ESSENCE OF HEAVY METAL !
They play so tight and powerful. And the vocals of RASMUS BOM are perfect all the way through.
Their performance was brilliant!
Listen to their last release from 2019 - "The Coffin Train" ---- This album is a MASTERPIECE !
For me it's on the same quality level as "Borrowed Time" (1982).
You will go down to your knees ! So brilliant songs - So heavy - So passionate vocals.
This album is the essence of Heavy Metal.

[malteschaper]

I'm just baffled by the quality of the band, especially the singer.

[xinvulder]

Rasmus is one of the most underrated and greatest vocalists in metal history. His voice added new dimensions to DH that neither they nor the fans new existed before he joined.

[wild_engine]

NWOBHM legend... Heavy Metal classics... 🔥

[Twofall-mg]

I have loved Diamond Head since I was 14 and they had just brought out their limited edition album. only 200 copies made. I got to see them at Glasgow Apollo in '82, which was one of the best gigs I have ever been to. They did about 5 encores. The last one was after the lights had gone up. What a night. Brian Tatler has managed to bring together a super collection of musicians to make this latest version and they are incredible live. Brian Tatler is a legend and Rasmus is a fantastic frontman!

[andromedarelix]

One of my favorite hard/metal band ever. This line up is as big as the first one. Brian Tatler is the riff master and Rasmus Bom Andersen is the worthy heir of Sean Harris. The last two albums with Rasmus are amazing.

[cidpsg]

The prince contains One of the best solo and lead guitar part all of time for me... incredible !

[russanderson]

think that vocalist is doing a dam good job, good set all-round .

[skullheadwater]

Classic metal! The stuff I jammed on in the early 80's. That drum change in the chorus makes "Am I Evil" rock so hard! 🤟🤘

[joejohnz]

Everyone should thanks Brian Tatler for his music. Diamond Head were one of the bands of the new wave of British heavy metal, and theirs influence on Hetfield music and his riffs is unbelievable. Hetfield love this guys and Tatler himself said "thank you Metallica" because of Metallica appreciation of his music and because Metallica expand the Diamond Head name.

[ernestocervantes]

incredible, , , the singer same way of the original.. great sound, band, , i'm cryin now, , so much memories of this band. i'm 57 year old, rocker forever till i die, ,

[longi]

They sound huge here. I haven't listened to them for about 25 years, maybe it's about time I did!

[eddiemuniz]

I’m so glad that Brian Tatler reconstructed the band and rearranged some members in the band since I saw them at BB kings bar & grill in New York, This band closely lives up to the original line-up.

[newty]

I had the pleasure of seeing this band in my hometown a very long time ago, they should have been massive.

[Mati]

Setlist

1. Play It Loud 00:00
2. Borrowed Time 02:54
3. Bones 05:54
4. Helpless 10:20
5. In The Heat Of The Night 17:42
6. Lightning To The Nations 23:47
7. Set My Soul On Fire 28:11
8. Shoot Out The Lights 32:53
9. It's Electric 34:58
10. The Prince 39:10
11. Am I Evil? 46:14

[newty]

I had the pleasure of watching D.H supporting Saxon in York.Still got it in spades, great show.

[salam]

Terrific all around from the band so tight and on point..but Brian Tatler deserves a Legend applause for his perfect guitar playing solos and all especially on Am I Evil. Respect😎