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Diamond Head have announced a new live album titled “Live And Electric.” The effort was recorded during the band’s 2022 tour with Saxon and it will be available on July 11.

“Live And Electric” Track Listing:

01. “The Prince” (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
02. “Bones” (Live At St David’s Hall, Cardiff)
03. “The Messenger” (Live At The Cambridge Corn Exchange)
04. “In The Heat Of The Night” (Live At The York Barbican)
05. “Set My Soul On Fire” (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
06. “It’s Electric” (Live At The Bexhill De La War Pavilion)
07. “Dead Reckoning” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
08. “Death By Design” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
09. “Sweet And Innocent” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
10. “Helpless” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
11. “Belly Of The Beast” (Live At The Aberdeen Music Hall)
12. “Am I Evil?” (Live At King George’s Hall, Blackburn)

Guitarist Brian Tatler commented:

“It’s the first Diamond Head live album for twenty years and the first time in Diamond Head’s career that we were able to record all fourteen shows and then go through them to find the best performances. In the past we would only record one specific show and so all the pressure to get it right on the night would build up and make everyone very nervous. Somewhere in the middle of this tour things began to gel and fortunately these shows were captured for posterity.”

A video for the first single, a live version of “Helpless,” can be found below. Tatler added the following about that track:

“In September 1979 the song ‘Helpless’ began life as a riff I was playing by an obscure punk band. I was playing it at the 5th fret and singer Sean Harris said, ‘Play it at the 2nd fret but play it faster,’ and the song took shape. It has always been a powerhouse live and one of the songs that has never left the set list. Metallica covered ‘Helpless’ on their ‘$5.98 E.P. – Garage Days Re-Revisited’ in 1987 which introduced it to a whole new set of metal fans.”