LICK THE BLADE Writing Second Album
February 12, 2010, 14 years ago
Cleveland traditional, classic metal band LICK THE BLADE are hard at work writing the follow-up to their 2009 Graveyard Of Empires debut on Auburn Records. The as-yet-untitled album now has 11 tracks in various stages of completion.
'The Grand Inquisitor'
'Ashes Of The Phoenix'
'Cryptid'
'The Blessing'
'Twilight Of The Idols'
'The Mark Of Nero'
'Sobibor'
'Blood-Soaked Majesty'
'Guns, Germs, And Steel'
'The Sun And Time'
'Charon's Obul'
"The writing is going really well", says guitarist Tom Mowcomber. "All of the songs are in various stages at this point, with a few of them being near completion. It's a solid batch of songs that represents the next step for us in terms of musical and compositional growth. We are anxious to get back into the studio, so we're going to take enough time to make sure that these tunes are the best they can be, while working as expediently as we can. Producing a high-quality end result, that we are very happy with, is our main goal. I think that this next batch of tunes will represent marked improvement and musical development for us. It's a killer set of songs, and we're really excited to see what the end result will be."2009 proved to be a banner year for the band. In addition to recording and releasing their debut album, Lick The Blade performed last July at the sold-out 2009 Headbangers Open Air festival in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany as part of a special Auburn Records 25th-anniversary celebration. The band also had songs appear on CD compilation releases from Germany's Heavy and Poland's Hard Rocker magazines. Lick The Blade, along with label mates ETERNAL LEGACY, were recently nominated for the "Best Metal Band" award in Cleveland Scene magazine's annual "Cleveland Music Awards 2010" in recognition of their 2009 accomplishments.
"2009 was, by far, the best year for Lick The Blade", reflects Mowcomber. "We finally got our first record out, and we were given the incredible opportunity to be able to go over to Germany and play a couple of shows. We felt truly lucky, as a virtually unknown band, to have been able to do that. When we started the band, we had high hopes and expectations, but I don't think any of us foresaw things progressing the way that they have."
