Cleveland's MIDNIGHT Records Pittsburgh Steelers Song
January 22, 2011, 13 years ago
Cleveland, Ohio based thrash/black metallers MIDNIGHT have recorded 'Black And The Gold', a reworked version of their song 'Black Rock 'N' Roll', in support of the town's arch football rivals the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers have made it to the AFC finals and will be playing the New Your Jets on Sunday, January 23 for the conference championship. 'Black Rock 'N' Roll' originally appeared on the band's 2008 Farewell To Hell EP. The new version is not commercially available but can heard streaming below:
"Being a Steelers fan since I was just a little puke kid made growing up in the Cleveland area tough", says Midnight vocalist/bassist Athenar, who also plays bass in Cleveland thrash metal legends DESTRUCTOR. "I've always been a natural rebel and a fan of the bad guys so I made this tune with the sole intention of getting Steeler fans and players pumped for the games and ready to destroy people!"
A demented burst of first-wave black metal exactly 30 years too late but no less ripping and unholy, Midnight rape your ears with a combination of sordid blasphemy and perverted glam metal. The band's sound has been compared to VENOM, HELLHAMMER and BATHORY rising out of the NWOBHM grave and shaking the cobwebs loose for another gloriously dirty, catchy spell of punky Black Metal.
Midnight have enjoyed international success in the metal underground. In addition to playing shows in the US, the band have toured Canada, Europe, Mexico and Japan and released several internationally distributed albums and EP's.
For more info visit Myspace.com/athenarsmidnight.
