Riot V, the new band featuring the remaining members of legendary metal pioneers Riot, wants you to be in their new video for the song “Take Me Back”, from their current album Unleash The Fire.

Says the band: “We know you have a photo or two from back in the day. Photos that you might be a little embarrassed to show, where you had big hair and spandex pants. We want a copy of that photo along with a current photo of you for use in our upcoming video for the song “Take Me Back”!

Not that Riot V vocalist Todd Michael Hall loves to be embarrassed, but see his example photos. You do not have to format them for us. We will do that. Just send us two individual files, one from back in the day and one from now, and we will do the rest.

Email us your photos to RiotVRocks@gmail.com by August 14th.”

Riot V released their debut album, Unleash The Fire, last October via SPV/Steamhammer. The CD marks the first release from Riot without the late, great founding guitarist Mark Reale, who passed away in early 2012 and was limited on his participation on 2011's reunion album Immortal Soul because of his health issues. The band was encouraged at the request of Mark and the Reale estate to forge ahead in his honour and has dedicated this new offering to him.

 

 

Unleash The Fire promises to please fans of the Thundersteel era of Riot, as main songwriter and longtime Reale music collaborator Don Van Stavern does much of the writing, as he did on Thundersteel and The Privilege Of Power. Don is joined by longtime Riot bandmate, songwriter and Reale's guitar partner of over 20 years, Mike Flyntz, to create what they feel is something they are proud to call a Riot record. The Riot V lineup is completed by powerhouse vocalist extraordinaire Todd Michael Hall (Burning Starr, Reverence), Frank Gilchriest (Virgin Steele, Riot's Army Of One) and former Mike Flyntz guitar student and resident shredder Nick Lee.

Fan-filmed video footage of Riot V performing on June 6th at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg can be seen below: