BW&BK; recently spoke with vocalist Blaze Bayley about his new album, Promise And Terror. An excerpt from the story is available below:

Promise And Terror is Bayley’s second album under his own name and as an independent artist. Between 2000 and 2004 he released three studio records and one live album under the BLAZE moniker via SPV, a relationship that slowly but surely destroyed Bayley’s belief in the almighty record company.

“I started my own label a few years ago, which made people think ‘Well, I guess he can’t get a record deal.’ The truth is I’m absolutely sick of the mainstream music business and the way they look at things. I started out because I wanted to sing and write my own songs, I wanted to play lots of gig anywhere I could and live on a tour bus. That was my reason for getting into making music. Nothing in the mainstream business seems to be about that. It’s all hype; it’s ‘Advertise this record, advertise this band, say they’re the best thing ever and let’s try to con some people into buying this album.’ Then they put the band on tour in venues that they couldn’t fill or afford to do if they didn’t have money from the advertising. It’s all complete nonsense to me.”
“We’re a real band, real musicians that play 100% live for audiences that want us there,” Bayley continues. “There’s no hype involved. We’re not saying we’re the greatest band in the world; that’s for the fans to decide. It’s up to the fans to say that we’re worthy of their support. We’re not conning anybody, we’re saying ‘This is the way of life we have chosen and this is what we dream of doing. The reactions that we’ve gotten so far for Promise And Terror, I can’t believe it. You’re always so nervous when you put out a new album. You do your best to pack everything into an album but then you have to let it go, and you just don’t know if people are going to like it or not. So far the reaction has been really positive and that’s absolutely fantastic.”

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Bayley's new studio album, Promise And Terror, was released via Blaze Bayley Recordings on February 1st and distributed by Plastic Head. A new teaser clip called 'God Of Speed' is available below:

The accompanying world tour kicks off at JB’s in Dudley, UK on February 6th. European and South American tour dates have now been confirmed and further dates and countries will be announced shortly.

Promise And Terror tracklisting:

'Watching The Night Sky'

'Madness And Sorrow'

'1633'

'God Of Speed'

'City Of Bones'

'Faceless'

'Time To Dare'

'Surrounded By Sadness'

'The Trace Of Things That Have No Words'

'Letting Go Of The World'

'Comfortable In Darkness'