Iron City Rocks talked to U.D.O. leader Udo Dirkschneider (ex-ACCEPT) about his band's latest release, Rev-Raptor. Udo talks about maintaining his voice, his musical legacy, the writing process, the current tour and his enjoyment of parachuting. Listen below:

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U.D.O. recently announced changes to their upcoming live dates in Spain. The band's European dates for their Rev-Raptor Tour now include:

September

24 - Cracow, Poland - Kwadrat
25 - Wroclaw, Poland - Alibi
27 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Forum Palace
28 - Tallinn, Estonia - Rock Cafe
30 - Helsinki, Finland - DOM

October

2 - Vaasa, Finland - Royal Night Club
3 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi
5 - Malmö, Sweden - KB
6 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Trädgårn
7 - Uppsala, Sweden - Katalin
8 - Sundsvall, Sweden - Destroyer
9 - Mariestad, Sweden - KG5
27 - Paris, France - Divan Du Monde
28 - Pagney derriere Barine/Nancy, France - Paulette Pub Rock
29 - Las Pennas Mirabeau/Marseille, France - Jas Rod
30 - Pau, France- L'Ampli

November

2 - Madrid, Spain - Heineken
3 - Valladolid, Spain - Sala Mirador de Cristal
4 - Santiago, Spain - Sala Capitol
5 - Bilbao, Spain - Rock Star Live
6 - LLeida, Spain - Cotton Club

U.D.O. released their Rev-Raptor album on May 20th via AFM Records. The band report:

"After the successful chart entries in Germany and Sweden the band got good news from Switzerland. Rev-Raptor marks again the highest chart position in the band's history with #57! A "merci vielmals" to all our fans in Switzerland!"

Rev-Raptor is available in the following formats:

- CD (Jewel Case)
- CD (Digipak)
- CD (Japan)
- Vinyl black
- Vinyl green
- Limited Box (more details below)

The digipak contains the two bonus tracks, 'Time Dilator' and 'Heavy Metal W:O:A', plus the videos for 'Leatherhead' and the second single, 'I Give As Good As I Get'.

The Japanese version of Rev-Raptor includes the bonus tracks 'Stormbreaker' and 'Bodyworld'. Rev-Raptor on green-vinyl is limited to 200 copies and available exclusively via Nuclear Blast mailorder.

U.D.O. recently launched a video diary detailing the band's Mexican and South American tour. Parts 5 and 6, which trace the band's travel marathon from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires, then São Paulo and São Luis to Goiânia, are available below: