Upcoming Gigs

Thursday 7th June - The Barge & Barrel - Factory Road,
Tipton, DY4 9AJ.

Details TBC

At the 'Ace of Spades' bar in the Barge and Barrel.

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Friday 6th July - Tamworth Assembly Rooms, Corporation Street Tamworth, B79 7DN.

Venemous Addiction
Blow Fist
Disarm Goliath
Chemikill

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Sunday 8th July - Tamworth Sports (/Rock) Bar, 32 Victoria Road, Tamworth, B79 7HS.

Tamworth twice in one weekend. This town better batten down the hatches and run for cover, as it will be raining steel all weekend!!!

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Saturday 14th July - The Roadhouse - Lifford Lane, Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 3DZ.

Details TBC

Supporting 'Higher on Maiden', Top notch Iron Maiden tribute act, think we are supporting every maiden tribute band out there this year... Its like being in heaven... or hell, depending on your preference! \m/ see you all there!

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Saturday 8th September - The Bookmark - Elmore Row, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2HR

Details TBC

The Bookmark library will only be reading from the book of heavy metal on this evening!

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Friday 21st September - The Arches - 22/23 Arches Industrial Estate, Spon End,
Coventry, CV1 3JQ

Details TBC

Supporting a top class Iron Maiden tribute band 'Hi On Maiden', they are officially endorsed by Iron Maiden themselves. So they must put on one hell of a show...

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Saturday 13th October - Supporting Hi On Maiden - The Priory Centre, 7-9 Market Square, St Neots, Cambridgeshire PE19 2AR.

We do like our Iron Maiden Tribute bands, can't wait to support Hi On Maiden once again \m/

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Wednesday 26th December - The Robin 2 - 24-26 Mount Pleasant, Bilston, WV14 7LJ

Details TBC

Boxing day gig, and we are back at The Robin supporting Limehouse Lizzy. These guys are an amazing Thin Lizzy tribute act and we look forward to opening for them once again \m/

Album Reviews

Planet Mosh - Born to Rule Album Review

This is the band’s third album and the first full album with Steve ‘The Banshee’ Bell on vocals. This album has been produced by the band and mixed by their own Steve Beville (guitars). The quality of the album really is a credit to the band, if you didn’t know they had done all the work themselves you wouldn’t guess by listening to it. I have heard albums by long established, ‘big’, bands that don’t sound this good. The band sound tight and the mixing is great. You can definitely hear the band’s influences but without trying to just copy their style. This album is a well worth getting hold of for any metal fan.

Rating: 10/10

http://planetmosh.com/disarm-goliath-born-to-rule/

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Dead Earnest - DISARM GOLIATH Born To Rule CD

It literally takes about thirty seconds into this album to let you know exactly what you're about to experience – starts with stuttering metal guitar riffing, as rhythms drive forward and amid the metal might this falsetto vocal just dives in like a banshee to let you know you're in a world of Classic Rock that's just warming up and already sounding promising. From there on the song gets going as the singer lets go with a slightly gravelly vocal that pours passion into the song and delivers the vocals in the manner of a Halford or Dio as the whole thing takes on a distinct Judas Priest influence but infused with Maiden-esque choruses as the singer spans one almighty range of pitch. The drums accelerate, the bass thunders and suddenly a lead guitar break comes out of nowhere to deliver the solo with heat and fury as this amazing slice of Classic Rock storms ahead to absolute perfection – and this is just the opening track!! After this comes “Who Rules The Night” - even the titles paint the requisite picture – and this is a classic slice of Maiden-esque songwriting and arranging – in fact if you weren't a fan, you'd swear it was a Maiden song – it's got that exact arranging style to it as the rhythms propel the piece with power, the guitars swirl and drive underneath and the vocals, this time more mid-range, deliver the onrush of verses that lead into the heady, repeated hook that is the title of the track. All of a sudden, the pace takes a twist, a veritable classic Gillan of a scream is unleashed as the guitar once more takes a spirited solo over the lurching rhythms before the track gets back to the gravel vocal and the menace of the song, '90's-influenced Classic Metal done to excellence. “Betrayer” opens with sizling guitar riffs full of fuzz and fury as the drums stumble, drive then rush headlong into your skull as the bass pounds underneath, the guitar scales the heights and the singer rushes in with an ascending vocal and here the feel is more of a cross between later era Sabbath, bits of Rainbow and early Metallica as it all tears along at some pace, the vocals full of emotion as the metal muscle is flexed and the evil nature of the song flares out like a napalm gun in a jungle. It all rises into a wordless chorus as the song climbs higher, the vocals once agaion span a huge range of pitch and the song is a thunderous sea of riffing, menacing singing, Halford-esque choruses and rhythmic power. “Man Of Sins” sensibly starts at a more sedate pace with searing heat lead guitar ringing out slowly on top of cascading rhythm guitar as the vocals take on a softer feel and the song unfolds as you get the feeling it's going to explode – which, indeed it does – well, sort of – it actually just gets bigger and becomes a story-telling song delivered with gruff vocals as the whole thing ascends and propels into another Maiden-esque chorus along with lead guitar breaks rising to the surface as the mid-paced menace and passion of the song unfolds. Then there's a huge upper register guitar lead as another spirited solo dives into action before the song continues, goes back to how it began then just as you're thinking that's going to be it, actually segues right into the metal might and magic that is “Propaganda” as the song picks up the pace and rises up like a hurricane into this fast falsetto of a vocal above pummelling rhythm section work and storming seas of guitars that riff and solo like solar flares, as fine an example of Classic Metal as it comes. “Born To Rule” starts heavy with solid riffing, powerful rhythms and heated guitar leads as the vocals surge forward with that range-spanning heady effect and the song rumbles like a juggernaut into a world of seventies-esque metal that's lighting up the night sky like an electric storm complete with repeated hook of the title, the electricity unleashed by the guitar breaks and the overall metal thunder that inevitable ensues. “Cry Of The Banshee” ontinues in a similar vein only here with a more lurching but no less heavy rhythm arrangement as the vocals and guitars provide another earth-moving performance while the album ends on “Raining Steel”, a fast-paced number that's got dual vocal duelling off each other from the singer ona menacing fast-paced lurch of a song which stutters and drives into this tension-filled world opf riffs, rhythms and multi-tracked vocals, stomping, pounding and roaring forward through a huge sounding world of metal mayhem, guitars glowing like a furnace as the song drives towards a massive guitars-driven mid-section then the vocals re-enter and the song powers ahead to the end, faster than a rocket and every bit as explosive.
So there you have it – a Classic Rock 'n' Metal fan's delight of an album that rocks from start to finish – which, after all, is what a great metal album should be.
Andy Garibaldi (Dead Earnest) 05-12
www.deadearnest.btinternet.co.uk
Dead Earnest website
 
www.myspace.com/deadearnestdundee
Dead Earnest myspace

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Disarm Goliath – Raining Steel Demo CD (www.myspace.com/disarmgoliath) 

I miss good old fashioned, hard hitting Heavy Metal bands, you know, the kind of bands that you just want to bang your head along to, whilst raising the horn high when you’re hanging out with your friends, drinking huge amounts of cider and having a fine old time. So, that’s probably why I dig the hell out of this demo, as it’s three tracks of shameless old school metal with a hint of the power and speed varities thrown in for good measure – classic riffs, soaring vocals and great tunes? Finally, a UK band that can compete with our European brethren on a level Metal playing field. Bloody good work chaps, labels take note and get on the case before someone beats you to it… Tim Mass Movement

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"I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT EVERYBODY COULD HEAR THIS HIGH OCTANE METAL"
POWERPLAY MAGAZINE

"DISARM GOLIATH, APART FROM PLAYING MIGHTILY FINE HEAVY METAL, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!"
TERRORIZER

"BRIT-ROCKERS (DISARM GOLIATH) HAVE GONE FOR AN ALL OUT METAL BARRAGE...
...THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY CAPTURED HERE IS IMPRESSIVE...
...THE SPEEDY RIFFING IS ASTOUNDING!"
KERRANG!

"THESE GUYS SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING...POLISHED... ...CATCHY...SHOWS TALENT IN SONGWRITING AND PRODUCTION... ...WHY NOT GIVE THEM A TRY?"
ROCK SOUND

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The Metal Observer - www.metal-observer.com
Disarm Goliath - Raining Steel (7/10) - Great Britain - 2009

Genre: Heavy Metal
Label: Self-production
Playing time: 14:10
Band homepage: Disarm Goliath

Tracklist:
Who Rules The Night
Raining Steel
Two Worlds

My initial reaction to DISARM GOLIATH at the tail end of 2008 was hardly one of immediate warmth and congeniality. I found the EP, ‘’Man, Machine And Murder’’, a bit of a drag and lacking in any sort of decent merit. And then this a three track EP lands on the proverbial desk and I don’t hold my breath.

Frankly this is night and day compared with the last EP. The addition of Steve Bell on vocals has brought about a sea change in both song writing and overall buzz. This is a tight, impressive unit with a foot in going places very soon territory. Each of the tracks is a heavy weight bruiser mixed with a competent ear for melody a la MADIEN and PRIEST. Bell has an unrefined voice perfectly suited to the heavy riffs and chugging pace. There’s a quite noticeable difference in the quality of the songs and whatever’s in the water in the Midlands DISARM GOLIATH is having their fill!

(Online July 6, 2009)