Diamond Head (Diamond Head album)

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Diamond Head
Diamond Head - Diamond Head.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 April 2016
Genre Heavy metal
Length48:21
Label Dissonance Productions
Diamond Head chronology
What's in Your Head?
(2007)
Diamond Head
(2016)
The Coffin Train
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
BW&BK 8.0/10 [2]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [3]

Diamond Head is the seventh studio album by heavy metal band Diamond Head, released on 22 April 2016. [4] This is the first album from the band to feature Rasmus Bom Andersen as the lead vocalist. [5] The album reached number 15 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Bones"4:12
2."Shout at the Devil"4:04
3."Set My Soul on Fire"4:24
4."See You Rise"4:16
5."All the Reasons You Live"5:23
6."Wizard Sleeve"3:18
7."Our Time Is Now"4:27
8."Speed"4:07
9."Blood on My Hands"4:24
10."Diamonds"3:24
11."Silence"6:22
Japanese edition bonus tracks [6]
No.TitleLength
12."Kings & Queens"5:22
13."All the Reasons You Live (Orchestral Mix)"5:24

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [7] 33
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [8] 15

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