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ELEGANT WEAPONS (the brainchild of JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner) release the animated music video for “Blind Leading The Blind“ from the debut album, Horns For A Halo, out May 26, 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-Order & Pre-Save: Animated music video by Natalia Jonderko Śmiechowicz. Subscribe to Elegant Weapons: Subscribe to Nuclear Blast: PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE: LISTEN: Music video by Natalia Jonderko Śmiechowicz. ELEGANT WEAPONS lineup: Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, MSG) - Vocals Richie Faulkner (Judas Priest) - Guitars Dave Rimmer (Uriah Heep) - Bass Christopher Williams (Accept) - Drums Horns For A Halo - Album Personnel: Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, MSG) - Vocals Richie Faulkner (Judas Priest) - Guitars Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) - Bass Scott Travis (Judas Priest) - Drums VISIT ELEGANT WEAPONS: @elegantweaponsband @elegantweaponsband --- “Blind Leading The Blind“ Lyrics If you keep a bad dog with you the good ones they won’t bite A necessary evil it doesn’t matter if it’s right Oh it’s great to be the king just keep your head in the game Dropping like flies around you their loss is your gain You’re throwing pearls before the swine hope they don’t flinch You know there’s no defense Just pay the piper or you get found in a ditch Chorus It’s just the blind leading the blind The truth got left behind The blind leading the blind It’s stop now or never mind You think that you can whip them with one arm behind your back It’s not over till it’s over then everything goes black Stop listening to all the voices in your head The Devil’s Advocate is never far behind You’re better off dead It’s just the blind leading the blind The truth got left behind The blind leading the blind Throw pearls before the swine The blind leading the blind It’s stop now or never mind Got no axe to grind Just see through the lies Dropping like flies around you, their loss is your gain Oh it’s great to be the king just keep your head in the game You’re throwing pearls before the swine hope they don’t flinch You know there’s no defense Just pay the piper or you get found in a ditch It’s just the blind leading the blind The truth got left behind The blind leading the blind Throw pearls before the swine The blind leading the blind It’s stop now or never mind Chorus --- As for the music, Richie Faulkner describes it as “a mix of Jimi Hendrix, Priest, Sabbath, solo Ozzy and Black Label Society – heavy, catchy, and with melody. Sort of old school and modern at once if that makes any sense, and actually down-tuned a whole step. The Marshall Plexi basically does one thing, but you’ve got to crank it to 11 for it to have that distorted sound. It hasn’t got a lot of bells and whistles on it or different channels and effects. It basically does one thing and does it very well. But again down-tuning creates more of a modern sound, and by using the classic sound of the Marshall Plexi, you get that juxtaposition, that contrast. All told, there are a lot of guitar solos and the songs are on the heavier side. And even though there’s a lot of melody, it’s still going to shake your bones.” Specific to the songs, Richie explains that “Me and acoustic don’t really get along, so there’s only one mellow song on it, a sort of smoky, haunted, New Orleans kind of tune called ‘Ghost of You,’ with de-tuned 1920s piano on it. That one is about a memory, or ghost of a lost love. But that’s about as acoustic as it gets. I’m not really attracted to acoustic guitar in general. It’s mainly kind of heavy and full-on, really. There’s a song called ‘White Horse,’ plus ‘Horns for a Halo’, which is like Tony Iommi crossed with Alice in Chains. That’s about the way we justify the bad things we do. When we turn up on Judgement Day, will the angels kind of confuse our horns for halos, if you know what I mean.” But really, the over-arching mandate with Elegant Weapons is to perpetuate the rich legacy of the traditional proto-power metal invented by the heavy metal titans of the ‘70s and ‘80s, most pertinently Richie’s own band, Judas Priest. And in 2023, fans will finally get to hear what this promising new band sounds like – with the arrival of ‘Horns for a Halo.’ --- #ElegantWeapons #JudasPriest #HeavyMetal #Metal #RockMusic #HardRock #Rock #NuclearBlastRecords #NuclearBlast
