Airbourne: Black Dog Barking versie op vinyl LP in standaard editie. Deze specifieke uitgave werd uitgebracht in Duitsland bij uitgeverij Roadrunner Records op 29. september 2017.

Airbourne sind die wandelnde, sprechende, lebende, atmende, schreiende, spuckende Verkörperung all dessen, was Hard Rock seit seiner Entstehung beinhaltet hat. Dabei gelingt es ihnen, sowohl die spirituelle Substanz von Thin Lizzy, als auch den körnigen Vibe von Motörhead, die große pathetische Theatralik von Judas Priest, die zuhörervereinende Macht von Iron Maiden und den scharfen Biss ihrer australischen Landsmänner AC/DC in Anspruch zu nehmen. Sie haben diese ungleichen Komponenten zu ihrer eigenen headbangenden Frankensteinmonsterkreation zusammengenäht, die die gesamte Hard-Rock-Szene mit ihrem Enthusiasmus und unermüdlichem Schwung unter Strom setzt. "Black Dog Barking", das triumphale neue Album der Band, ist eine furiose Zelebrierung des Gefühls, wahrhaft am Leben zu sein und dem großen Geist der Rock 'n' Roll-Musik zu dienen. Airbournes drittes Album ist nicht weniger als die Summe dessen, wonach die Band seit ihrer Gründung im australischen Warrnambool vor zehn Jahren stets gestrebt hat. Product Information Airbourne is the walking, talking, living, breathing, screaming, spitting, fist-pumping embodiment of everything hard rock has encompassed since the movement's inception. Fun-loving, raucous, hard-partying, full of melodic danger and smiling optimism, Airbourne create anthems that support the underdogs with reckless abandon. Airbourne thrive on invoking the spiritual essence of Thin Lizzy, the gritty pub vibe of Motörhead, the grand histrionic theatrics of Judas Priest, the unifying audience domination of Iron Maiden and the sharp biting style of their Australian counterparts in the legendary AC/DC. They stitched these disparate ingredients together into a mindless Frankenstein monster of their own making, energising the entire hard rock scene with their enthusiasm and unrelenting drive. Black Dog Barking, the band's triumphant new album, is a furious declaration of all that it means to feel truly alive in the service of the great spirit of rock n' roll music. Airbourne's third album is nothing less than the summation of everything Airbourne have been striving for since the band formed in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, a decade ago. They announced their arrival with the opener Runnin' Wild, one of the most talked about and highest rated debuts in recent hard rock history. Metal Hammer awarded them the Golden Gods Award for Best Debut Album, and Classic Rock rightfully christened them Best New Band. "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" became ubiquitous in high school parking lots and PA systems everywhere hard rock music was liked and appreciated. After several trips around the world and meetings with the international press, Airbourne further staked out their territory with the breathtaking No Guts. No Glory. broke into the Top 40 in the UK, Top 20 in Australia and the Billboard Top 200, with "No Way But the Hard Way" leading the way. SInger and guitarist Joel O'Keeffe spoke about their unique method in approaching songwriting for this album, "We recorded a bit of the song in rehearsal and then Ryan and I just drove around in the car. We dug into the lyrics and shouted out ideas," Joel explains the process that resulted in the future Airbourne classics you'll find on Black Dog Barking, such as the haunting first single "Live It Up", "Animalize Me" and the aptly titled album opener "Ready To Rock". "Sometimes when working on an aggressive song it helped to incite anger on the road. We'd be working on an idea with aggressive lyrics and someone would pull up really slowly in front of us and we'd almost run their car off the road, all pumped up!" They say. As the writing process continued, the guys examined the material and took stock of what they had in their hands and what they felt was missing - making sure the whole thing encompassed melody, hard rock and aggression, which is what Airbourne is all about, in the right proportion. "Hungry" is an autobiographical banger detailing their own story - the story of many bands - about paying their dues. It's also probably the heaviest song they've ever made. "We wanted a song that described us when we started as a band and how we feel now," Joel explains. "It's about being in a band on tour, being a bunch of friends in a cheap van and hitting the highway and stuff. That's a big part of this band. When we first started, we were always trying to get gigs, driving around, running out of fuel, breaking down and stuff like that. We were doing everything we could to get gigs, even though we were playing for free." The first two albums Joel bought were Metallica's Kill 'Em All and AC/DC's Razors Edge, and that combination of hungry young newcomers and the titular rock n' roll mastery is a great summation of Airbourne. Producer Brian Howes, whose resume includes several Juno Awards (including Producer of the Year) in his native Canada, among other impressive accolades, helped the band pull out stuff they might not have discovered so quickly on their own. The band worked hard to put more heart and soul into the record than ever before, with Howes encouraging the band to delve into the heart of the songs. Eventually, the songs themselves took over, controlling the band members like puppets. This helped give birth to the stylistic detour "No One Fits Me (Better Than You)," a slinky, sexy tune that's almost two songs in one, much like The Cult's Bob Rock-driven "Fire Woman." The band worked on the song until it was simply perfect, much like they painstakingly crafted "Girls in Black" during the Runnin' Wild era. The album's title track, "Black Dog Barking," was probably the most difficult to record because it's driven by so much aggression, rage and anger that emotions would take over in the booth. "It's kind of hard to explain the very real effect it had," says Joel. "But when you record songs like that, I think that's when you know you're on the right track. When the song makes your hair stand up in horror. When the recording is terrifying. I don't think we've experienced anything as intimidating as that stuff in the past. We've always had it in us, but this is a much deeper level than before." The black dog is that dark dog that appears in your dreams, like the dog people said haunted Winston Churchill in the dark days of England. There's always someone at Airbourne who tells them they're too loud or that Joel can't climb the lighting rig. Even when they were starting out, the local authorities were always closing pubs and smaller venues that played live music for one reason or another. "When that happens, it's the most unfair thing you can do to bands," Joel gushes. Airbourne quickly learned to stand their ground, to make themselves count, to be heard. Musically and thematically, Black Dog Barking gets to the very essence of what Airbourne has been about since the guys first strapped on their instruments. "Basically, you've got to cut through the shit," says Joel. "We don't have to put up with any bullshit. We have to defend every band's right to rock n' roll, and anyone who wants to play rock n' roll should have the right to play it as loud as they want." Black Dog Barking is without a doubt one of the most honest rock n' roll records currently available. "It's got everything we have to give," Joel declares. "We put our heart and soul into it. If you like rock n' roll, you're going to love this." (roadrunnerrecords. com)

Album valt binnen het genre Rock en Hard Rock. Gatefold Vinyl.