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: ew.bfan.link/horns-for-a-halo...
Animated music video by Natalia Jonderko Śmiechowicz.
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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
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"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
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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.’
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