7/10/25 Page 3
British heavy metal icons DIAMOND HEAD have released the animated video for "The Messenger". The track is the second single taken from the upcoming live album, Live And Electric out this week. "'The Messenger' (Live at the Cambridge Corn Exchange) Is a very powerful track. It started life in my head when I was watching Cradle of Filth live on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise," remarks founding member and lead guitarist Brian Tatler. "They played a song with a fantastic groove which reminded me of Tobacco Road by the Nashville Teens. I thought to myself 'that's brilliant, I will try and come up with a riff for a groove like that' and so I came up with 'The Messenger' riff (everything comes from somewhere). We recorded it for the album The Coffin Train and played it live on the 2022 UK and European tour opening for Saxon. The video can be viewed below:
