FORMED IN NEWCASTLE by sibling noiseniks John and Mark Gallagher (bass/vocals and guitar, respectively), Raven have performed their own unique brand of ‘athletic rock’ since 1974. John Gallagher gives Classic Rock a preview of the US-based trio’s new album All Hell’s Breaking Loose, their fifteenth.
The new album follows a longestablished Raven formula of red-hot riffs, pounding rhythms and banshee vocals, but some songs also function on a melodic level – quite a tightrope to walk. Is it hard to write in that style?
After all these years, not really. Without wanting to sound too calculated about it, we love putting together the opposing elements of chaos, craziness and
