BLACK STAR RIDERS Frontman Ricky Warwick On Working With Producers Kevin Shirley And Nick Raskulinecz – "Two Completely Different Mindsets, And That's The Beauty Of This Business"

In the latest interview for their new album The Killer Instinct, Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick gives the inside scoop on the differences between working with producers Kevin Shirley (All Hell Breaks Loose) and Nick Raskulinecz (The Killer Instinct):

Sault St. Marie, MI, Minneapolis, MN, and Moline, IL are the three additional US cities where melodic hard rockers Black Star Riders will be taking the finesse of their high-caliber headlining show this April in support of their second studio album, The Killer Instinct.

The six US dates (three as special guests to Europe) follow the band’s appearance on this year’s Monsters Of Rock cruise:

April
23 – Kewadin Casino – Sault St. Marie, MI
24 – Potawatomi Casino – Milwaukee, WI (with Europe)
25 – Fineline Café – Minneapolis, MN
26 – Rascals Live – Moline, IL
28 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL  (with Europe)
30 – Irving Plaza – New York, NY (with Europe)

Pre-sale ticket links are available on the official Black Star Riders Facebook page.

Live acoustic versions of the songs “Finest Hour” and “The Killer Instinct” – appearing on The Killer Instinct, are streaming below:

Recorded in New York City in January, the performances display the undeniable talents of veteran musicians and Black Star Riders members guitarist Damon Johnson and vocalist Ricky Warwick, who are also current members of the famed legacy rock band Thin Lizzy.

Black Star Riders have released the official video for “Finest Hour”, taken from the forthcoming The Killer Instinct. Check it out below:

Black Star Riders will release The Killer Instinct on February 20th (Europe), 23rd (UK), 24th (North America) via Nuclear Blast. It will be released in different formats: CD, Limited 2-CD Digibook, Limited Gatefold Black Vinyl and Limited Gatefold Clear Vinyl (available for mail orders only).

Formats are as follows:

Limited 2CD Digibook

“The Killer Instinct“
“Bullet Blues”                       
“Finest Hour”                       
“Soldierstown”                     
“Charlie I Gotta Go”             
“Blindsided”
“Through The Motions”
“Sex, Guns & Gasoline”
“Turn In Your Arms”
“You Little Liar”

Bonus CD:
“Gabrielle”
“The Reckoning Day”
“The Killer Instinct” (Acoustic)
“Blindsided” (Acoustic)
“Charlie I Gotta Go” (Acoustic)
“Finest Hour” (Acoustic)

CD
“The Killer Instinct“
“Bullet Blues”                       
“Finest Hour”                       
“Soldierstown”                     
“Charlie I Gotta Go”             
“Blindsided”
“Through The Motions”
“Sex, Guns & Gasoline”
“Turn In Your Arms”
“You Little Liar”

Limited Gatefold Black Vinyl

Side A
“The Killer Instinct“
“Bullet Blues”                       
“Finest Hour”                       
“Soldierstown”                     
“Charlie I Gotta Go”

Side B
“Blindsided”
“Through The Motions”
“Sex, Guns & Gasoline”
“Turn In Your Arms”
“You Little Liar”

Limited Gatefold Clear Vinyl (Mail Order Only)

Side A
“The Killer Instinct“
“Bullet Blues”                       
“Finest Hour”                       
“Soldierstown”                     
“Charlie I Gotta Go”

Side B
“Blindsided”
“Through The Motions”
“Sex, Guns & Gasoline”
“Turn In Your Arms”
“You Little Liar”

“The Killer Instinct” lyric video:

In the footage, Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson surprise a couple of randomly selected fans who pre-ordered the brand new Black Star Riders album, The Killer Instinct, from the Nuclear Blast USA web shop.