{"id":3302,"date":"2021-04-23T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2021-04-22T16:19:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:19:22","slug":"american-metal-legends-attacker-joins-cruz-del-sur-music-vocalist-bobby-lucas-returns-to-the-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/04\/american-metal-legends-attacker-joins-cruz-del-sur-music-vocalist-bobby-lucas-returns-to-the-fold\/","title":{"rendered":"American Metal Legends ATTACKER Joins Cruz Del Sur Music, Vocalist BOBBY LUCAS Returns To The Fold!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce the signing of American metal legends ATTACKER! The label will release the band\u2019s next studio album sometime in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally formed in 1983, ATTACKER burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut, \u201cBattle At Helm\u2019s Deep\u201d, an LP many consider to be one of the first pure American power metal albums. The band released \u201cThe Second Coming\u201d in 1988 before splitting the next year. ATTACKER returned in 2001 and has since released four additional studio albums and one EP, the latest being 2018\u2019s \u201cArmor Of The Gods\u201d EP.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATTACKER made contact with Cruz Del Sur Music through a mutual friend of the band and the label. \u201cWe corresponded for a few months and struck a deal for the next ATTACKER album,\u201d says drummer and founding member Mike Sabatini. \u201cWe are looking forward to this new partnership!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In related news, vocalist Bobby Lucas has since rejoined ATTACKER. According to Sabatini, a conversation about the recent \u201cGodzilla Vs. Kong\u201d movie got the two men talking about working together again, and, more importantly, what a strong unit they are. Vocalist Ski, who appeared on the recent \u201cSpiritual Warfare\u201d single, had recently informed the band that he did not have the time needed to fully commit to ATTACKER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith all the stuff the world has gone through the last year and still going through, we all grew in our understanding of what\u2019s important and what\u2019s not important,\u201d says Sabatini. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely a nice feeling. Bobby truly is the best voice for this band. Add to that how excited we all are for new beginnings working with Cruz Del Sur and it makes life that much sweeter. The band and I are very much looking forward to continuing work on the new album material for a 2022 release\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ATTACKER plans on concluding the writing process for their next studio album by the end of the summer. The band will then enter Bandmother Recording in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Sabatini handling engineering duties. \u201cThe new material will have more diversity,\u201d he says. \u201cBrian Smith [bass] and Jon Hasselbrink [guitar] have contributed music for the very first time. Mike Benetatos [guitar] had written most of the last few albums so the injection of different ideas will add some new flavor to our sound. Mike is a little more of a technical writer whereas Brian and Jon\u2019s material adds a little more old-school classic feel which is where we all came from musically. I think fans of the band will be pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Active for nearly four decades, ATTACKER has long been a staple of the American power metal scene. They also remain a highly-respected cult act in Europe, something that continues to drive them to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were fortunate to have come up when the metal explosion was happening and be part of this great thing that occurred and is still occurring,\u201d says Sabatini. \u201cHeavy metal and hard rock is the music that speaks to me and resonates within me. Listening to the classic metal bands that got me on my path still sends chills up my spine \u2014 those types of feelings and love for this music are what keeps me and the band going. Music is in our blood, hearts and souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother big aspect is the great people we have met since reforming. We honestly had no idea what the bands\u2019 early works meant until going to Europe and hearing from the fans. It was very humbling as we never imagined the impact ATTACKER and other underground \u201880s bands had. I should totally understand it since so many underground bands were part of my introduction to metal back in the early days. We don\u2019t do it for a living \u2014 we\u2019re more like weekend warriors. But hey, some people play golf, we\u2019ll play metal until we physically cannot!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce the signing of American metal legends ATTACKER! The label will release the band\u2019s next studio album sometime in 2022. Originally formed in 1983, ATTACKER burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut, \u201cBattle At Helm\u2019s Deep\u201d, an LP many consider to be one of the first pure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1684,4],"tags":[1685,1687,1686,42,1062],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}