Tokyo Blade to release a new album in January 2025. It’s titled Time is the Fire with the release date slotted for 17th January via Dissonance Productions.
Tokyo Blade go all the way back to 1982 and were in the thick of the then emerging New Wave of British Heavy Metal with their self-titled debut album appearing in 1983 quickly followed in 1984 by the classic Night of the Blade.
That album gained much momentum for the band however after that it seemed as though the law of diminishing returns applied with the success of Night of the Blade not being capitalised on.
Despite many line-up changes over the years allied with periods of inactivity and reformations, the band has continued and over recent years released four albums since 2018, the last of which was Fury in 2022.
And now we have Time is the Fire to look forward to in January 2025 which will comprise of fourteen new songs.
An early single is out there now to act as a taster. It’s called Don’t Bleed Over Me and it’s a proper good ‘un. Here’s the video:
Time is the Fire is available for pre-order from Cherry Red with all sorts of different formats available including CD and coloured double vinyl.
If you fancy pre-ordering: https://www.cherryred.co.uk
If you may not be familiar with Tokyo Blade’s NWOBHM-era output, including that classic Night of the Blade, check out the Nights of the Blade box set which has their first three albums and a disc of early singles etc.
https://newwaveofbritishheavymetal.com/tokyo-blade-nights-of-the-blade-review
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