Royal Blood (10th Anniversary Edition) (Gold Vinyl)

LPA

1. Out Of The Black
2. Come On Over
3. Figure It Out
4. You Can Be So Cruel
5. Blood Hands

LPB

1. Little Monster
2. Loose Change
3. Careless
4. Ten Tonne Skeleton
5. Better Strangers

LPC BONUS TRACK

1. One Trick Pony
2. You Want Me
3. Love and Leave It Alone
4. Sleeptalker
5. Hole
6. Ten Tonne Skeleton (TD Mix)

LPD BONUS TRACKS

1. Figure It Out (T In the Park 2015)
2. Loose Change (Reading 2015)
3. Little Monster (Reading 2015)
4. Better Strangers (Bonnaroo 2015)
5. Out Of The Black (Reading 2015)

“Confirms why Royal Blood have been hyped quite so hard… Their impact will surely stretch beyond rock’s confines.” – NME

“Royal Blood deliver slam-bang, hard-hitting rock that channels Led Zeppelin, Metallica and Queens of the Stone Age without a single guitar solo.” – Daily Telegraph

“A 10-track pedal-to-the-floor sonic assault, wired with hunger and gloss, gleaming with devastating intent and bulging with earworm choruses. Every track is excellent, ruthless, relentless.” - Clash

“The two piece may be svelte in terms of number, but when it comes to noise they’re surfing a soundwave straight out of the hellmouth.” – DIY

Released in 2014, Royal Blood’s self-titled debut album changed everything for lifelong friends Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher. The duo had played in bands together for years, but armed with a record of instant classics, Royal Blood suddenly achieved a level of success that few debut UK rock bands have come close to achieving. The album fired straight to #1 and went on to be certified double-Platinum, earning the duo the BRIT Award for Best British Group as well as further awards from NME and Kerrang! It also started a run which has seen all four of their studio albums go straight to #1 in the UK – most recently with last year’s ‘Back To The Water Below’.

Now Royal Blood go back to their roots and celebrate where their story with today’s release of ‘Royal Blood – 10th Anniversary Edition’. It is accompanied by a new short documentary titled ‘Shouting Through The Letterhole’, which is now available on YouTube.

Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher commented, “We can’t quite comprehend the fact that a decade has passed since the release of our debut album! The world, minds, and bodies we inhabit now feel somewhat unrecognisable to where it all began, yet the music on that record has remained a constant. It really did change our lives and we owe it everything.”

Ten years on and the electrifying energy of Royal Blood’s debut album remains as impactful as ever.  Full of colossal riffs and battering ram rhythms matched by a flair for instantly memorable songwriting, the all-or-nothing performances of ‘Figure It Out’, ‘Come On Over’, ‘Out Of The Black’, ‘Little Monster’ and ‘Ten Tonne Skeleton’ are still viscerally frenetic, and all those tracks remain staples of their live show to this day.

The ‘10th Anniversary Edition’ comes complete with a wealth of bonus material. The package includes four b-sides from the era, including the deep cut fan favourites ‘One Trick Pony’ and ‘Hole’, plus the previously unreleased ‘Sleeptalker’ and Tom Dalgety’s original mix of ‘Ten Tonne Skeleton’, plus five live recordings from 2015, including three songs from their first main stage set at the Reading Festival.

Physical formats of ‘Royal Blood – 10th Anniversary Edition’ are also available HERE. Formats include a gold double-vinyl which features the late Dan Hillier’s iconic ‘Pachamama’ artwork complete with a mirror-board finish and a gold background, it will also be released on CD and digital.

Royal Blood further reflect on their early days together with the documentary ‘Shouting Through The Letterhole’. The film takes us back to the start for Mike and Ben, with an array of rare and previously unseen footage encompassing interviews, behind-the-scenes content and performances from their ten years together.