In the past two decades, Black Stone Cherry has set a new standard for Southern rock, revitalizing the tradition with its burly riffs and stirring rock hooks. He continues: “There is a lot of darkness on this album-I bared my soul-but it always foreshadows light at the end of the tunnel.” Adds guitarist/backing vocalist Ben Wells: “We see something beautiful letting pain out-you come out a better person.” I lost my father, and now I am the oldest living man in my family,” says vocalist/guitarist Chris Robertson. In the last few years, a lot of what I knew from childhood went away. “The thesis of this record is adapting and moving on. The self-produced studio record was tracked at a classic Kentucky theater, and it sounds like the guys are smashing down the hammer of the gods. The 12-song collection is also BSC’s biggest and best sounding album. The four-piece band’s eighth album explodes with urgently-emotive pop-rock hooks heartfelt, redemptive lyrics headbanging riffs powerful dynamics thunderous drums and its most thrilling musicianship yet. Proud Kentucky rockers, Black Stone Cherry, emerge from a challenging few years triumphantly with a behemoth of an album, Screamin’ At The Sky (Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group), out September 29th. Doors open one hour prior to show start time.
