NEWS: Absolute Power make their return!

Fifteen long years after the release of their self titled debut album, Absolute Power, the Heavy Metal project founded by vocalist and producer Simon Efemey and Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury has been resurrected. Joined by a myriad of guests musicians including Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth), Mark Gemini Thwaite (The Mission, Tricky), John Cooke (Napalm Death) and Carl Stokes (Cancer, The Groundhogs) the pair have announced that “Needs Must When The Devil Drives” will be released on 30th October via Time To Kill Records.

Vocalist Simon Efemey: “I want people to have a good time in the old school way. I want them to forget the mundane, boring or horrible parts of their jobs. I want them to forget themselves for a couple of hours. That’s what good music should allow us all to do.”

“When we did the first album, we wanted to make songs like our heroes – Judas Priest, Saxon, the New Wave of British Heavy Metal – everything we liked as kids. When we were on tour buses, we’d have a few drinks and start blasting old-school heavy metal like Black Sabbath or Dio. One day we said we should write our own tunes like that.”

“We don’t take ourselves too seriously, but we’re serious about the music. We reject ideas that aren’t good enough. Every song needs a good riff and a catchy melody. I wouldn’t let anything go out that was just fodder. That approach has always been prevalent in my work.”

“I can’t think of many new British bands doing what we do. I think people like our stuff because it’s old-school with melodies you can sing along to. We use the formula from the 70s and 80s because we know it works. We make this kind of music because we love it and we want people to sing along with us.”