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Leather - We Are The Chosen - Reviewed By Metal Digest ! Check it out here at this link: https://metal-digest.com/2022/11/28/leather-we-are-the-chosen/

        There are those vocalists who will always grab the headlines, whenever there is a definitive list of vocalists, it will always be similar coupled with maybe a vocalist who is the currently flavour of the month. However, there are those vocalists who never seem to receive the plaudits they deserve. Leather Leone is amongst these names and this year has Leather returning for the first time since 2018 with their latest album ‘We Are the Chosen’.

                Those familiar with what Leather have been doing since their sophomore album in 2018 will know exactly what they are going to get here with ‘We Are the Chosen’. This is solid, old-school heavy metal delivered with a real veteran expertise as once again Leone surrounds themselves with Rob Rock’s touring band meaning that this is a band which know each other inside and out and let’s face it if you can keep up with Chris Impellitteri’s playing, then nobody can doubt your prowess. Therefore, this is a strong album from Leather which has a decent production and clocks in at under 50 minutes meaning that there is little time to ram this album full of filler. Instead of filler, there are some anthemic old-school tracks here such as ‘We Take Back Control’, ‘Off with Your Head’ and ‘Who Rules the World’ drive forward with Leather Leone showing all the guile of a certain Ronnie James Dio.

                What Leather have delivered here with ‘We Are the Chosen’ is a solid release. There are no frills, Leather gets in and out without messing around, guaranteed this won’t get the plaudits it deserves, so if you’re looking for a decent metal album that’ll slip beneath the radar, get a copy of ‘We Are the Chosen’, it will not disappoint. 

Release Date: 11/25/22

FFO: Dio, Metal Church, Chastain

Location: San Francisco, California, USA

Leather Leone needs no introduction. She has forged her unique place in metal history a long time ago. After being scouted by Mike Varney (President of Shrapnel records), Leather emerged in the early 1980s as a pioneer of the power metal vocals with the band Chastain. After releasing five celebrated metal records with the band during that period, Leather re-emerged again in the 2000s alongside David T. Chastain to release two critically acclaimed albums, “Surrender to no One” and “We bleed Metal”.

In the last few years, Leather has allowed her creative urges to match and expand her loyal international fanbase, resulting in widely successful South American and European tours, and in the release of “Leather II” in 2018.

Anchored in her strong writing partnership with lead guitarist Vinnie Tex, and against a backdrop of unexpected Covid-19 lockdowns, the creation of a new album became Leather’s focus from early 2020.

The long-awaited “We Are The Chosen” came to light in the Autumn of 2021 at Hertz Studios in Poland ( Behemoth, Vader, Hate ), undoubtedly containing ten of Leather’s most ambitious material yet. All the songs were written, produced and recorded by Leather Leone and Vinnie Tex, except the drums recorded by Braulio Drumond and keyboard orchestration by Douglas Pinella. The album was mixed and mastered by Woitek and Slawek Wieslawski. The cover art was created by Marcelo Vasco ( Slayer, Dee Snider, Kreator, Testament ).

With her trademark boldness, Leather traverses several musical decades effortlessly, instilling the new album with the straight-from-the-furnace steel that metal legends are made of. If anything, “We Are The Chosen”, tells us that Leather is here, she is the real deal, and she is ready for more!

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“We Are The Chosen” Tracklist:
01. We Take Back Control
02. Always Been Evil
03. Shadows
04. Off With Your Head
05. We Are The Chosen
06. Tyrants
07. Hallowed Ground
08. Dark Days
09. Who Rules The World
10. The Glory in The End

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https://instagram.com/leatherleoneofficial
https://www.facebook.com/LeatherLeone
https://leatherleone.com
https://visionmerch.com/leather-leone/