October 12, 2011 is the release day of the Rain’s new work “XXX”, subtitled “30 years on the road”. So many are the years spent on tour by the band, working hard in order to be a solid touchstone in the Italian (and not only) rock and metal panorama. The three X’s of the title represent number 30 in Roman numerals, but, ironically, they are also the symbol  of highly erotic films, eroticism being often present in the band’s texts. This work is a sort of celebration of the thirty years since 1980, but far from being a compilation or a best of, it’s a choice of 13 pieces (one of which new) from the previous 8 albums, re-adapted, re-arranged and completely re-sung, masterized by Mats “Limpan” Lindfords in the famous Cutting Room Studios in Stockholm. The result is an elaborate album, modern but still with hard & heavy sonority, the brand of the Bolognese band. “XXX” is released by Aural Music and will be available in cd and vinyl; it can also be downloaded on digital supports.

The tracklist will be slightly different from the vinyl:

Tracklist cd:
1 Energy
2 Whiskey on the route 666
3 Blood Sport
4 Rain Revolution
5 The Gate
6 Born to Kill
7 We Want R.n.R
8 In the Night
9 End Of Time ( cd exclusive track)
10 Only your dreams
11 Fight for the power
12 Only for the rain crew
13 Rain Are Us ( acoustic version)

Tracklist Lp:
1 Whiskey on the route 666
2  Blood Sport
3 In the Night
4 The Gate
5 Network ( lp exclusive track)
6 Only for the rain crew
7 Born to kill
8 Energy
9 Rain Revolution
10 We watt R.n.R
11 Only your dreams
12 Fight for the power
13 Rain Are Us ( acoustic version)

Live dates and promotion: In order to promote their new album, the band will be on tour from October 15, 2011 to March 2012. The tour will consists of two parts and will rely on the quality rather than the quantity of the concerts. The first date of the tour will be precisely October 15 at Tilburg, Holland. A release party will follow on November 5 at the Boulevard Music Club of Misano Adriatico (Rimini) where the band will perform a showcase and will be supported on stage by guests and friends. On November 12 they will be at Onirica, Parma, and on November 19 at the Black Out in Rome. More dates are being arranged both for the first and the second leg of the tour, in Italy and Europe. Another important appointment (extra tour) will be their presence as headliner on the stage of “Songs for a friend”, a charity festival in aid of the victims of road accidents which will be held at Trecate, Novara, on September 23, 2011. But it’s not only the Live concerts that will promote the new work of the Rain. The band will be a guest in many radio and television programs where they will present the video of their piece “Whiskey on route 666”, shot at Tarifa in Spain at mid-September.

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