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Ratt Reveals Details For New Album, "Infestation"

posted Feb 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM by deathbringer.  (6 Comments)

Ratt has announced April 20, 2010 as the release date for their Loud & Proud debut album, "Infestation," an 11-song opus that is their first studio record in 11 years. The first single, “Best of Me,” is scheduled to impact rock radio on February 21. The song is available at all digital stores.

There’s been a flurry of activity in the Ratt camp in the past few years. Vocalist Stephen Pearcy has returned to the fold and the band has since signed to Loud & Proud/Roadrunner.

“We wanted this to be like something that we would have written right after [1984’s] Out of the Cellar,” Pearcy said. “We definitely went back to basics with the mindset of a band with a lot of excitement and some great songs to get out.” Infestation was produced by Elvis Baskette (Chevelle, Alter Bridge.) in the helmer’s Virginia studio, marking the first time the band has recorded outside of Los Angeles.

The track listing for the album is as follows:

Eat Me Up Alive
Best of Me
A Little Too Much
Look Out Below
Last Call
Lost Weekend
As Good as it Gets
Garden of Eden
Take a Big Bite
Take Me Home
Don’t Let Go

Check out the first single, "Best of Me" right here:

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6 Comments on "Ratt Reveals Details For New Album, 'Infestation'"

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1. Dee writes:

I adore 80's metal bands. Out of the cellar was a gr8 album but idk if they could live up 2 dat. I mean music has changed drastically since then. I guess we will hav 2 c.....

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2. FIGURES writes:

of course we're going back to our only selling record as a reference. we're 50 yrs old and haven't done sh** since. What's the O/U on the soundscan ratings? 1200 the first week?

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3. Rychemn writes:

Thanks DB for this story....I'm old school and always liked Warrens style of playing, hope this album brings back those days of glory........and hopefully they won't cancel their show at the house of blues in Orlando like they did last year.

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4. KMADD writes:

IDK this oughta be interesting. Carlos Cavaso plays for them now.

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5. Rubyred writes:

Has a nice hunger-bite "raunchy" groove...'like RATT wants to eat ya up! Sounds awesome and the very best to this Classic heavy Rock/Metal band RATT!

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6. PuckettJp2 writes:

Ratt's f***in awesome

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