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Joe Stump’s Tower of Babel - the hard rock quintet who bring the finest European ingredients to their no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll - release Days Of Thunder on July 4th! Joe Stump’s supreme six-string shredding skills are known throughout the rock and metal scenes, both as the lead guitarist of Alcatrazz and as the shred specialist associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and having torn new earholes with their 2017 debut Lake of Fire, Stump & co take it a step further and higher with 10 glorious slices of riff-driven, Rainbow/Deep Purple styled anthems.
Along with the soaring vocals of Jo Amore, the tight-fist-drumming of Mark Cross, the multi-dimensional Mistheria (aka The Maestro) on keyboards, and Nic Angileri nailing down the rhythms on bass guitar, Stump has once again prevailed in bringing heavy, energetic, yet gloriously melodic music to the table with a style and panache rarely seen in 2025.
Watch/Listen to ‘Rules Of Silence’ here – video by David Amore and Esther W.Pink.
Watch/Listen to ‘Days Of Thunder’ here – video by Very Metal Art.
On Days of Thunder, songs such as ‘Sacrifice’ and ‘The Princess’ dance the edge of speed and classic fireball rocking, the latter allowing some outrageous solos to unfold from both Mistheria and, of course, Stump, who proudly re-establishes his pedigree as one the world’s best axesmiths. The mysterious and hazy groove of hip-swinger ‘Alone In The Desert’ is a smokey backbeat dragging you into its soulful swagger. All in all, taking a ride with Days Of Thunder is a Jedi mind trick of vintage sounds with ultra-fresh and vibrant sensibilities that will transport you back to the Hammersmith Odeon and the days when unabashed hard rockin' talent, power, colour, and flare were celebrated and venerated.
Days Of Thunder is out now and is available on CD and digital formats. Orders can be placed here
"A thunderous salvo of unapologetic, straight-ahead hard rock and heavy metal” -- Metal Rules
“10 tracks which are finely handcrafted - Joe Stump is a versed and experienced songwriter who has the understanding for arrangements, solo and balance. Listen to Days of Thunder and you know what I mean, really powerful and banging, a metal track garnished with a wonderful guitar solo and all his band colleagues are superb, especially Jo Amore with his powerful voice.” – Rock It
“To find a suitable singer for the great songs on Days Of Thunder wasn’t probably easy but Stump found Jo Amore and hit the jackpot. A very successful debut and everyone hopes that there’ll be a follow up with the same line-up” – Legacy
“Jo’s great voice, Mark’s wonderful playing and The Maestro himself – everything fits perfectly” -- Darkstars.de
“After the short and dark doom Instrumental intro ‘Dominium’, ‘Rules of Silence’ is rocking bad ass but then comes the title song ‘Days Of Thunder’ and a thunderstorm breaks loose. And you can hear that Joe is influenced by Rainbow and Dio … a thoroughly successful album which inspired me to listen to Joe Stump’s solo albums. I am totally infected and this record is basically Yngwie Malmsteen in metal!” – Break Out
“A real successful record and hopefully there is another album coming …” – Legacy
Days Of Thunder track-listing:
- Dominum
- Rules Of Silence
- Days Of Thunder
- Blind Are Your Eyes
- Alone In The Desert
- In The Heat Of The Night
- Sacrifice
- Black Knight's Prelude
- Trust Me
- The Princess
- JOE STUMP Guitars and Guitar Synth
- JO AMORE: Vocals
- MARK CROSS: Drums and Backing Vocals
- MISTHERIA: Keyboards
- NIC ANGILERI: Bass
Joe Stump’s Tower Of Babel are:
- Days Of Thunder is produced by Mark Cross
- Mixed by George Aspiotis and Mark Cross at Studio Aspiotis, Greece
- Mastered by Ade Emsley at Table of Tone Mastering, London, UK
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