Blaze Bayley (Bayley Alexander Cook), is an English heavy metal singer/song… Read Full Bio ↴Blaze Bayley (Bayley Alexander Cook), is an English heavy metal singer/song writer, born 29th of May, 1963. He is currently a member of Wolfsbane, he is also the former singer of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Blaze Bayley has released 6th studio albums to date, as well as 2 live albums and 2 DVDs.
Blaze (1999-2007)
Following Blaze Bayley's departure from Iron Maiden in 1999, he formed his own band, BLAZE, in March that year. Bayley recruited guitarist Steve Wray, guitarist John Slater, bassist Rob Naylor, and drummer Jeff Singer, and signed a deal with German label SPV, releasing the band's debut studio album in 2000, Silicon Messiah. The album was followed up by Tenth Dimension in 2002 and the band's first live album in 2003, As Live As It Gets.
After recording the live album, Jeff Singer announced he was leaving the band. Three months later, Rob Naylor was also leaving. Session drummer Phil Greenhouse and bassist Wayne Banks were hired for the rest of the Tenth Dimension tour until permanent replacements could be found. Guitarist Jason Banks was drafted in for a few gigs at the end of 2003 to cover for John Slater.
At the end of 2003, Blaze began writing material for their third studio album, Blood & Belief. Phil Greenhouse was replaced on drums by Jason Bowld for recording and Dave Knight for touring. The band began to tour for the album shortly after it was released in 2004, but were set back again by the news that John Slater could not perform a large section of the tour. Despite rejoining the band later in the year, Slater eventually left the band in September with Steve Wray to form the band Rise To Addiction. Bassist Wayne Banks and drummer Dave Knight left the band to join the Robin Gibb band in September 2004.
Blaze performed a number of shows in 2004 and 2005 with the lineup of Bayley, guitarist Oliver Palotai, guitarist Luca Princiotta, bassist Nick Douglas, and drummer Daniel Löble. The two guitarists were eventually kept on as full members. The band's lineup shifted once again when Löble quit to join German power metal band Helloween early in 2005 and when Douglas returned to another German heavy metal band, Doro. The two were replaced by unknown German musicians Daniel Schild and Christian Ammann respectively. With the new line up, Blaze began to work on a fourth studio album for a release in 2007, but in January that year it was announced the entire line-up had to part ways with Bayley due to serious financial matters. Following the lineup change, Bayley opted to rename the band under his name, Blaze Bayley.
Blaze Bayley Band (2007-2011)
In February 2007, Blaze Bayley Band (also known as BBB) added guitarists Nicolas Bermudez and Rich Newport, bassist Dave Bermudez, and drummer Rico Banderra to the band and recorded the live DVD album Alive in Poland, released later on that year. Bayley announced that Rich Newport had left the band to pursue a career as a guitar teacher later on that year, and Jay Walsh would replace him onstage for the remainder of the tour. Jay was made a full member of the band in November 2007. Bayley also announced the addition of drummer Lawrence Paterson, formerly of British metal bands Chokehold and Shadowkeep at the same time.
In July 2008, Blaze Bayley Band (BBB) released their debut studio album, The Man Who Would Not Die. The album also contained the band's first single, "Robot", despite only being available digitally. It is sometimes regarded as a mini-compilation as it includes many bonus tracks. The band recorded another DVD live at Z7, The Night That Will Not Die, which was released in March 2009. Blaze Bayley announced that the band started recording for their new album on 28 September 2009. A contest was run on the band's forum.The two first people who guessed the title of the new album received a free signed copy. The title was revealed to be Promise and Terror a few days later.
The 2nd album Promise and Terror was released on 1 February 2010. Professional reviews have generally been very positive about the album. The album was produced by Jason Edwards.
On 6 February 2010 BBB started their 2010 world tour in Dudley UK. They spent the next months playing the UK, France, Italy, Germany before leaving for the South American leg of the tour. They then returned to Europe later in the year.
In May 2010 Larry Paterson, the drummer for the band left due to personal and professional reasons, although none were specified. Their manager, Anna, announced her departure from the band. She claimed that the band's idea of where to go next and hers were not in the same direction.
Following the departure of Larry Paterson the Blaze Bayley Band engaged Claudio Tirincanti to continue the Promise and Terror tour.
On 10 July 2010 Blaze Blayley claimed live on stage that his current album was his best-selling as a solo-artist shedding some light on the recent changes in his line-up and management.
On 18 December 2010 they played a Big Bash at JB'S in Dudley Birmingham. Despite the snowy weather the band made it back from mainland Europe to play the show.
The BBB embarked on a short European tour in early 2011 and were supposed to follow that up in May 2011 with more dates in the UK, however on 29 March via his official channels, Blaze Bayley stated that he had to part ways with the band due to both health and financial reasons.
Solo career (2011 - present)
On 31 March 2011, Blaze announced that he would continue as a solo performer working with different musicians. The new official line-up for live gigs features the confirmed Claudio Tirincanti on the drums, old occasional touring member "Deputy Dave" Andrews on the guitar, and two Belgian musicians (Steve Deleu and Nick Meganck) respectively on the other guitar and the bass. Later in the year, it has been announced that the same musicians will tour also with former Judas Priest singer Tim "Ripper" Owens.
Alongside the reunion and new recordings of Wolfsbane, Bayley has played a two-week acoustic solo tour in the UK in Sept 2011 with fellow Wolfsbane guitarist Jase Edwards plus a few unplugged gigs in Italy with Andrea Neri on the guitar. Footage of the acoustic shows with Jase Edwards can be seen on the Official Blaze Bayley YouTube Page.
Then the singer hit the stages of some summer festivals and after that has been travelling to the USA in October/November 2011 for his first full US Headline tour since his days with Iron Maiden, supported by North-American musicians of the Canadian band Man the Destroyer plus American guitarist Rick Plester, of international fame, who will work with Bayley in the near future. Blaze will finish the Promise and Terror world tour in December 2011 before beginning to write new material.
On 19 August 2011 Blaze announced that recording of a live DVD filmed at his show in Antwerp, Belgium on 23 September 2011, in which he presented also the first new song with the renewed line-up, called "Black Country". In February Bayley 2012 he toured Russia with the other former Iron Maiden singer, Paul Di'Anno.
On 18 December 2011 the last show of the Promise and Terror world tour took place at De Rots In Antwerp Belgium. High Definition footage from the penulitmate UK show on 15 December is available on the Official Blaze Bayley YouTube channel.
On 26 December 2011 in a personal Christmas message on his website Blaze announced that his new album The King of Metal would be released on 8 March 2012. On the same day Blaze officially announced the first two legs of the King of Metal world tour on the official Blaze Bayley Facebook Page. The new line-up for the making of The King of Metal album (recorded between Italy and Holland, mixed by Tony Newton at Steve Harris home studio, Rick Plester in the Usa and Raoul Soentken in Holland) consists of 3 Italians: the confirmed drummer Claudio Tirincanti, bassist Lehmann (Matteo Grazzini), guitarist Andrea Neri. Other guitarist is young Dutch Thomas Zwijsen, who co-wrote most of the music of the new cd. The same line-up who recorded the album will be the next live band for Blaze Bayley in the King of Metal European Tour, which counts more than 60 gigs. The busy schedule of 2012 sees also an acoustic tour with Zwijsen (July), a North American tour (September), a few gigs with Wolfsbane (October), a second co-headlining tour with Paul Di'Anno in Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand (November), and the prosecution of the King of Metal Tour in Scandinavia (December).
Blaze (1999-2007)
Following Blaze Bayley's departure from Iron Maiden in 1999, he formed his own band, BLAZE, in March that year. Bayley recruited guitarist Steve Wray, guitarist John Slater, bassist Rob Naylor, and drummer Jeff Singer, and signed a deal with German label SPV, releasing the band's debut studio album in 2000, Silicon Messiah. The album was followed up by Tenth Dimension in 2002 and the band's first live album in 2003, As Live As It Gets.
After recording the live album, Jeff Singer announced he was leaving the band. Three months later, Rob Naylor was also leaving. Session drummer Phil Greenhouse and bassist Wayne Banks were hired for the rest of the Tenth Dimension tour until permanent replacements could be found. Guitarist Jason Banks was drafted in for a few gigs at the end of 2003 to cover for John Slater.
At the end of 2003, Blaze began writing material for their third studio album, Blood & Belief. Phil Greenhouse was replaced on drums by Jason Bowld for recording and Dave Knight for touring. The band began to tour for the album shortly after it was released in 2004, but were set back again by the news that John Slater could not perform a large section of the tour. Despite rejoining the band later in the year, Slater eventually left the band in September with Steve Wray to form the band Rise To Addiction. Bassist Wayne Banks and drummer Dave Knight left the band to join the Robin Gibb band in September 2004.
Blaze performed a number of shows in 2004 and 2005 with the lineup of Bayley, guitarist Oliver Palotai, guitarist Luca Princiotta, bassist Nick Douglas, and drummer Daniel Löble. The two guitarists were eventually kept on as full members. The band's lineup shifted once again when Löble quit to join German power metal band Helloween early in 2005 and when Douglas returned to another German heavy metal band, Doro. The two were replaced by unknown German musicians Daniel Schild and Christian Ammann respectively. With the new line up, Blaze began to work on a fourth studio album for a release in 2007, but in January that year it was announced the entire line-up had to part ways with Bayley due to serious financial matters. Following the lineup change, Bayley opted to rename the band under his name, Blaze Bayley.
Blaze Bayley Band (2007-2011)
In February 2007, Blaze Bayley Band (also known as BBB) added guitarists Nicolas Bermudez and Rich Newport, bassist Dave Bermudez, and drummer Rico Banderra to the band and recorded the live DVD album Alive in Poland, released later on that year. Bayley announced that Rich Newport had left the band to pursue a career as a guitar teacher later on that year, and Jay Walsh would replace him onstage for the remainder of the tour. Jay was made a full member of the band in November 2007. Bayley also announced the addition of drummer Lawrence Paterson, formerly of British metal bands Chokehold and Shadowkeep at the same time.
In July 2008, Blaze Bayley Band (BBB) released their debut studio album, The Man Who Would Not Die. The album also contained the band's first single, "Robot", despite only being available digitally. It is sometimes regarded as a mini-compilation as it includes many bonus tracks. The band recorded another DVD live at Z7, The Night That Will Not Die, which was released in March 2009. Blaze Bayley announced that the band started recording for their new album on 28 September 2009. A contest was run on the band's forum.The two first people who guessed the title of the new album received a free signed copy. The title was revealed to be Promise and Terror a few days later.
The 2nd album Promise and Terror was released on 1 February 2010. Professional reviews have generally been very positive about the album. The album was produced by Jason Edwards.
On 6 February 2010 BBB started their 2010 world tour in Dudley UK. They spent the next months playing the UK, France, Italy, Germany before leaving for the South American leg of the tour. They then returned to Europe later in the year.
In May 2010 Larry Paterson, the drummer for the band left due to personal and professional reasons, although none were specified. Their manager, Anna, announced her departure from the band. She claimed that the band's idea of where to go next and hers were not in the same direction.
Following the departure of Larry Paterson the Blaze Bayley Band engaged Claudio Tirincanti to continue the Promise and Terror tour.
On 10 July 2010 Blaze Blayley claimed live on stage that his current album was his best-selling as a solo-artist shedding some light on the recent changes in his line-up and management.
On 18 December 2010 they played a Big Bash at JB'S in Dudley Birmingham. Despite the snowy weather the band made it back from mainland Europe to play the show.
The BBB embarked on a short European tour in early 2011 and were supposed to follow that up in May 2011 with more dates in the UK, however on 29 March via his official channels, Blaze Bayley stated that he had to part ways with the band due to both health and financial reasons.
Solo career (2011 - present)
On 31 March 2011, Blaze announced that he would continue as a solo performer working with different musicians. The new official line-up for live gigs features the confirmed Claudio Tirincanti on the drums, old occasional touring member "Deputy Dave" Andrews on the guitar, and two Belgian musicians (Steve Deleu and Nick Meganck) respectively on the other guitar and the bass. Later in the year, it has been announced that the same musicians will tour also with former Judas Priest singer Tim "Ripper" Owens.
Alongside the reunion and new recordings of Wolfsbane, Bayley has played a two-week acoustic solo tour in the UK in Sept 2011 with fellow Wolfsbane guitarist Jase Edwards plus a few unplugged gigs in Italy with Andrea Neri on the guitar. Footage of the acoustic shows with Jase Edwards can be seen on the Official Blaze Bayley YouTube Page.
Then the singer hit the stages of some summer festivals and after that has been travelling to the USA in October/November 2011 for his first full US Headline tour since his days with Iron Maiden, supported by North-American musicians of the Canadian band Man the Destroyer plus American guitarist Rick Plester, of international fame, who will work with Bayley in the near future. Blaze will finish the Promise and Terror world tour in December 2011 before beginning to write new material.
On 19 August 2011 Blaze announced that recording of a live DVD filmed at his show in Antwerp, Belgium on 23 September 2011, in which he presented also the first new song with the renewed line-up, called "Black Country". In February Bayley 2012 he toured Russia with the other former Iron Maiden singer, Paul Di'Anno.
On 18 December 2011 the last show of the Promise and Terror world tour took place at De Rots In Antwerp Belgium. High Definition footage from the penulitmate UK show on 15 December is available on the Official Blaze Bayley YouTube channel.
On 26 December 2011 in a personal Christmas message on his website Blaze announced that his new album The King of Metal would be released on 8 March 2012. On the same day Blaze officially announced the first two legs of the King of Metal world tour on the official Blaze Bayley Facebook Page. The new line-up for the making of The King of Metal album (recorded between Italy and Holland, mixed by Tony Newton at Steve Harris home studio, Rick Plester in the Usa and Raoul Soentken in Holland) consists of 3 Italians: the confirmed drummer Claudio Tirincanti, bassist Lehmann (Matteo Grazzini), guitarist Andrea Neri. Other guitarist is young Dutch Thomas Zwijsen, who co-wrote most of the music of the new cd. The same line-up who recorded the album will be the next live band for Blaze Bayley in the King of Metal European Tour, which counts more than 60 gigs. The busy schedule of 2012 sees also an acoustic tour with Zwijsen (July), a North American tour (September), a few gigs with Wolfsbane (October), a second co-headlining tour with Paul Di'Anno in Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand (November), and the prosecution of the King of Metal Tour in Scandinavia (December).
Edge of Darkness
Blaze Bayley Lyrics
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Carcass A rising, bleak dawn A permanent sunset On the human conditi…
Chris Caffery V1 I read the words from the cyber place I can’t believe…
globe Desespere, perdu, dans la soltitude, je trouve un endroit ou…
Greta Van Fleet Every day is a new day Every way is a new…
Greta Van Fleet - Black Smoke Rising Every day is a new day Every way is a new…
Greta Van Fleet - Topic Every day is a new day Every way is a new…
Nocturnus Enter, into what, you think, is not real An entity, appears…
Noiseworks Yeah! Long nights, red lights The sign of your day Well…
Via Mistica I've seen them walking - so many ways I know they're…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Blaze Bayley:
1633 What is the reason God blessed me with sight? And…
A Crack In The System We don't belong We have no home And see no boundaries In thi…
Alive I, I missed the meeting Where you were appointed god Preac…
Already Won You can survive a thousand years in space. You can stand…
At The End Of The Day I made a rod It was for my own back At the…
Beginning This is the beginning Don't wake up, just listen Be here in…
Blackmailer Wolves eat sheep tasting fear in their meant Sheep like you…
Blood and Belief Blood and belief They take from me my blood and belief The…
Born As a Stranger Hour by hour with each day that passes Learning to…
City of Bones The flood of death all around But from your soul…
Comfortable in Darkness I let go of the world, I let go of the…
Crack in the System We don't belong we have no home We see no boundaries…
dawn of the dead son Don′t let go. I'm close. Find me. Hold on, William. I′m…
Destroyer Cleanse the ship with fire. It must be purified before the…
Dimebag I feel a diamond shine Somewhere in my mind When I hear…
Eating Children Looking further than they see Listening to the gallaxy The k…
eating lies They will soon try to make me become nothing Torn up…
End Dream Just like a child in the dark Frightened and too…
Endure and Survive Brewer;: Shall we begin? Pembridge demands and expects you …
Escape Velocity At twenty five thousand miles an hour you′re lighting up…
Evolution Eyes never tire, they never blink, they never fade And…
Faceless Can you spend your life, a man that no-one ever…
Fight Back The vacuum of space radiation and cold Should have killed yo…
Ghost in the Machine Right on the edge of the world Where the answer's…
God of Speed Twisting the grip of the beast you've created Alive in…
Hatred Mascerading as a man Now your mask is gone Every one can…
Hollow Head If that phone call is for me please tell them…
Human Eyes Look up and see what can′t be seen by human…
Identity Madness can come from the mind or the heart Ending…
Judge me I've made some bad choices I have failed more than…
Kill and Destroy I feel the force of nature now, I feel it…
land of the blind Tried so hard just to live and forget and forgive And…
Leap of Faith Sometimes in life you just have to take chances To…
Letting Go of the World Everything I love has been taken I wonder what reason I…
Life and Death He lay broken, broken down, and the pieces on the…
Life Goes On I was living far in the future then Always thinking two…
Lord Of Flies I don′t care for this world anymore I just want to…
Madness and Sorrow Through madness and sorrow Walking hell for a mile I…
Man on the Edge The freeway is jammed and it's backed up for miles The…
Meant to Be All the things that I never said spinning round in…
Motherfuckers R Us Wake up on my own and i wonder where i…
Nothing Will Stop Me Visions of darkness in my dream fortell the future memories…
One more step I'm standing up and going past the point That I thought…
Reach For The Horizon In every way the wish went wrong The gift was…
Redeemer Interpret data to fit your belief That is the nature of…
Regret I still walk and I still breathe I'm not the man…
Remember Remember, Remember me, Remember us Was it all by chance, co…
Robot Robot slave with silent rage Growing inside of me My first…
Russian Holiday After every late night, there is an early start Some of…
Samurai I am absolutely now prepared to pay the price Even if…
Serpent Hearted Man Right was really wrong Wrong was really right after all Yo…
Silicon Messiah Look what you've done to your world Do you think…
Smile Back at Death Blessed father what is that the gods will for me…
Soundtrack of My Life This is the soundtrack of my life The sound by which…
Speed Of Light All the force of nature, chaos and the death of…
Stare at the Sun As I live, so I die Here in, endless night…
stealing time And now I look for answers, answers I can believe…
Steel Beneath your calm, Behind your smile, You hide away your l…
Stranger to the Light As I walk in shadows I feel the darkness grow…
Surrounded By Sadness Forsaking every other thing Leaving uncertainties behind …
Tearing Myself to Pieces You tell yourself a lie and you will live a…
Ten Seconds You love the rush, the rush of the win Risk of…
Tenth Dimension Those self appointed secret rulers of this world, They are h…
The Black Country Back from Vilnius and back from Rome Back from Z7 my…
The Brave Never get close to the flame because the flame it…
The Clansman Wake alone in the hills With the wind in your face It…
The Dark Side of Black They blindly accept conventional wisdom Imagining that there…
The Hunger I am on the outside always looking in Living alongside…
The King of Metal They Trample the weak Run from the strong Smile as they laug…
The Launch All of his life he has dreamt of this moment…
The Man Who Would Not Die I have a noose around my neck it is spun from…
The Path & the Way I'll find the path and the way on my own,…
The Rainbow Fades to Black Gather the light blinded by their lies you'll see again it's…
The Tenth Dimension Those self appointed secret rulers of this world, They are…
The Trace of Things That Have No Words Nothing can numb this pain, nothing can fill this void…
The Truth Is One Walking down the path of your life conditions Facing up to…
The Truth Revealed I thought that I belonged I was part of this…
Time to Dare Something is happening that I can't explain I can feel…
Tough As Steel Beneath your calm, Behind your smile, You hide away your lie…
Virus There's an evil virus that's threatening mankind Not state …
Voices from the Past Never start a fight you cannot win You'll be in a…
Waiting For My Life To Begin I wake up to a grinding day In a grinding week In…
War Within Me Fury and might The wolf is alive Back from the darkness Mov…
Watching the Night Sky I only regret chances I did not take And decisions that…
While You Were Gone I did not see, I did not hear, I did not…
Will to Win Forget about what you think you know about your life What…
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Condition Nemesis
I've looked into the heart of darkness
Where the blood red journey ends
When you've faced the heart of darkness
Even your soul begins to bend
For a week I have been waiting
Still I am only in Saigon
The walls move in a little closer
I feel the jungle call me on
Every minute I get weaker
While in the jungle they grow strong
What I wanted was a mission
And for my sins they gave me one
They brought it up just like room service
Cause everyone gets what they want
And when that mission was all over
I'd never want another one
I know, captain that you've done this work before
We've got a problem you can help us all I'm sure
The colonel's gone rogue
And his methods are unsound
You'll take a PBR up river track him down
There's a conflict in every human heart
And the temptation is to take it all too far
In this war things get so confused
But there are some things which can not be excused
He's acting like a god an insane lunatic
Your mission - exterminate with extreme prejudice
The route is dangerous and your progress may be slow
Here is the file and it's all you need to know
Here I am the knife in my hand
And now I understand why the genius must die
Now I stand alone in darkness
With his blood upon my hands
Where sat the warrior the poet
Now lie the fragments of a man
Ghost
Did they say why, why they want to terminate my command?
I was sent on a classified mission, sir.
It's no longer classified, is it? Did they tell you?
They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.
Are my methods unsound?
I don't see any method at all, sir.
I expected someone like you. What did you expect? Are you an assassin?
I'm a soldier.
You're neither. You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.
Langas LVDC
Maiden really should invite Blaze to a show or something to sing a few old songs along with Bruce.
Güner Umut
That's my dream as well. It will never come true though
susanne williamsson
WOW, The power of the voice....He´s an impressing singer, very dark, intense and captivating voice...this is the real deal, the heavy metal in all its glory.....I would love to see this performance with the Maiden and Blaze as the singer....
paulo bustamante
The guitar riff is amazing 🤘🤘🤘
susanne williamsson
Music Music so do I that´s for sure....I´m totally hooked and impressed by this guy !!
Music Music
This performance is fucking brilliant, really strong, love blazes work!
susanne williamsson
I´m lost for words...guys LISTEN TO THE VOICE....This is the pure definition of metal and its power to reign, downright incredible !! I simply love and admire this guy to the stars and back....he sounds like a gorgeous mix of heaven and hell, downright EPIC !!
Kai Weitze
Agreed! 👍👍
priestfan81
What an amazing show. Blaze doesn't really sing with this power anymore, he's gone very nasal and stuff. This may have been his last great filmed show.
He's still awesome, but this performance really is incredible.
Anderson Arbues
Time runs so fast. That's so sad.