Photos: BLOOD LIGHTNING (Everett, MA) – 2023/08/25

Formed in December 2020, Boston-based heavy metal supergroup, BLOOD LIGHTNING brings together the talents of vocalist Jim Healey (We’re All Gonna Die), guitarist Doug Sherman (Gozu), bassist Bob Maloney (Worshipper) and drummer J.R. Roach (Sam Black Church). What began as a 2019 Halloween show playing the entire Black Sabbath Born Again album just for fun has culminated in the release of original material by four veterans of the Boston metal/hardcore community.

BLOOD LIGHTNING was formed with one thing in mind: get back to the real essence of heavy metal. No pretense. No subgenres to fit into. Only badass, straightforward, hard-hitting heavy metal with a nod to old-school NWOBHM with contemporary firepower. They teamed up with award-winning producer and engineer Benny Grotto (Rolling Stones, Aerosmith), and mastering legend Alan Douches (Motörhead, Mastodon, High On Fire) to record five original songs and a Black Sabbath cover of “Disturbing The Priest” over the course of 2021 and 2022.

BLOOD LIGHTNING live at Bone Up Brewing in Everett, MA on August 08, 2023 – Part of their Year 7 Anniversary Party. Photographs by @bananamasher.

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