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Former MEGADETH, DIO Guitarists Guest On New ROBOT LORDS OF TOKYO Album

January 15, 2013

ROBOT LORDS OF TOKYO have returned to deliver their third album of ten-ton riffage and whiskey-fueled vocals, available on CD and download January 15. Entitled "Virtue & Vice", the record features numerous guest six-stringers, including Chris Poland (MEGADETH),Tracy G (DIO),Wayne Findlay (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) and Steve Theado (AMERICAN DOG). Production duties were once again handled by Joe Viers (BOBAFLEX, NO SKY TODAY),with mastering by Rickard Bengsston (OPETH, ARCH ENEMY)

ROBOT LORDS OF TOKYO is the brainchild of Ohio-based songwriting duo Rick Ritzler (drums, guitar) and Paul Jones (vocals, guitar),who came up with the idea for the guest-laden project in 2006 and have since released two critically acclaimed albums on their own RLOT Records. Renowned metal scribe Martin Popoff called their 2009 sophomore effort, "Whiskey, Blood & Napalm" "the best indie I've heard in a decade. Like an ass-kickin' BLACK LABEL SOCIETY crossed with THE SWORD, it's a masterpiece of bludgeoning perfection and it will knock you on your ass." His colleague Bob Nalbandian of Shockwaves/HardRadio called Jones "one of the most powerful new vocalists in metal today," while Classic Rock magazine named "Whiskey, Blood & Napalm" one of their Top 50 Albums of 2009.

For "Virtue & Vice", Ritzler and Jones have once again teamed up with producer Viers to cook up their unique combination of classic metal riffing, stoner/doom grooves and southern swagger, sprinkled with just the right amount of shredding lead guitar pyrotechnics. In addition to the record's nine new sonic sledgehammers, the ROBOT LORDS have once again reworked an obscure classic from the hard rock vaults, this time tackling the title track from CINDERELLA's 1986 debut, "Night Songs".

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