Black River Drive is a rock band from
Auckland,
New Zealand. Black River Drive consists of Sam Browne (lead vocals, guitar), Rusty McNaughton (bass), Matt Stone (piano, synths), Mike Tan (drums) and Davie Wong (lead guitar).
Black River Drive toured New Zealand extensively in 2010 and 2011, before starting to work on their second album, that was released on November, 7th, 2014.
History
''Perfect Flaws''
After signing with record distributor Rhythm Method (
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Special edition
On 3 March 2011, Black River Drive published a special edition release of the ''Perfect Flaws'' album. On the final day of recording ''Perfect Flaws'', the band recorded some songs in a relaxed, live acoustic setting. Initially gifting some tracks to Facebook fans as MP3s, the band made all five songs available in full CD quality as a limited release.
''Quicksand''
Black River Drive's album ''Quicksand'' was produced by Toby Wright in Nashville, had additional guitars tracked by Zorran Mendonsa in Auckland, mixing by Forrester Savell in Melbourne, and mastering by Jens Borgen Fascination Street in Sweden. This international effort has added up to one of NZ's biggest rock albums of 2014.
The album was recorded over two months in Nashville, Tennessee with US hard rock and metal producer Toby Wright, the man behind albums by the likes of Alice in Chains, Metallica, Slayer, Sevendust and Ozzy Osbourne. It was funded through a $20k crowdfunding campaign and received government funding from NZOA. The album was mixed by Australian rock producer and engineer Forrester Savell (I Am Giant, Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus) and mastered at Fascination Street in Sweden.
Their new album is scheduled for release on 7 November 2014.
Discography
Albums
References
External links
Black River Drive– Official site
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New Zealand hard rock musical groups