Leather – We Are The Chosen

Don’t be afraid
As I swallow the ground
The cult that he sent is to blame
We tasted both
Believing Metal is my name
Through all the years
It’s crawled on my back
Slithering up from below
Reminding me
Believing Metal is my name
I close my eyes
Ancient ritual flys
Calls me from the dark
Metal’s my heart

We are the chosen
From ashes and dust
We are the chosen
Prophecy that we trust
Wе are the chosen
By Axеs and Swords
We are the chosen
By the hands of the Gods

The stories been told
Let’s speed to the blaze
Explosion we felt comes to life
Forgot the madness
Remember Metal is your name
I close my eyes
They’re calling our names
Calls from the dark
Metal’s my heart

We are the chosen
From ashes and dust
We are the chosen
Prophecy that we trust
We are the chosen
By Axes and Swords
We are the chosen
By the hands of the Gods

The hands of the Gods
We are the one

We are the Chosen
From ashes to dust
We are the Chosen
Prophecy that we trust
We are the Chosen
By axes and swords
We are the Chosen
By the hands of the gods

We are the chosen
By the hands of the gods
We are the chosen
We are the chosen
We are the chosen
By the hands of the gods
We are the chosen
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Leather Leone needs no introduction. She has forged her unique place in metal history a long time ago. After being scouted by Mike Varney (President of Shrapnel records), Leather emerged in the early 1980s as a pioneer of the power metal vocals with the band Chastain. After releasing five celebrated metal records with the band during that period, Leather re-emerged again in the 2000s alongside David T. Chastain to release two critically acclaimed albums, “Surrender to no One” and “We bleed Metal”.

In the last few years, Leather has allowed her creative urges to match and expand her loyal international fanbase, resulting in widely successful South American and European tours, and in the release of “Leather II” in 2018.

Anchored in her strong writing partnership with lead guitarist Vinnie Tex, and against a backdrop of unexpected Covid-19 lockdowns, the creation of a new album became Leather’s focus from early 2020.

The long-awaited “We Are The Chosen” came to light in the Autumn of 2021 at Hertz Studios in Poland (Behemoth, Vader, Hate), undoubtedly containing ten of Leather’s most ambitious material yet. All the songs were written, produced and recorded by Leather Leone and Vinnie Tex, except the drums recorded by Braulio Drumond and keyboard orchestration by Douglas Pinella. The album was mixed and mastered by Woitek and Slawek Wieslawski. The cover art was created by Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Dee Snider, Kreator, Testament).

With her trademark boldness, Leather traverses several musical decades effortlessly, instilling the new album with the straight-from-the-furnace steel that metal legends are made of. If anything, “We Are The Chosen”, tells us that Leather is here, she is the real deal, and she is ready for more!