To celebrate the "MMXXIII" release in glorious style, today, BONFIRE are presenting a new music video for the "Fireworks" classic "Ready 4 Reaction"! Says founding member and main composer, Hans Ziller: "....one may think time stands still. 1987 was just yesterday. But no, that brutal guitar sound, the colossal production, that can't be from yesterday. It isn't. It's Ready 4 Reaction 2023. It's so contemporary and fresh that it's a real joy. The video is raw, straightforward and goes all the way up to 12. Now that's how Bonfire is unrestricted fun!"
Get "Ready 4 Reaction" in BONFIRE's brand new video clip, now premiering here:
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Since more than 35 years, BONFIRE are the embodiment of "Hard'n'Heavy made in Germany“, and belong to one of the most iconic hard rock bands to date; their latest, 2020-offering "Fistful Of Fire" garnered high positions in the German album charts. Their first three releases, "Don’t Touch The Light" (1986), "Fireworks" (1987) and "Point Blank" (1989), which have shaped a whole era, still hold a special position in BONFIRE’s career. As Hans Ziller came up with an ambitious idea: How would the songs from those now slightly dated releases sound if they were re-recorded in contemporary studio conditions? This concept was particularly exciting because the band’s current line-up is one of the strongest of their entire career.
And so his idea began to take shape: The outstanding, current BONFIRE line-up, featuring new, exceptional vocalist DYAN, has completely re-recorded all three albums, supported by updated cover artworks. As Ziller recently said: “What we wanted to do was to record the songs as if Bonfire had been a metal band in the eighties!”
In addition to DYAN and Ziller, the current BONFIRE line-up features solo guitarist Frank Pané (Valley’s Eve, Sainted Sinners), New York bassist Ronnie Parkes and drummer Fabio Allesandrini (Annihilator). What literally screams metal by name definitely sounds like it: These recent recordings of "Don't Touch The Light", "Fireworks" and "Point Blank" see BONFIRE deliver a timeless momentum from the original albums in a powerful sound that, despite its unbridled power, has lost none of its complexity. Ziller: “Of course, we kept to the original arrangements as much as possible, perhaps slightly changing a riff now and then or updating the sound of a guitar part. But all the essential elements, right down to the lyrics, have remained untouched.”
