Thrashbandet er tilbake og er ute med singel.

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Bandet var ikke voldsomt store den gang da, men var samtidig greit promotert og fikk litt spalteplass i blader og slapp et par album i 1988 og 1990. Etter et opphold ble det sydd sammen igjen i 2010, under navnet The Bastard Sons Of Toranaga, og igjen et comeback for et par år siden, nå under navnet Toranaga Uk. En ep i fjor, og ny singel som kom 1. mars. Singelen kommer som egenutgivelse, og det var promoselskapet Imperative PR som tipset meg om denne.

«Back in the late 1980s Toranaga were one of the prime movers on the UK thrash metal scene, leading the pack alongside the likes of Sabbat, Onslaught and Xentrix. Two acclaimed albums – Bastard Ballads, released on Peaceville Records and God’s Gift, released on Chrysalis Records – and live shows with an array of legendary bands including Manowar, Venom and Saxon, should have seen Toranaga rising to dizzying heights.

However, fate and misfortune intervened and the band slipped into a lengthy hiatus. There was a brief rebirth under the name The Bastard Son Of Toranaga, with the punishing Righteous Retribution album emerging in 2013, but this incarnation soon dissolved. It was 2024 before a new Toranaga line-up was unveiled, under the name Toranaga UK; lead, as ever, by indefatigable vocalist Mark Duffy.

A superb EP, A New Order, was released in 2025 and Toranaga UK are not about to retreat quietly back into the darkness. Since their return the band has toured with Onslaught, Xentrix and Riot City and performed at prestigious festivals like Headbangers Open Air, Helicon and HRH Spring Break – and underlining the fact that they are here to stay, Toranaga UK are starting 2026 with a bang, unleashing explosive new single, Crash And Burn!»