Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di’Anno, has teamed up with several Croatian musicians to form a new band called WARHORSE who recently entered the studio to record three songs. Two of the tracks, “Stop The War” and “The Doubt Within“, were previously released back in May as a special DVD single.
Earlier today, WARHORSE released the new music video for the single “Stop The War“, which was preceded by a video announcement and an interview with the band which streamed on the Ukrainian YouTube channel Metal Pilgrim hosted by Vladyslav Stadnyk.
The new WARHORSE track is Paul Di’Anno‘s first musical release after a seven-year hiatus due to health issues. WARHORSE was formed by Di’Anno and two guitarists/authors, Hrvoje Madiraca and Ante “Pupi” Pupačić.
“Stop The War” features a universal and very clear message. This fierce, direct and brutally honest song was created as a direct consequence of the tragic events in Ukraine, but its message refers to all wars, the meaninglessness of the suffering and suffering of the innocent.
“I can’t stand up — yet — on my feet, but I can stand up against the wars, deaths, tears, suffering… We all need to stand up against the war and say ‘enough’ to tyrants and lunatics once and for all,” says Paul, who is in Zagreb, Croatia preparing for massive knee surgery and undergoing physiotherapy and lymphatic drainage treatments.
The release date of this video is significant, because it marks Constitution Day in Ukraine, and WARHORSE wants to say that there will always be support for the helpless and those who are suffering, in their loud and fierce way so that the whole world can hear the message well.
Behind the suggestive video, which is a combination of lyrics videos and WARHORSE studio recordings, stands the WARHORSE team and fantastic video producer Andy Pilkington, who has made great lyric videos, among others for JUDAS PRIEST and SMITH & KOTZEN.
WARHORSE plans to record an entire album in a very short period of time, so that they can announce their first performances in the summer of 2023.
WARHORSE released 666 bundles containing the DVD single and event t-shirt from Paul’s comeback concert in Zagreb as part of a pre-sale and in less than two months almost all of them were sold out. Some of the last remaining signed copies are available from www.maidencroatia.com/warhorse.
WARHORSE DVD single details:
01. Stop The War (3:30)
Lyrics: Hrvoje Madiraca, Paul Di’Anno
Music: Hrvoje Madiraca, Ante Pupačić Pupi
02. The Doubt Within (3:24)
Lyrics: Hrvoje Madiraca
Music: Hrvoje Madiraca, Ante Pupačić Pupi
Vocals: Paul Di’Anno
Guitars: Hrvoje Madiraca, Ante Pupačić Pupi
Bass: Becky Baldwin (“Stop The War”),Ante Pupačić Pupi (“The Doubt Within”)
Drums: Petar Šantić (“Stop The War”),Danijel Stojan (“The Doubt Within”)