

In 2007 the band released their debut album The Will To Survive in 2007. These were people who inspired us and who also gave their all into their appearances on the album.” Hailing from the Bay Area of California, Lionheart apart from Watson is also made up of Jay Scott (drums), Travis Pacheco (bass), Evan Krejci (guitar) and Rob Mccarthy guitar. Watson says “We’ve become friends with everyone on this album by being on tour constantly over the past few years. We play that song live now and I talk about my inspiration for the song and it’s amazing how many people come up to me after the show with similar stories of supporting someone in their family with similar issues.”Īn all star affair this is the band’s second album and features appearances from such high powered friends as those mentioned above and Brandan Schieppati (Bleeding Through), Lord Ezec (Skarhead, Icepick) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis). “The song is about my brother who is going through issues including substance abuse and incarceration and my support for him.

One of the most personal songs on the album is Brother’s Keeper which features Bruce LaPage (original vocalist of 100 Demons) and guitar solo from Dave Nassie (Suicidal Tendencies/Bleeding Through). It’s about being a Lionheart to go through serious shit and being able to get up and walk away from it.” Set to intensely furious hardcore with weight of downtuned metallic guitars, Built To Struggle is the one of the most introspective albums to set the pit off with. “Built On Struggle is really the theme of a lot of my songs, about my personal demons. Lionheart - Welcome to the West Coast (2014)Ī lot of bands today don’t sing about the struggle, about hardships but that was always hardcore to me.” Rob Watson who delivers violently passionate vocals and lyrics for Bay Area based group, Lionheart speaks on the band’s upcoming album. Since the creation of the "Ave Maria" inspired by Schubert's song, it is common to use the hymn's melody as a backdrop for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer "Ave Maria". The Latin version of the "Ave Maria" is now so commonly used with Schubert's song that it has led to the misunderstanding that he first wrote the tune as a melody for the "Ave Maria".Lionheart - Welcome to the West Coast (2014)

Ave Maria is the Latin name of the prayer Hail Mary, and also the opening words and refrain of Ellen's song, a song which is itself a prayer to the Virgin Mary. "Ave Maria" was composed in three variants for piano by Franz Liszt. Now one of Schubert’s most popular works, ‘Ave Maria’ has been performed by many artists, with lyrics that somewhat vary from the original poem. 52, a setting of seven songs from Sir Walter Scott's famous classic poem The Lady of the Lake. The well-known hymn " Ave Maria" actually originates from "Ellen's Third Song", a song written by Franz Schubert in 1825 as part of his Op.
