Rival Sons – Do Your Worst (Official Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube . Retrieved December 21, 2018. Management [Business Management] – Beth Sabbagh, Chris Parks (8), David Weise & Associates, Laurie Davis (2) Storm Thorgerson, who had worked with bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis, created the cover art for the album voluntarily. [12] [13] Thorgerson liked Rival Sons, saying about the cover art:

Earache News: Rival Sons Announce Dates At Canadian Music Week, Sxsw And The House Of Blues". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. March 4, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. Last week, Rival Sons released the third visual instalment in their narrative series of videos that have accompanied new music from the forthcoming DARKFIGHTER album. The series tells the story of a double-cross and a heist gone wrong and stars the band themselves as a gang of crooks. It’s a caper that results in explosive consequences.RIVAL SONS: 'Face Of Light' Video Released". www.blabbermouth.net. Blabbermouth. April 30, 2012 . Retrieved December 21, 2018.

Earache News: Rival Sons Sell Out Debut Uk Show In Advance". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. February 11, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016. Rival Sons Vocalist Says Band's Writing Process Is 'Just Like Farming': 'You Need To Shift And Constantly Find New Soil' ". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. November 23, 2018.

a b c Bowar, Chad (June 3, 2023). "Album Review: Rival Sons Darkfighter". Metal Injection . Retrieved June 6, 2023. Four years after that breakthrough, they return with Darkfighter, the first of two albums set to be released this year ( Lightbringer is the other). With their momentum from the last record and the extra time for this one, expectations for Rival Sons are high. Rival Sons' last UK tour took place in June and July 2022. Rival Sons The DARKFIGHTER Tour UK dates: Shaffer, Claire (May 3, 2019). "Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons Announce Co-Headlining Tour". Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 26, 2020.

In 2021, Rival Sons celebrated the 10th anniversary of their 2011 album, Pressure and Time, by performing the landmark long player live in its entirety on the Pressure and Time Tour for the first time. They also lit up Southern California with a two-night livestream event, Rival Sons – “PAIR OF ACES” – Live from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island. They performed their debut LP, Before the Fire [2009], in its entirety on the first night and their self-titled EP, Rival Sons [2010], on the second. Darkfighter is a beautiful if not disturbed release but this instantly goes to the top of the Rival Sons catalouge.

a b c "Rival Sons Announce Darkfighter Album, Share 'Nobody Wants to Die' Music Video". Blabbermouth.net. October 14, 2022 . Retrieved June 6, 2023. Darkfighteris the seventh studio album by Rival Sons and was released on June 2, 2023. Comes on clear vinyl. Offiziellecharts.de – Rival Sons – Darkfighter" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 9, 2023. Earache News: Rival Sons Reveal 'Pressure & Time' Album Cover". Earachenews.blogspot.co.uk. April 21, 2011 . Retrieved January 20, 2016.

Unless otherwise stated, all content, including photography, is owned and managed by MetalTalk and must not be used elsewhere without written permission. Rival Sons - Bird In The Hand (Official Visualizer)". www.youtube.com. YouTube . Retrieved April 15, 2023. The band has a long-standing, friendly and professional relationship with Grammy award-winning music producer Cobb, who has worked on all the band's albums and is often referred to as another member of the band. He is interested in simplicity in the recording and with the sound and vitality of real musicians in a room. [38] Cobb encourages and captures the vocal punch of the band's mainman, Jay Buchanan. "He's unbelievable, a one-take guy — done. It's such a pleasure, because then you can get wild with things. You can experiment when it doesn't take long for the singer to do his thing." [38] Jay Buchanan stars as Preacher who throws dynamite in verse in the Nobody Wants To Die video and features the band’s vintage cars [Scott’s 1956 Pontiac Chieftain and Jay’s 1982 Mercedes 300SD] while stunt-driving across the California desert. The film was directed by Eli Sokhn.Rival Sons – Sugar On The Bone (Official Video)". www.youtube.com. YouTube . Retrieved June 21, 2019. Top Albums (Week 43, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved October 30, 2023. Rival Sons will embark on their UK and Europe Darkfighter Tour later this year. The 30-date tour starts at London’s Roundhouse on 13 October and runs through to Finland on 21 November. This tour is to support their Darkfighter album, due on 2 June 2023, with a companion album Lighbringer set for later this year. In comparison to our previous records, we certainly took our time both writing and recording this collection,” says Rival Sons vocalist Jay Buchanan. “ When we set out, the intention was mostly to dig as deep as possible. Even in the beginning before the body had formed, we agreed to throw the map away and chop our way through the woods to make a new path.