_{Swedish band Debbie Ray released their second album “Slave To The System” through Metalapolis Records on 29th September; eight years after their debut in 2009. Labelled as a ‘modern hard rock’ band, they are clearly influenced by 80’s bands such as Guns n Roses and Skid Row; but the inspiration goes a bit wider than that. I included the opening track “American Nightmare” on the Friday NI Rocks Show this week (29th Sept).}

_{Debbie Ray formed in 2005 and released their debut album “Artificial Misery” in 2009, followed by the EP “Rock n Roll Widow” in 2012. The band then took a short hiatus until 2014 and signed with Metalapolis in 2016. The new album includes a number of singles that have been released over the past couple of years.}

_{The band features the three founding members Reine Heyer on vocals and guitar, Andreas Heleander on guitar and H-Can on drums. There was a change in bass player in 2010, but there is no information on the press release or on social media / band website about the current bass player.}

_{Find out more at https://www.debbieraymusic.com/}

_{There are 12 tracks on the album – personal favourites would include “American Nightmare”, “Slave to the System”, “Sorry”, “Promises” and “Gotta Get it Right”.}

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