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JOE STUMP’S TOWER OF BABEL, the hard rock quintet who brings the finest European ingredients to their no-nonsense rock ‘n’ roll, has unveiled the video for their Ritchie Blackmore-inspired track “Alone In The Desert” in tribute to the legendary guitarist’s birthday. The song is featured on the band’s latest album Days Of Thunder.

The mysterious and hazy groove of hip-swinger “Alone In The Desert” is a smoky backbeat dragging you into its soulful swagger. The track casts a spell of vintage sounds with ultra-fresh and vibrant sensibilities that will transport you back to the Hammersmith Odeon and the days when unabashed hard rockin’ talent, power, color, and flare were celebrated and venerated.

“‘Alone In The Desert’ is composed and crafted in the true spirit of the iconic Dio-era Rainbow masterpieces ‘Stargazer’ and ‘Gates Of Babylon,’” comments founding member and guitar virtuoso, Joe Stump. “I wanted to create something epic and grandiose with that Ritchie Blackmore ‘snake charmer’ induced Eastern flavor. I also wanted the listener to feel transported back in a time machine and feel what it was like to be watching early Rainbow live at the Hammersmith Odeon in London or The Beacon Theater in New York. A period where track times and solo lengths weren’t so heavily monitored and music fans actually listened to entire albums. How fitting that this video is being released on Ritchie Blackmore’s 81st birthday. A celebration of the man himself and his immense influence on hard rock and heavy metal, and of course on me. Happy Birthday, RB.”

Watch JOE STUMP’S TOWER OF BABEL’s “Alone In The Desert” video, edited by Dime Stamenov, HERE.

Joe Stump’s supreme six-string shredding skills are known throughout the rock and metal scenes, both as the lead guitarist of Alcatrazz and as the shred specialist associate Professor at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and having torn new earholes with their 2017 debut Lake Of Fire, Stump and company take it a step further and higher with ten glorious slices of riff-driven, Rainbow/Deep Purple-styled anthems on Days Of Thunder.

Along with the soaring vocals of Jo Amore, the tight-fist-drumming of Mark Cross, the multi-dimensional Mistheria (aka The Maestro) on keyboards, and Nic Angileri nailing down the rhythms on bass guitar, Stump has once again prevailed in bringing heavy, energetic, yet gloriously melodic music to the table with a style and panache rarely seen in 2026.

Days Of Thunder was produced by Mark Cross, mixed by George Aspiotis and Mark Cross at Studio Aspiotis in Greece and mastered by Ade Emsley at Table Of Tone Mastering in the UK.

Days Of Thunder is available on CD and digital formats. Find orders HERE.

Days Of Thunder Track Listing:

• 1. Dominum
• 2. Rules Of Silence
• 3. Days Of Thunder
• 4. Blind Are Your Eyes
• 5. Alone In The Desert
• 6. In The Heat Of The Night
• 7. Sacrifice
• 8. Black Knight’s Prelude
• 9. Trust Me
• 10. The Princess