Welsh Rockers Those Damn Crows are celebrating after achieving their first number one album. The Bridgend outfit have claimed top spot in the latest UK Official Albums Chart with their new album ‘God Shaped Hole’.
The band – made up of Shane Greenhall, Ian Thomas, David Winchurch, Lloyd Wood and Ronnie Huxford – have become the first Welsh artists to secure a UK number one album since Ren in 2023. They join an illustrious set of Welsh bands to have had a number one record, including Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers, and Catatonia.
Reacting to the news on Friday night, Those Damn Crows said in a statement: “Really struggling to put these feelings into words right now, but I know how we’ve achieved this UNBELIEVABLE victory, there’s one word that best describes it…. TOGETHER!!
“Our dream has turned reality, our band is now permanently etched in music history and its something that cannot be taken from us as we proudly scream from the rafters – Those Damn Crows have a number one album!
“‘God Shaped Hole’ will forever be a special record. We knew it when writing and recording it and now even more so as you, our fans, have embraced it like no other album we have made before. You have literally thrown it to the top of the charts and there it remained DEFIANT until the powers that be made it official!
“Your unwavering love and support means we won regardless of where the album landed, but hey!…. Make no mistake, we ALL wanted the top spot and TOGETHER we got it! We’re on cloud nine right now and it’s gonna take some time for our feet to touch the floor.”
We at Hard Rock Hell Radio wish them all the best, as always, and is of course great news for hard rock and metal, especially as Sleep Token got to Number 10 latest wee with their single “Caramel”. Everyone in the team loves to see their favoured bands hit the Official Charts.