2025 IS SHAPING up to be a banner year for Cardinal Black. After dropping their highly anticipated sophomore album, Midnight at the Valencia, the Welsh trio are gearing up for their first-ever U.S. tour â a spiritual homecoming, as guitarist Chris Buck tells Guitar World. âMost of our influences, in some way or another, either come from America or broke in America,â he says. And, as it happens, a âgood wordâ from none other than Slash helped make these North American dates a reality.
A new band in name only, Cardinal Blackâs story began 16 years ago. Long before the sold-out shows and social media acclaim, Buck, frontman Tom Hollister and drummer Adam Roberts were just three friends from Wales, gigging under the name TH3. They played weddings, pubs, funeralsâŚ