Rifles from Forlorn Hope by Forlorn Hope
'Rifles' - our tribute to the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles), “Wellington’s legendary sharpshooters”, with particular reference to the events of the Battle of Cacabelos on 3 January 1809 when Rifleman Thomas Plunket of the 1st Battalion shot and killed the French General Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais from a range of up to 800 yards.
Forlorn Hope are a five-piece heavy metal band from Merseyside.
With a traditional heavy-metal sound enhanced by majestic keyboards, Forlorn Hope seek to retell through music some of the most astounding stories in military history; affording these events the sense of drama, scale and intensity that they deserve while still delivering irresistibly punchy and hook-filled heavy metal.