Editorial ¡Saludos lectores! Aquí llega la edición de Metal por tus Venas correspondiente al mes de febrero. ¡Espero como siempre la disfruten!! Edición, Diseño y Realización: Alejandro Pérez Zerquera. Contactos: Lacret 411 apto 4 e/ D’Strampes y Figueroa, Santos Suárez, 10 de Octubre; La Habana, Cuba. WhatsApp: (+53) 5 469 78 16 Sitio Web: http://www.issuu.com/metalportusvenascuba Medium: https://metalportusvenas-cuba.medium.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/metalportusvenas.cuba Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/metalportusvenas Correo: metalforyourveins@gmail.com Canal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_AseEZfPiS9DTXITphfp1w
Agradecimientos y saludos A Omar Vega Riaño (SubtleDeath), a Yusniel Valdés Puig (Jesús es mi Rock), a Osvaldo Rojas (Instinto Básico), a Nelson Rodríguez (La Nueva G), a Junior Hernández (Opia Magazine), a Humberto Manduley, a Javier, a Miriela y a Joaquín Borges - Triana. También a Locki Sanher (Duque Producciones y Sanher Promociones), a Javi Izkar (Izkar Producciones), a Tomas (On Fire Rock Promo Records), a Javier (Maldito Records), a Nat (Wormholedeath Records), a Mike de Cohene (Hardlife Promotion), a Samantha Dodson (SamBone Promos) y a Jon Asher (Asher Media Relations). A Tomi Ihanamäki (Amoth), a Empire of Disease y a Alex Hernández (Blackheart).
En esta edición: 1. Entrevistas a: Mosh, Minneriket, Bring to Bear y a Emetropia. 2. Noticias: -Keith Richards celebra el 30 aniversario de su segundo album “Main Ofender”. -Fallece Jon Zazula, cofundador de Megaforce Records, a los 69 años. -The Rolling Stones: El disco más difícil de grabar según Mick Jagger. -Corey Taylor lanzará nuevo disco solista con covers y temas acústicos. 3. Póster: Alicia White Guzz (Arch Enemy)
Con casi una década de creados y 5 trabajos musicales (CD, EP, Split), Mosh se han hecho una de trayectoria establecida en España. “Vértigo”, su más reciente trabajo musical no ha dejado de generar reacciones positivas, así como una gran acogida en general. Sobre este nuevo trabajo y otros detalles nos contó Jorge, batería de la banda. Por: Alejandro Pérez.
¡Hola Mosh! ¿Cómo estáis? Un placer poder entrevistarlos. ¡Igualmente, un placer! ¿Cómo os llevo la pandemia el pasado año? Luchando mucho... Nos ha golpeado fuerte. A nivel personal y por supuesto como banda... No merece la pena empezar a detallar aquí las tragedias una a una porque todos lo hemos sufrido (y lo estamos sufriendo aún...) Estamos dándolo todo para seguir adelante, con ilusión y más trabajo si cabe. Aún a día de hoy (casi dos años después) las cancelaciones de conciertos y festis siguen a la orden del día. Por no hablar de lo complicado de gestionar que se vuelve todo... Según su bio, la banda surge en el 2013 por lo que son ya nueve años de creados. ¿De manera breve, como surge la banda? Dio la casualidad de que nuestras otras bandas o estaban de parón o directamente en vías de desaparición. Y bueno, es un pueblo pequeño y ya nos conocíamos... Terminamos juntándonos de manera natural porque necesitábamos seguir enchufados de alguna manera.
¿Quiénes son los miembros actuales? Iñaki (voz), Gorka (guitarra y coros), Bruntxo (guitarra y coros), Endika (bajo) y Jorge (batería). ¿Alguno es de la formación original? Todos a excepción de Endika (bajista) que está salvándonos el culo cubriendo una baja larga de Diego (bajista original) que tiene un problema en el oído que arrastra prácticamente desde que terminamos de grabar "Vértigo" y del que está en pleno tratamiento. Hablemos sobre “Vértigo”, el más reciente trabajo musical de la banda y que saliera el pasado mes de septiembre. ¿Cómo fue el proceso de edición y grabación? Intenso y duro. Fueron 8 o 10 días a tope en The Metal Factory Studios (Madrid) con Alex Cappa, Pablo Rousselon y Jorge Rodríguez Segura. Alex es un tipo duro, pero a la vez comprensivo y enormemente profesional. Mete mucha caña, pero con mano izquierda. En plena grabación de voces nos falló un día uno de los pilares fundamentales en la producción (por un problema físico grave contra el que nada se podía hacer) y hubo mucha tensión porque claro, nuestros tiempos son muy ajustados y el lunes había que volver a casa a los trabajos y al día a día... Y esto pasó el día de antes... Pero como digo la gente de TMFS siempre estuvo ahí y lo pusieron todo de su parte. ¡Al final quedamos muy contentos con el resultado final!!
¿Algún material audiovisual? 5 videoclips!! ¿Dónde se puede obtener copia del mismo? https://moshmetalband.com/ Sin dudas “Vértigo” ha sido la sensación desde su lanzamiento, con grandes niveles de recepción en toda España. ¿Cuál es el secreto detrás de este disco? Trabajo, mucho trabajo, más trabajo todavía y pasión por lo que hacemos. ¿Cómo se sienten con la recepción que ha tenido el mismo? Contentos, pero a la vez jodidos porque la pandemia nos pilló justo en plenas mezclas finales del disco, lo que nos obligó a dejarlo aparcado en un cajón durante un montón de tiempo. Y eso fue muy duro... Y luego claro, nos jodió todos los planes de gira y presentación... Pero ya desde que empezamos a estrenar el primer single, el feedback fue muy bueno desde el principio. La gente nos transmitió su entusiasmo a través de las RR. SS y además tanto en prensa como en radio las críticas fueron muy buenas. ¡Así que muy bien!!
“Vértigo” constituye el tercer disco de la banda, sin contar el EP del 2014 y los 3 Split. Creo que es todo un record. ¿Cómo os sentís con vuestra discografía? La banda ya tiene un buen repertorio... Estamos contentos, pero queremos más y seguiremos currando para eso. ¿Cuáles son las temáticas más comunes que tratan en sus letras? Todo aquello que nos hace sentir algo. Todo lo que nos remueve: que puede ser un sentimiento, el dolor por la pérdida de alguien querido, el sexo, la humillación, el bulling, la destrucción del entorno, el auge de los viejo totalitarismos, la inacción social, la pasión por la música... ¿En que se inspiran para dar vida a sus temas? Como te decía son cosas con las que vivimos y que nos remueven por dentro. Respecto a la banda. En estos momentos os encontráis enfrascados en el “Vértigo Tour” ¿Cuáles son las próximas fechas y tenéis algún invitado? 26 febrero - AMURRIO - Burubio K.E. 18 marzo - IRUÑA - Iruña Rock Festival 19 marzo - OVIEDO - Otero Brutal Party 1 abril - TBA 2 abril - TOULOUSE (FR) - La Cav'à Rock 9 abril - MADRID - Story Live 23 abril - GASTEIZ - CrisRock 7 mayo - TENERIFE - TBA 3 julio - VIVEIRO - RESURRECTION FEST 9 julio - BÉLMEZ - A Pico y Pala Festival 19 agosto - BÉJAR - AbejaRock 24 septiembre - DONOSTIA – Doka 1 octubre - PALENCIA - La Cueva 3 diciembre - MURCIA - Garaje Beat Club Bueno Mosh, esto es todo. Agradecerles por su tiempo y desearles mucha suerte y éxitos en su carrera. Antes de terminar, algo que deseen decir. Muchas gracias compañerxs de "Metal por las venas". ¡Deseamos veros a todxs muy muy pronto en algún concierto!! Enlaces: Web: www.moshmetalband.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/moshmetalband/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/moshmetalband
Poster de la gira, tracklist y portada del disco
1. Heridas 2. Dale más 3. Estamos muertos 4. No busques problemas 5. Tiembla el destino 6. Lo que quieres 7. Vete 8. Entre mis manos 9. Viejos perros 10. Química
"Through me, no one will rest", this could be the literal translation of “Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile”, Minneriket's latest musical work. Project born from the mind of Stein Akslen, who drinks from the darkest and heaviest roots of dark and black metal. Let's see what else Stein told us exclusively. By: Alejandro Pèrez.
Hello Stein Akslen! How are you? Nice to be able to interview you. I’m doing well thanks, hoping this status quo will persist for the rest of the day. How did the pandemic take you last year? It’s been both difficult and pleasurable. We’ve all had to sacrifice a lot now that we’re living in the third year of what I’ve labeled as Anno Corona, but I consider myself pretty lucky in this situation. I haven’t been sicking myself, we have good access to vaccines and treatment here, and I’ve spent a lifetime practicing how-to live-in solitude and isolation. Some of the restrictions, like social distancing are things I welcome with open arms (pun intended) and I’ve found a lot of this pleasurable. But of course, it put life on pause in a lot of ways, and I have huge respect for those who have risked their own health and safety working to fight this. We have a lot of heroes to honor after this. And I’m not looking to take anything away from all of those who have sacrificed so much more than me... the quality of life for most of our population have greatly decreased, both socially and financially. It was in 2014 when you decided to create Minneriket, your personal project. How did the idea of creating your project come up? Officially Minneriket was founded in 2014, but the ideas are a lot older. I released a print-on-demand book with the same name back in 2010, and some lyrics on this new album actually date back about 17 years. I had ideas that I needed to channel into something which was purely my own. No compromises, no expectations, no nothing –
just the freedom to do something completely on my own. Collaboration is fine from time to time, but I prefer to have full creativity without anyone saying no, and also be the sole responsible person if anything goes wrong. Where did your love for music come from? Music is something that’s always been around me. I grew up surrounded by music ever since I was a kid, and even though me and my family didn’t really see eye-to-eye in the music we consumed, there was always music around. When you combine that with a fiery and restless creativity there really was no other way. Where did the name come from? Minneriket roughly translates into “The realm of memories”. As mentioned, Minneriket was previously a book project. In that book there is a poem with the same name in nine parts. That was the foundation for the very first Minneriket album “Vargtimen”. The name represents something inherent in all of us, an alternative and common reality where blood, memory, experiences, mythology and other socio-cultural constructs blend together. It’s completely your own, an individual space, but something common for humanity. I’ve likened it to Platos cave, to the Aboriginal dream state, to the Theosophic Akashic Records, to… well, you get where it’s going. It’s mine, it’s yours, and it belongs to all and none. What would you mention as your main influences? In music? Well, there’s a lot of dark ambient, black metal, punk and classical of course. But that’s a very shallow representation and genres don’t interest me very much. I’m inspired by dark currents, waves of obscure tonality. On the recent album I’ve had rhythms previously unheard in extreme metal, polyphonic vocals, octavation, even a Picardy third for seamlessly ending the album on in a major third while written in minor. Let's talk about your latest album "Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile", which you just released. How was the editing and recording process? Long and painful, haha! I spent about six years recording and producing this album. I’ve had session musicians from all over the world, and there have been so many obstacles on the way. I’m actually glad I didn’t know how much work this would be before I started it. The pandemic struck down hard of course, but more than that there have been delays due to weather and wildfires, street riots, sickness and personal issues. The process itself is that I make more or less all the music myself, write and record demos of it, and then have others contribute their parts based on my demos. Which means I needed to learn to write for a wide range of different instruments. I’ve usually played everything myself before, but for this album that was more limiting than liberating, so I had to think differently. Luckily, I have my own studio setup at home, so I’ve been able to work on the production and editing simultaneously while I and the others have recorded in our own studios.
How many tracks does it include? There are 10 tracks on GMGITH. Six are full songs with complete lineup, four of them are mellow instrumentals to set the mood and let the listener dive deeper into the experience. Do you have guests on this new album? In total there are 17 session musicians and a choir on this. I’ve completely ran out of favors’, and probably owe a few… But yeah, I needed things I couldn’t do myself. Other instruments, other voices. I have people from Germany, Latvia, Venezuela, England, Chile, Russia, Italy, Australia, Canada, China, Mongolia and of course Norway. I’m glad to have been able to work with both friends and new acquaintances on this album. And I tried out a lot more people who just didn’t fit… So, it was quite a challenge to find the right persons. Any audiovisual material? There’s been a music video for the instrumental song “Hjemlengsel” by Valhallartworks filmed on Iceland. There’s also a lyric video for “Regnbuer I Gråtoner” coming out in the near future. How have you promoted and promoted it? I truly hate promotional work, so that’s always a hard nut to crack. A necessary evil. The videos help of course, but from an artist perspective promotion is incredibly boring and luckily, I have some help with that. You should think social media would be a good platform, but I’ve gotten into trouble with all relevant platforms really. First the digital distributor rejected the album art because of nudity, and it was banned on Facebook, Instagram, etc. Then even links to external sites featuring the artwork got banned, and I was banned from doing paid promotions, collaborations or using other content creator tools. My post reach was extremely reduced, hashtags stopped working, and then a lot of posts got taken down. That was all because of the artwork which consists of artistic nudity. The sexualized perspective of mainstream snowflakes has temporarily won that battle, but I have an ongoing appeal with the Oversight Board for social media in Norway, trying to show how there is nothing sexual, obscene or explicit with this artwork. On top of that, because Minneriket released a cover album some years ago with Burzum covers, I’ve somehow been flagged as a supporter of violent and hateful groups. So, there’s a whole shadow ban going on there too, and it’s been severely limiting my chances of using social media. Where is it possible to get a copy? There’s a very limited CD run available at the Minneriket band camp-store. You can also buy the digital version there, or just stream it on most mainstream streaming platforms. The band camp-version is the only way to get it with the correct artwork though, as the artwork has been censored due to artistic nudity on all other platforms.
With this new album, you have created 5 albums. What inspires you to create your songs? It’s been five albums already? Wow… I had to go back and count! I really just consider it as four, since “From the veins of a nearly dead boy” is a cover album, but there actually exists also a hidden album recorded straight after “Stjerner, speil og svartebøker…” which I’ve never released. I have a need to create. It’s cathartic to me, therapeutic. It’s a way to process life. Before I made music, I didn’t have any healthy way to exercise my demons, so it’s a way to keep my head over the waters. And it’s a way to learn new things, build a network, and contribute something – give something to the listener. What do you want to express through your songs? Myself. It has come to my attention that Minneriket does not perform live presentations. Why is that? Is your music made to be heard and not to be seen? Finally! You have no idea how many interviews I do where the so-called journalist just sends over their template asking about what to expect on the future tours, haha! Those lazy bastards. I’m not interested in being an entertainer. I think it would drain me of energy instead of giving me energy. I couldn’t even dream of rehearsing songs in a sweaty room with an orthodox band, or performing music in front of a bunch of drunken metal heads. I enjoy going to concerts from time to time myself, and I appreciate that someone takes up the role and brings the circus to town, but it’s just not for me. In addition, I actually think my music is best experienced in solitude, so you’ll never see Minneriket on a stage. Stein, besides Minneriket you are in two other projects, Æra and Blodsgard. Are these projects still active? What is it status? With Blodsgard we released our debut album in 2013, and started laying down the groundwork for the sophomore album around 2015… We’ve had a few studio sessions over the years. And even a new drummer I think, but I’ve never spoken to him. I don’t remember the drummers name right now, but Rex and I still plan on completing the album, and have actually written and recorded demos for about 75% of it, I think. I don’t know when we’ll finish it, but Blodsgard is not on ice and the album will come. With Æra I think Ulf have completed a lot of the music for the next album, and we’re changing up the sound a little. I plan on doing vocals for it sometime this spring. Regarding you and your career. What are your plans for this year? Right now, I have to follow through with the promotion of “Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile” which released just last week. There’s a lyric video in production as we speak, and I hope to have it released late February. Somewhere between February and April
I hope to be able to enter the studio and record vocals for the next Æra, and maybe we’ll even be able to release it late this year or early 2023. I had to decline contributing music to a video project a little while back as I have to focus on my own things, but hopefully I’ll have another project or two started later this year. I’ve been doing some mental groundwork for more Minneriket too, but right now I need to figure out which direction I should take. I’ve also been working on something more punk-ish for a few years now, which have never seen the light of day… Maybe I’ll finish that. Well Stein, that's all. Thank you for your time and wish you the best of luck. Before finishing, something you would like to say. Thanks a lot for your time! For anyone reading, please check out “Gjennom meg går ingen til hvile” and shoot me a message somewhere if you like it! Links: www.minneriket.com https://minneriket.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/minneriket https://www.youtube.com/user/V0idKhaos https://www.instagram.com/minneriket https://twitter.com/minneriket https://soundcloud.com/minneriket https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jJuWRiEJo9wwyO6dnrzyl?si=wX4LC MxITmaVJZxOLJ3CJw
1. Så kald en jord 2. Hjemlengsel 3. Begravelsens hjerteslag 4. Regnbuer i gråtoner 5. Sorg og savn 6. Solnedgang 7. Hvil i fred 8. Forglemmegei 9. Nåde 10. 11379
"Light and Shadow" constitutes the musical debut of Bring to Bear. A band that originated in the UK and emerged during the 2020 pandemic lock-in. Let's see in detail what Ian Tarboton told us. By: Alejandro Pérez.
Hi Bring to Bear! How are you? Nice to be able to interview you! Hello! We are all okay thanks. Keeping busy with writing new music and preparing for gigs. We appreciate the opportunity to talk to you. How did the pandemic take you last year? The pandemic has been an interesting time for us. If it was not for the pandemic we probably wouldn’t have started Bring to Bear, and it gave us time to develop the sound we wanted and find band members. But it also made it difficult to get gigs and we were only able to play 1 gig in 2021, and we had to cancel other gigs because of Covid 19. According to your bio, the band was born in May 2020 during the pandemic lockdown. How did the idea of creating the band come about? Hristo and I are in another band together which is a gypsy punk band, but we both love metal and we wrote some music for that band which was too heavy for it. So instead of trying to change the music we had written, we decided to make it heavier and start a metal band together. So, we took the energy and hooks from our punk influence and created energetic metal music with accordion.
Who are its current members and where do they come from? We have Hristo on guitar who is originally from Bulgaria; me (Ian) on accordion and growling, originally from South Africa; Izabela on lead vocals who is originally from Poland; Simon on drums, from England; Nik on guitar, originally from Russia; and Richard on bass who is from England. All the band members currently live in or around London. Do you have the same musical experience or is this your first time in a band? Most of us have been in a few bands before, but this is the first time for Nik and Izabela. What are your main influences? Our influences are quite varied and you can hear it in the different instruments. But the main influences on all aspects of our music are Nightwish, Korpiklaani, Mushroomhead, In Flames, Turisas. How would you define your musical style? In simple terms we call it symphonic folk metal. But there are elements of a lot more like thrash metal, viking metal, groove metal, power metal, melodic death metal. Let's talk about "Light and Shadow", your first musical work, which was released in October last year. How was the editing and recording process? We wrote the songs during lockdown in 2020 and 2021. During the writing process we had to record each of our parts separately at home and email it to the rest of the band for comments and feedback. When these were finished, we went to the studio to record them, and we hadn’t even had our first rehearsal together by then. But the recording went quite well in the end although it took a little bit longer than we had hoped. I noticed that this EP only includes 3 songs. Why is that? We wanted to be able to give people a taste of our music as soon as we could. When we went to the studio, we actually recorded 5 songs but instead of waiting for all of them to be mixed and mastered we decided to release 3 of them before the others. The other 2 took a long time to be ready after that so we’re glad we could at least get some music out. And now we have more music to release while we write new songs so there’s not a very long gap between each new release. Sometimes with bands it can be many years between releases. Why only 3 songs and not make an album? A lot of the reason is time related. Because we have such different influences it can take a long time to find our sound and refine it, and we want to make sure that every song is as high quality as we can make it. So it takes a lot of time for us to finish one song. And because we wanted to get a taste of our music out there for people to hear before life got busy again after lockdown, we had to keep it to just a few songs. Otherwise we probably wouldn’t have finished writing all the songs for an album by now! Haha
What are the songs about? We try to make our lyrics relatable and to leave the listener with a feeling of motivation. In general, our songs are about going after what you really want in life. The Shadow Ruse is a song about how we look at situations as either good or bad (light and dark), but in fact the situation is neither good nor bad - it just is. It is the way we look at it that determines our perception of it being good or bad. Inside every perceived bad situation is an opportunity, a bit of light. And inside every good situation is something that we should be careful of, a bit of dark. Ultimately, it’s about a balanced perspective. No One Knows is a cover of the song by Queens of the Stone Age and I have been told they don’t even know what the song is about. Haha We all have times when we feel down in the dumps like everything has gone the way we didn’t want and it’s all hopeless. But then something happens and we find strength and determination to fight back in a sense. From the Abyss is about that moment when we decide to pick ourselves up and go after what is really meaningful to us. It’s from the darkest moments that we can find the most meaning and determination.
Regarding its promotion and diffusion. How did you promote it? We have used PR to promote the digital release to radio and online media. We have put it on all major digital streaming platforms (iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, and many others) and it is also on YouTube where we have a video or visualizer for every song so far. It is available to buy and download on Bandcamp and we also have CDs available on Bandcamp with 2 bonus tracks. Did you have the opportunity to present it live? Not really. So far, we have only played one gig! And one online festival. That’s how it’s been with the pandemic - gigs canceled or postponed and lots of bands trying to make up for lost time. But we have a few more gigs lined up for 2022 so it looks like it’s improving here. How has it been generally received, both by the public and the press? It seems to have mostly been received quite well by the press. Most of the reviews have been more complimentary than critical. It’s been interesting to see how different sites have preferred some songs over others and the cover song seems to have the most contrasting views - it’s different for each site. The public seem to have received it fairly well too. We had some good initial growth on Spotify and YouTube, and when we played our only gig of 2021 people seemed to love it. Where can a copy be obtained? You can find physical CDs on our Bandcamp page. There are also some t-shirts available there. https://bringtobear.bandcamp.com/merch Back to the initial question. This year the band will be 2 years old. Has it been difficult for you to break through as a band? Yes, I think so. The pandemic gave us the opportunity to make the band and define our style, but it also made it very difficult to get gigs. And working on the music has been slower than it could have been. It’s the light and the dark that we sing about in The Shadow Ruse. And we have started from scratch so we’re still trying to make connections with people who can help boost our career. There are also lots of other bands working hard like us to get somewhere. How do you feel so far? To be honest I can’t believe it’s been nearly 2 years since we decided to start a metal band! It feels like we’ve only been going for 1 year, and in a way that’s more accurate because we only found most of the other band members in December 2020 and January 2021. But I am pleased that we have got things set up in quite an organized way. And I think our music is strong and has lots of potential, and our live show is full of energy. So I am determined to keep doing everything we can and hopeful for great opportunities in the future.
Any immediate plans you have? Most of the time we work a few months ahead with our planning. So, at the moment we are busy developing and improving our live performance and trying to get gigs that will boost our career, and we are writing new songs as well which we hope to record during 2022. Well Bring to Bear. That's all, thank you for your time. Wishing you all the best of luck and success in your career. Before we finish, anything you want to say. It can be a scary thing going after what is really meaningful to you. The fear of failure can hold you back, but the real failure is in not trying at all. We are going after what is meaningful to us, and that is making music that inspires other people to go after what is meaningful to them. So, we hope our music inspires our listeners! Links: https://www.bringtobear.band/ https://www.facebook.com/BringToBear https://www.instagram.com/BringToBearBand/ https://twitter.com/bear_bring https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZISNG7UH-0QDyErj_xwXg https://bringtobear.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3aNXL3o74Ou5J1OgHi32cP https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bring-to-bear/1573248197
Cover and track list of “Light and Shadow”
01. The Shadow Ruse 02. No One Knows 03. From the Abyss
"Equinox" is Emetropia's first album, which will be released later this month. Emetropia does not follow the usual symphonic metal standards, instead they choose to offer a more energetic and dynamic metal. About these and other aspects Liam Strand told us. By: Alejandro Pérez.
Hello Emetropia! How are you? It's a pleasure to interview you. How did the pandemic take you last year? Hello! We are doing great. We just moved into a new rehearsal studio and are currently preparing for the release of our debut album Equinox! According to your bio, the band was born in 2017 so you have already been created for 5 years. How did the idea of creating it come up? Yea, it’s been a long time! Actually, the band’s origins go back to 2011 when our lead guitarist Olle Renius formed the high school cover band “Grayscale” because he had just learned to play guitar and of course needed a band. Who are the current members? It wasn’t until late 2015 early 2017 when Oscar Heikkinen (drums), Lisa Wallenberg (vocals) and I (Liam Strand – keyboard, orchestras, vocals) joined the band and we began to write original songs – Emetropia was born. Then in 2018, we recruited Jonatan Jakobsson and Kristoffer “Bobo” Pynnönen as the band’s new rhythm guitarist and bass guitarist, and the line-up hasn’t changed since! Did you have experience in previous projects, or this is your first time in a band? I had a high school heavy metal band for a few years called Never Forget, where I was the vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter. We wrote and recorded an album, played dozen local shows, it was great. It gave me experiences that definitely helped Emetropia during our early days. What would you mention as your main influences? My personal influences come from melodic power/symphonic metal like Epica, Stratovarius, Helloween and Freedom Call, but sometimes I also lean into more progressive stuff like Amorphis. However, as a band, we basically cover the whole metal spectrum of influences, we got at fan of everything from 80’s glam metal to black metal.
Let's talk about "Equinox", the band's debut album to be released at the end of February. How was the editing and recording process? It was a long and hard process. Olle and I stood for a large pile of the work as we coproduced the album, he recorded most of the guitars and was our studio engineer, while I composed and recorded both the orchestra and most of the choir. So, he and I spent a lot of hours (around 350h each) from 2020 to 2021 to get the album done, and we are super satisfied with the result. Every band member gave their absolute best which is something you can hear. How many songs does it include and what are the songs about? Equinox is a concept album consisting of 9 songs, which tells a story about a small boy who finds himself captivated by a story told by the fireplace at night. In this tale, the kings of Summer and Winter rage a never-ending battle for the throne. Saddened by the fact that they are trapped in a cycle of bloodshed and suffering, the boy sets out to convince the Fey King and Frost King to make peace. However, while the Great Wheel turns, can it ever stop spinning? Any audiovisual material? Yes! We recorded a music video with beautiful scenery for the 2 nd single “Seasonal Warfare” and managed to get two very different lyric videos for the other singles “That Fateful Night” and “The First Leaf Falls”.
How do you plan to promote and promote it? Contrary to a lot of other metal bands, we’ve taken a patient approach, with a lot of time between the singles (around 2 months each) so listeners really get the time to explore the songs and grow expectations before the release of the album. Then, after it’s released, we’ll do our best to go out and play live, keep providing valuable content for our fans on social medias like playthroughs, trivia Tuesdays, facts about the songs etc. How do you think it will be received in general, both by the public and the specialized press? There’s mostly been positive public- and media reactions to all the singles, which hopefully serves an indicator that the album will be positively received too! We’ve just seen the first full reviews from specialized press which have been very positive. Can’t wait to release it and get the answer to your question haha. Where can a copy of it be obtained? Fans can pre-order both a digital and physical digipak version of the album from our Bandcamp page https://emetropia.bandcamp.com Going back in time a bit. In 2018 you released the EP "Procession of the Kings", which got great acceptance and allowed you to make your professional and international debut at Rockfest in Hamme, Belgium. What could you tell us about that your first performance? We had played several shows before it, but Rockfest became the first “real” thing. The idea was pitched to us after a successful show during the summer of ’17. Then it was just to start planning on how to make an idea into reality. Was it just one show? Unfortunately, yes. We did our best to get a few more shows during the same week but it never materialized. It was fine to just play one show abroad this time since it was our first time – it’s a happening you know – but next time there will be a few more stops along the road. How did you feel when you went on stage for the first time? The adrenaline starts pumping, you start to focus, recall all the hard work you’ve done during the last few months, and then it’s just showtime. You go out there and do your thing and make sure you have a great time! How was the reaction of the audience and the press? The audience was great, and we felt that they had a good time, and we had a good time, so it was awesome! That was basically the story for all shows during our “Procession of the Kings Tour” which really motivated us to record Equinox.
Upcoming presentations? First, we will celebrate the release of Equinox with a release party together with the local power metal Razor Attack at Palatset, Linköping. It will be a night full of energetic metal and free of pandemic restrictions! It’s basically perfect way to welcome fans to the future of Swedish symphonic metal. Well Emetropia, that's all. Thank you again for your time and just wish you all the best of luck and success. Before we finish, anything you want to say? My pleasure! And yes, I do! Thanks to all who have supported us for all these years, we couldn’t have made Equinox without you. And to any new fans, we wish you very welcome to the Emetropia Family! Links: https://emetropiaband.com/ https://emetropia.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Emetropia https://www.instagram.com/emetropiaband/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/2bPXTuEopASyVAPPiXk7cu?si=yL1e0eS8SGSm-Lf-gA-5iw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfH2udXdIbMl8nG28XlyHDQ
KEITH RICHARDS CELEBRA EL 30 ANIVERSARIO DE SU SEGUNDO ALBUM ‘MAIN OFFENDER’ CON UNA EDICIÓN SPECIAL DELUXE BOXSET INCLUYE UN ÁLBUM INÉDITO GRABADO EN DIRECTO ‘WINOS LIVE IN LONDON’92’
KEITH RICHARDS celebra el 30 Aniversario de su segundo álbum 'MAIN OFFENDER', con una edición especial, que incluye un disco inédito en directo y más...
Keith Richards lanza una caja super-deluxe de edición limitada de su aclamado segundo álbum en solitario ‘Main Offender’, el 18 de marzo de 2022 a través de BMG, que presenta una gran cantidad de joyas inéditas de la actuación 'Winos Live In London '92' grabada en la legendaria sala Town & Country Club, en Kentish Town. Esta edición especial también incluye un libreto exclusivo de 88 páginas con fotos inéditas, reproducciones de letras escritas a mano por el propio Keith, pruebas previas impresos del lanzamiento del álbum y más. Además de un sobre que contiene réplicas exactas de materiales promocionales y de la gira, cedidas del archivo personal y secreto de Keith. Keith Richards lanza una caja super-deluxe de edición limitada de su aclamado segundo álbum en solitario ‘Main Offender’, el 18 de marzo de 2022 a través de BMG, que presenta una gran cantidad de joyas inéditas de la actuación 'Winos Live In London '92' grabada en la legendaria sala Town & Country Club, en Kentish Town. Esta edición especial también incluye un libreto exclusivo de 88 páginas con fotos inéditas, reproducciones de letras escritas a mano por el propio Keith, pruebas previas impresos del lanzamiento del álbum y más. Además de un sobre que contiene réplicas exactas de materiales promocionales y de la gira, cedidas del archivo personal y secreto de Keith. ‘Main Offender’ se lanzó originalmente en octubre de 1992, cuatro años después de ‘Talk Is Cheap’ y presenta a sus amados músicos X-Pensive Winos: el batería y
colaborador durante largo tiempo Steve Jordan (actual batería de los Rolling Stones, tras el fallecimiento del omnipresente Charlie Watts), el guitarra Waddy Wachtel, el bajista Charley Drayton, el teclista Ivan Neville, la cantante Sarah Dash, y Bernard Fowler y Babi Floyd en los coros. Las cautivadoras 10 pistas de ‘Main Offender’ incluyen los sencillos eléctricos 'Wicked As It Seems', 'Eileen' y 'Hate It When You Leave'. El álbum fue producido por Keith Richards, Waddy Wachtel y Steve Jordan. Jordan también es el encargado de la mezcla y producción del álbum adicional en vivo. Contenido formato Special Format Deluxe El nuevo y súper lujoso ‘Main Offender’ boxset incluye un exclusivo estuche de coleccionista, que alberga una impresión exclusiva y numerada a mano del retrato original de la portada del álbum. En el interior hay un Art-Book único que incluye el álbum en vinilo color humo. El LP y CD de ‘Main Offender’ se han remasterizado recientemente bajo la supervisión del productor original y X-Pensive Wino, Steve Jordan. El álbum exclusivo que lo acompaña ‘Winos Live in London '92’ incluye versiones inéditas de "Eileen", "Hate It When you Leave", "Happy" y más. El pack contiene: • LP y CD. Vinilo color humo de 180 g con ‘Main Offender’ completamente remasterizado • ‘Winos Live In London '92’, disco inédito, en doble CDs y dos vinilos de 180 g • Toda la remasterización de audio supervisada por el productor original y X-Pensive Wino Steve Jordan • Libro de 88 páginas encuadernado en cuero con fotos inéditas y letras escritas a mano por Keith • Púa de guitarra de la gira ‘Main Offender’, pase backstage, entrada, carteles promocionales y más memoria del archivo personal de Keith. Keith: “Esta es la segunda vez que grabó con los Winos. Espero mantener a esos muchachos juntos tanto tiempo como pueda, es una de las mejores bandas del mundo. Es una banda muy interesante y me temo que aún no han mostrado todo su potencial. Si no hubiera salido con los Winos de gira, este disco probablemente habría sido totalmente diferente de lo que es. Traté de evitar obsesionarme demasiado en este disco, porque para mí mantener la ambigüedad y el misterio, y un poco de provocación, para hacerte pensar, es algo mucho más motivador e importante que simplemente mover el dedo y decir: 'Sé lo que está contando. No hagas esto, haz aquello'. Si eres músico, el silencio es tu lienzo y nunca querrás pintarlo completamente todo, porque lo habrás tapado todo... Una de las partes más interesantes de la música es dónde no tocas”.
‘Main Offender’ Tracklisting 1. 999 2. Wicked As It Seems 3. Eileen 4. Words Of Wonder 5. Yap 6. Bodytalks 7. Hate It When You Leave 8. Runnin’ Too Deep 9. Will But You Won’t 10. Demon
‘Winos Live In London ‘92’Tracklisting 1. Take It So Hard 2. 999 3. Wicked As It Seems 4. How I Wish 5. Gimme Shelter 6. Hate It When You Leave 7. Before They Make Me Run 8. Eileen 9. Will But You Won’t 10 .Bodytalks 11. Happy 12. Whip It Up
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Jon Zazula, cofundador de Megaforce Records, murió a los 69 años El ejecutivo lanzó los primeros dos álbumes de Metallica y ayudó a catapultar a la banda de thrash metal a lo más alto.
La hija de Zazula, Rikki Zazula, confirmó la noticia en Facebook. “El mundo perdió una verdadera leyenda hoy”, escribió. “Nuestro padre vivió una vida tan rápida, dura, pesada, poderosa e impactante como la música que trajo al mundo. Su pasión y persistencia impulsaron las carreras de posiblemente las bandas de metal más influyentes y los grandes de la industria de una generación”. Rikki Zazula concluyó su publicación con un mensaje para que los innumerables seguidores de su padre se unieran. «RIP papi. Te extrañaremos profundamente pero nunca te olvidaremos», escribió. «¡Tu LegaZ vivirá para siempre, no solo en nosotros y tus nietos, sino en cada headbanger en este planeta por toda la eternidad!» También conocido como Jonny Z, Jon Zazula fundó Megaforce en 1983 junto a su mujer Marsha (fallecida el
pasado enero a los 68 años). El sello lanzó los dos primeros álbumes de Metallica, «Kill ‘Em All «de 1983 y «Ride the Lightning» de 1984, ayudando a catapultar a la banda y al thrash metal a la corriente principal. Megaforce también lanzó álbumes de Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, King’s X y docenas de otras bandas de metal. Megaforce tuvo un comienzo humilde, se lanzó como un quiosco en un mercado de pulgas. Cuando Metallica vendió aproximadamente 3000 entradas para su concierto de agosto de 1984 en el Roseland Ballroom de Nueva York poco después del lanzamiento de Ride the Lightning, se consideró una gran victoria tanto para la banda como para el sello. Reflexionando sobre el segundo LP de la banda en sus memorias Heavy Tales de 2019, Zazula escribió: «Lo hicieron de nuevo, esos mothafuckas». Zazula habló con UCR en octubre pasado sobre escuchar el demo de «No Life ‘Til Leather» de Metallica por primera vez y llevarlos al estudio para grabar «Kill ‘Em All». «Todo lo que tenía en mente era sacar un álbum mejor que su increíble demo», dijo. «Sentí que, si no entregábamos el último álbum debut de Metallica, la gente diría de inmediato: ‘Vaya, ese es un gran álbum, pero ¿escuchaste la demostración? Consigue la demostración’. Así que teníamos que hacerlo mejor que la demostración, que es lo que hicimos. Eso estableció el estándar para lo que hicimos en todos los Megaforce Records. No lanzamos demos, entramos al estudio con presupuestos y lanzamos discos reales».
The Rolling Stones: El disco más difícil de grabar según Mick Jagger Conoce más sobre el álbum de 1972 que fue realmente singular, tanto a nivel compositivo como de grabación.
“Exile on Main St.” es uno de los discos más peculiares de la carrera de The Rolling Stones. Publicado en 1972, el álbum le tomó tres años a la banda, pues fue un trabajo singular no solo a nivel compositivo sino también de grabación, ya que los integrantes se encontraban en diferentes lugares y muchas cosas fueron hechas por separado. Gran parte de la grabación se llevó a cabo en una mansión que Keith Richards alquiló en Francia, pero no todas las etapas fueron hechas en conjunto. El disco contiene canciones como "Rocks Off" o "Sweet Black Angel" y se presenta como un trabajo de culto dentro de la carrera de los británicos, sin la población de hits que muchos de sus álbumes tienen. En una entrevista con GQ, Mick Jagger habló sobre el proceso creativo del álbum y cómo funcionó con su dupla creativa, Richards: "Nosotros seguíamos trabajando, aunque Keith no estuviera ahí. Eso es lo que Keith dice también. Escuché una entrevista de él el otro día y dijo: 'Solía levantarme y escuchar que ellos estaban tocando y decía 'Caray, estuvieron tocando sin mí toda la noche'". Además, el cantante de "Satisfaction" hizo hincapié en la amplia participación de músicos externos a la banda, lo cual también contribuyó a la singularidad del disco: "La cosa con Exile es que está lleno de músicos. Hay dos pianistas, dos trompetistas, Jimmy Miller tocando la batería en algunos momentos. Había todo tipo de combinaciones sucediendo - Mick Taylor tocando el bajo si Bill no estaba. Quiero decir, el tema con los discos es que puedes hacerlos con dos personas. Así que no importa realmente si están todos". Finalmente, Jagger aceptó que disfrutó la experiencia de hacer el disco, que es "algo muy difícil de explicar a la gente" y que no quisiera volver a pasar por el proceso otra vez.
Corey Taylor lanzará nuevo disco solista con covers y temas acústicos
Corey Taylor anunció el lanzamiento de una nueva producción como solista, un disco de covers y grabaciones acústicas que saldrá a fin de mes, el 25 de febrero.
En sus palabras, es “un álbum de caras B que tiene todas las versiones que hemos hecho y algunas versiones acústicas de algunas de las canciones que están en ‘CMFT'», dijo durante una aparición en el programa «Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk» de SiriusXM, en referencia a su LP debut en solitario, «CMFT», acrónimo de «Corey Mother Fucking Taylor», que llegó en octubre de 2020. «El primer single será en realidad el 11 de febrero, y la gente podrá descargarlo. Es nuestra versión de ‘On The Dark Side’ de JOHN CAFFERY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND, que es uno de los mejores temas de rock de la historia. Es una de nuestras favoritas para tocar en directo… Las caras B de ‘CMFT’ saldrán el 25 de febrero. Estará disponible en todas partes. También estamos muy contentos con eso». «‘CMFT 2’ está escrito, es una demo, está listo para salir», añadió. «Además, estamos escribiendo constantemente material nuevo. Así que vamos a estar en una gran posición, el próximo año probablemente, para entrar y grabar ‘CMFT 2’ y estar listos para hacerlo. Pero eso es obviamente después de que SLIPKNOT haya hecho lo suyo». «CMFT» hizo buenos debuts en las listas de todo el mundo en octubre de 2020, entrando en el número 1 en la lista de Current Hard Rock Albums de Billboard, mientras que reclamó el número 2 en Current Rock Albums, el número 6 en Vinyl Albums, y el número 9 en las listas de Top Albums. Además, «CMFT» llegó al Top 10 en las listas oficiales de álbumes de Australia, Alemania, Suiza y Austria, y debutó en el Top 20 en el Reino Unido, Finlandia y Japón (lista internacional). El año pasado, Taylor hizo historia al alcanzar el número 1 en Active Rock Radio con su potente single «Black Eyes Blue». Este logro situó a Taylor en una categoría propia, convirtiéndolo en el primer artista en la historia del formato en alcanzar el número 1 con tres proyectos distintos, tras los éxitos de SLIPKNOT y STONE SOUR.