ANDY MARTONGELLI, guitarist of ARTHEMIS and ELLEFSON-SOTO, has unleashed the new facemelting instrumental Metal song titled “ULTRADEAD”, the single and title track from his new solo album, coming out tomorrow, July 21st. “Ultradead” will be available digitally through major online stores, plus available on CD, high quality download, and very limited special merchandising that you will soon get directly from Andy’s Official Web site http://www.andreamartongelli.com , or at the merch table on Andy’s upcoming tour dates!
The 10-track album continues Andy’s on-going evolution with hook-laden melodies, fiery solos, heavy guitar riffs with no compromise. This is built atop a formidable rhythmic foundation laid down by the amazing Paolo Caridi (Ellefson) on drums, Andy himself on Bass guitar on most of the songs except for some very powerful guests as the great David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth, Kings of Thrash, Dieth) playing on “Save Us” and the amazing Giorgio JT Terenziani (Arthemis) playing on the title-track “Ultradead” together with extraordinary Alby Pizy Patuzzo on drums. Andy plays all the keyboards & synth arrangements / orchestrations, electronic loops on the album except for “Colossus” and “Hands of Fury” featuring the talented Enrico Kyoto Marchiotto on keyboards.
“Not only they are awesome talented Musicians that I’m honored to call true friends. They understand my vision of Music and the chemistry between us is so strong and real, that you can feel it, touch it on these songs!” says Andy.
“With ‘Ultradead’ I really focused on melody, power, composition and layering in order to ‘say’ something meaningful with my Guitar and let her do the talking. I literally want to ‘tell a timeless story’ to who listens to my Music, so once again, I pushed myself as much as I could and I can tell I’m very proud of how this album flows and sonically screams at the same time…” says Martongelli. “Music has always been very important in my life so the message is always clear, punchy and meaningful. I’m grateful I can play Guitar every day and spread good loud energy. That’s always the main goal!
“ ‘Ultradead’ relates to myself but at the same time, to many people in this world; you sleep few hours every night, you have a strong dream, life is great and sometimes can be very tough but you do your best, you feel like a zombie…but you keep the flame alive, you find the strenght and the magic to let this dream be real…and suddenly you become a true ULTRAdead, because, no matter what…you want it! I wanna thank all my friends, my fellow musicians and crew, fans, endorsements, and the music community for the amazing support and inspiration.
“Ultradead” was mixed and mastered by London-based producer and engineer Alessio Garavello at “Rogue Studios” – Wembley UK.
“Alessio did a fantastic work on this album. The friendship is strong and we’ve outdone themselves again…til the next time.”
As with any true artist, Andy remains driven by the desire to discover new ways to express himself through the music. “I’ve been releasing music for many years, and I always feel re-energized when we talk about a new album, a new song. It’s always a new challenging adventure and I always make sure I give 100% for me and for the fans who trust my Music through the years! I have so much more to say as a musician, and I hope you’ll join me for the Ultradead ride.”
TRACKLIST:
1 – ARMY OF DARKNESS
2 – COLOSSUS
3 – ULTRADEAD
4 – MY LAST TEARS
5 – BATTLE ON THE ICE
6 – SAVE US
7 – FACEMELT
8 – VERTIGO
9 – HANDS OF FURY
10 – EMBERS
Produced by: Andy Martongelli
Mixed, Mastered and engineered by: Alessio Garavello at Rogue Recording
Studios, Wembley – UK
All songs written and arranged by Andrea Martongelli
Andy Martongelli: Lead, Rhythm, Acoustic Guitars, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Electronic loops.
Paolo Caridi: Drums
Additional Musicians:
David Ellefson – Bass on “Save Us”
Giorgio JT Terenziani – Bass on “Ultradead”
Alby PIZY Patuzzo – drums on “Ultradead”
Enrico Marchiotto: Keyboards on Colossus, Hands of Fury
Paolo Caridi drums recorded by Roberto Priori @ Pri Studio – Bologna, Italy
Additional Engineering: John Aquilino at The Platinum Underground – David
Ellefson bass on “Save Us”
Logo, artworks and merchandising design by Fabrizio Durigon
Album artwork by Rob Marconi
Photos by Annalisa Russo
More info at
https://www.facebook.com/andy.martongelli
https://www.facebook.com/arthemis.official
https://www.instagram.com/andymartongelli/
https://www.instagram.com/arthemisofficial/
http://www.anddreamartongelli.com
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