It’s been a little more than a year that German rock act 21 OCTAYNE has released their sophomore album “2.0”, (via AFM Records) But now the band is back with a new line-up and a brand new song/video for “Addicted To Thrill”.
“This is a special moment in the history of 21 Octayne”, states founder and guitarist Marco Wriedt. “Addicted To Thrill” is not only the new single and a fresh musical statement of this band, it is also the start of the next chapter with a new line up we couldn´t be happier with. Julian Rolinger (vocals) and Laura Fink (bass) bring an entire new energy into the band. Alex (Landenburg) and I are very glad to have them with us! I´m also really happy and excited about the sound of this new single.” The mixing was done by Phil Hillen at SU2 Studios/Germany and legendary producer Simon Gibson (The Beatles, U2, The Hobbit Soundtrack) was responsible for the incredible mastering at Abbey Road studios, London/England.”
The “Addicted To Thrill” video was produced by Dominik Louis. Watch it below.
Engl Amps family members, guitarists Michael Romeo from SYMPHONY X and Marco Wriedt from 21 OCTAYNE recently met up on the SYMPHONY X European Underworld Tour date in Bochum, Germany. Check out their chat below:
SYMPHONY X have just completed their European tour and are set to play on 6th May in Brazil, then also at Bloodstock Open Air Festival in the UK on 14th August. For more information check their official website here.
21 OCTAYNE have recently announced that they are looking for a new vocalist, to read more check here.
For more on Engl Amps, check out their official Facebook page at this location.
Germany, Frankfurt based hard rockers 21 OCTAYNE – featuring well-known musicians Hagen Grohe (The Joe Perry Project), Marco Wriedt (Axxis) , Andrew “The Bullet” Lauer (PAUL GILBERT) and Alex Landenburg (Rhapsody) – have released a new video “Dear Friend”, taken from the upcoming debut album “Into The Open”, set to be released on May 23rd, 2014 via AFM Records. Check out the video below:
Into The Open -tracklist:
1. She’s Killing me
2. Dear Friends
3. Turn the World
4. Don’t Turn Away
5. My Teddy Bear
6. Into the Open
7. Me Myself and I
8. The Heart (Save me)
9. Your Life
10. I Will Always be Right There
11. Leave my Head
12. Come Alive
21OCTAYNE is the epitome of soulful, honest, ass-kicking Rock with a slight modern touch. A new name, a new band, but no unknowns here: the band consists of vocalist Hagen Grohe (The Joe Perry Project), Marco Wriedt (Axxis), Andrew „The Bullet“ Lauer (Paul Gilbert) and drummer Alex Landenburg (Rhapsody). The four guys took their time and worked hard on their debut album for more than two years, ready for impact now! Meanwhile the young band scored first success by releasing a digital single for “The Heart (Save Me)” which went (without any kind of promotion) straight to #1 in Amazon Germany’s hard rock/metal chart and also appeared on the U.S. Itunes chart! This good start for 21OCTAYNE might be caused by several factors, one being vocalist Hagen Grohe who leads the band’s U.S.-influenced Rock to international level. A quality that guitar icon Joe Perry (Aerosmith) realized quickly as well, so he made Grohe the vocalist of the Joe Perry Project. And he was not disappointed by the young German who convinced on album recordings and numerous live shows playing after in support of the release.
Also guitarist Marco Wriedt (Axxis), bass player Andrew „The Bullet“ Lauer (Paul Gilbert) and drummer Alex Landenburg (Rhapsody) have gathered quite a fan-following as musicians and songwriters over the years. Of course these fans quickly got excited when they heard about the new band 21OCTAYNE, so the band invited fans and interested journalists to “listening session”, presenting the first songs they had recorded. These intimate events quickly became 40-persons strong and saw the band playing acoustic sets even. Also the initial plan of doing one or 2 listening sessions in Germany only was change quickly because of the strong demand. And so 21OCTAYNE found themselves presenting their songs to people in a.o. London, Paris, Hollywood and Barcelona.
First concerts were played in Europe, supporting Pink Cream 69 and Germany chart band Ohrenfeindt, with offer now coming in from big festivals. 2014 will be a great year for Rock fans and there’s no hiding from this awesome new band – 21OCTAYNE!
Also Check out their video clip “The Heart (Save Me)”
AFM Records have announced via their official Facebook page that they have signed 21 OCTAYNE:
“We proudly present the newest addition to our roster: 21 Octayne, a fantastic new Rock act feat. members of Joe Perry band, Rhapsody, Axxis and Paul Gilbert, will release its debut album on May 23rd!”
Drummer Alex Landenburg stated:
“We are proud to announce that our debut album “Into the Open” will be released on AFM Records on May 23rd! We believe that we found the perfect label home for us and all of us are looking forward to working with AFM!
Please help us spread the word! Love
Alex”
Check out the video for ‘The Heart (Save Me)’:
For more information about 21 OCTAYNE check their official website here.
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