Acclaimed Metal band ARTHEMIS have signed a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their new album ‘Blood-Fury-Domination’.
Widely recognized as a ground-breaking live band, ARTHEMIS’ career is marked by several amazing shows full of energy and true passion. The band performed at some of the biggest Metal festivals in the world (Download Festival, Hellfest Open Air, Wacken Open Air, Bloodstock Open Air, Gods Of Metal, Hard Rock Hell, Hammerfest and many more) and toured relentlessly since day one, eventually becoming the ultimate road-warriors. But they have also delivered 7 full-length killer studio albums (plus the astonishing ‘Live From Hell – Live In The UK’), proving that when it’s about time to forge a new studio release they always deliver power and glory and give all they got to give: blood, sweat, tears and fury.
Their brand new album ‘Blood-Fury-Domination’ is absolutely over the top! Massive production, uplifting songs, sing-along choruses and a true wall-of-sound that mixes the deepest roots of Metal with modern influences and hooks. Songs like ‘Undead’, ‘Black Sun’, ‘Into The Arena’, ‘Warcry’ and ‘Blood Red Sky’ prove them right and will resonate in your heads forever. This true piece of art absolutely means “no compromise”! Love it or leave it! It clearly screams “We are Arthemis and we’re gonna get you all”! Definitely one more album you must add to your collection if your life is driven by passion and true Metal! ‘Blood-Fury Domination’ has been mixed by Simone Mularoni (DGM) and will see the light of the day on April 7th, 2017.
This week’s Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem will be on http://www.totalrock.com from 10am GMT on Tuesday 3rd March and is a “We Are The Fire” Special!
GUS G. and ARTHEMIS will be featured, both with interviews recorded at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham UK, on the first date of the “We Are The Fire” European Tour 2015 and of course there will be songs from both bands.
The show is repeated every week on Saturday afternoons from 4pm GMT and if you want to listen to any older ones, they can be found on Mixcloud at this location.
Italian metallers ARTHEMIS were formed by guitarist Andy Martongelli back in 1999 and are the epitome of a hardworking metal band, with their thrashing, catchy heavy music! The band’s most recent album, “Live From Hell” was released in 2014 and recorded at Hard Rock Hell VII.
ARTHEMIS are now well into the “We Are The Fire” European Tour with GUS G. I caught up with guitarist Andy and drummer Kekko before the first show of the tour in Nottingham on 20th February. We discussed everything from the band and live music to cakes! Check out some excerpts below and the full chat on the audio player:
Andy Martongelli, ARTHEMIS, With Blackdiamond Nottingham 2015
Discussing ARTHEMIS in general since the release of last studio album “We Fight” in 2012, Kekko stated:
“We had some line-up changes – the rhythm section – bass and drummer (me!) and we recorded the live album “Live From Hell” with the new line-up which is great, very tight.”
Andy continued: “Me and Kekko were in Powerquest back in the day so we’ve known each other forever. JT the bass player is my good friend from 2002. This time it was so easy to get the real deal, the real Arthemis back as we wanted.”
The guys talked about what’s going on with the band at the moment and their views on playing the live circuit:
“We’re just writing a bunch of riffs here and there, putting together ideas. We’re working on the album, trying to find the right direction, cos we got so many ideas.
Five years ago you would see a tour, some gigs and studio album. But now, you see two years of touring sometimes. Probably, the proper album is not considered that much these days compared to the past, but the live scene is amazing now!
It makes it more like back in the seventies – where you had to see the real deal and see if the band is really good – they had to prove it straight away. We’ve been confirmed for a festival with Obituary and Angra for the summer and some more news to come soon. We keep gigging, so that’s good!”
OZZY OSBOURNE and FIREWIND guitarist GUS G. is kicking off a European tour by the next week in order to continue promoting his Century Media Records solo album debut “I Am The Fire”, which was originally released in March 2014 and followed up by a limited expanded-edition CD+DVD Digipak version last November. Here is a list of all coming dates:
GUS G. – “We Are The Fire” European Tour 2015:
20.02.2015 Nottingham (UK) – Rescue rooms
21.02.2015 Manchester (UK) – Academy 3
22.02.2015 Southampton (UK) – The Joiners
24.02.2015 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo
25.02.2015 Flensburg (Germany) – Roxy
26.02.2015 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) – Baroeg
27.02.2015 Mannheim (Germany) – 7er Club
28.02.2015 Vienna (Austria) – Szene
01.03.2015 Munich (Germany) – Feierwerk
03.03.2015 Düsseldorf (Germany) – Pitcher
04.03.2015 Zwolle (The Netherlands) – Hedon
05.03.2015 Malmö (Sweden) – KB
06.03.2015 Jönkoping (Sweden) – Denim And Leather
07.03.2015 Gothenburg (Sweden) – Sticky Fingers
08.03.2015 Stockholm (Sweden) – Debaser Strand
14.03.2015 London (UK) – O2 Academy Islington + Kamelot
20.03.2015 Modena (Italy) – Borderline Club
21.03.2015 Bosco Marengo (Italy) – Live 23
22.03.2015 Muggia (Italy) – Macaki
GUS G.’s live-band line-up for the tour will additionally feature Henning Basse (ex Brainstorm / Metalium, Sons Of Seasons) on lead vocals, Strutter on bass as well as Jo Nunez (Firewind) on drums. Together, the band will be performing a very special set that includes songs from the “I Am The Fire” solo album, but also cover GUS G’s past work with Firewind and also Dream Evil. For the Swedish dates Jeff Scott Soto and Tara Teresa (who both appear as guest vocalists on the “I Am The Fire” album) will also join the shows.
On “I Am The Fire”, GUS G. handles all guitar, bass as well as keyboards and is joined by a roster of friends and guests that helped bring his musical vision to fruition: drummers Jeff Friedl (A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Devo) and Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy), bassists David Ellefson (Megadeth), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Marty O’Brien (Tommy Lee, We Are The Fallen), and vocalists Mats Levén (Candlemass, ex Yngwie Malmsteen/Therion), Blake Allison (Devour The Day), Michael Starr (Steel Panther), Alexia Rodriguez (Eyes Set To Kill), Tom S. Englund (Evergrey), Jacob Bunton (Adler) and Jeff Scott Soto (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, ex Journey). The album showcases a well-balanced mix of active rock, classic hard rock, traditional metal and guitar-driven instrumentals, taking listeners on a diverse journey through GUS G.‘s soulful playing.
The expanded CD+DVD Digipak version of “I Am The Fire” features 4 bonus tracks and a 62-minutes bonus DVD (Including 4 video clips, 3 live tracks, 6 guitar tutorials as well as an EPK and Track-By-Track Commentary features).
Check out the striking promotional video clip, shot by acclaimed director and longtime GUS G. creative partner Patric Ullaeus (In Flames, Within Temptation, At The Gates, etc.), for the album’s latest single “Long Way Down (Feat. Alexia Rodriguez)” here:
Italian Metallers ARTHEMIS are confirmed for Agglutination Festival:
In the expectation of other big surprises, we are ready to announce the first italian band, ARTHEMIS, which will be on stage together with OBITUARY and ANGRA on 9 August in Chiaromonte (PZ – Italy).
From 2001 to date, ARTHEMIS have released 8 albums, making themselves known throughout the world, performing on the most important international festivals and venues such as: Metal Camp, Gods of Metal, Evolution Festival, Hammerfest, Download Festival, Wacken etc. etc. . Their last job “We Fight” was released in 2012 and currently the band is working on new album after their leader Andy Martongelli had released his solo album, consolidating him as one of the best guitarists in metal scenes.
Their several shows and appearances are synonymous with great adrenaline rush! Supported by “Route To Hell” Event Agency, ARTHEMIS are ready to accommodate all their fans on 9 August at the Agglutination with their music!
Continuing the promotion of his Century Media Records solo album debut “I Am The Fire”, for which a special and limited expanded edition CD+DVD Digipak version was released last month, Ozzy Osbourne / Firewind guitarist GUS G. is now announcing a next string of European tourdates. The run of headlining dates in February and March 2015 has now been expanded by 3 shows in Italy as well as a special London show supporting Kamelot.
Here is a complete list of the dates:
GUS G. – “We Are The Fire” European Tour 2015:
19.02.2015 Cambridgeshire (UK) – The Corn Exchange St Ives
20.02.2015 Nottingham (UK) – Rescue rooms
21.02.2015 Manchester (UK) – Academy 3
22.02.2015 Southampton (UK) – The Joiners
24.02.2015 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo
25.02.2015 Flensburg (Germany) – Roxy
26.02.2015 Rotterdam (The Netherlands) – Baroeg
27.02.2015 Mannheim (Germany) – 7er Club *
14.03.2015 London (UK) – O2 Academy Islington + Kamelot *
20.03.2015 Modena (Italy) – Borderline *
21.03.2015 Bosco Marengo (Italy) – Live 23 *
22.03.2015 Muggia (Italy) – Macaki *
* Newly announced dates!
Italian group Arthemis will support the shows from Feb. 19th – March 4th as well as the Italian dates from March 20th – 22nd. For the Swedish dates Jeff Scott Soto and Tara Teresa (who both appear on the “I Am The Fire” album) will join GUS G. and his band, which will feature Henning Basse (ex Brainstorm / Metalium, Sons Of Seasons) on lead vocals for this tour, for a very special set.
In related live-activity news, please take notice that GUS G.’s previously announced appearance as part of the “Metal All Stars” tour for Nov./Dec. is not taking place anymore. The complete tour has been postponed and more details can be found here: http://www.metalallstars.com
And a drum-cam video for the album track “Vengeance” filmed at GUS G.’s recent show in Las Vegas can now also be seen here:
On “I Am The Fire”, GUS G. handles all guitar, bass as well as keyboards and is joined by a roster of friends and guests that helped bring his musical vision to fruition: drummers Jeff Friedl (A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Devo) and Daniel Erlandsson (Arch Enemy), bassists David Ellefson (Megadeth), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Marty O’Brien (Tommy Lee, We Are The Fallen), and vocalists Mats Levén (Candlemass, ex Yngwie Malmsteen/Therion), Blake Allison (Devour The Day), Michael Starr (Steel Panther), Alexia Rodriguez (Eyes Set To Kill), Tom S. Englund (Evergrey), Jacob Bunton (Adler) and Jeff Scott Soto (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, ex Journey). The album showcases a well-balanced mix of active rock, classic hard rock, traditional metal and guitar-driven instrumentals, taking listeners on a diverse journey through GUS G.’s soulful playing.
The expanded CD+DVD Digipak version of “I Am The Fire” features 4 bonus tracks and a 62-minutes bonus DVD (Including 4 video clips, 3 live tracks, 6 guitar tutorials as well as an EPK and Track-By-Track Commentary features).
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