Greece native guitarist virtuoso Gus G (FIREWIND, Ozzy Osbourne) has recently revealed the cover artwork for his first, long overdue solo which is entitled “I Am The Fire.” The album is set to be released on March 17th, 2014 in Europe and March 18th, 2014 in North America, via longtime international partners Century Media Records. The cover artwork, which can be seen below, was designed by Gustavo Sazes / www.abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Kamelot, Dream Evil, etc.).
Here is the complete track-listing for the album:
GUS G. – “I Am The Fire”: 1. My Will Be Done (Feat. Mats Lev�n)
2. Blame It On Me (Feat. Mats Lev�n)
3. I Am The Fire (Feat. Devour The Day)
4. Vengeance (Feat. David Ellefson)
5. Long Way Down (Feat. Alexia Rodriguez)
6. Just Can’t Let Go (Feat. Jacob Bunton)
7. Terrified (Feat. Billy Sheehan)
8. Eyes Wide Open (Feat. Mats Lev�n)
9. Redemption (Feat. Michael Starr)
10. Summer Days (Feat. Jeff Scott Soto)
11. Dreamkeeper (Feat. Tom S. Englund)
12. End Of The Line (Feat. Mats Lev�n)
As previously announced, Gus G. has recently launched a new video clip for the ‘My Will Be Done’ track. The video was produced by Patric Ullaeus / revolver.se (Within Temptation, In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Europe, etc.) and can be seen below:
The album’s first commercial single, “I Am The Fire (Feat. Devour The Day)” will be released digitally on February 24th, 2014 in Europe and February 25th, 2014 in North America.
Gus G, guitarist with Greek metallers FIREWIND and OZZY OSBOURNE, has released his first song and video “My Will Be Done” featuring vocalist Mats Levén. The song is taken from his upcoming solo album “I Am The Fire” which is due for release on March 17th in Europe and March 18th in the US via Century Media Records. Check out the video below:
Gus had an interview with Metal Shock Finland‘s Blackdiamond last year and discussed his work on the new album. You can listen at this location.
Century Media Records have announced that the Guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in the Metal and Rock universe for his outstanding work as member of Ozzy Osbourne‘s band and as leader of his own group Firewind, has announced the signing of a new solo-artist contract with longtime international partners Century Media Records in order to co-operate on his debut solo-release entitled “I Am The Fire” for the Spring of 2014.
Gus G. comments on the newly signed deal as follows: “Loyalty is a very important thing in the music business and for me it just felt natural to trust my first solo effort to the hands of the record company that has been loyal, supportive and has helped build my career for more than 11 years now – a label that I truly feel as a family. Thank you Robert Kampf, Leif Jensen, Antje Lange, Don Robertson, Steve Joh, Jens Prueter, Nasrin Vahdani, Paul Gargano and rest of Century Family! I truly feel blessed to be a part of the CM history and looking forward to exploring new territories with this new album!”
Century Media’s founder and owner Robert Kampf checked in as well, adding: “Gus G.’s coming solo record “I Am The Fire” is going to be another display of the amazing talent Gus possesses. We at Century Media are proud to work with a player and songwriter of his class and status as well as the fantastic new album that Gus has crafted. Horns up!”
“I Am The Fire” was mixed by Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Stone Sour, Steel Panther, etc.) and was partly recorded in Los Angeles and partly in Gus’ home country of Greece during the past months. Some song titles included on the release are “Eyes Wide Open”, “Redemption”, “End Of The Line” and “Blame It On Me”.
The album showcases a well-balanced and inspiring mixture of precise song writing, driven contemporary active rock songs, a classic Hard Rock vibe, pounding Metal cuts as well as breathtaking instrumentals. The album takes you on a diverse journey and opens the door to Gus G.’s soulful guitar playing. An exciting cast of talented guest musicians and great vocalists are also appearing on the album. The exact list of participants will be revealed throughout the coming weeks…
Gus G. has had an amazing rise within the scene and amassed an incredible body of work, both on the studio-album and worldwide touring fronts: From his early international inception as up ‘n’ coming talent alongside the groups Dream Evil (Sweden), Mystic Prophecy (Germany) or also Nightrage (Greece), it was mainly the restless activity with his own band Firewind (with whom he has released a total of 7 studio albums and 2 live releases so far) as well as his invitation to join Ozzy Osbourne’s line-up ranks for the Grammy nominated “Scream” album release from 2010 and its consequent worldwide touring that fully boosted Gus G.’s reputation and profile to be now considered one of the leading guitarists in the current Metal/Rock scene, also proven via awards such as “Best Metal Guitarist” poll (Guitar Player magazine, US), “Dimebag Darrell Shredder” (Metal Hammer UK Golden Gods Awards) and 4x times poll win for “Best Guitarist” (Metal Hammer, Greece).
“I Am The Fire”, Gus G.’s long overdue solo debut album, will not only stress his skills and status, but also present interesting new facets to his range and an album as exquisite in performance as it is addictive in its catchiness. Look out for the album to street by the end of March 2014 via Century Media Records. More details will follow soon…
Fan-filmed video footage of Greek/American metallers FIREWIND performing their cover version of the Michael Sembello song “Maniac” on October 31 at Manning Bar in Sydnay, Australia can be seen below.
FIREWIND celebrated its 10th anniversary by releasing a live album on June 24 via Century Media Records in Europe. Entitled “Apotheosis – Live 2012”, the CD contains 17 songs recorded at special anniversary shows in Greece as well as all over Europe during the band’s “Few Against Many” tour in 2012. With a playing time of 69 minutes, the effort is a great overview of the band’s career so far, which consists of seven studio albums. It also marks FIREWIND‘s final release with singer Apollo Papathanasio, who decided to leave the group at the end of last year. He has since been replaced by Kelly Sundown Carpenter (ADAGIO, BEYOND TWILIGHT) as session frontman for all 2013 live activities.
The cover artwork for “Apotheosis – Live 2012”, which was released as a digipak in its first limited-edition pressing, was designed by FIREWIND‘s longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes (ARCH ENEMY, ANGRA, DREAM EVIL) based on live photography by Hans-W. Rock.
Blabbermouth.net posted: Jägermeister U.K. conducted an interview with FIREWIND and OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. (real name: Kostas Karamitroudis) at the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which is being held August 8-11 at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below.
FIREWIND celebrated its 10th anniversary by releasing a live album on June 24 via Century Media Records in Europe. Entitled “Apotheosis – Live 2012”, the CD contains 17 songs recorded at special anniversary shows in Greece as well as all over Europe during the band’s “Few Against Many” tour in 2012. With a playing time of 69 minutes, the effort is a great overview of the band’s career so far, which consists of seven studio albums. It also marks FIREWIND‘s final release with singer Apollo Papathanasio, who decided to leave the group at the end of last year. He has since been replaced by Kelly Sundown Carpenter (ADAGIO, BEYOND TWILIGHT) as session frontman for all 2013 live activities.
The cover artwork for “Apotheosis – Live 2012”, which was released as a digipak in its first limited-edition pressing, was designed by FIREWIND‘s longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes (ARCH ENEMY, ANGRA, DREAM EVIL) based on live photography by Hans-W. Rock.
In a recent interview with Metal Assault, FIREWIND guitarist/mainman Gus G. stated about Apollo‘s departure: “People following the band for the past few years would know that we’ve had different session guys at the live shows even when Apollo was in the band because he just had to skip a few tours during the year. So whenever the schedule was getting too heavy for him and he would have to take care of stuff back home, we had to get other guys. So this time, he had to skip again and he was like, ‘You know, instead of holding you guys back, I might as well just quit.’ I think he did the right thing for him, for us as well, because we can only do that [getting session vocalists] so many times and we’re better off trying to find a new permanent guy instead of getting replacements for a tour. So at least now we know that we have to find somebody new, and in a sense it’s a bit sad, but at the same time it’s some sort of relief.”
Asked how Carpenter is doing as the touring replacement for Papathanasio, Gus told Metal Shock Finland: “He’s fantastic, this guy. Everybody who sees him perform live, their jaws are dropped immediately. They’re, like, ‘Wow!’ It’s amazing what this guy can do with his voice. And he’s such a nice guy, too. I mean, we started out with Kelly, ’cause we didn’t know him. And he really nailed it on the songs, he killed it. We hired the guy to go out with us and do the U.S. tour and the festivals, not really committing to further plans. We kind of take it day by day and see how it works between us, and so far it’s been really good. Right now, there are no plans for us to go back in the studio very quickly, so we’ll see when the time comes what will happen. But so far so good with Kelly. I hope it will continue.”
FIREWIND‘s latest album, “Few Against Many”, entered the official chart in Greece at No. 42 and in Germany at No. 90. Released in Europe on May 21, 2012 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, Inc. via eOne Distribution, the CD was mixed by Jason Suecof and Eyal Levi at Audiohammer Studios (TRIVIUM, ALL THAT REMAINS, DEATH ANGEL) in Sanford, Florida.
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Greece native guitarist virtuoso Gus G (FIREWIND, Ozzy Osbourne) has recently revealed the cover artwork for his first, long overdue solo which is entitled “I Am The Fire.” The album is set to be released on March 17th, 2014 in Europe and March 18th, 2014 in North America, via longtime international partners Century Media Records. The cover artwork, which can be seen below, was designed by Gustavo Sazes / www.abstrata.net (Arch Enemy, Kamelot, Dream Evil, etc.).
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