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JOTNAR Release Lockdown-Gift Video To Fans For “The Sentence”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 27, 2020

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Spanish melodic death metal outfit, JOTNAR, have released a video for “The Sentence”, a track from the band’s Connected/Condemned album, released worldwide on via Massacre Records.

The video has been released as a gift for fans due to the actual lockdown situation because of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic. The new video, directed by Joaquin Baldwin, is available for streaming below.

The band released the following note:

“Hey guys.
We are very sensitive with the actual worldwide situation, specially hard in Spain, and for that reason, we wanted to make you a Gift to thank You all for staying at home and staying safe, and most important, for keeping the rest of the people Safe…
So… We have prepared something special for your that will be out in a few hours… so please, stay tuned ’cause it will worth it.
Thank you all… Be Strong, Stay Safe… Stay at Home!”

Watch “The Sentence” Official Animated Video here:

https://youtu.be/Xhh96BmIfEo

Lyrics here:

Jotnar offers a redesigned and modern sound with strong and aggressive rhythms, smooth melodies, catchy choruses and insane growls. The band made it’s live debut in late 2008, and underwent several lineup changes, which led to today’s lineup, consisting of vocalist Mario Infantes, guitarists Ben Melero and Elhadji N’Diaye, bassist Octavio Santana and Jose Rodriguez. The quintet has already played with bands such as Korn, Amon Amarth, Sabaton and Machine Head, and played at festivals like MetalDays, Rock Bitch Boat and Villa De Bilbao.

The Connected/Condemned cover art was created by British artist Russ Mills.

“Connected/Condemned” Track list:

1.-Connected/Condemned
2.- Remaining Still
3.- Missing Shadows
4.- Broken Esteem (feat. Björn “Speed” Strid – Soilwork)
5.- Suicidal Angel
6.- Live Together Die Alone
7.- Starved Of Guidance
8.- I, The Paradox
9.- The Sentence
10.- Invisible Trace
11.- The Loneliness’ Legacy
12.- Say It Right (versión de Nelly Furtado)
13.- Envy World
14.- The Portrait (feat. Jennie Nord – Ultimate Fate | Santi Suarez – Sphinx | Bruno Pardini)

JOTNAR Guitarist Almost Loses Arm In Motorcycle Accident

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 4, 2019

Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: Ben Melero, Jotnar. Leave a comment

JOTNAR lead guitarist Ben Melero suffered a motorcycle accident and its sequels almost led to lose an arm. The guitar player was driven by another motorcycle past October and woke up in the Emergency Room with 6 broken ribs, scapula and collarbone broken. He had a surgery in the collarbone and was undergoing physical and occupational therapy since then.

About the accident, Ben says: “It was a little scary. I was driving my bike and without even notice, I woke up laying down in the ER with a lot of pain in the back. I had a few flashes of myself laying down in the road with no breath, and then in the ambulance. It seems that another bike crashed with a car and his bike went off and hit the side my bike”.

The guitarist have been in physical and occupational therapy after the surgery but after a couple months, the doctors detected a thrombosis in the left arm artery that impeded the flow of blood to the arm.

Ben says: “I had no idea what was happening but I knew something went really wrong. Many times, I woke up with a lot of pain in the arm and hand, like numbness or tingling in the hand for couple of hours with a lot of pain and my hand and arm went completely white. After many test and a few doctors, the vascular surgeon told me that I had absolutely no pulse in his left arm and that I could have lost the arm, but fortunately, there was just the enough blood coming through the secondary veins to keep the arm “alive”. The moment the doc told me that I had no pulse and that I could have lost the arm, was like if I were in a movie. I really could not believe it.”

JOTNAR signed a record deal with Massacre Records and released “Connected/Condemned” album in 2017, toured with Sonic Syndicate and played in a few European Festivals. The band was about to close an European tour when Ben had the accident. Due to the seriousness of the accident, the band decided to cancel the tour until the guitarist recovered.

Ben says: “I was really pissed off. I was dying to go back on stage to play the Connected/Condemned album but everything we worked so hard went to the garbage. We were going to do a great European tour supporting a big band, but we had to step out of the bill. This is the reason why we have been so quiet these months.”

The band will start writing new material for next album when Ben recovers completely from the accident, and planning to back on studios next year.

JOTNAR offers a redesigned and modern sound with strong and aggressive rhythms, smooth melodies, catchy choruses and insane growls. The band made its live debut in late 2008, and underwent several lineup changes, which led to today’s lineup, consisting of vocalist Mario Infantes, guitarists Ben Melero and Elhadji N’Diaye, bassist Octavio Santana and Jose Rodriguez.
The quintet has already played with bands such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Korn, Amon Amarth, Machine Head and Avantasia, and played at festivals like MetalDays, Rock Fest Barcelona, Rock Bitch Boat and Villa De Bilbao.

JOTNAR Launch Indiegogo Campaign For New Album And Tour

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 31, 2017

Posted in: Int. News. Tagged: “Connected/Condemned”, Jotnar. Leave a comment

Spanish melodic death outfit, JOTNAR, have launched a Indiegogo campaign to help promote, distribute the new album Connected/Condemned as well as to raise funds to make an European Tour.

Read more about the campaign, here: https://igg.me/at/jotnar

The Crowdfunding campaign include the Digipack Special Edition of the album as well as some exclusive merchandising and perks which will only be able in this campaign.

JOTNAR – Crowdfunding Presentation Video:

Jotnar recently signed with Massacre Records. The band’s debut studio album, Connected/Condemned, is scheduled to be released worldwide on April 21st via the label.
Jotnar offers a redesigned and modern sound with strong and aggressive rhythms, smooth melodies, catchy choruses and insane growls. The band made it’s live debut in late 2008, and underwent several lineup changes, which led to today’s lineup, consisting of vocalist Mario Infantes, guitarists Ben Melero and Elhadji N’Diaye, bassist Octavio Santana and Jose Rodriguez. The quintet has already played with bands such as Korn, Amon Amarth, Sabaton and Machine Head, and played at festivals like MetalDays, Rock Bitch Boat and Villa De Bilbao.
The Connected/Condemned cover art was created by British artist Russ Mills.

“Connected/Condemned” tracklisting:

1.-Connected/Condemned
2.- Remaining Still
3.- Missing Shadows
4.- Broken Esteem (feat. Björn “Speed” Strid – Soilwork)
5.- Suicidal Angel
6.- Live Together Die Alone
7.- Starved Of Guidance
8.- I, The Paradox
9.- The Sentence
10.- Invisible Trace
11.- The Loneliness’ Legacy
12.- Say It Right (Nelly Furtado cover)
13.- Envy World
14.- The Portrait (feat. Jennie Nord – Ultimate Fate | Santi Suarez – Sphinx | Bruno Pardini)

JOTNAR: New Video For Album Title Track “Connected/Condemned” Released

Posted by tarjavirmakari on August 18, 2016

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Jotnar-2016

Spanish melodic death metallers, JOTNAR, have released a music video for the title track of their sophomore album, “Connected/Condemned”, which will be released this fall. The video was filmed in Canary Islands by director Pablo García Gallego, featuring actor Francisco Vázquez. This is the first of a series of videos that will be published in the following months. Watch the video below.

Said JOTNAR in a statement:

“After a long wait, we are proud of show you the first video of our upcoming album. We are very excited to show you the new JOTNAR’s sound. Many things have happened to us since our debut album. The vocalist departure in the middle of the album recording was very hard for us, but at the same time, very challenging, allowing us the chance to think about our music, which path we wanted to take and what kind of vocalist would be the best for us. We found exactly what we were looking for and we are completely blown away with the results. The album is killer !!! We are back now, new singer, new album, new sound but the same Melodic Death Metal heart.

About the filming of the video, we wanted to have it filmed completely in our hometown, the Canary Islands, because it offers an infinite different amazing locations. The concept of the song is about people who lives trapped into a life they don’t really like or want, but at the same time they feel somehow forced to stay that way. We tried to capture part of this concept in this video, showing a person who is trapped inside, like living in a parallel universe where nobody else exist and he cannot figure out what the hell is happening. It’s a very dark concept and deals a lot with desperation and frustration. We had the privilege to work with a great actor, Francisco Vázquez, who was really amazing and was able to capture what we wanted in every moment.

We are more than proud to present you ‘Connected/Condemned’. We know you all gonna love it as much as we do!”

Watch “Connected/Condemned” video here:

As on the previous album, “Giant”, the mixes for the new album are being done by Sacha Laskow at Perfect Fifth Studio in Canada. Mastering has been done by Jens Bogren (Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Opeth) at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden.

This will be the first album with new singer Mario Infantes, and will count on reputed international collaborations including Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Alessio NeroArgento (Disarmonia Mundi, NeroArgento), Jennie Nord (Ultimate Fate), Santi Suarez (Sphinx) and Bruno Pardini.

The cover art was created by British artist Russ Mills.

Jotnar-cover

“Connected/Condemned” tracklisting:

1.-Connected/Condemned
2.- Remaining Still
3.- Missing Shadows
4.- Broken Esteem (feat. Björn “Speed” Strid – Soilwork)
5.- Suicidal Angel
6.- Live Together Die Alone
7.- Starved Of Guidance
8.- I, The Paradox
9.- The Sentence
10.- Invisible Trace
11.- The Loneliness’ Legacy
12.- Say It Right (Nelly Furtado cover)
13.- Envy World
14.- The Portrait (feat. Jennie Nord – Ultimate Fate | Santi Suarez – Sphinx | Bruno Pardini)

Album Teaser:

JOTNAR: ‘Connected/Condemned’ Album Teaser Released

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 2, 2016

Posted in: Int. News. Tagged: “Connected/Condemned”, Jotnar. Leave a comment

Jotnar-2016

Spanish melodic death metallers JOTNAR have unleashed a teaser of their sophomore album “Connected/Condemned”, which will be released by autumn. The 5 minutes video shows 20 seconds snippets of each of the 14 songs included in the album. Check it out below.

As on previous album Giant, the mixes are being done by Sacha Laskow at Perfect Fifth Studio in Canada. Mastering has been done by Jens Bogren (Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Amon Amarth, Opeth) at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden.

This will be the first album with new singer Mario Infantes, and will count on reputed international collaborations including Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Alessio NeroArgento (Disarmonia Mundi, NeroArgento), Jennie Nord (Ultimate Fate), Santi Suarez (Sphinx) and Bruno Pardini.

The cover art was created by British artist Russ Mills.

Jotnar-cover

“Connected/Condemned” track listing:

1.-Connected/Condemned
2.- Remaining Still
3.- Missing Shadows
4.- Broken Esteem (feat. Björn “Speed” Strid – Soilwork)
5.- Suicidal Angel
6.- Live Together Die Alone
7.- Starved Of Guidance
8.- I, The Paradox
9.- The Sentence
10.- Invisible Trace
11.- The Loneliness’ Legacy
12.- Say It Right (Nelly Furtado cover)
13.- Envy World
14.- The Portrait (feat. Jennie Nord – Ultimate Fate | Santi Suarez – Sphinx | Bruno Pardini)

“Connected/Condemned” teaser:

JOTNAR: “Connected/Condemned” Tracklist And Coverart Revealed

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 19, 2016

Posted in: Int. News. Tagged: “Connected/Condemned”, Jotnar. Leave a comment

Jotnar-2016

Spanish Melodic Death metallers JOTNAR unveils the cover artwork and track list of their sophomore album.

The new album will be titled “Connected/Condemned” and will have 14 tracks of melodic death metal with old-school and modern influences blended together.

As on previous album “Giant”, the mixes are being done by Sacha Laskow on “Perfect Fifth Studio” in Canada. Mastering will be done by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios, Sweden who has worked with bands like Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Amon Amarth & Opeth, among others.

This will be the first album with the new singer, Mario Infantes and will count on reputed international collaborations like Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Alessio NeroArgento (Disarmonia Mundi, NeroArgento), Jennie Nord (Ultimate Fate) and Santi Suarez (Sphinx).

The artwork has been done by the British artist Russ Mills (www.byroglyphics.com)

The album was scheduled by late spring but unfortunately had to be delayed due to conversations with different labels. We hope to have it in our hands by late Autumn.

“Connected/Condemned” track-list:

1.-Connected/Condemned
2.- Remaining Still
3.- Missing Shadows
4.- Broken Esteem (feat. Björn “Speed” Strid – Soilwork)
5.- Suicidal Angel
6.- Live Together Die Alone
7.- Starved Of Guidance
8.- I, The Paradox
9.- The Sentence
10.- Invisible Trace
11.- The Lonelines Legacy
12.- Say It Right (Nelly Furtado cover)
13.- Envy World
14.- The Portrait (feat. Jennie Nord – Ultimate Fate | Santi Suarez – ex-Sphinx)

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