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STEVE DI GIORGIO Issues Studio Update: “Bass Tracks Done for SPIRITS OF FIRE Debut Album!”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on March 9, 2018
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In Summer 2017, TESTAMENT’s Steve Di Giorgio teamed up with Tim “Ripper” Owens, Chris Caffery and Mark Zonder, for a new musical project, SPIRITS OF FIRE! This outstanding supergroup is about to release their debut album, via Frontiers Music. The music can best be described as “classic Priest meets Savatage”. Get more information at https://www.facebook.com/SpiritsOfFireBand

The fretless guru, Steve Di Giorgio, has finished his contribution for the upcoming Frontiers Music debut release from Spirits Of Fire. Chris, Tim and Mark have all made their final adjustments to the musical elements, and now it is in the hands of producer Roy Z who will be in charge of mixing the songs. It’s finally ready to All Come Together! Cover art and release news coming soon.

A couple of weeks ago Steve unleashed a small taster while recording the tracks, watch it here.

STEVE DI GIORGIO - lots of session recording news coming up

Besides the upcoming tours with TESTAMENT, Steve will be busy on various session recordings:

“Lots of session recording news coming up. Watch for updates at http://www.stevedigiorgio.com! Some name dropping; Mark Zonder, Dirk Verbeuren, Glen Drover, John West (on separate recordings)”

Please Note, STEVE DI GIORGIO is available for studio sessions. For further information, please contact via email: alexalphaomega@gmail.com – robertoalphaomega@gmail.com.

Next week Steve will kick off the TESTAMENT “Brotherhood of the Snake” tours in Scandinavia and UK/Ireland with ANNIHILATOR and VADER.

“Brotherhood of the Snake Scandinavian Campaign 2018”:
w/ TESTAMENT, ANNIHILATOR

14.3.2018 SE – Gothenburg, Traedgarn
15.3.2018 NO – Oslo, Rockefeller
16.3.2018 SE – Örebro, Conventum Kongress
17.3.2018 SE – Stockholm, Arenan
20.3.2018 FI – Helsinki, Circus
21.3.2018 FI – Tampere, Pakkahuone

“Brotherhood of the Snake UK & Ireland Tour 2018”:
w/ TESTAMENT, ANNIHILATOR

29.3.2018 UK – Bristol, Motion
30.3.2018 UK – Manchester, Ritz
31.3.2018 UK – Birmingham, Institute
1.4.2018 IE – Dublin, Vicar Street
2.4.2018 UK – Glasgow, QMU
4.4.2018 UK – London, Koko

Check out all the upcoming TESTAMENT shows and tour dates here.

STEVE DI GIORGIO doesn’t need any longer introductions, as he is widely renowned as a pioneer on the fretless bass in heavy metal music, being the bassist of TESTAMENT, DEATH and SADUS, among others. Within his genre, STEVE DI GIORGIO is respected for his playing skills, versatility and incredible technique. He has more than 40 studio album recordings and over 20 years of touring the world.

Watch Steve Di Giorgio LowDown: Bass Playthrough | Terra Odium – Crawling:

More information at:
STEVE DI GIORGIO: http://www.stevedigiorgio.com – http://www.testamentlegions.com
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

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STEVE DI GIORGIO Unleashes Bass Tracking Teaser For Upcoming SPIRITS OF FIRE Debut, Reveals First Details Of Next Session Recordings

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 23, 2018
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Last Summer, TESTAMENT’s Steve Di Giorgio teamed up with Tim “Ripper” Owens, Chris Caffery and Mark Zonder, to launch a new musical project, entitled SPIRITS OF FIRE (after the title of one of their songs)! This outstanding supergroup is currently recording their debut album. The music can best be described as “classic Priest meets Savatage”. Get more information at https://www.facebook.com/SpiritsOfFireBand

Steve Di Giorgio has unleashed a small taster, tracking bass for the upcoming debut, watch it at this location.

STEVE DI GIORGIO - lots of session recording news coming up

“A small clip tracking some bass for the upcoming album from Spirits Of Fire. Obviously just a cellphone mic picking up lots of ambient noise and thin sound from the monitors. But in the headphones it sounds killer! The songs are in final mixing phase now handled by Roy Z. The album also features the talents of Tim Ripper Owens, Chris Caffery, and Mark Zonder & Steve Di Giorgio Official – SDG. Put together by the mighty Frontiers Music srl in Naples Italy.”

Besides the upcoming tours with TESTAMENT, Steve will be busy on various session recordings:

“Lots of session recording news coming up. Watch for updates at http://www.stevedigiorgio.com! Some name dropping; Mark Zonder, Dirk Verbeuren, Glen Drover, John West (on separate recordings)”

Please Note, STEVE DI GIORGIO is available for studio sessions. For further information, please contact via email: alexalphaomega@gmail.com – robertoalphaomega@gmail.com.

Check out all the upcoming TESTAMENT shows and tour dates here.

STEVE DI GIORGIO doesn’t need any longer introductions, as he is widely renowned as a pioneer on the fretless bass in heavy metal music, being the bassist of TESTAMENT, DEATH and SADUS, among others. Within his genre, STEVE DI GIORGIO is respected for his playing skills, versatility and incredible technique. He has more than 40 studio album recordings and over 20 years of touring the world.

Watch Steve Di Giorgio LowDown: Bass Playthrough | Terra Odium – Crawling:

More information at:
STEVE DI GIORGIO: http://www.stevedigiorgio.com – http://www.testamentlegions.com
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

SPIRITS OF FIRE – Featuring Steve DiGiorgio, “Ripper” Owens, Chris Caffery, Mark Zonder – To Release Debut Album In Early 2018

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 27, 2017
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As previously announced, TESTAMENT’s Steve Di Giorgio teamed up with Tim “Ripper” Owens, Chris Caffery and Mark Zonder, to launch a new musical project, entitled SPIRITS OF FIRE (after the title of one of their songs)! This new outstanding supergroup is currently halfway through recording their debut album. The music can best be described as “classic Priest meets Savatage”.

“It’s going to be a great album!” says producer Roy Z and fans can look forward to a release in the early part of 2018!

Frontiers Music Srl is known for being one of the most creative labels around with our keen ability to build new bands and projects featuring musicians of outstanding quality and who come from unique backgrounds. While the A&R vision has mostly been concentrated in the melodic rock genre, it should be noted, for those who haven’t picked up on it from some of our releases in the past few years, that there is always a “Metal Heart” beating in the head offices in Naples, Italy.

So, after an intense brainstorming session, a dream team of renowned metal musicians including Tim “Ripper” Owens (ex-Judas Priest, Iced Earth), Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Death, etc.) and Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Warlord) was born and put together under the direction of renowned LA-based producer Roy Z Ramirez (Bruce Dickinson, Halford, Tribe Of Gypsies).

Follow the band on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/SpiritsOfFireBand

Just recently STEVE DI GIORGIO signed the worldwide Artist Deal with ALPHA OMEGA Management, inaugurating the new ALPHA OMEGA Management Branch, dedicated to the needs and interests (Booking, media, communication, promotion) of session musicians and solo artists. Watch Steve’s video announcement here:

STEVE DI GIORGIO doesn’t need any longer introductions, as he is widely renowned as a pioneer on the fretless bass in heavy metal music, being the bassist of TESTAMENT, DEATH and SADUS, among others. Within his genre, STEVE DI GIORGIO is respected for his playing skills, versatility and incredible technique. He has more than 40 studio album recordings and over 20 years of touring the world.

Watch Steve Di Giorgio LowDown: Bass Playthrough | Terra Odium – Crawling:

More information at:
STEVE DI GIORGIO: http://www.stevedigiorgio.com – http://www.testamentlegions.com
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

TESTAMENT’s STEVE DI GIORGIO Announces New Musical Project With Tim “Ripper” Owens And Chris Caffery

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 1, 2017
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Frontiers Music Srl. has signed a handful of American metal musicians to collaborate on a new musical project. The songs that will comprise the first album are being composed by guitarist Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) and vocalist Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Charred Walls of the Damned). Enlisted to help with the writing and to produce the entire venture, including recording & mixing is Roy Z Ramirez (Bruce Dickinson, Halford). Filling in the lineup is the powerhouse rhythm section of bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Testament, Death, Sebastian Bach, Charred Walls of the Damned) and drummer Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Warlord, Graham Bonnet).

The Italian based Frontiers record company that has released many melodic hard rock and progressive metal albums not only initiated this ‘super group’, but also stands behind other collaborative projects that have seen success under this label as well. Respectful of each band member’s heavy touring schedule within their own respective bands, there is no set completion time or release date yet. But the writing has already begun and song ideas are being exchanged throughout the team.

With undertones of Savatage and Judas Priest type sounds being whispered about, and the caliber of musicianship aboard…this is definitely something fans of good music will want to get a hold of!

Just recently STEVE DI GIORGIO signed the worldwide Artist Deal with ALPHA OMEGA Management, inaugurating the new ALPHA OMEGA Management Branch, dedicated to the needs and interests (Booking, media, communication, promotion) of session musicians and solo artists. Watch Steve’s video announcement here:

STEVE DI GIORGIO doesn’t need any longer introductions, as he is widely renowned as a pioneer on the fretless bass in heavy metal music, being the bassist of TESTAMENT, DEATH and SADUS, among others. Within his genre, STEVE DI GIORGIO is respected for his playing skills, versatility and incredible technique. He has more than 40 studio album recordings and over 20 years of touring the world.

Watch Steve Di Giorgio LowDown: Bass Playthrough | Terra Odium – Crawling:

More information at:
STEVE DI GIORGIO: http://www.stevedigiorgio.com – http://www.testamentlegions.com
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

Mark Zonder Interviewed By The Metal Voice: “Bill Ward should have participated in BLACK SABBATH Final Tour”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on November 7, 2015
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently conducted an interview with current, Warlord ex Fates Warning Drummer  Mark Zonder, who currently joined the Graham Bonnet Band.

On why he recently joined the Graham Bonnet Band

“Giles Lavery (Dragonsclaw, Warlord) wound up managing the band (Graham Bonnet) and it came to a point where they (Graham Bonnet Band) were going to record two songs for a mini E.P. and Russ Ballard was going to write one of them. Giles though it would be a good Idea if I played on it, and when we started rolling along I noticed how the band was progressing, one thing started morphing into another and it sort of happened.”

On the new Graham Bonnet album

“There will be a brand  11 new Graham Bonnet band songs that no one has ever heard before a lot of working titles, ‘The Dance’,  ‘Rider’ and in that package  there will be a bonus disk you get, 16  Graham Bonnet’s hits re-done by the current band covering , Alcatrazz, Michael Schenker Group, Graham’s solo songs, Impellitteri and Rainbow.”

On the Warlord Live in Athens 2013 re-issue

“The good news it will be coming out  hopefully within the next 6 months in Blue ray as well as 6 additional bonus tracks, and a  couple of live things from the drum kit.”

On whether Warlord will continue to tour and record

“As far as I’m  considered  absolutely yes, to all the questions it sort of at this point up to Bill Tsamis (Warlord Guitarist) he’s got me a couple of new songs that I have worked on so we are kind of working on new material. It’s a slow process but Bill is writing. If someone called tomorrow and said hey you want to play a festival I would be there tomorrow, Bill would be there tomorrow. Yes but I am not sure of the time frame. “

On his memories on the recording of the pleasant shades of grey which is being re-release

“I will never forget as you can tell record there was a lot of electronics going on, that I was sort of in charge of, Jim Matheos and I put together. It wasn’t really done on a computer those days that technology wasn’t developed, it was in this big machine that I had from this company and it was a sequencer and sampler. I will never forget I go to Jim’s house and we would sit there 8 hours a day , programming and I will never forget one day we had it all going and we haven’t saved it yet and we accidently kicked the power plug.”

On his thoughts for not of not playing on the last Fates Warning Album

“I didn’t lose any sleep over it was my decision to leave. The real story is I didn’t technically quit the band. I felt like the band was sort of grinding this live thing out over and over again. The real story is I called Jim and said I can’t l do the live tour anymore; it’s not working for my life style. Basically what I was told if I can’t do the live thing I can’t be in the band and out I went.”

On his opinion of Bill Ward not participating on the Black Sabbath’s Final tour or final show

“I can’t speak for Geezer Butler and Toni Iommi and what is going on you would have thought they would have done everything possible to have him on tour just because he is ¼ Sabbath. It’s not like he is a replacement guy.  He was 25% of that band. So yes I would have said they could have should of tried to have him. But we don’t know the inside story.”

“I can understand if they are not going to have him on the whole tour but bring him out as a kind of puppet, promotional , big marketing campaign for the last show. I can see how that can piss him off. That is totally being taken advantage of. Ok you are not good enough for this part of it. And we are not only talking  financial but stealing away from him the joy,  the reliving of the doing that last tour that will stick to everybody forever. But yes you would want him there.”

Watch the whole interview here:

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CHAOS VENTURE: Official Video “Chaos Venture 1.0” Released, Feat. Kevin Moore, Mark Zonder, Richard Barbieri

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 20, 2014
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Italy, Florence based CHAOS VENTURE -Project has released an Official video “Chaos Venture 1.0“, featuring Kevin Moore, Mark Zonder and Richard Barbieri. The song comes out from the Album “Chaos Venture 1.0” (2013). Check it out below:

CHAOS VENTURE is an Alien Space Metal -project, produced and composed by Andrea De Paoli (LABYRINTH, SHADOWS OF STEEL) and Christian Casini. The Project features Kevin Moore (OSI, Chroma Key), Mark Zonder (Warlord, Slavior, ex-Fates Warning), Richard Barbieri, Tony Liotta and many more.

Read the full story at http://www.chaosventure.com

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