White Wizzard
| White Wizzard | |
|---|---|
 Guitarist Jake Dreyer |
|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal |
| founding | 2007 |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/whitewizzard |
| Founding members | |
| James-Paul Luna | |
| James J. LaRue | |
| Tyler Meahl | |
Bass, guitar |
Jon Leon |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Joseph Michael |
Bass , guitar |
Jon Leon |
guitar |
Jake Dreyer |
guitar |
Will Wallner |
Drums |
Giovanni thirst |
| former members | |
Drums |
Jesse Applehans |
singing |
Wyatt "Screamin 'Demon" Anderson |
singing |
Peter Ellis |
singing |
Michael Gremio |
guitar |
Erik Kluiber |
guitar |
Lewis Stephens |
guitar |
Chad Bryan |
guitar |
Cory Nagatoshi |
White Wizzard is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles , California .
history
White Wizzard were founded in Los Angeles in the summer of 2007 by Jon Leon as a counterpoint to metalcore , which was dominating the scene at the time:
"I saw so many old school metalheads at these summer festivals, but what else is out there? Who else can they look forward to seeing after they leave the show that can really give them the same thrill? They're all still here, but There's nothing in today's scene that moves them anymore - nothing that inspires them. I think we can change that. "
In 2008 the first EP was released. A music video for the song High Speed GTO was also produced at the same time . Artistic tensions led to Leon firing all band members at the time, who then founded the band Holy Grail .
In 2008, Leon was contacted by Earache Records who enabled him to put High Speed GTO on the Heavy Metal Killers compilation . Motivated by this, Leon formed the band again. The band toured North America in January 2010 with Korpiklaani , Týr and Swashbuckle . Then went to Great Britain in March 2010, together with Edguy, the tour began at Hammerfest . White Wizzard also played at Keep It True 2010, along with Candlemass , Tygers of Pan Tang and others, and at the 2010 Download Festival .
In March 2010, White Wizzard were nominated for Best New Artist at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2010. In June 2010 it became known that the line-up had changed massively. Wyatt Anderson and Erik Kluiber left the band after the tour in England. The singer and former cellador front man Michael Gremio and Lewis Stephens are new as the new lead guitarist.
In the meantime, the download single or limited 7 "vinyl single Shooting Star / We Rock was released in 2010. This is the only release on which Peter Ellis can be heard as a singer before Wyatt Anderson finally returned to the band to record the Flying Tigers album The single as well as the title track and the cover version on the B-side are a tribute to the recently deceased singer Ronnie James Dio . All proceeds were donated to the charity "Children of the Night".
After the song Torpedo Of Truth was released on YouTube in 2012, the new album The Devil's Cut was released on May 31, 2013 . You can hear the new singer Joseph Michael and the two guitarists Jake Dreyer and Will Wallner.
Music genre
White Wizzard play very traditional heavy metal in the style of bands from the 1980s like Iron Maiden , Judas Priest and Dio .
Discography
- White Wizzard (2008, EP)
- High Speed GTO (2009, EP)
- Over the Top (2010)
- Shooting Star / We Rock (2010, 7 "vinyl single)
- Flying Tigers (2011)
- The Devil's Cut (2013)
- Infernal Overdrive (2018)
Individual evidence
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- ↑ Interview on YouTube
