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2010.05.11 IMAGIKA's 7th full length studio album "Portrait of A Hanged Man" releases in the US today. More US Tour dates have also been added so be sure to check the Shows page. 2010.04.28 In preperation of our upcoming appearance at The Warriors of Metal III Festival in Chillicothe, OH fans of IMAGIKA can songs off our newest CD "Portrait of a Hanged Man" on the following internet radio stations: 2010.04.27 I am saddened to report that Henry Moreno has parted ways with IMAGIKA. Wayne De Vecchi (ex-Purgatory SF, Doom Society) and current member of Hellhound has joined IMAGIKA as the new drummer. We are excited to have Wayne on board and are looking forward to the seeing what the next chapter has in store for this band. Fans of Moreno will be happy to know that he is part of the new TRAMONTANE line-up to be featured on the next CD "Call of The Kindred". I am also happy to announce that IMAGIKA will be heading out on our “A Portrait In Metal” US tour which runs July 23 - August 8th. This tour will be in support of the North American release of our newest CD “Portrait of a Hanged Man”. Supporting IMAGIKA on this tour are SF\Bay Area Progressive Metallers Total Eclipse. Cities & Venues TBA so check the shows page often. 2010.03.19 IMAGIKA's latest CD "Portrait of a Hanged Man" was released today in Europe via Metalville Records!!! Get you copy now!! 2010.03.17 Hear IMAGIKA's new CD "Portrait of a Hanged Man" in it's entirety including Digipak bonus track here: Streaming "Portrait of a Hanged Man" Release dates:
2010.02.24 I am very pleased to report that guitarist Robert Kolowitz (ex-Blackstorm\RapidFire) and current member of HellHound has been recruited as the latest addition to the IMAGIKA line-up. Robert brings years of experience and perseverance to the 2nd guitar slot. His former bands have performed with Anthrax, Death Angel, Legacy (Testament), Forbidden, Megadeth, Nitro, Vicious Rumors and Slayer. Guitarist Steve Rice comments; “The band was impressed with Rob’s ability to learn our material quickly and on his killer guitar skills. IMAGIKA will sound even more aggressive now and we look forward to our future collaboration as we start the writing for our next CD. Rob came in at a great time on the eve of our new release “Portrait of a Hanged Man” which we believe is our best release to date. The fans can definitely expect a heavier, louder and faster IMAGIKA!” 2010.02.18 Very cool news!! IMAGIKA has just been added as a co-headliner for this year's Warriors of Metal III Festival. The official announcement is below: Warriors of Metal Fest III Open Air is privilaged to announce that IMAGIKA the Bay
Area Thrash Metal band that raised the roof at last year's Nightmare Metal
Fest II in San Antonio have agreed to co-headline the Friday night of the
Fest with the legendary Omen. George Call, Omen's vocalist commented that "I remember [IMAGIKA] was one of the better bands of that Fest" and the
Fest organizer, the world famous voice of Metal, Lance King even told 2010.01.29 IMAGIKA has released a second new track off our forthcoming CD "Portrait of a Hanged Man". The new track “The Hit” can be heard on our MySpace page Here: The scheduled release dates are: March 19 (Europe) and May 11 (North America) through Metalville Records. 2010.01.28 Tune in to KSJS Radio tonight at 10pm to hear a brand new track from IMAGIKA as we will be on the air promoting our show next week with Lizzy Borden at the Avalon. 2010.01.12 IMAGIKA will premiere the song “Scared To Death” and CD cover for our upcoming release "Portrait of a Hanged Man" exclusively through Metal Rules.com on Monday, January the 18th. Guitarist Steve Rice comments: “Metal Rules and Evil G have been huge supporters of the band since the beginning and we wanted to show our appreciation by premiering the opening track “Scared To Death” from our new CD through the site. This song is a good ass kicker and definitely sets the tone for the rest of the CD… Heavy, fast and melodic!” Evil G from Metal Rules says: “IMAGIKA were one of the first bands that sent their material to me for review way back when Metal-Rules.com was still taking shape back in 1997. They set the bar very high for what I expected for other indie/debut releases and continued to impress me throughout the years. Their music has maintained its strength and vision right up to their forthcoming 2010 release “Portrait of A Hanged Man”. I'm honored they've chosen Metal Rules to exclusively feature the track “Scared To Death”. The song is a perfect example of the band's masterful mixture of aggression and melody.” The CD Cover which drummer Henry Moreno created will also be revealed. Henry Moreno comments on the artwork, “Well, obviously the concept had to be something to do with the CD title so I created the first piece which was a person with a noose around their neck but it didn’t have that “CD cover” feel. Metalville and Steve made some suggestions and one thing they came up with was what if the hanging man was a silhouette. I thought that was a cool idea and ran with that and really just followed the theme of the song, which is about a person seeing the haunting vision of a portrait of man being hanged that comes to life. Metalville and the band really liked the finished product and so the CD cover was born! The original first piece is also included in the CD booklet. I really had fun with this project and I believe it’s some of the best work I have done so far. I hope the fans enjoy it as much as we do.” 2009.11.17 On November 23rd for the first time ever both the 1989 & 1994 TRAMONTANE Demos will be released on CD through Arkeyn Steel Records. A limit of 1000 copies will be pressed and numbered. As a bonus 3 demo tracks featuring myself on vocals are included on the disc. These are some of the earliest recording of me in existence. 2009.08.17 IMAGIKA will enter Fang Studios in September to record their new CD “Portrait of a Hanged Man”. Andy LaRocque will again handle the mix at his Sonictrain Studios in Sweden.
Guitarist Steve Rice states, “IMAGIKA road tested a lot of the new material live on our recent US tour in May and this definitely confirmed we were going in the right direction by the reaction we received from our fans. We hate making the same CD twice and never will. We always want to keep pushing ourselves to the next level and I believe we’ve achieved this with the quality of the new songs.” 2009.02.10 All things must come to an end as does my time in Machine Called Man. Today I am officially leaving McM due to stylistic differences. Fans of the band shouldn't be worried as the music for the next CD is VERY good. However I feel the band would do much better with a different style of vocalist. 2008.09.09 A quick IMAGIKA update... The band has made some great strides with the release of "Feast For The Hated" this year. The CD was one the most played/added US metal radio releases this summer on CMJ and FMQB. We started out 3 (CMJ) and 5 (FMQB) and stayed in the top 20 for over 6 weeks. All commercial and college radio reports to these 2 companies so we were very stoked with the exposure. The CD also picked up some great response and reviews in the European metal press. Of course we tried like hell to tour behind the release in both markets, but have unfortunately hit the usual proverbial wall with no one giving us a shot to make it happen. Some think we don't like to tour or don't give a fuck, but we love playing live and never had any label support or any support period for that matter to make it happen. But no worries we'll be doing our own West Coast dates shortly so stayed tuned. Writing has already been underway for the next CD with for 4 songs already in the bag. All the music is written and we just need to pull it together as band over the next few weeks. A title for the next CD is already in place but will keep it under wraps for a little while longer. 2008.08.05 Hey everyone, 2008.06.17 Time for some Machine.Called.Man News: Machine.Called.Man has been hard at work writing material for our 2nd CD and is currently finishing up the mixing process on the Demos. Even though the demos are not 100% complete we figured they were close enough to upload for everyone that has been bugging us to hear the new material. We have uploaded the following 4 Demo tracks:
These tracks are available for streaming on our MySpace page. The new songs are MUCH heavier and perhaps even a bit more progressive than the last CD. Definitely take a listen to all 4 of the tracks and let us know your honest opinion. I'd also like to take this time to formally introduce the addition of our newest member Tara Thuriot (Keyboards\Vocals). Tara adds a completely new element to the group and has really helped define our new sound since joining. Many of you that attended the Imagika CD Release show will be familiar with Tara. Tara sang the song "Succubus" live with me at the release show. 2008.06.04 I am happy to announce that the new Imagika CD "Feast For The Hated" as well as the 2006 release "My Bloodied Wings" are now available for purchuse on iTunes. 2008.05.21 Vocalist Norman Skinner of the US metal band Imagika has been invited by KWTF The Edge Internet radio to host a two-hour show where he will play songs by some of his current favorite bands. Norman also promises to play a couple songs from the brand new Imagika album “Feast For The Hated”, so make sure to tune in Friday, May 30th at 10:00 p.m. CST at www.kwtfworldwide.com and choose the player that fits your needs. 2008.05.20 Today is the day!! Imagika’s 6th CD “Feast For The Hated” has been released today in the US. 2008.04.27 Heavy Magazine in Germany has just released their first quarter results for best new releases. These results are compiled from 12 highly regarded Heavy Metal critics that each reviewed 52 new albums.
This Wednesday will be the last Machine Called Man show for a few months while we work on getting new songs finished and the demo mixed. Track Listing:
I plan on recording this CD this fall if all goes as planned and then finding a new label to release it. I decided to hold everyone over until that time to upload a small sample from each of the 4 songs. These samples are unfinished/unmixed demo tracks but should definitely give you an idea of what the album will sound like. The songs have been uploaded to the Tramontane MySpace Page. If you don’t have Tramontane added as a friend please send a request. While you are there; listen to 2 tracks from the ’98 CD "December Dark". This was the first CD I ever did. LOL!!!
RockStreams.com Has just uploaded a promo page for the new Imagika CD "Feast For The Hated". On the page you can hear the newest single "Thinning Out The Herd" as well as view new pictures of the band. Click Here: Imagika Rock Stream 2008.03.07 Imagika has released the cover art and the song "Thinning Out The Herd" from their "Feast For The Hated" CD to be released by Locomotive Records on 4/25/08 in Europe and 5/20/08 in North America. Happy New Year!! Another bunch of news to report... Imagika has signed a worldwide deal with Locomotive Records for the release of their new CD “Feast For The Hated” The release date is 4/25/08 for Europe and 05/20/08 for the rest of the world. The band is very happy to part of the labels great roster of artists. The bands last CD “My Bloodied Wings” will still be released by Sleaszy Rider in Europe. This is a re-release with new art and the bonus track “Haunt Me”. The release is scheduled for Jan. ’08. Imagika has also signed with the Extreme Music Agency for all future bookings. Machine Called Man played it's 1st show in 3 years and it went extremely well. The band plans to continue playing shows during most of '08. In November we also had our first photo shoot in 4 years. I have put a few pics up in the gallery section for your viewing pleasure. I am also happy to announce that writing for Machine Called Man's next CD is drawing even closer. We have a couple songs to put finishing touches on and then we will begin pre-production for the new album. Check back for more details as they become available. I had a absolute blast performing with Katagory V in Salt Lake City. I made a lot of new friends and it was fun to meet a few of the Imagika/MCM fans that came out to support. I was sent a few pictures from the show that I have posted in the gallery section. I need to announce that I am officially disbanding Tramontane. With the successes of Imagika & Machine Called Man I just can't find the time to give 100% to that project. Therefore the album "The End of Tribulation" will not be released. I apologize to fans of Tramontane but can offer a bit of good news. There will be 1 final Tramontane release called "Call of The Kindred". This will be a 4 song EP containing the following tracks: Call of The Kindred: Pt. 1 - The Hunger 2007.10.16 Imagika has signed a new record deal with Sleaszy Rider Records for the release of our “My Bloodied Wings” CD in Europe. The CD has been repackaged for the release including new artwork and a bonus track titled "Haunt Me". A fall release date is expected. The original version was released in North America by Crash Music last July. Sleaszy Rider will also release Imagika’s new CD next spring titled "Feast For The Hated". The band recorded the CD in late Aug. with Thierry Migeotte at his Blue Turtle Productions Studio. The band then headed to Sweden to once again mix\master the album with Andy LaRocque of King Diamond at his new Sonic Train Studios. The CD is currently scheduled for a spring ’08 release. The title of the CD is “Feast For The Hated” and will include the following tracks:
Imagika has also signed a new Management deal with Skydra Management as well as a deal with Headbanging Agency for our tours. So plenty of good things lined up for Imagika! We have also had a new photo shoot done recently. I have added a few new pictures to the gallery section. For those of you that made it out to our Oregon dates I want to thank you personally. We had an absolute blast!! Imagika has since fired short term guitarist Noor LaCroix. He will not appear on the new CD “Feast For The Hated”. The band is currently looking for a new guitarist. Candidates will have to work out of the San Francisco Bay Area. 7 and 6 string guitar abilities are required as well as attitude, image, pro gear and ability to tour. Interested individuals can contact Imagika at imagika6@gmail.com Please provide us with a sample of your playing and picture. Machine Called Man have been very hard at work writing the follow-up to the 2005 release 2.004. We currently have 6 completed songs and are preparing to do some pre-production demoing. Fans can expect samples to be posted here and on our MySpace account by Christmas. Machine Called Man will also be performing our first show in over 3 years on November 30th @ Rooster's Roadhouse in Alameda. Hope to see everyone there. 2007.06.07 Machine Called Man has welcomed Ramon Ochoa (Ex - Total Eclipse / Down Factor) as our new drummer. With this addition to the band the writing for the next album is finally coming together. We are completing the first 6 songs for our next album and are currently seeking a new label to release the disc. Songs from our “2.004” release can be heard on our MySpace page. Interested label representatives can contact us at: machinecalledman@gmail.com Imagika have posted a demo version of a new song entitled "The Sick Sense", on our MySpace page. We do hope everyone enjoys the song. Tramontane are set to resume mixing of the demo tracks in October. Stay tuned for samples to be uploaded to our Myspace page. Imagika have been writing up a storm in the studio and have 11 songs finished or near completion. We started preproduction recordings of a few of the songs a couple weeks ago and decided to upload one to our website for everyone to enjoy. The song is called "The Sick Sense" and will be featured on our next as yet untitled release. Click the link below to hear it: 2007.03.25 MetalReviews.com has reviewed Imagika's latest release "My Bloddied Wings". Another very positive review. You can read it by clicking the link below and selecting Previous Reviews. Once on the previous reviews page Select March 2007 - Week 1: Imagika - My Bloodied Wings Review 2007.03.03 Your's truly was asked by IMOTEP Magazine for my picks of 2006. This was a great honor to be listed along side of many of Metal's greats. And if you are wondering why the picture of me looks so good, it's actually a picture of Imagika bassist Elena Luciano. You can check out the list here: Best of 2006 My picks for 2006 were:
Imagika are still busy writing up a storm for the next CD. We've got a good 7 songs in the works and will be doing some preproduction recordings this month. Imagika fans will not have to wait long for our 6th release. Machine Called Man is extremely please to announce that Alex Sheldon (Bass) has returned to the band. Alex Sheldon can be heard on the 2005 release "2.004". Tramontane finally has a home on Myspace. Currently 2 tracks from the '98 EP December Dark are available for listening. However the band is now on hiatus until August '07. Check back at that time for an update and NEW demo recordings of the upcoming CD. 2006.11.14 Powerslave.com has posted a review of our last live show. Click the link below to read the article. 2006.11.04 Things have been a bit slow on the band fronts as of late so forgive me for the lack of updates. A video interview of Imagika has been posted on You Tube, conducted by Mike The Taco Man. This interview was just following our show in Alameda on October 20th. Click the link below to watch it. Imagika has been hard at work writing new material for our next CD. We currently have about 5 songs in the works. Machine Called Man is still writing new material as well for our follow-up CD. We have about 6 in the works and hope to finish those up soon. Tramontane is putting the finishing touches on the demo tracks for the next CD "The End of Tribulation". Once the demo tracks are finished we will be posting a couple of the tracks on a new Tramontane Myspace page. Be sure to check out Legen Beltza's new Disc "Dimension of Pain" containing the track "War of Wars" featuring both Steven Rice & myself from Imagika. 2006.09.09 I had a blast at Minneapolis Mayhem 3 and want to thank all the Imagika fans that came out to support us. I've uploaded 3 new pictures to the gallery section taken from that concert. I'd like to Thank Adam Warner and Gryphonmetal.ch for the use of the shots. I was also sent a short review of the show. To read it click on the link below. In 2002 I recorded vocals for a Rock project called The Doggies. I was contacted recently and notified the album was close to completion and would be available soon. I will post more information once I have it. Samples are available on their website: The Doggies Website. 2006.08.19 Imagika has been gearing up for Minneapolis Mayhem III this weekend. We are looking forward to performing and meeting many of our fans in the Northeast. We have also been writing for our 6th album and already have 3 new songs in the works. We are still holding open auditions for a 2nd guitarist. If you are interested please contact Steven Rice using this link: Imagika@hotmail.com The Imagika website has gotten a new makeover to coincide with the release of "My Bloodied Wings". Check it out by clicking the link below: The band recently did an interview with Metal-Rules.com. This interview was done by the entire band and can be read by clicking the link below. Machine Called Man is looking for a drummer. If interested please contact the band via our website: Machine Called Man Official Website 2006.07.14 On Tuesday July 11th, Imagika released it's 5th album "My Bloodied Wings" across North America. The album can be purchased in most CD stores. Maximum Metal.com has spotlighted the CD for this months review section. To read the review click on the link here. Your's truly has just finished an interview with RockDetector.com. To read it click here. Imagika is now on iSound.com.
The full song "Throw The Horns" is available for download
here. Sign up to hear many great metal bands and be sure
to add Imagika as a friend. Thank you to all the fans that stayed for the show on the 23rd. We eventually hit the stage at 1:30 AM I believe but still had a blast!! Imagika will be shooting their first music video in August with Dawnrunner Productions for the track "Hunter's Moon" from our new CD "My Bloodied Wings" which will be released on July 11th through Crash Music Inc. The video will utilize some of the concepts from the CDs artwork. The video will be available at the end of August thru numerous outlets. Imagika would like to thank Metal-Realm.net for creating another official forum for Imagika fans. Imagika now has 3 official forums: Imagika - Evil's Rising (Brazil) Paul Thuriot will be relocating back to the bay area in July and writing for the next Machine Called Man album will kick into gear. 2006.06.17 Due to Dragonlord's US tour cancellation Imagika has been asked to fill in and headline the June 23rd date in Concord, CA. This is a last minute gig and all the info is below: IMAGIKA Show is 18+ and starts at 9:00 PM Hope to see you all there!! 2006.06.06 Imagika have released a new tune called "Throw The Horns" via their MySpace profile. This is the second preview from the band's new album, "My Bloodied Wings", which will be released July 11 through Crash Music in North America. The follow-up to last year's "Devils on Both Sides" was recorded at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California and was mixed at Los Angered Recording in Gothenburg, Sweden with Andy LaRocque of King Diamond fame. Imagika have officially split with Mausoleum Records and are currently looking for an interested label to issue the "My Bloodied Wings" CD in Europe. Any interested parties can contact the band at imagika@hotmail.com. 2006.05.11 Pre-production for the next Tramontane CD is going at a nice pace. Drums & all guitars have been recorded as well as vocals. Right now we are in the middle of recording keyboards and then we will finish it up with bass. As soon as it is mixed we will of course have a couple samples up for everyone to listen to. A track order hasn't been set but here are the track titles:
2006.05.04 I'm sorry to report that Imagika drummer Henry Moreno has fractured his index finger and will
be unable to play for 3-4 weeks. This means that the Imagika show scheduled for May 13th in Berkeley, CA is cancelled. As some of you may have noticed Savascream.com was down for about a week due to ongoing problems with our web hosting company. We have now switched to a new company and given the site a new look.
Imagika has been confirmed for Minneapolis Mayhem 3 set to take place August 25-26 at Star Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bands announced to play so far are: 2006.03.31 Imagika has just signed a licensing deal with Crash Records for the North American release of "My Bloodied Wings". The CD will be released in stores July 11th, 2006. I will update you as soon as a European release date is decided upon. Imagika Drummer "Henry Moreno" has also just finished the album artwork and it is very impressive. Click the thumbnail below to view a larger version.
Spanish Thrashers "Legen Beltza" have released the list of guest stars to appear on their two part epic "War of Wars". The songs will appear on their upcoming release "Dimension of Pain" this June through mausoleum records.. War of Wars 1: War of Wars 2: 2006.03.07 Imagika has just confirmed it's 1st 3 shows for 2006. One show in San Francisco and another in San jose, all the info is on the shows page. I can't wait to hit the stage and shake off some of the Holiday rust. We will be performing many new songs from the upcoming "My Bloodied Wings" album. Imagika has also just finished a photo shoot for the new CD with Photographer Dave Lepori. Tramontane is still in the middle of preproduction for our next CD & the writing continues for the next Machine Called Man album. Also for those that don't know, I will be celebrating my 31st Birthday on March 9th!! Yay for me. That's about it for now... I will of course keep updating everyone as things progress.
2006.02.08 I have returned from Sweden and the recording and mix for Imagika's "My Bloodied Wings" is complete. As previously mentioned Andy La Rocque (King Diamond) handled the mix at his studio (Los Angered) and the CD sounds killer!! Looks like you can expect a release by late spring/early summer. We have put up one of the new tracks "Forever Darkened" on our official website: Imagika as well as on our Myspace page: Imagika Myspace. The track listing has also been set:
I am also happy to announce that Hellion Records will be handeling distribution for Machine Called Man's 2005 release "2.004". Hopefully this will make it easier for our fans to buy the disc and help to promote Machine Called Man. 2006.01.17 The rest of Imagika departs today for Gothenburg, Sweden
to begin mixing our next CD "My Bloodied Wings"
with Andy La Rocque (King Diamond). The CD should be wrapped
up by Mid-February. At that time we should have some relase
date information for you as well as a new song from the CD
posted on our Myspace account and on our website: Imagika.
Of course I will also have the song available here as well.
I would personally like to thank Evandro Giroto for the Imagika Fan Site he has created for our Brazilian brothers. Check it out here or on the links page!!: Imagika
Fan Site 2006.01.09 2005.12.05 This weekend I finished recording the last 4 demo tracks for the next Imagika album. The songs are really coming together now and we will be going over the final touches to make all last minute changes before entering the studio next month. My plans to record in Sweden have been changed. It looks like I will now be tracking my tracks here in California and then going to Sweden for the mixing and to do any touch-ups needed. For anyone that has been waiting for your Machine Called Man or Tramontane orders; they have all been mailed out just in time for the holidays. To the Machine Called Man fans our apologies as we ran out of our initial quantity and had to make more. 2005.12.01 Walter Massenkoff and Tramontane have parted ways. I began my musical journey with Walter in 1995 and played multiple shows with him over the last decade in both Tramontane & Machine Called Man. I wish him great success with his future musical endeavors. Tramontane will now begin the search for a suitable replacement. If you are a drummer and are interested in trying out for the position please contact me at this link: Drummer Wanted! 2005.11.30 Imagika will enter Trident Studios this month to begin recording our next CD "My Bloodied Wings". After all the instruments are recorded yours truly will be heading to Sweden to record vocals and mix the album with the rest of the band and Producer Andy La Rocque of King Diamond fame. We are expecting to release the CD once again through Mausoleum Records this Spring '06. In the meantime I am still recording vocal demos for the pre-production of "My Bloodied Wings" before we hit the studio. Imagika has also signed on with The Headbanging Agency to handle our upcoming European tour. Yup, looks like I will finally tour Europe for the first time. I am very excited. 2005.11.17 2005.09.29 Savascream.com is live and running. I want to thank all my friends, family and of course my fans that have stood by me over the years. This site will keep you up to date on all the happenings with my bands and various projects. Please check back often as this site will be undergoing major updates and construction. ~Thank You |
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