Jamie
Teissere, guitarist of defunct metal band Droid, has announced the
launch of his new project, SUNFLOWER DEAD. After multiple
U.S. tours with bands such as Korn, Evanescence,Five
Finger Death Punch and Hell Yeah supporting Droid's
debut on Munky from Korn's Emotional Syphon
Recordings, the guitarist was by no means ready to quit the music game afterDroid's
sudden demise.
Wasting no
time, he assembled a new outfit consisting of Michael (vocals, piano,
accordion), Jaboo (guitar) formerly of Two Hit Creeper, Luis Gascon
(bass) touring member ofBuckethead, and Jimmy Schultz (drums)
touring drummer of In This Moment with a goal of
creating an undeniable unit that would not just move but more importantly,
entertain people.
The group
dubbed themselves SUNFLOWER DEAD and went into Temple Studios
(owned by Raymond Herrera of Fear Factory and B Real of
Cyrpress Hill) with Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory) to produce
their 11- track self-titled debut record, set to release on July 10, 2012 with
Bloody Bat Records LLC. Co-produced and mixed by Jeremy Blair (Guns N’
Roses, DevilDriver) at Temple and House of Blues Studios, and mastered by
Robert Hadley (Korn) at The Mastering Lab, the album has a tight, punchy
sound with crushing low end and ultra wide sonics.
This record
is an intense, in your face, emotionally charged roller coaster of dark,
aggressive, and spell-bindingly dynamic heaviness with no shortage of anthemic
sing along vocals.
“SUNFLOWER
DEAD are a refreshing sound with a great vocal range, not like your
average current metal/rock band,” commented producer Christian Olde Wolbers.
“This is just the debut, but SUNFLOWER DEAD have tremendous
potential to break in a bigger market and they have proved it with this strong
debut.”
“This album
is fucking dope,” added co-producer Jeremy Blair. “This band came in with the
record they wanted to make and it was a pleasure to help them accomplish their
goal without any outside negative influences. The songs, the playing, and
hooks are sick. I believe this record will be huge.”
The band
recently released an EPK teaser that can be viewed at this location.
The EPK serves as a first look into SUNFLOWER DEAD’s sound, look
and story that is described as a cross between Reservoir Dogs, 30 Days of
Night, The Crow and The Warriors.
SUNFLOWER
DEAD plans to
release a new music video for the single ‘Make Me Drown’ in the coming months.
Stay tuned for more updates coming soon on the new self-titled album and music
video.
For more
information on SUNFLOWER DEAD, please visit these websites:
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