Nieuw album BPMD – Featuring Bobby Blitz, Mike Portnoy, Mark Menghi en Phil Demmel

BPMD, featuring Bobby Blitz, Mike Portnoy, Mark Menghi en Phil Demmel, brengen een album uit genaamd American Made. De eerste single is daarvan gelost, beluister die hier.

Kort nadat de nieuwe band BPMD, featuring heavy metal iconen Bobby Blitz (Overkill) als zanger, drummer Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Sons of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) en gitarist Phil Demmel (Vio-lence, ex-Machine Head), tekende bij Napalm Records, kondigen ze nu hun nieuw album American Made aan, dat op 12 juni zal uitkomen. Het zal tien tracks bevatten en de eerste single is een cover van Aerosmith's Toys In The Attic. Bekijk de videoclip hier.

Frontman Bobby Blitz zegt er het volgende over: "I remember waaaaaaaaaaay back when Overkill formed, we were cutting our teeth on covers as I was finding my way around the mic. The Aerosmith covers were right in my wheelhouse, so when Mike [Portnoy] picked 'Toys' to cover, I was like... 'Hell Yea'!".

Gitarist Phil Demmel gaat verder: "It was tricky because Aerosmith have two guitarists, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, playing different things. So, as one guitar player, I had to pick a medium place between the two that sounded good. I thrashed it up a little by adding a lot of down picking and some gallops and triplets."

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