SOTO
“Inside The Vertigo” released 2 Feb 2015
Jeff Scott Soto, one
of today's premier Rock frontmen and vocalists, and a union of hotshot young
musicians bring you a slamming blend of melody and muscle in some of the
freshest power metal to surface in years present. Together they are SOTO, and their debut album “Inside
The Vertigo” will blow your mind away. The album is going to be
released 2 February, 2015 on earMUSIC. A neurotic blend of power metal, prog,
groove-laden huge guitars, hooks and production, SOTO is a contender in
today's modern Rock arena while capturing the essence of strong songwriting
simultaneously. Jeff explains, ''I've been in
the game for a long time but my roots started more on the heavier side of the
tracks, I thought it was about time I came home to visit the family and stick
around for a while!''.
The band is
comprised of Jeff's most current solo band, who he insisted on making this
musical merge with him. Jorge Salan (lead guitar), BJ (keys,
guitars), David Z (bass) and Edu Cominato (drums). Soto adds, ''These guys come from different parts of the world and bring their own
influence to make this band very special. From the US to Europe to South
America, we have an exciting mix of style and prestige that keeps us all on our
toes''.
Jeff adds, ''The
past 5 or more years have propelled me a plethora of anger and frustration, I'm
actually quite pissed off about a lot of things, SOTO is my outlet to
release some of this pent up emotion. We realize there are a lot of folks young
and old who may be sharing these thoughts so this is especially for them too.
We're not reinventing the wheel here, we're just creating an outlet for where
our hearts are both musically and mentally…I’m just not in a 'touch your golden
hair' mood right now!''. Songs like “Break”, “The Fall”, “Wrath”,
“Narcissistically Yours” and “Final
Say” are perfect vehicles of raw emotion. Songs like “When I'm Older”, “Karma’s Kiss”, to the title
track “Inside The Vertigo” and
the 9+ minute epic “End Of Days”
advocate a modern day reality/wake-up call.
Produced by Jeff
Scott Soto, the album features tracks co-written with his bandmates as well
as a of his famous friends/colleagues. Collaborators include guitarists Gus
G (Firewind, Ozzy), Jason Bieler (Saigon Kick), Mike
Orlando (Adrenaline Mob) and Joel Hoekstra (Night
Ranger/TSO), all of whom perform on their penned tracks for the album.
Others appearing as guests/co-writers are Casey Grillo (Kamelot),
Connor Engstrom, Tony Dickinson, Leo Mancini, Hugo
Mariutti and Gary Schutt.
The album was
recorded during the latter months of 2013 and mixed/mastered in Boston by
Soto's long time engineer and friend John Ellis. ''Everyone from John to my amazing co-writers to some of my bandmates,
especially Edu who was extremely instrumental on helping me stay on course
musically, get overall credit for creating this album. I oversaw it as a whole
knowing the vision I wanted to capture but I truly had a lot of help from my
bros that appear on this masterpiece!'' exclaims Soto.
The release of the album intentionally coincides with the birth date of JSS’s fallen colleague and dear friend Marcel Jacob of Talisman. RIP.
Watch out for SOTO to follow up the release of “Inside
The Vertigo” with extensive touring and appearances throughout 2015.
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