LIONS AT THE GATE Feat. Former ILL NIÑO Members: Video Of First-Ever Concert

LIONS AT THE GATE, the brand new band that includes former ILL NIÑO members Cristian Machado (vocals),Ahrue “Luster” Ilustre (guitar) and Diego Verduzco (guitar),alongside bassist Stephen Brewer (WESTFIELD MASSACRE) and drummer Fern Lemus, made its dwell debut on April 28 on the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. Fan-filmed video of the live performance will be seen under.

Final month, LIONS AT THE GATE launched the official music video for its new observe, “Discover My Method”, that includes Tatiana Shmayluk of JINJER.

LIONS AT THE GATE launched its debut single, “Not Even Human”, again in June 2021.

“Discover My Method”, together with beforehand launched singles “Mattress Of Nails”, “Scapegoat” and “Not Even Human”, are anticipated to seem on LIONS AT THE GATE‘s upcoming debut album, which was produced by Kile Odell, who has beforehand labored with FOZZY and MOTIONLESS IN WHITE.

When LIONS AT THE GATE‘s formation was first introduced, Machado stated: “I really feel so blessed to be in LIONS AT THE GATE. We have all been making albums for a very long time however I feel it was time for us to make one thing particular and memorable once more. This album is strictly that. Take away our musical historical past, take away our lengthy hair, take away our private emotions, simply make consider we have been by no means there. This LIONS AT THE GATE album is wonderful. We lastly made a contemporary steel album that metalheads will get pleasure from starting to finish. It is deep, it is memorable, I can not wait for everybody to listen to it, I can not wait for everybody to listen to the featured feminine artist on one of many songs.”

Verduzco added: “I am past proud and excited to announce our new band LIONS AT THE GATE. Life is all about change and I really feel that this music is probably the most dynamic and sincere that we have ever written. I really feel a way of freedom and am utterly reinvigorated and even anxious (in a great way) to be part of one thing that pulls affect from so many instructions . Every member brings a singular set of expertise and instruments. It is fairly frankly among the finest music we have ever written. Natural, sincere, and true.”

Luster said: “I am extra enthusiastic about LIONS AT THE GATE than something that I have been part of since I began my musical profession.”

Luster mentioned his renewed collaboration with Machado and Verduzco in an interview with Pierre Gutierrez of Rock Talks. He stated: “I can not even clarify how glad I’m with how this got here out. It sounds, for my part, higher than something that Cristian and I’ve ever achieved collectively, and that features all of the ILL NIÑO data that we have achieved collectively.”

Requested in regards to the musical route of LIONS AT THE GATE, Ahrue stated: “It is a very polished sound, much like… I do not wanna say it seems like [ILL NIÑO‘s 2003 album] ‘Confession’, however there’s lots of singing on it, there’s lots of manufacturing. However on the identical time, there’s heaviness to it. However the songs are higher than something we have written. And the loopy factor was the method of writing ’em was means simpler than it has ever been for us. Normally an ILL NIÑO report would take us three to 6 months to complete. We completed this report in 20 days, and we consider it sounds higher than something we have ever achieved up to now.”

Talking about LIONS AT THE GATE‘s collaboration with Odell, Ahrue stated: “He is labored with BAD WOLVES. I feel he might have co-wrote with them. However he has an enormous resume, and he is had, like, 5 Quantity One hits final yr. And he was wonderful to work with. I’ve labored with Ross Robinson, I’ve labored with Johnny Ok, I’ve labored with Terry Date, as a mixer, and I’ve labored with another large names within the business which have all had platinum data, and I will say, palms down, Kile Odell is wonderful. I’d say, second to [MACHINE HEAD‘s] ‘The Burning Purple’, it was a tremendous expertise. It was a unique means. So far as Ross Robinson was actually into the emotion and getting the emotion out of the gamers and the music, Odell may be very musical and he is actually in a position to assist with the songs, and he has an awesome ear and an awesome imaginative and prescient.”