Sonic Temple Artist Spotlight – Saint Asonia

Johnnie Crow — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:32:23 +0000

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:
SΔINT ΔSONIΔ

What happens when you mix members of Three Days Grace, Staind, and Art of Dying? You get a legendary supergroup called SΔINT ΔSONIΔ! Vocalist Adam Gontier, guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Cale Gontier, and drummer Cody Watkins came together to create their signature raw sound. Although ansonia means tonedeaf-ness, the band is anything but that. If you’re ready to rock out to heavy riffs and vulnerable lyrics, be sure to listen to their October release FLAWED DESIGN, and check out SΔINT ΔSONIΔ Saturday May 16th on the Main Stage.

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Adelitas Way at Ramona Mainstage

Johnnie Crow — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:13:40 +0000

Hard rockers Adelitas Way returned to San Diego, California to play the Ramona Mainstage, a wonderful club up in the hills. The crowd in Ramona is always ready to rock and sing along with their favorite bands. On this night, they were treated to 2 very talented local metal acts, Unsung and Symbolic. Each band easily won over the room with their fast guitars and powerful vocals.

The fans were totally warmed up for Adelitas Way, and Rick DeJesus interacted often with them, leading them through an extensive catalog of hits. The independent group has also been releasing plenty of singles in recent years, and those songs were received just as well as the classics. Drummer Trevor Stafford is an energetic force behind the dinosaur adorned kit. Bassist Andrew Cushing also contributes acoustic guitar and backing vocals. New guitarist Tavis Stanley, who you may know from Art Of Dying, is a shredding machine with full on guitar god looks and chops. DeJesus told us to talk to our friends and tell them what the f**k they missed, and what they missed is a great bunch of guys who continue to put out emotional music with passionate performances. Don’t miss out next time they come around.

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Sully Erna of Godsmack Joins Saint Asonia on New Single

Johnnie Crow — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 03:44:01 +0000

SAINT ASONIA RELEASE BRAND NEW SONG “THE HUNTED” FEATURING GODSMACK’S SULLY ERNA — LISTEN!

U.S./CANADIAN OUTFIT FOUNDED BY CURRENT + FORMER MEMBERS OF STAIND + THREE DAYS GRACE

SECOND STUDIO ALBUM + SPINEFARM DEBUT “FLAWED DESIGN” DUE OUT THIS FALL

SAINT ASONIA — featuring vocalist Adam Gontier, guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Cale Gontier, and drummer Sal Giancarelli — have just dropped “The Hunted,” the first single from their forthcoming second album and Spinefarm Records debut “Flawed Design,” due out this fall.

Listen to “The Hunted,” featuring Godsmack’s Sully Erna HERE and HERE.

“‘The Hunted’ is a song about struggling to find your place in life,” Gontier said. “It’s a solid representation of the direction Saint Asonia is headed. I’m excited to share this with the world. And it’s an awesome bonus having Sully from Godsmack guesting on it.”

Mushok concurs, “I’m very excited for everyone to get a taste of what the new Saint Asonia album is going to sound like and I think that having ‘The Hunted’ as our first single is a great representation of where the band is going. It’s also a huge honor to have a longtime friend — Sully Erna, whose musicianship I’ve admired for years — be a guest on this song.”

Right from the start, Saint Asonia – named Loudwire’s Best New Artist of 2015 – have been fueled by a single vision: to put music and emotion first and to deliver recordings that aren’t overly produced or messed around with. It’s a vision that’s reflected in the very name of the band, which is derived, with a grin, from the desire to block out distraction and focus on the purely creative. “Asonia” is the term for “tone deafness” and it’s a vision that very much underpins the latest studio recordings.

Saint Asonia sparked into life four years ago when former Three Days Grace frontman Gontier and Staind guitarist/founding member Mike Mushok (also an important part of the Newsted setup in 2013) decided to turn their joint ambition to make music that is “raw, real, and straight from our hearts” into a new band and a fully-fledged studio outing.

The result was their acclaimed self-titled debut, released in 2015, which charted Top 10 in Canada and entered the Billboard U.S. Rock Albums chart at #2. The album was driven by the Top 10 radio tracks “Better Place” and “Let Me Live My Life,” as well as the high-concept video to the featured track “Fairy Tale.”

Given the pedigree and profile of the musicians involved —they are collectively responsible for 28 Top 10 U.S. Rock Radio hits, including 17 #1s — the demand was immediately there for Saint Asonia to take to the road. Following an inaugural main stage appearance at Rock on the Range in 2015, the band set off on U.S. amphitheater tours with Breaking Benjamin and Disturbed.

In Europe, they guested on an arena run with Mötley Crüe, visiting the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, and Finland, as well as playing several dates in Russia and Eastern Europe. As a consequence, Gontier has been back to the region for extensive solo acoustic shows.

With Adam’s cousin Cale Gontier of Canadian band Art of Dying on bass and Staind’s Sal Giancarelli on drums, the latest Saint Asonia lineup is now primed for a comprehensive live campaign in support of the forthcoming sophomore release; this will include key festivals and headline shows, both at home and abroad. With a new deal in place and a new chapter primed to unfold, the four musicians are keen to place as much emphasis on the international arena as continuing to build their success story at home.

“This new album is a giant step forward for us in many ways,” says the frontman. “Of course, there’s those elements that have always been present in the music, like the heavy riffs and the vulnerability within the lyrics. But there’s also a completely new element that takes things to a different level. Our goal is to raise the bar on every record, so we’re incorporating a lot of different sounds and instruments on this one. For me, this is the best stuff I’ve written since 2005. I guess you’ll have to hear it to judge for yourself!”