Nomad Son

Cover art by Jowita Kaminska-Peruzzi www.jowita-kaminska.com
LATEST NEWS
Oct 08: While the great reviews from various zines worldwide for First Light keep on steadily piling in (see blogs for more details) and the album gains more headway in terms of international distribution (e.g. Hellion records and MDD, Germany, Rock Stakk, Japan, etc - see label site for more info), the band aim to continue gigging through the fall and next winter. The first in this series of dates is on Sat October 11th at the Play Rock Lounge in Paceville (See flyer above). This will be followed by another local gig in December (more info coming soon). Plans are also at hand for the band's first gigs abroad in 2009. Supporters will also be pleased to note that new songs are already strongly in progress (with two already completed "Vigil " and "Winds of Golgotha") and several ideas for more doom!
July 08: Nomad Son are proud to announce that the band's debut album "First Light" shall be officially released by Italy's Metal on Metal Records later this month and launched locally on July 19th at the Poxx Bar, Paceville. Melodic old school black/death band Archaic Descent shall be our special guests for the nite.
April 08:Nomad Son, are delighted to announce that they have signed a record deal with Italy's Metal on Metal Records. This independent metal-oriented label includes various bands pursuing variants of the traditional heavy metal idiom. Other bands on the label include Catch 22 (USA), Heathendom (Greece), Skelator (USA) and Metal Law (Germany). Samples of each band, including Nomad Son, may be downloaded from the band's website at www.metal-on-metal.com . Nomad Son's debut album, titled “First Light”, shall be released worldwide at the beginning of July 2008 and will be launched locally at a later date. The album shall feature new tracks penned by the band in recent months and re-worked versions of “Shallow Grave” and “Empyrean Fade”. The original demo versions of these two tracks are appearing exclusively on Metal on Metal's label sampler CD, released for promotional purposes.Meanwhile, fans may catch Nomad Son live at Poxx Bar, Paceville on Saturday, May 3 rd 2008. Veteran atmospheric death metal band Lithomancy shall be co-headlining the event and shall be playing a set list that is representative of their eventful and trailblazing history. Clearly, a great billing which should not be missed by local metal fans.
BIOGRAPHY
Formed in early 2006, doom metal band Nomad Son brings together the creative forces of Jordan Cutajar (vox), Chris Grech (guitars), Julian Grech (keyboards), Edward Magri (drums) (all members of Frenzy Mono - one of Malta's most prolific heavy rock bands), and Albert Bell, a veteran of the Maltese metal scene and bassist with Forsaken (now established at the forefront of the European doom scene) since 1991.The inception of the band owes much to Temple Studios owner and music production guru David Vella. While Frenzy Mono were recording their debut album Unorthodox, David deciphered another, darker and meaner dimension to the band which could be nurtured to develop into a doom metal oriented project, distinct from the traditional rock edge of the guys' musical endeavours to date. One phone call away, Albert responded to David Vella and Frenzy Mono's invitation to team up for a studio recorded jam, which resulted into two molten, raw, hammond-driven doom laden tracks in one afternoon session!! Enthused by the result of this session, the strong vibe that each of the guys felt during their jams, and moreover, mutual respect for each member's creative abilities, the guys continued to rehearse and build their repertoire in between meeting their commitments with their main bands.What had simply started as a studio jam/project - Nomad Son - has now developed into a fully-fledged doom band with a characteristic sound drawing influence from the trailblazing sounds of Black Sabbath and other 70s classic bands, 80s heavy metal and milestone doom acts such as Candlemass, Pentagram and Trouble! The band shall be debuting live this fall and aims to release its first recording output in 2008/09. Expect no quarter! Enter the domain of Nomad Son's world of apocalytpic, heavy doom!