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Thursday, February 5th 2009
BLACK WATER RISING ANNOUNCES UPCOMING NEW ALBUM
New York based rockers Black Water Rising have announced an upcoming show in
New York in support of their self-titled debut, which will be available
April 7, 2009.
Black Water Rising is a collection of soul baring, angst ridden, riff heavy
material that is proudly anchored in the foundations of traditional hard
rock song writing. Its giant guitar driven monster riffs are served up on a
bed of crushing grooves with soaring melodic vocals and big hooks.
Basically, NO FRILLS RIFF ROCK!
Lyrically, the message is socially and politically driven by the dark times
we live in. With darkness seemingly growing by the day, Black Water Rising
is a name that fits this band like a glove.
After releasing two self produced albums nationwide with a band called DUST
TO DUST, singer songwriter Rob Traynor locked himself away for two years in
his Brooklyn New York recording studio, later emerging with a collection of
songs that would become the seeds of Black Water Rising.
Traynor is joined by former BOILER ROOM drummer Mike Meselsohn, former
STEREOMUD guitarist Johnny Fattoruso and bassist Oddie McLaughlin.
“After Rob’s last project, he sat down and started writing songs,” says
Fattoruso. “Mike was in Boiler Room, which had gone belly up. Rob called him
up and said ‘Hey, I’ve got some new stuff, let’s record these songs. They
needed another guitar player, and found me via MySpace. I heard two riffs
and said, ‘I’m in!’ Oddie and I were in our first band together back in high
school. I had gotten back in touch with him, he was still playing. I brought
him down to the studio, introduced him to the other guys. I brought him back
three times, but the other guys loved him from the start. We wanted to give
him a little test, ha!”
Black Water Rising’s 11-song, self-titled debut has received major play
(power rotation) on Sirius’s Satellite Radio’s Octane channel (commercial
station) for the song “Brother Go On” and was the #6 album in the Top 20 for
October, (the only unsigned band on the chart!) #2 most requested phones and
in the Top 20 weekly chart many times. The single has grown legs and is
still receiving spins and requests 40 weeks later. The album will be
released April 7, 2009.
“It’s got that raw sound,” says Fattoruso. “It’s in your face, no gimmicks,
straight-on hard rock/heavy metal, done the classic way. We wanted to get
away from the cookie cutter bands, back to where music was fun again.”
“I’m very proud of this album, because I think I have finally captured the
sound and style I have heard in my head for years and always wanted to get
out,” added Traynor. “I believe BWR will appeal to the Rock and Metal
spectrum. This is the type of band that can share a stage with bands like
Buckcherry and Disturbed, then play with a Pantera or Slayer. If you like
rock and metal, new or old school, I believe we have you covered. Our fan
base demonstrates this. We have the balls, the riffs and the melody to bring
it.”
Other commercial radio stations across the country are now starting to spin
“Brother Go On” including: KXXR (93X FM) in Minneapolis MN, WKQZ in Saginaw
MI, WDHAs’ METAL MANIA (105.5 FM) in NJ who named BWR’s “Living Proof” one
of the best new songs of the year! WKILO FM in Colorado Springs CO, WCPR FM
in Biloxi Mississippi, WRXP (101.9FM) in NY, WAXQ (Q104.3) in NY, and many
others… all of this without actively working the single to radio!
The band also worked with director Noah Shulman (Soil, The Autumn Offering)
on an MTV-quality music video for their song, “Brother Go On” which has been
getting stellar reviews on Youtube, MySpace and other media sites.
With nearly 50,000 friends on MySpace, mostly from word-of-mouth alone (a
lot generated from Sirius Octane), the fan response from around the world
has been overwhelmingly positive. Black Water Rising literally gets hundreds
of add requests, CD and tour inquires each week and close to 1000+ plays
daily on their page!!
“We’re gearing up to get the word out and prepare to release this album.”
says Traynor. “It has been a great ride thus far, and we are very psyched to
take BWR to the next level. We want the world to know about this band, and
we intend to make everyone take notice.”
The philosophy of BWR is simple: they are not looking to reinvent the wheel,
they just want to give it a much needed alignment in these musically stale
times. Enough bullshit! Crank it up, sit back, spark a bat, and let the
music tell the rest of the story…
Upcoming tour dates are listed below. Black Water Rising will be playing an
additional string of dates this March, as well as the upcoming SXSW Festival
in Austin, TX. Stay tuned for more!!
Black Water Rising is:
Rob Traynor – Vocals, Guitar
Johnny Fattoruso – Guitar
Mike Meselsohn – Drums
Oddie McLaughlin – Bass
Black Water Rising tour dates:
2/19 – Brooklyn, NY – The Trash Bar