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Tuesday, October 28th 2008
OPIATE FOR THE MASSES Featured In Rockband 2
As their new single for the track “Burn You Down,” continues to burn up
the Active Rock airwaves across the country, the leaders of the new hard
rock revolution, OPIATE FOR THE MASSES, make a huge impact in the gaming
world being a part of Rockband 2’s “emerging artist lineup.” This track
will be included in a free downloadable series comprised of only 20
acts. As with the on-disc set list, the new downloadable tracks
represent a wide variety of musical genres and countries, from
progressive Japanese metal band X Japan to Portland, Oregon’s Christian
alternative act Kutless. The explosive video for “Burn You Down” can be
viewed at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7PGsyt3zGQ
OPIATE FOR THE MASSES recently teamed up with Drain STH vocalist Maria
Sjoholm to record a captivating new track, “Anybody Else,” which also
marks the first time that Sjoholm and OPIATE bassist Anna K. performed
together since Drain STH disbanded over eight years ago. The Stockholm
based quartet Drain STH were one of the first all female acts to break
out in the metal genre and paved the way for numerous others. Click the
link below to check out the new track “Anybody Else.”
www.myspace.com/opiateforthemasses
Anna K. further comments on this unique collaboration: “Ever since Drain
STH broke up in 2000, we have all stayed in touch over the years. Maria
spends some time here in LA every year, and the idea came up to record
something together again. We (OPIATE) had the song ‘Anybody Else’ lying
around and we thought it would be a cool duet, so we rewrote the lyrics
for that. Maria and I had a blast working together again and it felt
like no time had passed. Maybe, just maybe, we’ll do it again. I don’t
know about you, but I’ve missed hearing her voice!”
Maria Sjoholm adds: “I really liked what OPIATE FOR THE MASSES was all
about, and when Anna asked me to sing on one of their songs I thought it
was a great opportunity to get back in the studio again. It’s been
awhile since I sang anywhere, but in the shower, haha. It was a lot of
fun, and I love how the lyrics turned out to be not your typical love
song.”
OPIATE FOR THE MASSES’ acclaimed drummer, Seven Antonopoulos, is
currently featured in the Nov. 08 issue of Drum! Magazine, which is on
stands now. The in-depth, four-page piece takes a good look into the
beast behind the kit, breaks down how to play segments of “Dead
Underground” and explains how dedicated the man is to his craft. Click
on the link below to check it out now.
www.centurymedia.com/us/seven-oftm/Seven-OFTM-DrumMag.pdf
The group’s highly acclaimed new full-length album, Manifesto, recorded
by two Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum producers: Ulrich Wild
(Slipknot, Deftones) and John Travis (Kid Rock, Buckcherry), is a
propulsive mix of sheer hard rock aggression, soaring melodies and
electronic experimentation that could be best described as Alice In
Chains meets Prodigy. The disc is destined to breathe some new life into
the ever changing and sometimes stagnant musical climate.