ZARTHAS (Finland) sign with Wormholedeath

The label are pleased to inform that finnish rock metallers Zarthas has signed a worldwide deal with WormHoleDeath for the release of their third album “Reflections”.

The band stated:
“Scouting for labels started already before the recordings, and WormHoleDeath was one of the first labels we sent our promotion to. In time, WormHoleDeath was also recommended by european promotion agencies, and we got convinced that we are now dealing with a label that is not only independent, down to earth, and artist-friendly, but has also grown to be quite a big player in the fields of international music business. As negotiations went on, pieces started to fall in place pretty quickly. We honestly believe that this is the beginning of solid co-operation, that suites the interests of both parties. Zarthas has received lot of feedback that we need to get our music to european markets, so clearly WormHoleDeath became our number one target as a label to co-operate with. “Reflections” was not an easy album to record. Our studio gear started to fall apart piece by piece right from the beginning. All and all recording and mixing process went on one step forward and two steps back because of that. So after bunch of misfortune, we were extremely happy to hear that WormHoleDeath liked the stuff, and wanted to release it. It feels like all the hard work and countless hours are finally paying off, and that feelsreally good. Whole band is very excited and happy for this opportunity.”

“Reflections”
1.Riot Now
2.The Green and the Red Light
3.Bad Wannabe
4.Back to a Black Hole
5.Pulse!
6.First Night of Forever
7.Outside
8.Isolate
9.Ever After (Isolate Reprise)
10.Illusion of Immortality
11.Where the Heart is
12.Reflections

“Reflections” release dates:
Digital : 21st July 2017 (Wormholedeath/The Orchard)
CD :  22nd September 2017 (Aural Music Group)
USA : 06th October 2017 (Wormholedeath U.S.A.)
Japan : 29th November (Wormholedeath Japan/DiskUnion)

Biography
Hailing from Oulu, northern Finland, roots of Zarthas reach all the way to dark nineties. Back at the day band played metal with influences from many of its sub genres. Line-up was constantly changing, but still Zarthas managed to make several demos and lots of live shows. In year 2008 Lauri Huovinen (vocals, guitar), Sanni Luttinen (keyboard) and Pekka Junttila (bass) started a new era in band’s career. Music was changing more into rock, with decorational stuff from electronic music and progressive rock, without forgetting their metal roots. When Toni Virtanen became the man behind drums, Zarthas started to rehearse for their first full-lenght album.”So Mote It Be” was released in 2011, and feedback was controversal among both, critics and fans. Still, their debut album resulted some import_ant gigs in festivals and clubs. Later on same year Jarmo Luttinen joined Zarthas as second guitarist, and he brought a little bit more rock spirit to band’s sound. In year 2013, as Zarthas was finishing their second album, Violent Journey Records showed great interest towards the band, and “Spit /Ignite” was launched by VJR in June of same year. At the same time band rehearsed a whole set of music with Flamegroup Fireflower, creating together an epic live performance containing metal, rock, and lots of fire, LED-, and UV-lighting and dance. Album itself was critisized for being too pop and nothing special, but gigs with Fireflower were very succesful. “Spit / Ignite” also took Zarthas to a seven-gig tour and adventurous roadtrip to mainland China in 2014. After the China tour, band began to plan a new album. For a start, drummer Toni Virtanen was replaced by heavy-handed rhythm machine Jani Vahera. Jani brought tons of aggression to Zarthas, so new songs needed to be arranged to a different form. In year 2015 they released “Bad Wannabe” -music video, and video gave a good hint of what was coming. Producing and working in studio changed dramatically compared to previous albums, and slowly Zarthas gave birth to their third and most aggressive, most groovy, and most powerful album they’ve made so far. Album is titled “Reflections”, and it is launched in 2017 by italian label WormHoleDeath – Dreamcell 11.

Line-Up
Sanni Luttinen – Keyboards
Lauri Huovinen – Vocals / Guitars
Jani Vahera – Drums
Pekka Junttila – Bass
Jarmo Luttinen – Guitars

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