Seasons Of The Wolf
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SEASONS OF THE WOLF, Progressive, Gothic, New Age Metal or as our German friends have called it: "Psycho-Hippie-Doom-Metal"
*SOTW was formed in Bradenton, Florida, USA in October 1988 by Guitarist/Producer - Barry "Skully" Waddell, Vocalist - Wes Edward Waddell, and Keyboard/Engineer - Dennis "Dr. Samuria" Ristow. Current line-up includes Mark Empire on drums and Bill Bois on bass guitar.
*SOTW owns and operates Level-D-Green Recording Studio and Independent Record Label "Earth Mother Music" Barry AKA "Skully", Wes Waddell and Dennis Ristow write, arrange, design and produce all SOTW product.
*Currently over 40 distributors worldwide stock SOTW product. 7 of those distributors are in Germany where SOTW gets the most support. German labels include - Hellion Records, Kathargo Records, Pure Steel Records, Iron Shield Records, Underground Power Metal Dist, Rock It Up Records, Metaleros Records
*7 albums recorded. 2 released local Tampa Bay Are only. 4 Albums released internationally and available. Album 7 in production for release in 2011. SOTW DVD music video rockumentary still in production.
*12 music videos produced and released - "October Moon", "Victim Of Darkness", "Lost In Hell", "Abandoned City", "Interstellar", "Magnetic Star", "Transmission", "Quilex", "Starstruck", "Nocturnal Revelation", Wings Of Doom, "In The Shadows" - 3 SOTW videos have aried on national U.S.A TV network FUSE TV - Other videos have aired on USA cable networks in Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and other various Metal programs in Europe.
*3 Tribute albums - IRON MAIDEN "Children Of The Damned" - QUEEN "The Attack Of The Dragons" - and BLACK SABBATH "Dehumanized Witch" a DIO Years tribute.
*6 Compilation releases from various record labels - Hardknocks Records "Mega Xposure" vol#1, Worldwide Recording Limited Vol #2, Delinquent Records "The Pink & The Black" Goth and Glam collection, Transcending The Mundane #13, Metal Crusade Vol #4, Metal-Rules.com Vol #1.
*SOTW has been featured in over 300 Metal fanzines and magazines worldwide since 1995.
*SOTW received airplay on over 500 college radio programs in the USA, Canada, and Europe during two 8 weeks radio marketing campaigns. Fall 1998 and fall 1999. Over 70 of the college radio stations in the USA placed various SOTW songs in top ten charts with heavy rotation during that time period.
*SOTW has sold over 30,000 units Independently on various formats (Cassette tapes, CD's, and Vinyl ) around the world with no outside involvement from a major record label. SOTW is Totally Independent Worldwide.
*SOTW has performed live shows throughout the west coast of Florida for over 10 years. Mostly in the Sarasota, Bradenton, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Ft. Myers, Ocala, Lakeland, Gainesville and Orlando areas. One small tour in 2006 in the New England States.
*SOTW currently works with 6 Independent Horror & Sci-Fi Filmmakers. Brimstone Media Productions, Pipedreams Entertainment, Falcon Videos, F&C Productions, Tri-Toad Productions and Helltimate Studios. Several SOTW songs are featured in the soundtracks of film titles "The Seekers" , Alien Conspiracy Series "Time Enough", "Betrayal", "Twisted Illusions2", "Goregoyles", "Underbelly" , Evil Ever After" and "Blood Stained Bride" Many of these obscure indie films are still available through varios internet distributors.Band/artist history
*Seasons Of The Wolf* - Self-titled First release Label: Earth Mother Music
Official release June 1997 Produced by Bud Snyder & SOTW - Songs "Victim Of Darkness" and "October Moon" became classic underground hits on college radio in the U.S. during fall 1998 exposing SOTW’s music across the USA Track Listing: 1.Victim Of Darkness 2.October Moon
3.Misty Shades Of Green 4.Electric Dimension 5.Long Cold Winter 6.10,000 10,000 7.Quiet Earth
*Lost In Hell* - Released: April 13,1999 Label: Earth Mother Music Produced by Seasons Of The Wolf.
SOTW takes their sound a few steps further into Horror and SCI-Fi. Lost In Hell charted the top ten at over 35 U.S.college radio stations and gained heavy rotation at several others during the fall of 1999 setting the band up for positive reviews and interviews from metal magazines worldwide. European version of LIH was licensed and released in Europe, South America, and Japan in early 2000 to further the wolves territory. Track Listing: 1.Lost In Hell
2.Abandoned City 3.SOS 4.Communion 5.Interstellar 6.Witch Finder 7.Voodoo Master 8.Face In The
Mist 9.Initiation 10.Vengeance 11.One Land One King - (Bonus track on Euro-release Land Of The
Dead)
*Nocturnal Revelation* - Released: November 6, 2001 Label: Earth Mother Music The third SOTW album - Produced by Seasons Of The Wolf - 2 years in the making SOTW crafts another album that combines the best influences from 3 decades of Heavy Metal. Track Listing: 1.New Age Revolution 2.Dead Zone 3.Quilex 4.Nocturnal Revelation 5.Dance Of A Thousand Veils 6.Liar 7.Magnetic Star 8.Skulls 9.Dark And Lonely Depths 10.Storm Of The Century 11.Starstruck 12.NR3 13.Transmission
*Once In A Blue Moon* - Released: July 7, 2007 Label: Earth Mother Music - The Forth internationally released full-length album produced by Seasons Of The Wolf. Track listing: 1.Wings Of Doom 2. Snaggletooth 3. Nikhedonia 4. Ghost Woman 5. In The Shadows 6. Behind The Eyes Of Evil 7. The Reaper 8. Battle Scars 9. Alien Landscapes 10. The Edge Of Time 11. Peace On Earth 12. Name Your Poison
SOTW also appears on 3 Tribute albums. *Black Sabbath Tribute, "Dehumanized Witch" *Iron Maiden
Tribute, "Children Of The Damned" and *Queen Tribute "The Attack Of The Dragons"
**Songs from all 4 current SOTW releases are featured on the soundtracks of these horror and Sci-fi films. *Time Enough (second film in the Alien Conspiracy 3 part series) - *Goregoyles - *The Seekers - *Underbelly - *Betrayal - *The Van - *Blood Stained Bride -*Evil Ever After - *The Life Of Death (documentary)
SOTW interviews and positive reviews have been featured in over 300 other metal magazines and
fanzines around the world. METAL EDGE, METAL MANIACS, METAL HAMMER, METAL FORCES, HEAVY ORDER WAS, PIT MAGAZINE, SCREAM, BATTLE HELM, BRIGHT EYES, UNBROKEN METAL, MIDWEST METAL, HARD ROXX, TRANSCENDING THE MUNDANE, ALIVE, EDGE OF TIME,
BALLBUSTER, POWER PLAY, SOUND BARRIER,ROCK HARD, PSYCHO, RENEGADE, and BRAVE WORDS AND BLOODY KNUCKLES...just to name a few.
Visit THE METAL CRYPT and ROCK HARD PLACE to read online interviews.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes as much as possible. That is the main reason for this band is to play live shows, record albums, and make interesting music videos.
Your musical influences
Blue Oyster Cult, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Utopia, Megadeth, Mercyful Fate, Metal Church, and a lot more. We get inspired from Horror and Sci-Fi soundtracks.What equipment do you use?
Gibson, Fender, Peavy, Mackie, Rolls, Aphex, Alesis, Moog, Korg, Pro Co, Tama, Pearl, Zildjian, Evans, Paiste, Sabian, Armadillo, Samson, Cutec, Digitech, Furman, Crown, QSC, AKG, EV, Sure, Superlux, JBL, Ernie Ball.Anything else?
Short Quotes from magazines and webzines.
HEAVY METAL GUIDE - NY by Alan Gilkeson "I get a large amount of review copies from around the
world and SOTW's Lost In Hell is one of the best Independent release I've ever heard. If this is 'New Age Metal' then I love it."
THE FRENCH CONNECTION - Lille, France by Laurent Boquet "This is the best Independent Heavy
Metal release so far this year with no doubt"
HARDER BEAT - Dallas, TX - by Jeff Dennis "Seasons Of The Wolf will singe your ear hairs. The Waddell's style of production, and dark twisted lyrics should open some eyes"
CHOAS REALM - Baltimore, MD - by Ray Dorsey "Searing Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult) styled lead guitars, dark keyboard textures, and one of the most original vocalists in metal today"
INK19 - FL, GA, USA - by David Lee Beowulf "This is some of the most original Heavy Metal music I've heard in a long time! Replete with blazing guitars, marshaling vocals and a metal music box rhythm that's as addictive as great Heavy Metal can get"
LEGENDS MAGAZINE ONLINE - New Jersey - by Marcus Pan "Over an hour of metal that any purist would cream over. Seasons Of The Wolf's "LOST IN HELL" is, unequivocally, the best metal album I have heard in a decade"
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