CATALANO (Ex - De La Cruz) Debut EP out in November

[DeLaCruz]

Looks like former De La Cruz singer Roxxi Catalano will be releasing an EP with his new band CATALANO in November. Here's a taste of the track ''Streets of Fire''

 

 

Really looking forward to this, curious to see how it will be released, physical / online only, through a label or independently... and how this thing is gonna sound productionwise and if it continues in the tradition of De La Cruz or if it's gonna be a new direction.

[heavyharmonies]

Oh, so it's an instrumental CD? Seriously though, musically it sounds promising.

[lettard]

sounds like a continuation of de la cruz in the leppard style stakes to my ears

[JLPRocks]

What's the irony in him wearing a blue jean vest that has an Alice in Chains patch...........the music presented in this clip sounds pretty darn cool to me.

[davecrash69]

This sounds great! I loved the De La Cruz disc, so I'm glad to hear something along those lines.

 

Can't wait to hear more!

[DeLaCruz]

Alice in chains (and layne staley) were a major influence on him, I'm not too familiar with their catalogue though... Not really my style from what I've heard so far

[DeLaCruz]

Alright everyone, here's the CATALANO facebook page, give this a like if you can. First song from the debut EP will be released for free download SOON.

 

http://facebook.com/catalanokills

[melodicrockoz]

Now that sample reminded me bit of old school Ratt lets hope the rest of the tunes are as cool and rockin.

[DeLaCruz]

Cool track, the opening lines especially struck a nerve ''it takes some time gettin used to this doing it on my own'' however you wanna interpret that.... a lot of emotion coming through during the verses, I just love the guy's singing! Only gripe I have with this is the solo, it's a little unspectacular compared to you know who...... Let's just put it this way, if there wasn't a solo at all it wouldn't really make much of a difference.

 

The lead guitar during the intro is very good though, sounds a lot like RATT I agree

[Stefan]

[heavyharmonies]

I like it musically, but not the production. Is this a demo version?

 

Is it being self-released or on a label?

[melodicrockoz]

That full track just brings back classic vintage Ratt from Ratt in a big way...........

[AlphaMale]

I like it musically, but not the production. Is this a demo version?

 

I agree. The production sucks. The song is okay.

[DeLaCruz]

yeah, production could be better, I think he recorded everything without any tweaking in the studio afterwards, which is what is done usually to make it sound nice n clean this is maybe slightly above demo quality

 

but I am really starting to like this track, took A LOT of listens though (couple dozen so far)

 

if you haven't seen it yet, he's planning on uploading a free download of a cover he did of an 80s hard rock song (something from 1989 he didn't say which one it was) as soon as his facebook page reaches 500 likes www.facebook.com/catalanokills hit that button if you haven't already

[metalmaniac777]

For me, the song is nothing more than OK. The production is not even that...

[Stefan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqbZmPqGu5Q

[DrumRman]

The logo might wanna be tweaked. Looks like CATNANO

[cherokee]

When is the release date, and which will be the publisher?

[DeLaCruz]

The logo might wanna be tweaked. Looks like CATNANO

a preview with music is released and the first comment is about the logo LOL no offense just thought I'd share a funny observation

 

about the music....... kind of a mixed bag so far, some tracks (war machine and let's get twisted for example) have a great groove but I'm not sure yet if I will love this like i did with de la cruz. This sounds like a lot of stuff I've heard before from Priest to other bands as opposed to something more unique

 

guess the thing that really made de la cruz was the different influences and inputs from members that went into their songs and ended up sounding like something original, whereas here it's just one guy

 

as for the release date and publisher, nothing has been announced so far...

[Geoff]

I like what I'm hearing to be honest. A couple of fillers in the album preview towards the end - the last few songs, but I love that first full track posted and there's some good stuff in the preview. The production leaves a bit to be desired, but I've heard worse released as a final product this year.

[DeLaCruz]

Just got the news that this is gonna be released through demon doll records... You guys got any experience with this label? Only know them from ads on metalsludge and sleazeroxx.com I believe...

[heavyharmonies]

My experience with them is that many of their releases are CD-Rs. Their artwork is fine, although minimalist.

[DeLaCruz]

What about itunes, amazon etc are they on these platforms?? To be honest I'm not too crazy about having to wait for a cdr to ship if I could have an immediate download. And cheaper no less!!

[KarpetRydOFunk]

My experience with them is that many of their releases are CD-Rs. Their artwork is fine, although minimalist.

Yeah, but they will always state if it's silver pressed. If it says 'silver pressed,' it's silver pressed; if it doesn't, it's most likely a CD-R.

[glam_junkie]

Majority of their discs seem to be silver press these days, apart from those that they source from elsewhere to distribute.