{"id":37455,"date":"2014-01-22T12:04:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=37455"},"modified":"2014-01-22T12:04:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T17:04:11","slug":"gus-g-i-am-the-fire-artwork-and-tracklisting-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=37455","title":{"rendered":"GUS G. &#8211; &#8216;I Am The Fire&#8217; Artwork And Tracklisting Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgcover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgcover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"gusgcover\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgcover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgcover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgcover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgcover.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmdsite435x751lk-2-1.gif\" alt=\"TMD\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nGuitar virtuoso GUS G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as OZZY OSBOURNE&#8217;s guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND, has has revealed the artwork and tracklisting for his debut solo album, I Am The Fire, due March 17th in Europe and March 18th in North America via Century Media Records.<\/p>\n<p>The cover artwork, which can be seen above, was designed by Gustavo Sazes (Abstrata.net &#8211; ARCH ENEMY, KAMELOT, DREAM EVIL, etc.)<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTracklisting:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My Will Be Done&#8217; (featuring Mats Lev\u00e9n)<br \/>\n&#8216;Blame It On Me&#8217; (featuring Mats Lev\u00e9n)<br \/>\n&#8216;I Am The Fire&#8217; (featuring Devour The Day)<br \/>\n&#8216;Vengeance&#8217; (featuring David Ellefson)<br \/>\n&#8216;Long Way Down&#8217; (featuring Alexia Rodriguez)<br \/>\n&#8216;Just Can\u2019t Let Go&#8217; (featuring Jacob Bunton)<br \/>\n&#8216;Terrified&#8217; (featuring Billy Sheehan)<br \/>\n&#8216;Eyes Wide Open&#8217; (featuring Mats Lev\u00e9n)<br \/>\n&#8216;Redemption&#8217; (featuring Michael Starr)<br \/>\n&#8216;Summer Days&#8217; (featuring Jeff Scott Soto)<br \/>\n&#8216;Dreamkeeper &#8216;(featuring Tom S. Englund)<br \/>\n&#8216;End Of The Line&#8217; (featuring Mats Lev\u00e9n)<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgfire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgfire-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"gusgfire\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgfire-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gusgfire.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmdbanner9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmdbanner9-300x51.jpg\" alt=\"tmdbanner\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-36090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmdbanner9-300x51.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tmdbanner9.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A first song from the album can now be heard via the video for the album&#8217;s opening track, &#8216;My Will Be Done&#8217; (featuring Mats Lev\u00e9n), which was produced by Patric Ullaeus. You can watch the video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rPqtMMGJAO4\">HERE<\/a>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nGus handles all guitar, bass and keyboards on I Am The Fire, and is joined by a roster of friends and guests that help bring his vision to fruition: drummers Jeff Friedl (A PERFECT CIRCLE, PUSCIFER, DEVO) and Daniel Erlandsson (ARCH ENEMY), bassists David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and Marty O&#8217;Brien (TOMMY LEE, WE ARE THE FALLEN), and vocalists Mats Leven (CANDLEMASS, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, THERION), Blake Allison (DEVOUR THE DAY), Michael Starr (STEEL PANTHER), Alexia Rodriguez (EYES SET TO KILL), Tom S. Englund (EVERGREY), Jacob Bunton (ADLER) and Jeff Scott Soto (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, ex-JOURNEY).<\/p>\n<p>I Am The Fire was mixed by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR) and was recorded between Los Angeles and Gus&#8217; home country of Greece through the latter half of 2013. A few of the album&#8217;s tracks include &#8216;Eyes Wide Open&#8217;, &#8216;Redemption&#8217;, &#8216;End Of The Line&#8217; and &#8216;Blame It On Me&#8217;. The album showcases a well-balanced mix of active rock, classic hard rock, traditional metal and guitar-driven instrumentals, taking listeners on a diverse journey and opening doors to GUS G.&#8217;s soulful playing.<\/p>\n<p>The album&#8217;s first commercial single &#8211; title track &#8216;I Am The Fire&#8217; &#8211; will be released digitally February 25th in North America.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSource: BW&#038;BK<br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gusgofficial.com\/home.html\">http:\/\/www.gusgofficial.com\/home.html<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitar virtuoso GUS G., well known in rock and metal circles for his work as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}