{"id":78998,"date":"2020-01-14T18:24:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=78998"},"modified":"2020-01-14T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:24:11","slug":"torchia-sign-with-rockshots-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=78998","title":{"rendered":"TORCHIA &#8211; Sign With Rockshots Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Torchia - Moon, Rise! [MUSIC VIDEO]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/raRFpb5l5Po?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Finnish death metal band <strong>TORCHIA<\/strong> have just inked a record deal with <strong>ROCKSHOTS RECORDS<\/strong>\u00a0for the release of their sophomore album &#8216;<strong><em>The Coven&#8217;<\/em><\/strong>, coming out next March 27th.<br \/><br \/> Arising from the inner darkness of composer and lyricist <em>Ville Riitamaa, <\/em><strong>TORCHIA<\/strong> takes inspiration from a multitude of metal subgenres and their mission is\u00a0to revitalize the genre of melodic death metal by bringing in a sense of danger and unpredictability.<br \/><br \/> The first single &#8216;<em><strong>Moon, Rise!&#8217;<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was released last September and the official video is available on YouTube at the following link:<br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rockshots.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=184d89038077332d561e15292&amp;id=4fb69b7fb5&amp;e=a3d58a834d\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/raRFpb5l5Po<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Guitarist and songwriter <strong>Ville Riitamaa<\/strong> comments about the new album:&nbsp;<br \/><em>&#8220;We managed to gather a versatile compilation of stories to the album without extending the full length too much. The lyrical spirit lingers in a witch-like, melancholic environment which of you can get a good glimpse by skimming through the album art from cover to cover. The compositions\u2019 riffs, melodies and moods echo in a controlled chaos without sharing any mercy. In the end we have a circle of metal and magick: The Coven, stories from the dark.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;The Coven&#8217;<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;is now available for pre-order at the <strong>Rockshots Records&#8217;<\/strong> official store:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rockshots.us6.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=184d89038077332d561e15292&amp;id=4f9181c78a&amp;e=a3d58a834d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/Torchia_PREORDER<\/a><br \/><br \/>\nThe band has also announced the first tour dates for the promotion of the new album &#8216;<strong><em>The Coven&#8217;<\/em><\/strong>:<br \/><strong>28.2. <\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; Yo-talo, Tampere, FI&nbsp;(w\/ Omnium Gatherum, Mors Principium Est, Voidfallen)<br \/><strong>10.4.<\/strong> &nbsp; &nbsp; Haukka Music Bar, Kotka, FI&nbsp;(w\/ Vorna)<br \/><strong>25.4. <\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; Kuudes Linja, Helsinki, FI&nbsp;(w\/ Vorna)<br \/><strong>8.5. &nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; Bar 15, Sein\u00e4joki, FI<br \/><strong>9.5. <\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 45 Special, Oulu, FI&nbsp;(w\/ Mors Principium Est, Mors Subita, Voidfallen)<br \/><strong>6.6. &nbsp;<\/strong> &nbsp; &nbsp; Sala Rock City, Valencia, ES&nbsp;(w\/ Lujuria, Suru)\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish death metal band TORCHIA have just inked a record deal with ROCKSHOTS RECORDS\u00a0for the&#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-78998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78998","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=78998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78999,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78998\/revisions\/78999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}