A Sound of Thunder

Out of the Darkness Announcements!!

2012-01-27T10:24:00.000-08:00

Thanks for sticking around so long, Thunder fans! We finally have a press release to share with you, as well as a CD release show date, tour dates, and more!

Keep reading for all the info!

From Metal Underground

Less than a year after self-releasing the band's first album, "Metal Renaissance," A Sound of Thunder will now release a second full-length album, "Out of the Darkness," on March 27th, 2012. The 10 track album is being released through U.S. independent label Nightmare Records. The band's publicist issued the following press release:

"Relatively new faces in the metal world, A Sound of Thunder is fronted by powerful lead vocalist Nina Osegueda. Lead guitarist Josh Schwartz and drummer Chris Haren founded A Sound of Thunder in 2008. Nina joined in 2009, and was followed by bass and keyboard player, Jesse Keen, in 2010. In less than two years, A Sound of Thunder recorded and released an EP, a charity single benefiting the West Memphis Three, and a full length self-produced album. They have performed throughout the US, and opened for such high profile bands as Accept, Sabaton, Firewind, Primal Fear and Doro.

"Assembly Line Studio's multi-platinum award winning engineer and producer Kevin "131" Gutierrez (Shinedown, While Heaven Wept, Deceased) produced the album, providing a crisp, heavy, modern sound for the classic metal compositions. The 10 track album plays like a love letter to all that is metal, encompassing traditional heavy metal, modern power metal, prog and classic rock, with timeless songs that could have been written in 1971, 1991 or 2011.

"The songs for Out of the Darkness were written and arranged by Josh Schwartz and the rest of A Sound of Thunder, with lyrics written by Nina Osegueda and Chris Haren. Legendary Raven front-man John Gallagher also appears, performing a duet with Nina on the title track Out of the Darkness."

"John Gallagher was so awesome to work with," says Nina Osegueda of her experience with the legendary metal front man. "I learned a lot from him in the short time we were in the studio together, and I really respect his skills and experience which shine through on this track."

A Sound of Thunder will embark on a tour to support Out of the Darkness in the spring. Confirmed tour dates are below, with more to be confirmed soon:

March 31 - West Springfield, VA - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (Release Party)
April 14 - Frederick, MD - Krug's Place
May 14 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
May 15 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4 (with Sabaton)
May 18 - Joliet, IL - Mojoe's (Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse)
May 19 - Nashville, TN - TBD
May 21 - West Springfield, VA - Empire (formerly Jaxx) (with Sabaton)

The album's track listing is as follows:

01. The Day I Die (8:31)
02. The Night Witch (5:37)
03. Kill That Bitch (3:56)
04. Murderous Horde (5:56)
05. A Sound of Thunder (4:46)
06. Out of the Darkness (4:24)
07. Calat Alhambra (8:18)
08. Fight Until the End (6:29)
09. This Too Shall Pass (5:08)
10. Discovery (8:36)

Tickets for the album release party at Empire on March 31 are on sale now!

(For multiple tickets, please add the full name of everyone in the "notes" section so that your names will be added to the guest list in case you lose your ticket!)

International fans can pre-order the album via Nuclear Blast.
Click here to get your copy!

Summer 2011

2011-05-05T09:02:00.000-07:00

Wow, sorry it's been such a while since we updated this! Things have been very busy, with the Thunder..

Last week, we recorded a song for our new album. We recorded with the magnificent Kevin Gutierrez, over at Assembly Line. We totally recommend them; very professional, and we think you'll agree that the product turned out great! ..when it's out, that is! We're not sure when we'll have the next album finished, but we'll be sure to give you updates. This will be the 1st CD we've come out with that has been recorded digitally (with a producer, no less!), and we're really looking forward to it's release.

Recording will continue throughout the summer, which is why we've got so few live dates.

Tomorrow, we're playing at the Bourbon Street Ballroom. We'll be going on at 10:00PM, and next door, Celldweller, and our friends, Machines of Living Death will be playing as well. So come check us all out, and we'll be sure to give you a good time! Nina has even promised hugs to all of ASoT's Facebook fans.

In June, we'll be rocking out with Loudness. They're on a US tour, and we're directly supporting them at Jaxx! Doors open at 7:00 PM, but we'll be on around 10. There are 4 openers; The Maiden Project, Dirty Passion, War Machine, and Seelow Heights. This is actually gonna be a pretty big tour for Loudness, who's entire band is made up of their original members, with the exception of Munetaka Higuchi, their drummer, who passed away in 2008. Their line-up is now: Minoru Niihara on vocals, Akira Takasaki on guitar, Masayoshi Yamashita on bass, and Masayuki Suzuki on drums. If you can't make the show in Springfield on June 3rd (which will make us sad), check out their other dates! Again, pretty big tour, and very impressive!

In July, we continue writing, recording and practicing. Then, we'll be taking a trip to Chicago for a pretty big show! Dame-Nation is another female fronted metal festival, much like Flight of the Valkyries. Dame-Nation, however, is in Chicago, so this will be the farthest we'll have travelled for a show to date! Dame-Nation is currently getting some pretty big press, as you can see from this article in MetalSucks.net: HELL HATH NO FURY: DAME-NATION FEST VS. THE HOTTEST CHICKS IN HARD ROCK TOUR. We're pretty darned excited to be taking part in a show so far out of the DC area, and we hope the Chicago folks will enjoy us. Plus! We will be sharing some of our merchandise space with a good friend of ours, Jason Pike. Jason is a local artist who runs Lad Named Felix. He makes a lot of the goggles and jewelry you see Nina wearing on stage. He'll be selling some of his wares at the show, so if you're a fan of gorgeous jewelry, make sure to stop on by! And buy a CD, while you're at it!

Waaaay off in the distance, we're also booked to play with the Project Independent 2011 tour. We played this show in 2010, in Richmond. This year, we'll be at Jaxx again, as direct support for their headliner, Aghori. Metal Sanaz will be hosting, and we're looking forward to a good night of kick ass metal! Here's the tour schedule!

As always, thanks for sticking around with us! We hope you're enjoying Metal Renaissance, and we look forward to bombarding your ears again, soon!

Workin' hard!

2010-12-22T06:12:00.000-08:00

Well, this blog has been dead for a while, so it's time for a little update!

We updated the news on our website, but there hasn't been a lot of insight as to what's been going on with the band's innards for a while. Currently, we're working on getting that $%&*ing album out for you folks, which isn't as easy as it looks! Everything is recorded, mastered, and ready to go.. but the art work is still being completed, so once that's done, BAM! PRINT! CUT! DONE! And the album will be in your hot little hands.

Meanwhile, we've already begun working on a layout for album numero dos! While Nina still wants to name it "The Dragon Album", the name is up in the air. We've already recorded 1 song at another studio, and we may be sticking with it for the 2nd album. We really enjoyed the amount of control that digitally recording offered, despite how much we love the old-school sound of analog sound. We've got 3 more songs nearly finished, as far as writing and arranging goes, so get ready for something stronger, harder, faster, more intense. It's gonna be a good ride!

In 2011 we're going to be doing a little less gigging, a little more recording. Our first year together, we played out a lot, which was fun, but gave us little room to write. This year will be different, so while you might be seeing less of us on the road, you'll be seeing more of us in the studio. Our live show will only improve, and we're looking forward to improving our staging and performance in front of our beautiful fans! We've created a new intro for you, we're utilizing keyboards now, and come 2011, we'll have even more surprises in store, so make sure you get ready for some epic performances because our 2nd year together is gonna be nothing but an improvement from the first!

FoTV is a HIT!

2010-11-08T08:30:00.000-08:00

Oh man, Flight of the Valkyries East was AMAZING. Seriously amazing! I was so impressed by all of the people who performed, and all of the people who came to support them. It started off a bit slow, but it totally picked up once the sun went down! I was proud to be a part of such a great night.

Here's a list of all the bands who performed. They were magnificent, and you should really give each and every one of them a listen!

Black Widow USA (traditional heavy metal from Baltimore, MD)
http://www.blackwidowmetal.com/

Operatika (symphonic power metal from New Jersey, USA)
http://www.operatika.com/

River Runs Scarlet (melodic metalcore from Pittsburgh, PA)
http://www.riverrunsscarlet.com/

A Sound of Thunder (traditional metal with power metal influences from Washington, DC)
http://www.asoundofthunderband.com/

[geist] (j-rock and death metal blended in Baltimore, MD)
http://www.myspace.com/geistband

Suhgarim (heavy metal with soul from Columbia, SC)
http://www.suhgarim.net/

Dying Design (industrial gothic metal from Baltimore, MD)
http://www.myspace.com/dyingdesign

Cassandra Syndrome (gothic symphonic metal from Frederick, MD)
http://www.cassandrasyndrome.com/

We did what now??

2010-08-30T12:04:00.000-07:00

Woo! Welcome, Thunder-ites, to another exciting edition of the ASoT blog! I am your host, the Duchess of Dork, and I'm here to tell you about yesterday.

Well, we drove to Richmond. It took us 3 hours (thanks, I95...), we were cramped and cranky, and once we go there, it was hot. SO VERY HOT. Alley Katz is a great venue, but I'm not sure if they have A/C. And here I am, all prettied-up in all of my black! Oy, metal heads ain't the smartest sometimes, when it comes to dressing.. well, maybe D-Rock from Not-Liable, is. He goes shirtless. Maybe I should try that?? Wait wait, no...

Anyway, we built Chris' massive monster of a drum kit outside the building, waited for our turn, went on and ROCKED THE UNIVERSE. It was awesome! Had a great show and met a lot of awesome people. After we went on, the Thunder gathered behind the club to help Chris (AKA watch Chris) disassemble his mighty drum beast. As we labored, a dude walked up to us from Project Independant. Turns out they were grading us! We did not know this. Well.. the Thunder scored a near perfect! 29/30 points, can you believe it!? Well, we lost that one point because of a major oversite on my part... Our freaking t-shirts aren't available for sale online!! My bad, y'all. Seriously. My bad.

Still, it was a great score! Apparently, nobody else on the tour made it past 25, which made us a top contender for... what exactly? Oh, we found out, an endorsement with Peavey Amps! HOLY CRAP! PEAVEY! The same Amps used by Dragonforce, Lamb of God, Blue Oyster Cult, and other assorted artists ranking high in the "awesome" category.

So, your Duchess did what was asked, and we're currently awaiting a new page to be added to Peavey's website where we, and other high-ranked Project Independant artists, will be featured! AMAZING! I'm floored. I'd like to thank all you Thunder-ites for making it happen, 'cuz without you, we'd be lonely and uninspired.

WOO X10,000,000!!!

Check out Peavey amps here!
http://www.peavey.com/

FoTV Benefit Show!

2010-08-11T09:08:00.000-07:00

Join us at Chapala's for an AMAZING metal show on Saturday, October 23 to benefit the upcoming Flight of the Valkyries female fronted metal festival! This show is being put on to help the FotV festival generate further interest here on the east coast, more funding for the upcoming FotV mini-fest in Baltimore this coming November 6.

Gigs and bass..

2010-08-06T08:02:00.000-07:00

Well, looks like it's official. Ben will no longer be playing bass for A Sound of Thunder. While we're unclear on the details, we're gonna be moving forward, because damn it.. we have way too many gigs to back out now! So we're currently conditioning our new bass player, as well as working with a fill-in bass, just in case. So no worries! We're still gonna be rocking loud for the next few months, while we continue recording our album. No word yet on whether Ben will record the bass lines for any more songs, but we'll keep you updated!

Here's the newest songs in A Sound of Thunder's repertoire..

The Beast Within (arranged and ready to go!)
Of Wood and Steel (still being arranged; will be ready this week!)

Hope you're all ready to feel some THUNDER at our next gig!!

Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaange!!

2010-07-14T06:01:00.000-07:00

Okay, new website is live (finally), thanks to some down-time, and a lot of coffee. You can now check us out at http://www.asoundofthunderband.com , and we promise to try really really really hard to keep it up to date.

This week is busy for the Thunder...

Tomorrow night we've got practice, followed by a gig in Alexandria, VA on Friday night at O'Shaughnesseys Pub with Division and Cab Ride Home. Saturday, Nina's off to a photo shoot, followed by a mixing session. We'll be mixing the first 4 songs of our new album on Saturday, Sunday, and Mondey, over at Mixed Bitch Studios. The name of the album is currently being debated, but you can bet your sweet ass it's going to be awesome.

'till next time!

This week, for the Thunder..

2010-06-23T16:58:00.000-07:00

It's gonna be a busy few days! Ben and Josh are in the studio tonight, Wednesday 23rd 2010, working on bass lines for the upcoming album. Thursday (tomorrow) night, we've got rehearsal, and then a gig on Friday night!

Anyone who'd like a chance to check out A Sound of Thunder and Not-Liable, come on out to Asylum in DC! It's Metro accessible, and I hear they make a great veggie burger.

Show starts and 9:30, bring $5 to get in and have an awesome time!!

Fat Tuesdays!

2010-06-15T07:08:00.000-07:00

Well, we've snagged another gig! On July 10th, we'll be playing at Fat Tuesdays in Fairfax VA. One of the biggest reasons we took this gig is because we'll be playing with the band Crimes of Paris, where Chris Willet plays bass. Chris Willet also played bass on our EP CD.

It's only $5 to get in, so I encourage anyone in the area to come if you're in the mood for some rock n' metal. Fat Tuesdays is pretty famous, as far as watering holes go, so at the very least you're in for some good drinks! (But we'll be amazing, don't worry. ;) )

Click here to visit Fat Tuesday's MySpace page

New Gig!

2010-06-08T07:03:00.000-07:00

July 16th, we're playing with DIVISION at O'Shaughnessys in Alexandria. Area folks and out of towners will have two chances to see us on that week; on Wednesday, July 14, we'll be at Club Soda.

Vocals, tonight!

2010-06-04T06:50:00.000-07:00

Tonight, the Thunder is recording vocals at Inner Ear Studios in Alexandria, VA. Not sure how many tracks we'll be able to get through, but we should have at least two songs down. Five songs already have drums, rhythm guitar, and bass recording. Album is looking like it will have up to eight songs.

We're getting there, guys!

Go forth and vote!

2010-06-02T06:04:00.000-07:00

Valuable Thunder-ites, please do us a huge favor and vote for us so that we can open for KISS in VA Beach. We know you're out there in droves, and we need those numbers. Go forth, Thunder-ites! Vote, and we shall not forget your loyalty and aid! Our cause is a noble one; one of metal and POWER. Bring forth the Thunder!

And type in your zip code to register. :D

Click here to vote!

Welcome!!

2010-06-01T07:16:00.000-07:00

Welcome, Thunder-ites! This is the new blog for your Sound of Thunder. We'll be posting all sorts of updates for the most thunderous band on the East Coast right here, so I'll start with this here list..

- Update on our show at Asylum on June 25th; Infliction is no longer on the bill, so you can expect a longer set from both A Sound of Thunder and Not-Liable.

- We've booked a show at O'Shaughnessey's Pub on June 19th! If you're in Alexandria, show up for some metal and good times!

- Currently working on the album that is due for release THIS FALL (if we can keep up the hard work!), and Nina is going in for vocals this Friday! If all goes according to plan, vocals for 5 out of the 8 planned songs will be done by June 11th. We'll get some studio photos for ya so you can see we're not slacking off!

- Last but not least, we're working with the righteous Bobby Jeans for this year's Flight of the Valkyries! If you've never heard of the US's premier female-fronted metal band festival, head on over to their MySpace page for updates.

Thats it for now, stay tuned for more updates, and keep them horns high!

-- The Thunder