BARREN EARTH Recruit Vocalist Jón Aldará
January 7th, 2014
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Helsinki, Finland-based death metal group Barren Earth recruited Faroese native Jón Aldará as its lead vocalist, revealing the development on January 7th, 2014.
Jón Aldará issued the following statement: “As a fan of Barren Earth from the very beginning, I had no doubts about showing my interest in the singer position. And now that things have started rolling and I’ve had some time to look at the new material, I’m extremely excited to be part of the band’s future. Now let’s rock!”
Barren Earth guitarist Janne Perttilä, meanwhile, shared the following words: “Jón is a friend with a strong voice that simply is no less than a perfect fit for our material – old and new. I was grinning like crazy as we ran through a handful of new songs at our first rehearsal with him after sending demos back and forth over e-mail the past couple of months, everything was just sounding so good. There’s just no way to put this without sounding clichéd as hell, but his contribution to the new material has indeed already taken the sound of the band to a new level. Can’t wait to hit the stage and the studio!”
The ensemble’s line-up was as follows;
Jón Aldará (lead vocals)
Sami Yli-Sirniö (guitar)
Janne Perttilä (guitar)
Olli-Pekka Laine (bass)
Kasper Mårtenson (keyboards)
Marko Tarvonen (drums)
Barren Earth parted ways with vocalist Mikko Kotamäki in July 2013 “due to conflicting schedules.” Second full-length studio album The Devil’s Resolve was released in March 2012 through Peaceville Records.
