Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND’s OHM Signs With M-THEORY AUDIO

Heavy progressive/fusion band OHM has signed with M-Idea Audio. The power trio — whose lineup in 2022 consists of guitarist Chris Poland (ex-MEGADETH), bassist Robertino “Pag” Pagliari (Uli Jon Roth, Frank Gambale) and new drummer Carlos Cruz (WARBRINGER, MACHINE HEAD, POWER TRIP) — will enter the studio this summer time season to file its as-yet-untitled new album. Inside the meantime, the band have unveiled a visualizer video for “Exit Stage Left”, their first new studio recording since 2012.

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Says Poland: “OHM is ecstatic to announce our signing with M-Idea Audio! It has been a extremely very very long time given that launch of our remaining album and with the passing of our earlier drummers, David Eagle and Nick Menza, I’m actually grateful to share our new sound alongside bassist, Robert ‘Pag’ Pagliari and drummer Carlos Cruz. We’re excited for all to hearken to the model new dynamics of our instrumental/fusion, significantly the heavier elements launched in by Menza and continued by Cruz! Because of everyone involved for having us enter a model new 12 months with a model new label crew and to all who proceed to assist OHM!”

Poland and Pagliari first crossed paths in 1977, as soon as they usual Los Angeles-based rock band THE NEW YORKERS with Gar and Stu Samuelson. Poland and Gar Samuelson had been then recruited by MEGADETH, the place they carried out on the band’s first two data, “Killing Is My Enterprise…And Enterprise Is Good!” and “Peace Sells…Nonetheless Who’s Looking for?” Poland departed MEGADETH shortly after the discharge of the second album, and would go on to play bass for the CIRCLE JERKS and launch his 1990 solo file, “Return To Metalopolis”. Poland — collectively together with his brother, drummer Mark Poland — shortly co-founded the progressive-metal trio DAMN THE MACHINE, which launched one self-titled album on A&M Knowledge in 1993.

Chris Poland and bassist Pagliari reunited in 1997, forming OHM. Poland and Pagliari took the early sound of OHM proper right into a path that was additional influenced by progressive/fusion and jazz, and all via 4 albums and dozens of keep performances over the next fifteen years had been augmented on drums by numerous multi-talented musicians, along with acclaimed jazz drummer Koko Bernejo, Kofi Baker (EXTREME CREAM, Uli Jon Roth, Vinnie Moore), Joel Taylor (Herb Alpert, Al Di Meola, Allan Holdsworth), Frank Briggs (Cirque Du Soleil, FIVE FOR FIGHTING), and David Eagle (Tina Turner, OINGO BOINGO, Gary Hoey).

OHM was joined on the drum package deal by one different MEGADETH alumnus, Nick Menza, in 2015, after the passing of Eagle. The next 12 months of keep performances and jam durations seen the musical chemistry between Poland, Pagliari and Menza evolve proper right into a heavier metallic path whereas retaining the progressive/fusion roots that OHM had established with its blueprint. This lineup began to firmly arrange its groove, sooner than a coronary coronary heart assault all through a keep effectivity with OHM on Might 21, 2016 on the Baked Potato in Studio Metropolis, California tragically claimed the lifetime of Nick Menza on the age of 51.

The musical path that Poland and Pagliari had been pursuing with OHM given that addition of Menza continues on in 2022. Carlos Cruz joined the band in 2018, bringing with him an expansive heavy metal drumming resume bolstered by an entire bunch of keep performances with bands resembling WARBRINGER, HEXEN, EXMORTUS and POWER TRIP. Early keep performances from this new iteration of OHM have seen the band persevering with to infuse their progressive/fusion blueprint with additional overtly metallic chops, whereas remaining a spectacular present of precision musicianship.

OHM 2022 is:

Chris Poland (guitars)

Robertino “Pag” Pagliari (bass)

Carlos Cruz (drums)

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