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Blessed By A Broken Heart breaks up... taken from their FB
"Been waiting on the other guys on this for a long time. I'm no longer going to keep anyone in the dark about this its long overdue and I'm sorry for the delay.
Hey everyone, I just felt compelled to let anyone interested in seeing Blessed hit the road again know it's not going to be happening and I'm very sorry about that. There was much leading up the eventual stop to this train. I'll just be blunt, honest, and cut to the chase as best I can here yet tell the story of what happened and why for those who care to know.
For "Pedal To The Metal" we were with Century Media Records. Our management/attorney & label at that time got in quite the quarrel about owning band rights. Unfortunately CM at that time used fear tactics to try to get the job done. The kind where the president calls you guys on tour and tells you to fire your whole management and attorney team and sign here or else you'll be a "C" priority--basically shelved. Needless to say we had trust issues on seeing eye to eye with the label after that and the relationship tarnished. In hindsight CM put the best deal of backing and money into the band and knowing what I know now about how little musicians & bands make on there recorded music… I think it may have been wiser to sign the publishing deal with CM but one can never be sure… Oh the tyranny of what if! Having said that I still think quite fondly of the past & present A&R branch over at CM in USA & Europe. Those very good and honest hard working people you know who you are thank you for all your efforts.
Blessed was to date some of the most amazing and fun times of my life. I'll never forget from joining in 2005, eating banana egg rolls at Frank's house with Tyler to eventually rocking 15,000 people at Loud Park in Japan and everything in between… Far too many stories to tell but let me just say it's really been something.
This leaves us at the second chapter, leaving CM and signing with Tooth & Nail. After what I believe was like a year of back and forth lawyer bicker & banter we did get 'er done. We signed a not so good but better than some deal with T&N and were set to enter the studio for "Feel The Power". We spent the better part of 2 years writing on and off and we recorded a killer record that surpassed Pedal (in my opinion) and without a doubt factual if you're talking about the music and lead guitar playing.
We were all set to go full force on the FTP record I was very excited to perform the new songs live. We shot 2 new music videos and then our frontman Tony leaves a week before the record drops. To be totally honest this is where it ends but none of us 100% knew it yet. We figured we still had Sam "Ryder" Robinson who to be honest (Tony would have no gripes to admit this) is a better singer technically and sang almost all the harmonies and some of the leads for the FTP record.
At this point our new booking agent in Europe Xray drops us and Japan becomes disinterested.
Unfortunately our label had pretty much washed their hands of us as well as all legit booking agents the band had. I couldn't exactly blame them, the label spent good money on the record and music videos with Tony's face and vocals and now we're gonna tell them the guy up and left a week before the release. We did do 1 tour (if it can even be considered that) last summer for the only booking agency who would touch us. We along with the entire tour package, "Write This Down" and "Children 18:3" could not continue the tour due to the fact that through some sort of contract screw up we were taking in less money at the shows than it cost on transport to get to them. By the end of 2 Weeks we had gone though our entire publishing advance, losing thousands.
It was at that point that I told the other guys that I no longer could continue. We had exhausted all our contacts, support system and money so there was really nothing left so to speak. I'm sorry it took so long for an update, I know there have been some people wondering what is going on with the band. I guess some of us were still waiting to see if by some miracle the album would start selling a ton or some overseas offer would come in and we would have the money from show guarantees to tour but none of that came true.
I just wanna end with thanking anyone who ever came out to a show, bought a record or T-shirt, fed us, or put us up for a night or more all those years Blessed was out on the road. Without you, this crazy ride would have never been possible and I'm grateful for that. Please be sure to support the members in our new musical projects and bands. Sam is now the singer for "Close Your Eyes" so be sure to check them out to hear the amazing talent that Sam is. I am currently doing a shred guitar project called Shred Starz. Be sure to check that out and add us if you dig my playing. I'm also taking on new projects so if anyone feels there's something that would fit my style I'm now available and can be reached here."
"Been waiting on the other guys on this for a long time. I'm no longer going to keep anyone in the dark about this its long overdue and I'm sorry for the delay.
Hey everyone, I just felt compelled to let anyone interested in seeing Blessed hit the road again know it's not going to be happening and I'm very sorry about that. There was much leading up the eventual stop to this train. I'll just be blunt, honest, and cut to the chase as best I can here yet tell the story of what happened and why for those who care to know.
For "Pedal To The Metal" we were with Century Media Records. Our management/attorney & label at that time got in quite the quarrel about owning band rights. Unfortunately CM at that time used fear tactics to try to get the job done. The kind where the president calls you guys on tour and tells you to fire your whole management and attorney team and sign here or else you'll be a "C" priority--basically shelved. Needless to say we had trust issues on seeing eye to eye with the label after that and the relationship tarnished. In hindsight CM put the best deal of backing and money into the band and knowing what I know now about how little musicians & bands make on there recorded music… I think it may have been wiser to sign the publishing deal with CM but one can never be sure… Oh the tyranny of what if! Having said that I still think quite fondly of the past & present A&R branch over at CM in USA & Europe. Those very good and honest hard working people you know who you are thank you for all your efforts.
Blessed was to date some of the most amazing and fun times of my life. I'll never forget from joining in 2005, eating banana egg rolls at Frank's house with Tyler to eventually rocking 15,000 people at Loud Park in Japan and everything in between… Far too many stories to tell but let me just say it's really been something.
This leaves us at the second chapter, leaving CM and signing with Tooth & Nail. After what I believe was like a year of back and forth lawyer bicker & banter we did get 'er done. We signed a not so good but better than some deal with T&N and were set to enter the studio for "Feel The Power". We spent the better part of 2 years writing on and off and we recorded a killer record that surpassed Pedal (in my opinion) and without a doubt factual if you're talking about the music and lead guitar playing.
We were all set to go full force on the FTP record I was very excited to perform the new songs live. We shot 2 new music videos and then our frontman Tony leaves a week before the record drops. To be totally honest this is where it ends but none of us 100% knew it yet. We figured we still had Sam "Ryder" Robinson who to be honest (Tony would have no gripes to admit this) is a better singer technically and sang almost all the harmonies and some of the leads for the FTP record.
At this point our new booking agent in Europe Xray drops us and Japan becomes disinterested.
Unfortunately our label had pretty much washed their hands of us as well as all legit booking agents the band had. I couldn't exactly blame them, the label spent good money on the record and music videos with Tony's face and vocals and now we're gonna tell them the guy up and left a week before the release. We did do 1 tour (if it can even be considered that) last summer for the only booking agency who would touch us. We along with the entire tour package, "Write This Down" and "Children 18:3" could not continue the tour due to the fact that through some sort of contract screw up we were taking in less money at the shows than it cost on transport to get to them. By the end of 2 Weeks we had gone though our entire publishing advance, losing thousands.
It was at that point that I told the other guys that I no longer could continue. We had exhausted all our contacts, support system and money so there was really nothing left so to speak. I'm sorry it took so long for an update, I know there have been some people wondering what is going on with the band. I guess some of us were still waiting to see if by some miracle the album would start selling a ton or some overseas offer would come in and we would have the money from show guarantees to tour but none of that came true.
I just wanna end with thanking anyone who ever came out to a show, bought a record or T-shirt, fed us, or put us up for a night or more all those years Blessed was out on the road. Without you, this crazy ride would have never been possible and I'm grateful for that. Please be sure to support the members in our new musical projects and bands. Sam is now the singer for "Close Your Eyes" so be sure to check them out to hear the amazing talent that Sam is. I am currently doing a shred guitar project called Shred Starz. Be sure to check that out and add us if you dig my playing. I'm also taking on new projects so if anyone feels there's something that would fit my style I'm now available and can be reached here."
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Veni Domine -
So finally we have a release date on our 7th album called "light" We have been at this for a couple of years. Actually started to record a few drumtracks or planned them back in 2011 i think but withdrew that as we decided we wanted a full band that rehearsed the songs before recording, like old times. It went so, so until we now finally have a full, proper band again. And yes it feels like a band effort this time though I pulled the strings, produced and mixed. Fredrik and me wrote the songs like back in the day. Even though the process been a few years we haven´t spent 24 months in the studio, a day here, a weekend there and so forth as time allowed, which in retrospective is quite a good thing as it matures. As a producer I am very aware of not overdo things which is easy when you own your own studio and have time on your hands. The task of keeping things fresh over a serious amount of time....
We´re happy to be on board Massacre records, we have a show planned on the 21:st of May in Stockholm we have no tours or other shows planned. We want to start off slow and try to build for the future and not rush into things.
The release is set to 23:rd of May
If you have any questions please ask, I´ll have my most active time on the forum a few weeks forward.
FAQ: will there be rereleases of early albums
No, we don´t own the rights and the ones doing are not intressted
FAQ: How come?
We had a bumby end with that recordcompany.
FAQ: How do you feel about that?
Nowdays it´s ok, it´s history....
I think it´s a mix of all cds, we have quite lenghty songs, quite diverse, some slow heavy elements, atmospheric, uptempo ( to VD standard
