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OCTOBER THORNS - Soul Forge - Featured & Interviewed by Pete's Rock News And Views! Check it out here at this link: http://petesrocknewsandviews.com/october-thorns-interview/

Release Date: Oct. 29th 2021

FFO: Dream Theater, Rush, Pain Of Salvation

OCTOBER THORNS TO RELEASE ORIGINAL DEMOS AND BONUS TRACKS REMIXED BY ICEFISH’S ALEX ARGENTO 

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Brooklyn’s L’Amour Nightclub was the self-proclaimed “Rock Capital Of The World”. From 1999-2001, one NYC band made this place their home, opening for Symphony X, Nevermore, and In Flames, and just being a weekly fixture there - that band was October Thorns. 

Part of the Catalyst Promotions family of bands, October Thorns shared the stage with Tommy Vext (Bad Wolves, Divine Heresy, Snot), Ray Mazola (Full Blown Chaos, Brick By Brick), Frank Godla (Meek Is Murder, founder of Metal Injection), and many more extremely talented musicians. 

Frontman Paul LaPlaca has also played with Chris Caffery (Savatage/ TSO), Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Carnivore AD, and currently plays with Drift Into Black. Thorns also featured a young David Z on bass who was discovered by Chris Caffery at the Savatage Convention in 1999 and was quickly asked to join the newly formed Trans-Siberian Orchestra. He also went on to play with Joan Jett, Jeff Scott Soto, and his own band, ZO2. They toured with KISS/ Poison in 2004 and had their own television show, Z-Rock on IFC. Dave tragically lost his life in a vehicle crash while on tour with Adrenaline Mob in 2017.

October Thorns was only active for a short while but in that time they released a popular 6 song demo CD, played the Milwaukee Metalfest, Powermad, and the Big Bang festival. Several years ago, the band was contacted by Divebomb Records to remix the old material along with several unreleased bonus tracks. After years of trying to self-produce this project, the band finally decided to use the talents of Icefish keyboardist and producer, Alex Argento.

LaPlaca explains, “The CD was mixed by drummer Jofu and original bassist Rob Carpenter. Both of them are outstanding engineers. I attempted to remix these tracks but couldn’t improve on them so I reached out to Alex from Icefish. I was thoroughly impressed with his mixing and production, particularly the mastering. He was the perfect choice to bring these old songs up to date.”
The first single, “Circle Game” will be released digitally this fall and the full CD will be out on Divebomb Records in the winter of 2022. 

This remix/ remaster is a parting gift to the original fans of the band and a tribute to David Z, a remarkable talent that was taken far too soon.

Check out the videos!

Follow the band at these links:

https://www.facebook.com/October-Thorns-116719685391554/

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGcc2MjrIrzcces9XNeXt-S_52MJbCehj

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