– July twenty ninth, 2025 –
New album, A2Z², referred to as “Good!” by Steel Hammer, out now!
Picture credit score: Stephanie Cabral
Arduous Rock band A-Z launched their good sophomore album, A2Z², final month to vital acclaim. The band continues to rejoice the album’s launch with the video for the monitor “Now I Stroll Away,” the album’s epic closing monitor.
“‘Now I Stroll Away’ is a contemporary energy ballad with a distinctly nostalgic really feel; a music that’s relatable to anybody who’s ever skilled a poisonous state of affairs,” Mark Zonder stated. “From the second we wrote this music I all the time felt it might have crossover attraction to most any musical style — very like Queensryche did with ‘Silent Lucidity’.“
Evaluations of A2Z²:
“Encompasses all the pieces that trendy prog steel ought to be about. Good!” – Steel Hammer (Germany)
“Important, to the facility of two. Not only for the Fates group – 9.5/10.” Rock Arduous (Germany)
“‘A2Z² is a whole masterpiece that blends melodic exhausting rock with progressive steel and really demonstrates that the band are true veterans of their craft and are displaying no indicators of slowing down.” – Plenty of Muzik
“This album will likely be on repeat & depart the listener wanting extra!” – The Prog Report
“Ten sturdy, melodic exhausting rock/AOR songs, with a excessive sing-along issue, that can proceed to resonate in your reminiscence after a couple of listens.” – Rock Tribune
“This new incarnation of A-Z brilliantly confirms all of the potential glimpsed on the primary album and takes A2Z² to a better degree” – Amarok
A2Z² Tracklist:
01. Fireplace Away (4:37)
02. Operating in Place (4:58)
03. Nothing Is Over (4:18)
04. A Wordless Jail (6:04)
05. Reaching Out (4:16)
06. The Treatment (5:06)
07. I Am Numb (4:03)
08. This Chaotic Symphony (5:10)
09. Studying to Fly (4:38)
10. Now I Stroll Away (5:39)
A2Z² is accessible now at: metalblade.com/a-z
Watch the movies for beforehand launched singles:
“Nothing Is Over”: youtu.be/wqZwqOPKbQ4
“I Am Numb”: youtu.be/kyZjGjQZsMs
“The Treatment”: youtu.be/GN5YNGvJC_8
Spearheaded by legendary drummer Mark Zonder (Fates Warning, Warlord) and together with former Fates Warning bandmate Ray Alder on vocals, A2Z² builds on the groundwork laid on the acclaimed 2022 self-titled debut album. The writing for the album started when Zonder and guitarist Nick Van Dyk (Redemption) began working with vocalist Alder on the album’s first single and de facto assertion, “Nothing Is Over,” showcasing the band’s dedication to creating heavy music that’s subtle however hooky and accessible. Serving to obtain these aural objectives are bassist Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai/Ring of Fireplace/Warlord), Italian guitarist Simone Mularoni (A2Z² mixing/mastering, DGM) and keyboard participant Jimmy Waldo (Alcatrazz/New England).
A-Z lineup:
Ray Alder – Lead and Backing Vocals
Philip Bynoe – Bass Guitar
Nick Van Dyk – Guitars
Simone Mularoni – Lead Guitars
Jimmy Waldo – Keyboards
Mark Zonder – Drums
A-Z on-line:
https://www.a-zband.com
https://www.fb.com/AthruZBand
https://x.com/AthruZBand
https://www.instagram.com/athruzband
