ANGEL
BLAKE
Tony
Jelencovich - Vocals
Marko Tervonen - Guitars
Janne Saarenpää - Drums
Örjan Wressel - Contrabass
Christian Älvestam - Guitars
ANGEL BLAKE is the name of my present musical
direction. When THE CROWN split up I took a heavy trip into
soul-search land to figure out what I wanted to do with
my musical life. To stop writing music was never an option,
simply because I can't and don’t want to. I came to
the conclusion that I didn't want to join an existing band
and try to fit in just to be “active” as a musician.
So I decided to go solo. It's definitely a challenge, and
most importantly, it's something NEW and a FRESH breeze
in my life. Whatever happens with ANGEL BLAKE is up to me.
So it's both a scary and a satisfying feeling.
Playing live is of course something that
I can’t live without. I am right now in touch with
some very cool people that seem to be developing into “ANGEL
BLAKE, THE BAND”. All the instruments on the debut
album are handled by me, unless mentioned otherwise. Unfortunately
there's one thing I can’t do, and that is to sing.
So my choice was to "rent in" a guy who could
deliver good vocals for my songs. One late night it hit
me, I wanted Tony Jelencovich (ex. TRANSPORT LEAGUE) to
do the vocals. I've known the man since years back. We've
met during gigs and stuff, so I contacted him, and he was
into it!!! Great!! Tony has a very cool rock voice with
a lot of feel in it, and that just fits the music beautifully!!
The combination of his vocal style + the music creates an
original and powerful sound.
I felt right away when I decided to "go
solo" that I didn’t want to create an album that
would compete with THE CROWN's history. I mean, I didn't
want to name the band "Total Satan" and ride on
THE CROWN's popularity, you know. The Death/Thrash we created
was very fucking good in my opinion and I can't simply do
as good Death/Thrash Metal without the help of the other
guys. Our sound was always dependent of the unity as a band.
Then what is ANGEL BLAKE all about??? Well,
I do have a certain style in me that I can't get away from.
If THE CROWN was more about speed and aggression, then ANGEL
BLAKE is more about heavy melancholic songs with catchy
hooks. There's no blast beats here. Over the years I have
always enjoyed writing these "different" kinds
of songs for THE CROWN. Songs that were not within the typical
Death/Thrash borders. For a CROWN fan I would describe the
sound as somewhere along the lines of: “Dead Man's
Song”, “Bow To None”, “In Memoriam”,
“World Below”, “Death By My Side”,
“Vengeance”… the heavier side of THE CROWN.
And for someone who has never heard THE CROWN, I would describe
it as influenced and inspired by bands as METALLICA, PARADISE
LOST, DANZIG, SENTENCED, spiced up with some heavy MORBID
ANGEL twists. And as mentioned before, with "NORMAL"
rock/metal vocals! It's definitely a unique sound!! Love
it or hate it, that's where my heart is right now.
Let these words be an introduction to the
world of ANGEL BLAKE: “The death of the old is the
birth of the new”! - Marko Tervonen
Angel
Blake’s self titled debut album will be released on
April 4th, 2006 in the US & Canada!
