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!
