07/12/2008 13:34

Zonaria

Zonaria sign with Nuclear Blast

Swedish death/black hopefuls Zonaria have signed a worldwide deal with Century Media Records and have just entered the studio to record their second full-length album, which is about to surface later this year. The band comments on its new label home as follows:

"We are extremely happy to announce that we've just been signed by long running extreme metal label Century Media. It is amazing how all this hard work paid off, and we can guarantee you great things this year and beyond. It has been a dream for all of us since we first started listening to metal. We listened to bands like Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Iced Earth and Dream Evil when we were just around 13-14 years old. If someone would have told us that we are going to be signed to the same label back then I'm pretty sure none of us would have believed it.
Another equally great thing is that we are about to enter Studio Fredman (!), the studio where almost any great band worth mentioning has recorded their albums, to record our follow up to 'Infamy and the Breed'. If any recording studio has been an unreachable dream for us so far – it has been this one! So everyone, expect great things!"

Zonaria commenting about the old label Pivotal Rockordings:
"So it might seem weird that we leave Pivotal Rockordings after releasing only one album, but it's nothing like that! We put out a great debut on the greatest small label in the world. They have been like our brothers in supporting us since day one with everything they had in them. Pivotal made sure we got to do several tours and got us good press, so much so that it allowed for a lot of bigger labels to become interested in us. And since the staff of Pivotal is 100% in it for the music and gives all the money they make back to the bands without pocketing a cent, they helped us to develop further as artists. Zonaria would like to thank them for the time in every way possible."

Adds Pivotal Rockordings co-founder Alexi Front:
"We are very proud to see Zonaria - a band we spent years developing -move onto a large label like Century Media. The 'Infamy and the Breed' release was a great success, indicative of not only the band's hard work, but also our ability to help them get to the next level. Now that they are there, we look forward to seeing their continuous success. We will continue to work with the band to certain extents, and we look forward to seeing Zonaria succeed in their upcoming releases through Century Media. Zonaria leaves Pivotal Rockordings on the best of terms, and we know that the future will only bring them success."

(source: Century Media / Pivotal Rockordings)