For JAG PANZER, team spirit is more important than anything else. Without team spirit, guitarist Mark Briody would no longer see any reason for continuing the band. "We're like a family, we've all known each other for many years," he says and looks back at the years between 2011 and 2013 when JAG PANZER were on the brink of calling it a day. "Two band members quit and there was little interest in hiring new people and starting over. Introducing new musicians would have been tough, so we decided to disband."
But then the American Power Metal act's strong fan base made itself heard, causing the spark to be rekindled. Briody: "We had a lot of interest in our early albums, so my band mates soon noticed that people were still listening to JAG PANZER, that the audience was still there. We started talking on the phone more and more. Some excellent gig offers arrived so we decided we should get back together." What a stroke of good fortune, after all now the public can look forward to an accomplished comeback album. "The Deviant Chord" is a veritable Metal manifesto, scheduled for release via Steamhammer / SPV on September 29th, and consists of ten awesome songs featuring all those typical JAG PANZER strengths that the band's fans have come to appreciate.
"The Deviant Chord" tracklisting:
01. "Born Of The Flame"
02. "Far Beyond All Fear"
03. "The Deviant Chord"
04. "Blacklist"
05. "Foggy Dew"
06. "Divine Intervention"
07. "Long Awaited Kiss"
08. "Salacious Behavior"
09. "Fire Of Our Spirit"
10. "Dare"
"The Deviant Chord" will be available as a CD Digipak (including poster) and double LP coloured version as well as for download and streaming. The cover artwork, pictured above, was created by Serbian artist Dusan Markovic and reflects the album's haunting atmosphere perfectly. Briody also gives some hints: "Fans of both science fiction and real life scientists should look closely at the new JAG PANZER album as the band has placed a few hidden tributes in the album art!"
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