{"id":49717,"date":"2015-06-23T20:40:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T01:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=49717"},"modified":"2015-06-23T20:40:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T01:40:26","slug":"tower-of-babel-current-exorcism-holy-hell-royal-hunt-tainted-nation-members-launch-new-band%e2%80%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2015\/tower-of-babel-current-exorcism-holy-hell-royal-hunt-tainted-nation-members-launch-new-band%e2%80%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"TOWER OF BABEL &#8211; Current Exorcism, Holy Hell, Royal Hunt, Tainted Nation Members Launch New Band\u200f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singer\/producer Csaba Zvekan (Exorcism, Metal Machine, Zvekan), guitarist Joe Stump (Exorcism, Holy Hell), drummer Mark Cross (Tainted Nation, ex Firewind,Helloween), keyboard\/hammond player Maestro Mistheria (Vivaldi Metal Project, Mistheria) and bassist Andreas Passmark (Royal Hunt) have joined forces in a new band called TOWER OF BABEL.<\/p>\n<p>To keep fans on the edge of their seats, the band released this snippet of a demo they\u2019ve titled \u201cDragon Slayer\u201c: https:\/\/youtu.be\/OYQlLO7xaFY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49718\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-11-500x183.jpg\" alt=\"ImageProxy (1)\" width=\"500\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-11-500x183.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-11-350x128.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-11.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe band was formed by singer\/producer Csaba Zvekan (Exorcism, Metal Machine, Zvekan) on vocals and Joe Stump, Guitar player of the bands Exorcism &amp; Holy Hell and bass player Craig Gruber, who was known for his work with Rainbow, Elf, Gary Moore and more.<\/p>\n<p>This lead to the idea of making a powerful album, an album with original compositions bringing back the sound and feel of early Rainbow\/Dio era with classic and new elements.<\/p>\n<p>Craig Gruber sadly passed away on May 5, 2015 due to a longtime fight with prostate and bone cancer. May you rest in peace \u2013 over the rainbow!!!<\/p>\n<p>Powerhouse drummer Mark Cross (Tainted Nation, ex Firewind, Helloween) was added to the line up, on keyboards\/hammond, the talented Italian Maestro Mistheria (Vivaldi Metal Project, Mistheria) and Andreas Passmark from Royal Hunt on bass guitar, who gave his final touch to this extraordinary ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>Their first album is in recording progress, but a release date hasn\u2019t been announced yet.<\/p>\n<p>www.facebook.com\/TOBRockBand<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49719\" src=\"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-21-500x183.jpg\" alt=\"ImageProxy (2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-21-500x183.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-21-350x128.jpg 350w, https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ImageProxy-21.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Singer\/producer Csaba Zvekan (Exorcism, Metal Machine, Zvekan), guitarist Joe Stump (Exorcism, Holy Hell), drummer Mark Cross (Tainted Nation, ex Firewind,Helloween), keyboard\/hammond player Maestro Mistheria (Vivaldi Metal Project, Mistheria) and bassist Andreas Passmark (Royal Hunt) have <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2015\/tower-of-babel-current-exorcism-holy-hell-royal-hunt-tainted-nation-members-launch-new-band%e2%80%8f\/\" title=\"TOWER OF BABEL &#8211; Current Exorcism, Holy Hell, Royal Hunt, Tainted Nation Members Launch New Band\u200f\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":49718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9290,11335],"class_list":{"0":"post-49717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-wires","8":"tag-exorcism","9":"tag-tower-of-babel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}