Kostas Karamitroudis: gus g guitar edge interview

Congrats on landing the gig with Ozzy. How did that all transpire?

It's the biggest of all honors, and it's the best guitar job any rock or metal guitar player could have. It's a big spotlight. The way it happened is I received an email from his management last year, and they asked if I wanted to come down and audition. I guess I made their short list somehow. I went down to LA and learned a bunch of songs and met the band and Ozzy, and we jammed and it went really well. He asked me to come back and do a show with them, and that's how it got started. more


"Days Of Defiance", the new album will be released in Japan on October 18 through Avalon/Marquee. The Japanese edition of the CD will contain two bonus tracks — "Halcyon Days" and a cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Breaking The Law".

FIREWIND's version of "Breaking The Law" originally appeared on volume 1 of the "Metal Forge" series by U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, which saw nine bands covering the nine tracks on PRIEST's "British Steel" album to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

"Days Of Defiance" is scheduled for release in North America on October 26 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD's striking cover artwork was designed by the band's longtime partner in all design matters, Gustavo Sazes, and can be viewed below.

"Days of Defiance" track listing

01. The Ark Of Lies
02. World On Fire
03. Chariot
04. Embrace The Sun
05. The Departure
06. Heading For The Dawn
07. Broken
08. Cold As Ice
09. Kill In The Name Of Love
10. SKG
11. Losing Faith
12. The Yearning
13. When All Is Said And Done
14. Riding On The Wind (iTunes exclusive)

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