EGOIST And MOTHRA Sign To Selfmadegod Records
January 3, 2009, 15 years ago
The one-man alternative metal band EGOIST from Bielso-Biala, Poland, and mathcore/metal band Mothra from Opole, Poland are the most recent signings to Selfmadegod Records. A press release from the label reads as follows:
Egoist was founded and lead by the very young and enormously talented musician Stanislaw Wolonciej (guitars, bass, drums, vocals, synthesizers, production, artwork). The artist was born in 1986 in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. In his 20s, Stanislaw’s father was a bass player in the band FATUM. Music has always been present in Stan’s home. Everything began when he was eight, though. His parents wanted him to take piano lessons, which he did for about four years.
One of the really cool things that he could have done, but never did, was take part in the makings of the debut album from C-187, together with Patrick Mameli (ex-PESTILENCE), who is his old-time hero. Patrick wanted him to appear on the album, but in the end Sean Reinert (CYNIC, DEATH) performed the drums.
In the summer of 2008 Stan decided to make a new piece of art. After months of changing equipment, customizing his guitar and drums, and recording ideas on pocket PCs he started the sessions for Ultra-Selfish Revolution. It took about a month and a half. In the late phase of the recordings, Patrick Mameli recorded solos for , 'These Strange Things' and '/Not/ The End' at Stan’s request. The music is a little more aggressive, much more alternative, and less progressive than what Stan worked on before. Stan is constantly musically active. And there will be much more collaborations and new projects with really fresh music in the future. Stay tuned, and explore his musical point of view.
Ultra-Selfish Revolution will be released in the Spring of 2009. Audio samples can be heard now via the band’s MySpace page.
Mothra has been destroying stages since 2000 with Piotr Koryzma (vocals), Daniel Szwed (drums), Andrzej Burzynski (bass) and Pawel Stefan Rosiak (guitar) on board. After first few months of existence, band recorded their first promo single, entitled 'Sugar ‘01'. After that, the musicians focused on touring and writing new songs, which appeared on 2004's demo CD - a six-track EP, recorded by the band. It wasn’t awesome-sounding material with killing production work, but even still, listeners found energy rarely presented in the same way, joined with mathematicly combined yet still melodic playing. The following years were filled with a lot of gigs and meeting a lot of interesting and inspiring people, which helped the band to realize some of their ideas. It was Mothra's breakout period, as they composed material for their full-length debut album. Planet Decibelian was released by the young polish label Red Swallow in May of 2006. It contained eleven brutal-sounding, math-combined songs and got enthusiastic reviews.
The band is touring nationwide constantly with recognized and appreciated bands like MODERN LIFE IS WAR, MAROON, BORN FROM PAIN, OMISSION, FIRST BLOOD, NAPALM DEATH, SUFFOCATION, SUNRISE, and NYIA to name a few.
In September 2008 the band recorded seven tracks with renowned producer Szymon Czech (ANTIGAMA, BLINDEAD, THIRD DEGREE, NYIA, UNSUN) for their second full-length Dyes to be released in the Spring of 2009 via Selfmadegod Records. The music of Mothra will definitely appeal for fans of DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CONVERGE and BURNT BY THE SUN.
Audio samples from the forthcoming album can be heard now via the band’s MySpace page.