Guitar International recently conducted an interview with ADRENALINE MOB guitarist Mike Orlando. In the interview Orlando talks about the band’s new album Omertá, his guitar shredding beginnings and about the band in general. Excerpts from the interview are below:

Guitar International: Adrenaline Mob has been called a “Super Group.” What do you think about that moniker?

Mike Orlando: “I get it and don’t mind. To me, I’m just a guitar player and I do my thing. I have the highest respect for my members and they are amazing, so I get where the word comes from, but to me, we’re a rock band. That’s it. We are out there to just play killer, hard-rocking stuff that gets the crowd bouncing and hopping. Music that you feel in your bones and raises the hair on your back of your neck.”

Guitar International: The title of the new CD is Omertá, the blood oath you take to join the mafia, tell me how it applies to the CD and the band?

Mike Orlando: “Well, you cut your finger and you burn the card. Our mascot on the cover, Bone Daddy, is basically trying to pull you in with the card, the way he’s holding it. ‘Look here. I have something to offer you. Come join our family.’ That’s basically a shout-out to everyone in the world, ‘Hey, come join the mob.’ He ties in perfect. It couldn’t have had a more perfect angle. You collect your family, your soldiers, you’re a mobster. Come join our family”

Guitar international: What is the one question most asked of you about your playing and style?

Mike Orlando: [Laughing] “I always get asked, ‘How did you get into the speed?’ I have listened to fast playing since I was probably five. Maybe four, because my father was a huge LES PAUL fan. Back in the day, Les was just shreddin’ it, rippin’ it up. That’s how I became a part of it. It was always kind of natural to my ear to hear very fast, clean playing. You can go back and listen to anything from Les Paul from the ‘50s, the ‘60s, all the stuff he did with Mary Ford. It was kind of like once I heard Malmsteen and VAN HALEN. I realized they were doing what Les was doing with distortion. I got it! To my ear it was cool. I just had to put it to a fretboard.”

Read the entire interview here.

Adrenaline Mob release their debut full-length album, Omertá, today, March 13th. Serving as the follow-up to Adrenaline Mob's self-titled EP, Omertá is released in North America by the newly formed Elm City Music in conjunction with EMI Label Services. Century Media Records has announced a licensing deal to release the album on March 19th in Europe.

Omertá was produced by Adrenaline Mob and mixed by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STEEL PANTHER), and will feature the following 11 songs:

'Undaunted'

'Psychosane'

'Indifferent'

'All On The Line'

'Hit The Wall'

'Feelin' Me'

'Come Undone' (DURAN DURAN cover ft. Lzzy Hale of HALESTORM)

'Believe Me'

'Down To The Floor'

'Angel Sky'

'Freight Train'

Omertá is currently streaming in it's entirety as part of AOL's Full CD Listening Party. Check it out at this location.

The video for 'Undaunted' can be seen below:

Adrenaline Mob have again updated their live schedule for the summer. It is now as follows:

June

8 - Sweden Rock - Solvesborg, Sweden
13 - Studio Club - Krakow, Poland
14 - MMC Club - Bratislava, Slovakia
15 - Pesca Music Club - Budapest, Hungary
16 - Szene - Vienna, Austria
17 - Conrad SOHM - Dornbirn, Austria
18 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
20 - Orion - Rome, Italy
21 - Gods Of Metal - Milan, Italy
23 - Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belgium

July

8 - Bospop Festival - Weert, Netherlands

Go to this location for ticket information and updates.