Ex-MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA To Lay Down Drums For SUFOSIA
August 2, 2013, 11 years ago
SUFOSIA, the European melodic thrash metal band based out of Croatia, has tapped ex-MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza to write and record drums on the their upcoming song, 'Insolent Scum', which will be featured on the group's untitled second release.
Garasic, Ivkovic: "To have someone you've admire to like your music is huge, Having Nick play your song is totally another level."
Menza: "Sufosia is totally pumped shredding your face, shut the fuck up metal!"
Founded in 2006, Sufosia gained major notoriety and was noticed by the global metal community when they released a 2009 live cover version of Megadeth 'Hanger 18' via YouTube, receiving well over 12,000 views in the first month of it's release with the growing number of 152,726 views to date. A 2012 studio version can be streamed below. Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has been quoted as saying, "It sounds really, really good!"
The group then took advantage of the digital platform in March of 2011 when they released their first full-length album, Inspiration Breakdown.
Sufosia is currently in the studio working on their as-yet-untitled second album, tentatively due in 2014. A snippet of a two new demo tracks titled 'My Rage', 'Restless' can be streamed below:
Sufosia are:
Davor Garasic - guitar, vocals
Tomislav Ivkovic - guitar
Davor Grdic - bass, backing vocals
Matko Staudacher - drums