{"id":3234,"date":"2020-09-20T10:50:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T08:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2020-09-20T10:50:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T08:50:35","slug":"white-magician-signs-with-cruz-del-sur-music-new-album-dealers-of-divinity-due-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2020\/09\/white-magician-signs-with-cruz-del-sur-music-new-album-dealers-of-divinity-due-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"WHITE MAGICIAN Signs With Cruz Del Sur Music; New Album \u2018Dealers Of Divinity\u2019 Due This Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce the signing of Detroit, Michigan metallers White Magician<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The label will release the band\u2019s first full-length, \u201cDealers Of Divinity\u201d, on November 20. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe deal with Cruz Del Sur is an excellent opportunity brought about by a decision to reach out to some larger record labels,\u201d says the band\u2019s consigliere, Victron Power El. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe amount of time, care, sacrifice and effort invested in this latest piece of music deserved to reach a wider audience and my guess was when Cruz Del Sur heard the material their reaction was the same as mine when I first heard the band\u2019s 2016 \u2018The Pledge\u2019 EP many years ago: Holy hell, this is what heavy metal rock and roll is all about!\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded over many nights and weekends between May 2018 and December 2019 in Lansing, Michigan by George \u201cThe Extortionist\u201d Szegedy, \u201cDealers Of Divinity\u201d is classic metal at its finest, defined by the band\u2019s deft use of mystical twin guitar interplay and epic, \u201970s-tinged song arrangements, which carefully bridge WHITE MAGICIAN\u2019s vast influences, namely , BLUE \u00d6YSTER CULT, KING CRIMSON, ANGELWITCH, ASHBURY, MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND and YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, to name a few. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Victron Power El, Szegedy\u2019s knowledge and expertise \u201cpushed this recording to be better than ever possible before\u201d due to his experience tracking more rock than metal bands. \u201cThis album is more everything that’s been hinted at in previous releases,\u201d notes Victron Power El. \u201cHowever, it is more developed, more precise, more over-the-top. The EP was a launching point, the rehearsal single was the bridge and the split were the rendezvous. Now it’s time for the extravaganza of magic and power. The majesty of rock and roll will compel you once the album is in your hands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne thing that stands out is the carefully planned and executed vocals in each song,\u201d he continues. \u201cSomething that The Great Kaiser has always strived for finally coming to fruition the way he has envisioned. Another thing that comes to the forefront is the way the band really comes together to deliver a full proper sound \u2014 something that has improved with each release but becomes quite evident on \u2018Dealers Of Divinity\u2019. You can tell that time was taken and under the expert tutelage of George Szegedy, the WHITE MAGICIAN boys didn\u2019t settle, but hit the tape till they got it right!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHITE MAGICIAN\u2019s debut EP, \u201cThe Pledge\u201d, was released in 2016 via Dystopian Dogs Records. The \u201cAntipathy\u201d single followed a year later. The band released a split with THE GREAT KAISER\u2019s WHITE MAGICIAN (not to be confused with this WHITE MAGICIAN) and PRELUDE TO RUIN in 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDealers Of Divinity\u201d track listing: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Dealers of Divinity
2. Mad Magic II: In the Absence of Gods (Bad Magic)
3. Fading Into The Obscurity of Ages
4. In Memoriam; Love and Magic
5. Magia Nostra
6. Power of the Stone
7. Spectre of a Dying Flame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce the signing of Detroit, Michigan metallers White Magician. The label will release the band\u2019s first full-length, \u201cDealers Of Divinity\u201d, on November 20. \u201cThe deal with Cruz Del Sur is an excellent opportunity brought about by a decision to reach out to some larger record labels,\u201d says the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1653],"tags":[1656,1654,828,1657],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3234"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3244,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3234\/revisions\/3244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}