{"id":3415,"date":"2023-11-10T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2023-11-10T10:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:12:41","slug":"mega-colossus-announces-new-album-showdown-pre-orders-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/11\/mega-colossus-announces-new-album-showdown-pre-orders-open\/","title":{"rendered":"MEGA COLOSSUS announces new album &#8220;Showdown&#8221;: pre-orders open!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MEGA COLOSSUS - Fortune &amp; Glory\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ig71r2So12I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>High-octane melodic metal from the heart of Raleigh, North Carolina!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On their fourth full-length <em>Showdown<\/em>, Mega Colossus matches epic metal grandeur with the hooks and melodies from Rainbow and Kansas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9187df5fa2d4abde5a98449ca7660f32\"><strong>PRE-ORDERS: <\/strong><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2x4oekbn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">COMPACT DISC<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3myx37yu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLACK LP<\/a><\/strong> <br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/mu4ydyex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LMT 200 BONE LP<\/a><br \/><\/strong><br \/>Sometimes, a good classic movie reference is all you need. Case in point, Mega Colossus guitarist\/vocalist Bill Fischer who compares the band\u2019s new Showdown studio album to its 2021 <em>Riptime<\/em> predecessor with a nod to an iconic series from the 1980s: \u201c<em>Showdown<\/em> is to <em>Riptime <\/em>as <em>Temple of Doom<\/em> is to <em>Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/em>.\u201d Fischer is spot on. <em>Showdown <\/em>takes Mega Colossus\u2019s brand of triumphant, big melodic metal to new heights without forgetting where the band came from. It\u2019s like the perfect sequel \u2014 but better!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded with Al Jacob at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in early 2023, <em>Showdown<\/em> catches Mega Colossus in full stride, expanding upon its template of dueling twin-guitar harmonies and gallops. Buchanan\u2019s vocals (think of him somewhere between Diamond Head\u2019s Sean and Harris and Dragonforce\u2019s Marc Hudson) are strident and effortless, carrying forth grandiose, bold choruses that even possess the occasional Styx reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But above all else, <em>Showdown<\/em> is the amalgamation of five very different musicians with something unique to offer to Mega Colossus. It is no wonder, then, that <em>Showdown<\/em> has emerged as an epic display of uncanny and striking melodic metal, with all the depth and charisma of a band now entering its 20<sup>th<\/sup> year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-octane melodic metal from the heart of Raleigh, North Carolina! On their fourth full-length Showdown, Mega Colossus matches epic metal grandeur with the hooks and melodies from Rainbow and Kansas! PRE-ORDERS: COMPACT DISCBLACK LP LMT 200 BONE LPSometimes, a good classic movie reference is all you need. Case in point, Mega Colossus guitarist\/vocalist Bill Fischer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1768],"tags":[1770,42,474,1769,1433,1771],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415"}],"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=3415"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3418,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415\/revisions\/3418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cruzdelsurmusic.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}