New Track - The Knight Arises

A brand new track is now up on youtube called "The Knight Arises".

This recording features stand in drummer Paul Hannon behind the kit. This also features former member Richie Donovan on guitar along with Bob Morgan and Johnny Mac.

It was recorded in Claycastle studios, Youghal, Cork by Warren Tivy and the Vocals and mixing was done by Owen Geaney at his Studio in  Nenagh, Tipperary.

This track was taken from an album that didnt get released but maybe it might in the future, who knows!!

Another track was also fully finished during the sessions and this again may be released, there is a live rehearsal of this other track already on youtube too.

The band is now on hiatus for a while but jaming sessions have been penciled in for the coming months with David Doyle, Johnny and hopefully Bob. If things come together we will indeed be back doing some gigs, some new tunage and also there may be a new addition to the line up (??)...

Our website is now down so any new posts & news will come through our blogspot here.

More announcements soon as we have them,
Lets Get The Groove on!!

Castero - The Return June 14th

The long awaited Return gig for Castero happened last Saturday night @ The Well Bar Nenagh, 
the band had been off since last Octobers trip to Fibbers in Dublin.
For this show we also had 6 brand new tracks ready along with a few tracks off the last album "Revolutions".

Joining us on the night were Nenagh band Burn this Promise and Dublin band Electric Taurus.
We had an early set run through the day of the gig in the jamroom just to fine tune the new stuff. 
Anticipation and nervous energy was evident for we would be playing our first show for almost 9 months, the chase is on!!

The lads hard at work packing up!!

First up on the night were Burn this Promise, local lads from Nenagh who are making good progress on the scene of late, the lads were joined on bass duties tonight by Kevin "Smiley" Bolger in place of Jonny who has family issues at the moment and whom we wish all the best  :)

Burn this Promise

The lads played a fine solid set and all in attendance were impressed by the boys!!

Next up were good mates of ours Electric Taurus, we have played with the lads on several occasions and they never fail to pound out their stoner/doom blues, lots of trippy/Spacey interludes and what a great band, the lads are promoting their current split release with Italys Prehistoric Pigs and its gaining great reviews from all over. 

Electric Taurus Metal Ireland Review

Electric Taurus

And now the time had come for Castero to unlease themselves and their new material to the public in attendance, tonight there was more than 70 + who had passed through the doors to watch all bands and that in itself is great to see, we all put long hours of hard work into what we do and its nice to get decent crowds in to support local Irish bands.

We Kicked off our set with new track "Til you Drown" and this set the tone for the rest of the night, its always great to play new stuff and the veins and adrenalin started to take control, we played one of our best gigs to date and the power and passion was there for all to see, we ripped it up Cazzie style!! 

We also played 2 encores first one was Paranoid by Black Sabbath and we were joined by Tom Sayers on Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin with Matt from ET and Johnny on backing vocals, most of the crowd also joined the stage for this tune and the place was going crazy, what a finish to a great night!!

Castero


Our thanks to all who came out and made this comeback gig a big success, to both bands for supporting us and playing great sets, we shall be continuing to get new material down for a forthcoming album next year and also we expect to play a few more shows this year so keep an eye out for us in a town near you ;)
Its all about the groove.....

Set list from last night:

Til you Drown
Wasting my Time
Tidal Swell
Dark Skies
He Must Rule
The Knight Arises
The Chase
Lost Souls
No.8

*Paranoid
**Rock and Roll




***Special thanks also to Paddy O Connor (sound duties with Moggie), Trevor Whyte for Photography and to Martin Freshman for use of the Van for easy transport and all the staff and patrons at the Well Bar Nenagh, legends one and all ;)

Castero upstairs@ The Well Bar, Nenagh Sat June 14th

Castero play upstairs @The Well Bar, Nenagh Saturday June 14th 

This will be Castero's  first show since last October and on the night they will be joined by Electric Taurus (Dublin/Italy) & Burn this Promise (Tipp)

It promises to be a rockin Night and Castero will be airing loads of brand new material along with a few tracks from their last release "Revolutions"

Admission is 3€ and it promises to be a great night of heavy Rock/Metal & Doom!!!
                                                                     
                                                                   Support the Scene!!

Check out the bands Facebook 

 Castero

Electric Taurus

Burn this Promise

Venue: The Well Bar, Nenagh

Over 18's -  Adm €3 - Doors 9.30pm

New Material & latest band news

After an interrupted last 6 months we have continued working hard in the Jamroom writing new material and getting a new set together.

We have a couple of shows coming up locally and then we'll continue finishing these new tracks over the rest of the year with view to getting a new album together in 2015.

This will all lead to  touring both in Ireland and further afield and lots of new merch, new vids and much much more. 
We are striving to make next year a great year for Castero.

Next shows :

June 14th - TBC

July 26th - TBC

Taken from http://www.castero.net 

More updates on events will be posted soon.......Its still all about the GROOVE...................!! 

"Castero - Revolutions" reviews and purchase details.........

                      Buy "Castero - Revolutions" here for €5

 FDJ Stoner metal from Ireland that very much mixes the old school and new school styles of metal then adds  a bit of celtic flair too round it off.Highly enjoyable. Like Metallica meets Sabbath on the way to a Thin Lizzy      gig!!Favorite track: Surrender of the Damned.

   Stephen O' Connor Awesome Irish stoner that out Sabbaths Sabbath.

Bandcamp Review  (Sept 2013) -  "Castero are a 4 piece Heavy Rock band from Ireland, New album Revolutions released in June 2013. We have toured with bands such as Diamond Head, O/D Saxon and loads more. We are strongly influenced by bands such as Black Sabbath, Black Label Society, Down and Clutch."

The above 3 bands mentioned are huge influences on the doom/stoner community. I honesty cringe at times when I see that due to the fact that more times than none, bands more or less copy them. When I started to listen to Revolutions though, I could hear the influences but the band sets out to do their own thing and not be a copycat. Revolutions has a nice southern metal sound mixed with classic rock, a bit of the fuzzy/wah wah sound in Clutch, and the right tuning to make their guitars sing. "Too Much Sleep" has a killer solo at the end. Overall this is grade A material here. 

Updates on the band, upcoming shows and new material.......

Castero have been on a brief hiatus from shows for a good few months now but  we are still working on new material for upcoming gigs.

The hiatus: Johnny had a back injury which stopped him from playing guitar and singing for a time, the band are now back working on new tracks, Johnny is back on vocals but not back on guitar until further down the line, hopefully not too much longer.

New Material: The bands new material focuses on heavy riff based stuff with different directions taken, lots of melody added both musically and vocally as we have had lots of time to improve on each track, the songs are inspired by our heroes and anti-heroes, a few of the tracks are just getting the finishing touches in the jam room over the next month or two and will be unleashed along with some old favourites in the set list at upcoming shows.

Upcoming events: As stated above we have been out of action since late last year on the live gig circuit but a few shows are in the pipeline over the summer starting with "Philfest PhilFest.Ireland" In Leitrim between June 27 - 29. This is a large scale festival with over 140 bands and performers and it looks to be a special event, we cant wait to play at this...there will also be a show maybe before Philfest and a couple of shows after, we will post these as they get confirmed on our facebook page, website Castero - Home etc.


So to conclude, Castero will be back with a louder bang come the summer with new tracks and eager to get back into the swing of playing Live.......!!!

The Ripple Effect: Daily Bandcamp Album; Revolutions by Castero

The Ripple Effect: Daily Bandcamp Album; Revolutions by Castero

North American label Distribution Heavy Ripples

Heavy Ripples Distribution are now selling our new album "Castero - Revolutions" via their site.

Heavy Ripples is part of Ripple music, (Ripple effect) and are a major Metal/Rock label in the states.

Check em out on the links below and also they have some other great bands on their list, they are also in partnership with some big European labels.


Heavy-ripples-distro

http://www.ripple-music.com/

http://ripplemusic.bigcartel.com/the-ripple-effect

Castero @ Rock For Life July 19th 2013

Castero played the Kenyon Nenagh last Friday night July 19th 2013 with some other local acts in aid of the Irish Cancer Societys "Rock for Life".

The event was organised by the local Relay for life team led by Lisa Gleeson.
Tanya De Vito McMahon ran the music event and organised the bands right down to a tee, no delays and everything running on time :) Great job!!

On the bill was  Burn this Promise, Sounds Like Wolves,  The Cover Girls, Little Creatures, Castero & Silent Noise Parade.

The event raised €1,617.00 through doors sales and raffle sales.

Crowds turned out in their hundreds to support the great cause and it showed the nature of people in times of charity..
A great night was had by all in attendance!!

                                                                    
                                                                    Castero set List:

                                                                    Warped Mind
                                                                    Too much Sleep
                                                                    Surrender of the damned
                                                                    Wasting my Time
                                                                    He Must Rule
                                                                    The Chase

Macca.......... July 21st 2013

"The Chase" video showing clips from the making of the new album.

Heres a brand new  video of the making of the album "Revolutions".
Footage from the various studios we used and also jam room footage and live footage from some recent shows. Enjoy....

All directed by Castero & lots of behind the scenes fun!!!
additional footage taken by Jimmy Lalor (Wardog)

**(features a Kelly Brook special appearance and some dude on a pink Bmx :)
it is All about the Groove......and the Craic......!!)**

Buy/stream Castero - Revolutions

Castero website

The Well Bar Nenagh with Brigantia & This Place is Death (Part 2)

Saturday July 6th 2013 -

Next Stop for us was The Well Bar, Nenagh.
Playing with us tonight was fellow Tipp band Doomlords "Brigantia" & Corks "This place is Death".
Its always a great pleasure to play in The Well, the atmosphere is always great there and the bands play on the same level as the crowd.
Tonight the place was jammed and very sweaty, lots of beers were washed down for this one by all in attendance.

First up was Brigantia and the lads are always a pleasure to play with, lots of new tunes in the offing all started by the classic Time Machine of Doom, the place was shaken to its foundations.....

Next up was ourselves and we really gave this one a kicking, one of our best shows with the new line up and it went down really well. Not so much blood, sweat and tears just loads and loads of sweat with crunching sound. We finished again tonight with an extended version of Paranoid, really enjoyable show...

Again our legend of a crew man P Fahy was on hand to load, unload and allow P.A usage ;) (nice one)

Moggie was running the desk for this and the sound was immense, good guys!! (The best).

The Well setlist :

Warped Mind

Too much sleep

Wasting my Time

Surrender of the Damned

For the land I fight

He Must Rule

The Chase

Paranoid *

Last up tonight was Cork trio "This Place is Death". The lads played a blinder of a set again tonight and they went down really well with the locals here. They are also supporting a new album release and those in attendance bought cds and also signed copies, a first for ourselves and the Cork boi's, a strange experience to be honest haha.

Nenagh and The Well crowd  in particular never fail to support bands playing here and it showed by the turnout. legends one and all........

Next up for us is Friday July 19th in The Kenyon, Nenagh 

playing on a 6 band bill in aid of Relay for Life!!

A great cause which is close to our hearts....

Rock'N'Roll.  JM

Interview with Temple of Perdition

Temple of Perdition Castero Interview

Weekend of gigs - Cork & Nenagh Part 1

Friday July 5th 2013 -
Today we started on the promotion trail for our new album "Revolutions", first up was a trip back to Cork to play in Fred Zeppelins with Cork band "This Place is Death" & Waterford band "Deadbeat Circus".

We headed off in transit with the ever reliable and hard working Cazzie crew member P Fahy, a short but eventful drive of about 1 hour 30 minutes. With the great weather we decided to take some Video footage of the streets of Cork via the camera in windscreen jobby. Next stop Richies for tae and gear collection.

Gear unloaded at Fredz in military fashion and everything set up and ready to go.
Davy was joining us travelling on route from Dublin,

After all the travelling the gig kicked off with Deadbeat Circus, the boys who are new enough to the scene rocked out Fredz with their take on Rock'n'Roll similar to the Artic Monkeys. Good stuff!!

Next up were This Place is Death, the trio are from Cork and play grungy 90's stuff ala The Smashing Pumpkins meets early Foo Fighters meets early Nirvana, they put on a hell of a show and the place was hopping at this stage.

After a few more Rebel Reds and a few more extra than normal pints for our guitarist Don Richie we kicked off our set as the closing band of the night.

We played the new album in full along with a brand new track and a version of Black Sabbaths Paranoid, the crowd seemed to enjoy it and we gave it socks........

Fredz Set list :

Warped Mind

Too Much Sleep

Wasting my Time

For the Land I fight

Surrender of the Damned

He Must Rule

Take my Hand (new)

The Chase

Paranoid

With the gig finished the gear was packed up into Fahys Van and it was  back for beers & burgers til the small hours and then a  bit of sleep (not alot) before the early rise and smashing home cooked breakfast Richie Donovan style..(more black pudding :)

Next stop onto Nenagh (nayna) to play our local The Well Bar with Brigantia & This place is Death.

Gonna be messy!!

Part 2 follows...................

Castero - Revolutions Released July 4th

Castero - Revolutions is being released July 4th via Bandcamp Castero Bandcamp /full streaming and also for purchase @ €5 for the full album (or .75 cent per song). 


Hard copies of the album will be available from gigs for the same price and also available via :

: our website       Castero - Home 

: facebook page  Castero Facebook 

: via email  castero@eircom.net 

**Revolutions first entire live airing will be Friday July 5th in Fred Zeppelins, Cork 
& The Well Bar, Nenagh on Saturday July 6th**

Its all about the Groove.................

Albums have arrived....

The first run of our new album "Revolutions" have arrived and are looking great!!

On sale from Next week.....

Revolutions on Russian Webzines

Here are links to some Russian webzine sites about our latest track and album news
Some reviews to follow shortly also!!!

Castero on Metal Library

Castero on Drug Metal

"Castero - Revolutions" Artwork & Release Date

At long last heres the Album artwork for our new recording "Castero - Revolutions" which will be available from Friday 28th June via the band/facebook/castero.net and online in digital format/ bandcamp.......Price €5.00.....!! 


*special offer on cds with Tee's when they arrive at upcoming gigs....(ask band members for more info)*

Beers and cheers....Castero

Front cover

Back cover

Inside sleeve

Update On Album Release And Artwork

Artwork and album release date to follow very shortly,
along with the new video for "Warped Mind" showing footage on the making of our new album
Castero - Revolutions.........

Castero - Revolutions - He Must Rule

Stream or Buy  "Castero - He Must Rule" taken from our forthcoming new album coming later this month......

http://castero69.bandcamp.com/

Revolutions Tour dates

In support of releasing our new album Castero - Revolutions at the end of June 2013
heres tour dates with support bands announced and headliners for other shows...

Revolutions  Dates

Hard copies of our new Album will be available at all these shows and also from the band on
Facebook Castero @ facebook and from our website Castero - Home
*More info on distro to be announced soon for both America & Europe in both CD & Digital formats*
Band Merch will also be available very soon!!
New Video with the album release also...












July 5th   -  Cork        w/This Place is Death & Deadbeat Circus
July 6th   -  Nenagh    w/This Place is Death & Brigantia
July 19th -  Nenagh   w/Silent Noise Parade/Little Creatures/ Sounds like Wolves/ Burn this Promise
Aug 3/4   - Nsx Fest  w/Kerbdog/Gamabomb/Discharge/ GBH + loads more
Aug 17th - Dublin      w/ tba
Aug 30th - Galway    w/Weedpriest + more tba
Sept 21st - Dublin     w/ Electric Taurus & Desert Storm