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

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