FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE (Prog/Power Metal – Greece) – Release “Ride The Thunder” (Official Video) via ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records #UnderSiege

Fortress Under Siege release their new video for first single “Ride The Thunder”!

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/BvhKbsmL3sk

The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album “Envy” that will be released on October 13, 2023 Digipack CD, Black / Yellow Splatter Vinyl limited to 500 copies worldwide and digital streaming/download format.

Pre-order here: https://roar.gr/smartlinks/fus-envy/

Digital single of “Ride The Thunder” is now available across all digital and streaming platforms! Pre-save the album, here: https://bfan.link/envy-3

Filmed & Edited by Bob Katsionis for Progressive Vision Group
Director of Photography / Camera Assistant : Alexander Haritakis
Make-up: Georgia Labridou
Wrestlers: Playboy, Edi Xhepaj
Stage Manager: Andreas Koukai
Special Thanks to Rail Entertainment Studio, ZMAK Pro Wrestling Greece, RentPhotoVideo, Sovereign Event Systems

Fotis Sotiropoulos commented about the song: “Ride the Thunder”, an epic title for an epic song, the joy of every true metal warrior! It is far more than that though. It’s about the hard effort, the power of will, self-awareness and moderation (the most important Delphic precepts that is), the intoxication of glory, the constant battle between reason and emotion, the ceaseless pursuit of time and the ephemerality of victory.

 

Formed in the mid 90’s, Athens based FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE deliver power prog metal, combining traditional heavy metal with technical and melodic power metal. Having released their debut self-titled mini-CD in 1996, FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE is among the first Greek bands that ever-played progressive power metal. Since then, they have released three full albums “The Mortal Flesh of Love” (2011), “Phoenix Rising” (2014), “Atlantis” (2020). During the pandemic, the band started rehearsing the new material and consequently, in the summer of 2021, enters the Devasoundz Studios once again, with Fotis Benardo as the producer to record the new album “ENVY”.  With the new record in its arsenal, the band at the ending of 2022 signs a new multi-record deal with ROAR! Rock of Angels Records, a deal that guarantees the professional prospect of the band throughout the years. “ENVY”, their most powerful album ever offers modern power metal without losing their connection with their past. The lyrical background offers again a wide variety, dealing with social, historical, sci-fi, mythological matters. An original masterpiece painting of Ioannis Koutrikas decorates once again the cover of the new record, functioning as an allegory of envy, a female beauty with horns. Having shared the stage with bands like Accept, Hammerfall, Guano Apes, Serious Black among others and played several gigs and festivals, FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE is currently on the process of booking as many gigs as possible both locally and abroad. The lyrical power prog metal adventure continues…

 

• Fourth full-length album by the Greek Power/Prog metallers FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE!
• Released as Digipack CD, Black / Yellow Splatter Vinyl limited to 500 copies worldwide and digital streaming/download format.
• “Envy” is released worldwide by ROAR! Rock of Angels Records (Grave Digger, Mystic Prophecy, Ashes of Ares, etc.).
• Music composed by Sotiropoulos, Co-composers where indicated are Georgiou, Lazaris, Giannakopoulos, Roussakis
• All lyrics written by Sotiropoulos
• Produced by Fotis Benardo
• Recorded at Devasoundz Studios, Athens Greece, engineered by Fotis Benardo, Aggelos Karatzas and Aris Karatzas
• Mixed by Fotis Benardo
• Mastered by George Nerantzis
• Pre-production by Giannis Manopoulos at MMS
• Cover Art by Ioannis Koutrikas
• Band Photography by Fotis Benardo
• Photo Edit by Dimitris Tzortzis
• Design and Layout by Theodore Tarlantezos
*All bass arranged and performed by Alexandros Stavrakas

Track list:
1. Bring Out Your Dead
2. Ride The Thunder
3. Distant Voices
4. Look At You
5. Disobey
6. Envy
7. Broken And Torn
8. Deceptor
9. Straits Of Glory
10. Burning Fleshes

FORTRESS UNDER SIEGE:
Tasos Lazaris – Vocals
Fotis Sotiropoulos – Lead Guitars
Themis Gourlis – Rhythm Guitars
George Georgiou – Keyboards
St.evens Kopanakis – Bass
Dimitris Kapoukakis – Drums

ALL the links you need are here—>  Link Tree for Fortress Under Siege