Multiple Wargasms – The Upcoming album from Virus. Their first full length studio album in 24 years!
A Short History of Virus:
Virus were one of the pioneers of British Thrash Metal Formed in 1986 by H Heston & Tez Kaylor, members of the punk/oi! band Criminal Damage. They brought in John D Hess in their forming year & called on the services of Coke McFinlay in 1987.
Virus have played with the biggest names in the Thrash Metal business, including, Megadeth, Death, Lawnmower Deth, Kreator, Voivod, Suicidal Tendencies, Death Angel, Cro-Mags, Overkill, Gama Bomb and many more!
Unfortunately in 1990 the band split due to artistic differences and the onset of the grunge genre which all but killed the Uk Thrash Metal genre at that time.
In April 2008, Coke announced that he was going to reform the band initially for a one off reunion gig planned for September, however events would lead to something much better.
With thrash now back and bigger than ever in the UK the time was indeed right but the original members declined the offer, undeterred, Coke set about finding the right people not just for a one off show but to completely revamp the old songs and make the name a force again.
Virus now consists of, Coke McFinlay on Vocals and Lead Guitar, Scott Lauzon on Rhythm Guitar, Paul James on Bass and Darren “Rusty” Rust on Drums.
https://www.facebook.com/virusthrash
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/320170/wdgi – click for info and funding page
What We Need From You!
We require £5,000 in order to record the much anticipated new album, Multiple Wargasms.
That’s 500 people pledging £10 each
If you choose to pledge £10 in return you will get a signed copy of the new album and a t-shirt once we have completed all recording, mixing and mastering, printing and pressing of the new album.
Please help us make this album a reality, we are keen to crack on with it and there are many eager Virus fans awaiting it’s release and with YOUR help we can make this a reality together!
Achieving our goal of £5,000 would mean so much to all the guys in Virus and our fans, we live for thrash metal and we hope you share our passion enough to help us.
Where Exactly Will Your Money Go?
We believe in being completely transparent in explaining where your money will go so here is a brief breakdown of what needs to be done.
First of all the guys need to enter the studio to record all the tracks, so a portion of your money will go to hiring the studio, the studio engineers and technicians to record the music and any other associated costs. Virus will enter the studio as soon as possible, this requires all the members of Virus to enter the studio on successive days to record their individual parts, Vocals, Guitars, Bass and Drums etc. The guys will be working long hours to ensure that each track is executed to absolute perfection, this process can take weeks and in some cases a few months to do but we hope to have it done over a matter of weeks.
Next the album needs to be mixed, production is key to an album, if an album is poorly mixed and produced then this can ruin the resulting album. So Virus need to get in a decent producer to mix and master the tracks, this is where a vast potion of the £5,000 raised will be spent.
After the producer has mixed and mastered the album, Multiple Wargasms, we will have to take it to a professional CD Pressing and Printing company where all the CD’s will be made from the master copy. This is again where a sizable proportion of the money will go aswell, as this is a very expensive process in order to create the number of CD’s required.
Finally and hopefully the smallest expenditure will be the distribution costs.
And that concludes how and where the money you pledge will go.
So What Are You Waiting For!
Please help us by pledging £10 and in return you will get a signed copy of the new album and a T-Shirt, what an absolute bargain! As a CD alone will often cost just over £10… think of it as a pre-order with benefits! You will receive your signed copy the album, Multiple Wargasms, and your T-Shirt once the album is finished and ready for distribution.
If you cannot help us with your £10 then please do share this campaign, we need to get as many people behind this as possible!
If we do not reach our Target of £5,000 you will receive a full refund of your £10 pledge, but we hope to reach it… so please share this campaign aswell as pledging your £10.
THANK YOU!
taken from my blog – www.thecorpsegrinder.wordpress.com
