Patriarchs In Black the project formed by Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative/Quiet Riot)
and Dan Lorenzo (Hades/Non-Fiction) have just put the finishing touches on
their 2nd album My Veneration.
My Veneration will be released by Germany's MDD Records worldwide.
As with the Patriarchs In Black debut, Reach For The Scars, Kelly and Lorenzo are joined
by multiple singers and bassists.
Karl Agell (Corrosion of Conformity Blind/Lie Heavy) is back as is Rob Traynor from
Black Water Rising. Mark Sunshine (Riotgod/Unida) sings along with hip-hop legend
Darryl DMC from RUN/DMC on the track Veneration. There's also appearances from
John "JD" DeServio (Black Label Society), Dave Neabore (Dog Eat Dog), Johnny Araya ( yes, Tom's brother) plus a cover of Kiss' I Stole Your Love featuring Johnny Kelly's brother Danny Kelly and many more guests including the projects first use of violin and keyboards.
"Johnny and I have recorded with well over a dozen musicians on our two albums
and each person brings their own influences to this project" Lorenzo stated. "We're not
trying to please everyone, but I do feel like there's something on My Veneration for everybody."
Lorenzo continued. Kelly Abe who was on the TV show Battle for Ozzfest is
a decade younger than us and he brings, I guess you'd call it a nu-metal sound to the songs he sings on. Sunshine is perhaps the most unique singer I've ever heard and Karl...is Karl. How can you not love Karl's voice?".
Regarding the album title My Veneration, Lorenzo said, "Obviously, it's a play on words of a famous song, but you don't hear the word 'veneration' used often. I love the word and it describes my love and deep respect of making music"
The first single from My Veneration is the track Veneration featuring DMC out August 25th.
MDD release My Veneration on CD October 6th.
Album cover art by Josh Anonymous.
Mixed by JROD Productions.
