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White Wizzard is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2007. The band has released one demo, one EP, and three albums, ''Over the Top'' released in 2010, ''Flying Tigers'' released in 2011 and ''The Devil's Cut'' released in 2013.〔(White Wizzard - Flying Tigers )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=White Wizzard Prepare To Go "Over The Top" With New Album and Tour In 2010 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=White Wizzard on MySpace Music )〕〔 The band is supported by their mascot who has appeared on all of their albums. ==History== White Wizzard was formed in Los Angeles in the summer of 2007, as Jon Leon's response to the "angsty" and "screamo" music〔 that dominated the heavy metal scene at the time:
In late 2007, White Wizzard recorded its self-titled demo, White Wizzard, which would be released in mid-2008.〔 The band also filmed a music video for the demo's opening track "High Speed GTO",〔 which won the award for Best Music Video in the 2008 Action On Film Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Action On Film International Film Festival - 2008 Results )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=White Wizzard )〕 Although the band was doing relatively well, artistic tensions within the group led to the 3 other members quitting, who went on to form a similarly styled band, Holy Grail.〔Bennet, J. "Holy Grail: L.A. shred lords bring back NWOBHM like it never left", Decibel, No. 065 (March 2010), p. 30.〕 During mid-2008, Leon was contacted by Earache Records and asked to put the song "High Speed GTO" on Earache's compilation album ''Heavy Metal Killers''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Encyclopaedia Metallum - White Wizzard )〕 Motivated by this opportunity, Leon doubled his search efforts and eventually formed the second line-up of White Wizzard. They released their EP at this time. White Wizzard has worked exclusively with Producer/Engineer Ralph Patlan since 2008. On March 9, 2010, the band released its first full-length album, ''Over the Top''. The band toured North America with Korpiklaani, Týr, and Swashbuckle in January 2010.〔 The North American tour was followed by a short UK tour with Edguy in March 2010, which began at Hammerfest II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EARACHE NEWS: WHITE WIZZARD "OVER THE TOP" OUT NOW IN EUROPE )〕 White Wizzard had its live debut with its third line-up - featuring Michael Gremio and Lewis Stephens - at the famous Download Festival in June of that same year, opening the Ronnie James Dio stage on Sunday.〔 In March 2010, White Wizzard was nominated for Best New Artist in the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2010. On October 5, 2010, Earache Records released the band's new single, Shooting Star, on YouTube. It was also released as a 7" Vinyl Single. This is the only White Wizzard release with vocalist Peter Ellis. On September 19, 2011, the band released its second full-length album, ''Flying Tigers''. In April 2013 Earache Records announced White Wizzard would release a third album titled "The Devil's Cut". The album would feature the stable line-up of Jon Leon, Giovanni Durst, Will Wallner, Jake Dreyer and Joseph Michael.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.centurymedia.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=12745&IdCompany=2 )〕 On the 18th of March 2014 the band released the single "Marathon Of Dreams" via their new label White Wizzard Records; it is also the first song to feature Jon Leon on lead vocals and Devin Lebsack on Drums. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「White Wizzard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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