Patriarchs In Black Start 2026 With A Bang
NoLifeTil Metal Records will release Completely Covered in Black, by Patriarchs In Black, on February 13. Paramus guitarist Dan Lorenzo (Hades, Non-Fiction) and Brooklyn drummer Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Danzig) will host different singers and bassists on each track. Expect blistering covers of Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Twisted Sister, Queen and Peter Gabriel.
According to Lorenzo, “Johnny and I both love recording cover songs. If you haven’t noticed, we really love Kiss. Like a lot of musicians my age, I started playing guitar because of them. On New Year’s Eve, 1978, I had yet to pick one up. My friends and I wanted to play air-guitar to Kiss Alive. I immediately said, `I want to be Ace Frehley.’ My other three friends said that was OK for the first song but we should switch. `My house, my rules,” I said. `I’m going to be Ace for every song!’ Three months later I started actually playing the guitar. (It would’ve been nice if somebody told me Kiss tuned to E-Flat!) Then I got into Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, AC/DC, Judas Priest and Slayer. (It was Johnny’s idea to cover Peter Gabriel’s `Games Without Frontiers.’)”
It all starts this Friday with the release of Zep’s “The Ocean,” sung by Mark Sunshine with bass by Eric J. Morgan. On Feb. 5, a new original, “Left Behind,” with singer Daniel Soren, will be unleashed. “I’ve seriously been trying to get ahold of Mr. Soren for years, ever since I heard Sixty Watt Shaman’s “Fear Death By Water,” explains Lorenzo.