_{Having a former member of Black Sabbath in your line-up must be a big boost when it comes to doing promotion for a new album. Having a solid, quality product to deliver always helps too, no matter who you have in the band. Martiria have both and their new album “R-evolution” that is released through Rocksector Records on 10th February is well worth checking out.}

_{The band originally formed in Rome as a doom metal outfit, but the members parted ways until reforming in 2002 and released their debut album in 2004. “R-evolution” is the sixth album from the band, but the first with the current line-up of Andy Menario (guitar and keyboards), Flavio Cosma (vocals), Derek Maniscalco (bass), Vinny Appice (drums) and Marco R. Capelli (lyrics).}

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_{My own personal favourites from the album are opening track “King of Shadows”, “Salem”, “The Road Of Tenochtitlan” and first single “Revolution”.}

_{For more information check out http://www.martiria.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Martiria/121224614582384 or the Rocksector Records website www.rocksector.com}

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