Biography
Lotrify was founded in 2008 by five young, ambitious musicians from Baden, Switzerland. Best described as Melodic Metal, their music is distinguished by melodic and rhythmic guitars, accompanied by clean vocals as well as screams and growls. Influences can be found in diverse genres, ranging from Metalcore to Black Metal.
Under the name “Bonebreaker Ball”, a first series of concerts was arranged by the group in late 2010. Just a year later, they were back for round two with their freshly recorded demo.
In 2013, Lotrify recorded their first EP “Light Passes, Shadow Remains” which was released in December and marked the beginning of the third and biggest Bonebreaker Ball Tour. The tour itself consisted of 13 shows in total and additionally, multiple gigs in and outside of Switzerland were played.
In 2015, Lotrify toured through Eastern Europe and played the famous Swiss concert location “Z7” twice: once as an opener for the mighty Exodus and Testament and, only three months later, as the main support group for Gojira.
After having played numerous other shows all over Switzerland and sharing stages with bands like Rise Of The Northstar or Hacktivist, Lotrify introduced plans for their new album in 2017. The concept album was recorded and released digitally in three separate parts, which form one complete piece together. The CD with the title “Resilience” and as many as 13 tracks was released in September 2018, which was just shortly after they represented Switzerland at the legendary Wacken Open Air in Germany.
With those new songs and many planned shows, they had a busy schedule for 2019, including taking part in the “Greenfield Foundation Tour”. A forced pause due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 was used to write new material, which could then be recorded in summer 2021. On December 17th, 2021, the next album “Time Fracture” will be released, containing 9 powerful new tracks.
Lotrify are:
Sacha Wacker - Vocals
Silvan Laube - Bass
Sergey Belyavskiy - Drums
Yannick Bislin - Guitar
Fabian Umiker - Guitar
