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PLEASE WELCOME OUR NEW MAN ON THE GUITAR:

JUAN  JEANPIERRE

Juan Jeanpierre is a metal guitarrist, originary from El Salvador living in Zürich. In his style of playing and writing music, you can feel a mixture of influences from guitarrists such as Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden), Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Petrucci (Dream Theater) among other musicians and bands. His preferred section is the rhythmical, he also plays drums and bass but his instrument of choice is the guitar. He started with the guitar during his teenage years and had played in many cover bands back in his home country. He is no stranger to the metal music scene in Switzerland. He integrated the alternative metal band from Zürich called Beyond Frequencies and played some shows in Switzerland between 2020 and 2022. Since end of 2022 he has been writing material and working in the progressive metal project called Silent Reflection.

Juan says: "In October 2023 I learnt that Lotrify, a melodic metal band from Baden is looking for a second guitarrist. When first listening to the latest band's material, I clicked inmediately. Their melodic riffs, the clean singing, the screams and growls, the powerfull and technical drum execution, the somehow Steve Harris's style of playing in the bass, the agressive and sometimes syncopated rhythmic guitars.. all of this, made me without doubt apply for the vacancy. I am very looking forward to write new material and rock the stage with the guys of Lotrify."

In exactly one month, on November 5th, we will musically support the next Metal Talk at Schüür about Me(n)tal Health!

Begin Show: 20:15 Uhr

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Dear friends & family, dear bandmates

It’s hard and surreal to write those words but I will make it short:

I’ve decided to leave Lotrify.

More than half of my life I’ve been a member of this band and these days we’re celebrating 15 years of existence. Back in late 2007/early 2008 we started this band as young Metalheads in our school, where we also met each other and became friends. Never ever I could imagine back then what fantastic memories I will experience with those guys. From playing over 130 shows inside and outside of Switzerland, including being on the lineup of the legendary Wacken Open Air, Meh Suff! Festival + many others, to all those awesome people we met on our journey behind and in front of the stage, to the four CDs we recorded and released, to the strong friendship we build over the years with all the ups and downs.In the last few weeks I simply realized, that my passion for being a part of this band is slowly fading out. And to keep the strong flame of Lotrify alive, I am confident that this is now the best moment for that decision. 15 fuckin years, who would have thought that? I was not even allowed to drink beer legally back when the band was born :)

 
This Saturday I will rock the stage one last time with the boys and will not only celebrate the anniversary but also let the band start a new chapter afterwards. I want to thank all of them: Sacha, Sergey, Silvan and Yannick plus our ex-drummers for the fantastic time we had together as a band. We remain friends and I wish them only the best in the future!

BADEN! ONE LAST CHANCE TO DANCE (and mosh; with Umi), come to say goodbye!

Cheers and love ❤️

Umi

Due to the rapidly worsening situation, we decided with a heavy heart to move the release show to April 9th, hoping to find a more relaxed situation at the new date.

The Show at Meh-Suff Winterfestival in 3 days is still on, so make sure to catch us there with some new songs!

Dear friends,

we are super excited to announce our second studio album called "Time Fracture". Packed with 8 brand new tracks, the CD will be released on Friday, 17th December 2021.

What first started as a plan for a new EP, which should‘ve been recorded in Winter 2020, changed due to the pandemic. With closed borders it was not possible to record the songs, so we used the upcoming months to write more material. In Summer 2021 we finally hit the studio in Germany.

As the album is now in the final stage of mixing/mastering you have to be patient for a few more weeks until we can release our first song! Follow us on our social media channels or check the website from time to time to not miss any news about the songs or gigs. After all those months with no live music we are super excited to present our new stuff live on stage.

Don't forget to save the date of our release show: Saturday, 15th January 2022! Location, ticket presale and more details will be announced shortly!

Unfortunately the shows in Zürich and Olten cannot take place as planned due to the local COVID regulations. Fortunately we could find alternative locations for both shows! We are thrilled to be back to Galvanik on October 16th where we have many awesome memories, as well as in our hometown Baden on November 20th! This may be on short notice, but we hope you still manage to make it. Hint: Due to limited capacities we advise to use presale, the show in Lenzburg was sold out!

Next shows:

16.10. Galvanik Zug (instead of Werk 21 Zürich)

17.10 Kunsthaus Interlaken

20.11 Werkk Kulturlokal Baden (instead of Garage 8 Olten)

21.11 flon St.Gallen

16.01 Piccadilly Brugg

We decided to reprint the popular rotten angel shirt, which is almost completely sold, with a slightly adapted color scheme. Hence this is now again available in all sizes!

Secondly, we are part of a band quartet created by merchmaerch.ch, which can be bought at our shows. Limited number!

Together with Irony of Fate we have the honor of going on tour with this years Greenfield-Contest winner Hellvetica! This will be awesome!

All dates so far:

18.10. Chur

14.12. Luzern

21.12. Wil

24.01. Aarau

21.03. Zürich

Next big gig incoming! We're opening up for DevilDriver and Gurd in the legendary Z7 in Pratteln. The whole thing will go down on September 21st. Be there!

Yeah! We made it to the legendary Wacken Open Air. We'll be participating at the international final of "Wacken Battle" contest against bands from ~30 other countries. Be there!

Part 2 will contain following tracks:

1. Xenophobic
2. Gravity
3. Welcome To Reality
4. Ill-minded

Available on February 23rd (22nd for Preorderings)

We are so happy to present you the first part of our album!

Pre-order the album* or listen on Youtube!

Part 1: Life's Eye - tracklist:
0:00 Origin
1:58 Prophecy
9:45 Something To Nothing
13:23 Life's I

* It's simple: You pay for the album, you will get each of the 3 parts digitally as soon as they're published and when the full album is out, we will send it to you. FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!

At this point we wanna thank all our friends, families, supporters, haters and especially our fantastic producer Christoph Brandes from Iguana Studios near Freiburg/DE. Check out his other releases!

Now we gonna kill some beers and enjoy the feeling of finally kicking out new songs. We will play a few shows, there you will hear the new songs live:

22/9 Met-Bar/Lenzburg with Comaniac and Klaw
23/9 Ebrietas/Zürich with Virvum and Life's December

14/10 Taratata/Bremgarten with Broken Fate and Orefik

07/04/18 Casino/Wohlen with Silent Circus, Broken Fate and many more

The next part should drop in early 2018. Please support us with buying our music!

Best wishes
Yannick, Sacha, Fabian, Silvan, Sergey

Dear folks, we have awesome news: We're going to release the first part of our new album on Friday, September 15th 2017!

The Tracks will be:
1. Origin
2. Prophecy
3. Something to Nothing
4. Life's I

To celebrate with you there will be two shows the week after:

FR 22/9/17 - Met-Bar/Lenzburg with Comaniac and KLAW
FB-Event: Comaniac, Lotrify & Klaw LIVE

SA 23/9/17 - Ebrietas/Zürich with VIRVUM and Life's December
FB-Event: Virvum, Life's December, Lotrify at Ebrietas Zürich

The album can be pre-ordered soon. All the released songs will be sent to you digitally right on the release date. The pressed CD will be sent to you as soon as all three parts are out. More info about pre-order will follow soon!

On all other channels (iTunes, Spotify, Apple music etc.) the album will only be available after the 3rd and final release. Then there will, of course, be a worthy release party as well!

We are looking forward to the next few months and thank all friends and fans for the support!

Dear friends and supporters!

The recording of our album will begin shortly!

After a little more than four years, we're going back to the studio to record our first album. The anticipation is enormous and we can't wait for you to hear the new songs!

With our last release, the EP "Light Passes, Shadow Remains" published on 13th of December 2013, we had a wonderful time:
With more than 60 concerts in 10 different countries, we have also been able to meet many new people, share the stage with great bands and have our ups and downs as friends and a band.

The concept for our album may sound a little weird now. It will be as follows:

We will record and publish an album in three parts. The respective parts will be divided thematically and will be merged into a complete puzzle. Even musically, we propose new ways. The songs are going to be richer in diversity, some longer and more complex than what we used to do.

1. In the first half of July we go into the studio to record the first part, which is expected to be released at the end of August / beginning of September.

2. In Autumn, part two will be recorded and is expected to be released at the end of the year / beginning of 2018

3. In spring 2018, we record the third part and around May/June 2018 the release for the whole CD including part three is scheduled.

In what form do you publish the album / the songs?

The first and second part will appear digitally. The entire album (with all three parts) is pressed and sold as a CD.

How can I buy the songs / support you?

The album can be pre-ordered. More details will follow!

Likewise, we'll let you know when we'll play concerts again and put out some new merch.

But we can already announce a first show:
Saturday, 7th of October 2017
Casino Wohlen
10 Years of Fate - with Silent Circus, Broken Fate, Mabon, Driven Under and Irony Of Fate

Now we focus on practicing again, because next Monday, the recording kicks off with drum sessions. We are very excited to finally record the new material and look forward to the future with a lot of motivation and optimism.

Cheers!

We confirmed two additional shows for this year:

3.12. Frutigen, Hotel Simplon

12.12. Zürich, Werk21, together with our tour buddies from USA, MF Ruckus!

We finally printed a new shirtdesign, which is now available online and of course at every show. Speaking of shows, we got a couple this fall: 

3.9. Basel, Z7

9.9. Bremgarten, Rockbunker

8.10. Lenzburg, Met-Bar

11.11. Zug, i45

18.11. Buchs SG, Chez-Fritz

Since most of what we're doing happends behind the scenes, we try to keep you updated via social media / microblogging. Specifically, we're now much more active on Instagram (@lotrify) and Twitter – check it out!

Further, we will play a show on May 21st in Ulm (DE). Some friends already announced to join us on that trip. Other interested folks might want to leave a message, so we can plan accordingly.

On January 23rd we will finally play in our hometown once again. After almost two years we're visiting the re-opened Werkk Kulturlokal (former Merkker) in Baden. Together with our friends Smash Hit Combo from France and Mindcollision from Zug, we look froward to a kick-ass death-gent-rap party! Be there!

We proudly announce a last minute gig this Friday in Z7/Pratteln as a support act for GOJIRA! Also in the lineup are our friends from Zurich, Atropas!

All infos on http://www.z-7.ch/event.php?eventid=1078

See you there!

WE WILL GO ON TOUR IN EASTERN EUROPE THIS AUGUST!!!

We proudly annouce our next adventure: A tour through 6 countries with 7-8 shows in the first half of August 2015. Thanks Concert Agency "Iskonovjaz" for the awesome work!

Check out all tour dates:

Mon 3/8/2015 - Exit-us, Praha (Czech Republic)
Tue 4/8/2015 - Music Bar Jam, Opava (Czech Republic)
Wed 5/8/2015 - Route 66 Baráti Klub, Budapest (Hungary)
Thu 6/8/2015 - Kaptár Klub, Debrecen (Hungary)
Fri 7/8/2015 - Club Flex, Arad (Romania)
Sat 8/8/2015 - Pub "Grodzka 42 Hard Rock Music", Krakow (Poland)
Sun 9/8/2015 - Collosseum Club, Košice (Slovakia)
Mon 10/8/2015 - Dvorana Gustaf Pekarna, Maribor (Slovenia)

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/871278752939946/

See you in the pit!

Have fun watching our tour announcement video and share with your friends!

Be there! It will be awesome!