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SEMBLANT Sign Contract With David Ellefson’s EMP Label Group
March 1st, 2016

Curitiba, Brazil-based extreme symphonic metal band Semblant have signed a contract with EMP Label Group – the label owned by Megadeth bassist David Ellefson – revealing this development on March 1st, 2016.

EMP A&R and Operations Director Thom Hazaert, who discovered and signed the band to EMP, commented: “When I first stumbled onto Semblant, like most of the World, on YouTube, I was instantly struck by (female vocalist) Mizuho (Lin), and how interesting the band was. Numbers don’t lie, and I watched the video shoot from a million views to almost two million inside of a month. So, I did a little more homework and found out some more about them. Literally a week later, through a random introduction from one of my A&R assistants, I met the band, and the owner of their previous label who was looking for a new home for them. At that point, the universe worked its magic, and before you know it, we were in serious talks to bring the band over to EMP.”

Says Ellefson, “I can’t say how excited we are that we were able to find such an incredible band, who has already found huge success on their own, and to be able to get involved and take it to the next level. Discovering and nurturing bands like this is the reason why I started this label, and why myself and Thom have developed it the way we have. It is already becoming a great cannon for promising artists, and Semblant absolutely fit the bill. And the way we found them, with the band being from Brazil, just makes it that much cooler. There has always been a strong metal culture in Brazil, which is really emerging now internationally with bands like Angra, Semblant, Machinage etc., and we were so blessed to be able to pick up one of their most promising exports.”

Semblant will tour the United States in July 2016 to coincide with the re-release of the band’s second full-length studio album Lunar Manifesto on July 8th in CD and limited edition vinyl LP formats. North American release will be through eOne, while SPV / Steamhammer will handle European release.

Lunar Manifesto was originally released in July 2014 through Shinigami Records.

Semblant’s line-up is as follows;

Mizuho Lin (vocals)
Sergio Mazul (vocals)
Sol Perez (guitar)
Juliano Ribeiro (guitar)
João Vitor Peres (bass)
Welyntom “Thor” Sikora (drums)
J. Augusto (keyboards)