Whom Gods Destroy (Bumblefoot, Derek Sherinian)

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C'est en gros la suite de Sons of Apollo qui a splitté, mais sans Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan et JS Soto.

Whom Gods Destroy, the formidable new progressive metal group formed by keyboardist Derek Sherinian, guitarist Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal, and vocalist Dino Jelusick, along with the potent rhythm section of bassist Yas Nomura and drummer Bruno Valverde, are pleased to announce their debut album, Insanium, to be released on March 15 worldwide via InsideOutMusic.

As a first appetizer for Insanium, Whom Gods Destroy are launching the first single and opening track off their upcoming debut album. Check out the dynamic track, “In The Name Of War”, in a video directed by Vicente Cordero / Industrialism Films and edited by Vojan Koceić / PILOTstudio below.

Whom Gods Destroy guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal commented about “In The Name Of War” as follows: "Derek, Dino and I began writing this song in 2020, it was the first song we wrote together. This song captures a lot of what the band is about, it's a good example of what to expect from the album. The song gets pretty intense when the band kicks in, an unexpected contrast, the music tells the story alongside the lyrics - the Eastern scale melody in the chorus followed by the 'war drum' pattern, the bridge feeling like it's heading toward something, an urgency..."