DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA - Pandoras Pinata THIRD ALBUM FROM SWEDISH AVANT GARDE METAL BAND

The origin of the name of the band is related on their website. The tongue-in-cheek back-story recounts a historically questionable ancestral story beginning in 16th century Sweden. Supposedly, ancestors of the band members performed orchestral works in defiance of the ruling church at the time (possibly in reference to the newly installed protestant Lutheran national church, in power during the mid and late 16th century). The orchestra was forced to go into hiding, performing in secret, with the assistance of oppressed peasants during the era. After years of performing for the pleasure of these peasants, the story claims that the church put a bounty on the performers' lives, and that this bounty was so high that the orchestra knew they would soon be captured, and thus chose to play a spectacular final show before becoming martyred to the church.

Check out the track "Voodoo Mon Amour" below.

Pandora’s Piñata Track Listing:

1. Voodoo Mon Amour

2. Guerrilla Laments

3. Kevlar Sweethearts

4. How To Organize A Lynch Mob

5. Black Box Messiah

6. Exit Strategy Of A Wrecking Ball

7. Aurora

8. Mass Rapture

9. Honey Trap Aftermath

10. Of Kali Ma Calibre

11. Justice For Saint Mary

DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA Latin American Tour Dates:

5/24/2012 La Quinta - Caracas, Venezuela

5/25/2012 Teatro Matacandelas - Medellin, Colombia

5/27/2012 Ozzy Bar - Bogota, Colombia

5/29/2012 Inferno Club - São Paulo, Brazil

5/30/2012 Salon Reducci - Buenos Aires, Argentina

6/01/2012 Circo Volador Mexico City, Mexico

6/02/2012 Calle 2 - Guadalajara, Mexico

Recording Musicians For Pandora's Piñata:

Annlouice Loegdlund — Lead Vocals

Daniel Håkansson — Vocals & Guitars

Pontus Mantefors — Guitars, Vocals, Synthesizers & Effects

Daniel Hedin — Trombone & Backing Vocals

Anders Johansson — Bass

Martin Isaksson — Trumpet & Backing Vocals

Johannes Bergion — Cello & Backing Vocals

Petter Karlsson — Drums & Percussion

Additional Musicians For Pandora's Piñata:

Diana Lewtak — Violin

Erika Risinger — Violin & Viola

Emilia Wareborn — Viola

Michael Carlqvist — Double Bass

Anna Melander — Flute

Lucy Rugman — Clarinet

Ekaterina Skidanova — Oboe

Elisabeth Jansson — Horn

Wictor Lind — Timpani & Percussion

Oskar Reuter — Mandolin

Live Setup As Of 2012:

Annlouice Loegdlund — Lead Vocals

Daniel Håkansson — Vocals & Guitars

Pontus Mantefors — Guitars, Vocals, Synthesizers & Effects

Daniel Hedin — Trombone & Backing Vocals

Anders Johansson — Bass

Martin Isaksson — Trumpet & Backing Vocals

Johannes Bergion — Cello & Backing Vocals

Johan Norbäck — Drums

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DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA To Release New Album Stateside Via Sensory Records

Sweden's eclectic metal troupe DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA will peak the curiosity of North American masses through the release of their third full-length, Pandora's Piñata, May 22nd via Sensory Records, with Candlelight Records handling the album in Europe.

An eclectic mash up of metal, opera, swing jazz, tango, and spaghetti western soundtrack, the music DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA creates is unlike that of any other group on the planet. The message of DSO has expanded its way through an incredibly devout fanbase developed over years of infiltrating viral markets dominated by open-minded musical thrill seekers, in addition to prominent live gigs on several continents over recent years, and fans of their incredibly unique, technical, ambidextrous groove are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Pandora's Piñata.

DSO have released a visual trailer for the album utilizing "Voodoo Mon Amour," the opening track to the maze of Pandora’s Piñata, the track displaying the obvious and incredible talent of the outfit. 

The follow-up album to their acclaimed 2009-released Sing Along Songs For The Damned And Delirious, also released via Sensory, Pandora’s Piñata finds DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA expanded into a massive eight-piece lineup, with the permanent addition of two horn players. The new album is a smörgåsbord of different levels of musical insanity building on the foundation laid down on their previous album. And as always the musical mayhem is fronted by the glass shattering voice of Annlouice Loegdlund, a metal queen at night but a trained opera singer by day, her incredibly infectious and professional range setting the rest of the incredibly layered tunes alive with vibrant flames of originality. The theme of the album follows the seven cardinal sins that one can imagine falling out of this like-no-other-audio-visual-piñata. The story is also followed up in the artwork which as usual has been created by the band’s bass player Anders Johansson. For the third time the band collaborated with renowned Swedish illustrator Peter Bergting to create the album cover. Featuring over fifty minutes of brand new material sure to enlighten, empower, and likely even confuse the everyday metal fan, Pandora’s Piñata is undoubtedly an album that most any fan of extreme musical experimentation should experience.

The upcoming year will find DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA creating disturbances on stages around the world, beginning with a tour of Latin America in May and June with a European trek and much more to follow.

Pandora’s Piñata Track Listing:

1. Voodoo Mon Amour

2. Guerrilla Laments

3. Kevlar Sweethearts

4. How To Organize A Lynch Mob

5. Black Box Messiah

6. Exit Strategy Of A Wrecking Ball

7. Aurora

8. Mass Rapture

9. Honey Trap Aftermath

10. Of Kali Ma Calibre

11. Justice For Saint Mary

DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA Latin American Tour Dates:

5/24/2012 La Quinta - Caracas, Venezuela

5/25/2012 Teatro Matacandelas - Medellin, Colombia

5/27/2012 Ozzy Bar - Bogota, Colombia

5/29/2012 Inferno Club - São Paulo, Brazil

5/30/2012 Salon Reducci - Buenos Aires, Argentina

6/01/2012 Circo Volador Mexico City, Mexico

6/02/2012 Calle 2 - Guadalajara, Mexico

Recording Musicians For Pandora's Piñata:

Annlouice Loegdlund — Lead Vocals

Daniel Håkansson — Vocals & Guitars

Pontus Mantefors — Guitars, Vocals, Synthesizers & Effects

Daniel Hedin — Trombone & Backing Vocals

Anders Johansson — Bass

Martin Isaksson — Trumpet & Backing Vocals

Johannes Bergion — Cello & Backing Vocals

Petter Karlsson — Drums & Percussion

Additional Musicians For Pandora's Piñata:

Diana Lewtak — Violin

Erika Risinger — Violin & Viola

Emilia Wareborn — Viola

Michael Carlqvist — Double Bass

Anna Melander — Flute

Lucy Rugman — Clarinet

Ekaterina Skidanova — Oboe

Elisabeth Jansson — Horn

Wictor Lind — Timpani & Percussion

Oskar Reuter — Mandolin

Live Setup As Of 2012:

Annlouice Loegdlund — Lead Vocals

Daniel Håkansson — Vocals & Guitars

Pontus Mantefors — Guitars, Vocals, Synthesizers & Effects

Daniel Hedin — Trombone & Backing Vocals

Anders Johansson — Bass

Martin Isaksson — Trumpet & Backing Vocals

Johannes Bergion — Cello & Backing Vocals

Johan Norbäck — Drums

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Diablo Swing Orchestra

The Diablo Swing Orchestra dates back to 1501 in Sweden, where history tells the tale of an orchestra that played like no other. With music so seductive and divine that the ensemble overwhelmed audiences all over the country, and people from all social classes took them to their hearts. Their performances rapidly earned a reputation of being feral and vigorous and gained the orchestra a devoted crowd that followed them around.

During the later half of the 16'th century the criticism against the royal crown dictatorial ruling had intensified. Gifts and tenancies had made the chruch extremely wealthy, and since the money merely was used to strengthen their power the discontent among the people was growing. To many people the orchestra presented them to a new view upon things and a way to cope with everyday life.

The church witnessed how their influence over the people decreased and began to depict the orchestra as treacherous, saying their intentions were anything but righteous. The orchestras extensive use of the prohibited tritonus interval in their music as well as their excessive lifestyles was facts that were not looked mildly upon. During church services priests slandered the music saying it was an insult to Christ himself. However, when this attempt to reduce the orchestras popularity failed, the church began to use more desperate measures in order to regain its former power. The Devils orchestra became the slogan they used and the members were accused of being everything from devil worshippers to the spawn of Satan. This catchphrase eventually caught on and became the popular name of the orchestra. When even these efforts shown futile the church ultimately framed the orchestra members for a murder and a ruthless manhunt began. The following two years the orchestra lead the lives of outlaws and were forced to perform in barns and outhouses, where only a strictly limited number of people were allowed to attend. Luckily generous people provided them with food and somewhere to sleep.

In order to capture the orchestra the church issued a reward to the person that could provide such information that lead to the capture of the orchestra. The sum was so large that the orchestra, tired and weary of living as fugitives, realised that it all had come to and end. They knew that sooner or later someone would reveal their whereabouts and the decided to go down in style.
But before doing so they all signed a pact saying that their descendants were given the task of reuniting the orchestra in 500 years and continue their work of spreading thought-provoking music. Six envelopes were therefore sealed and given to trustees of the orchestra to pass on to family members.

They announced their final concert publicly as a grandeur finale. Thousands of people showed up and even though it was almost no one who could actually hear the music, the massive sing-along of the crowd granted the performance to be the most talked about in history. Thanks to the huge amount of people the orchestra was allowed to play until their last song when armed guards finally managed to storm the stage and arrest the musicians. They were sent prison and later sentenced to death by hanging.

Stockholm 2003, by mere accident two of the original orchestra descendants meet in a music shop and began to discuss music. It later shows that they both have received a strange letter from some ancient relative containing instructions on how to reunite The Devils Orchestra. They both become very excited and though some genealogy they managed to find all of the remaining successors in a period of three months.

Unfortunate all of the original scores were confiscated and burned by the church back in 1503. So music-wise the new orchestra were left with no directions on what to play. After some meticulous discussions it was agreed upon that the music should be like a modern version of the old orchestra. Annlouice was chosen to front the band, her angelic yet powerful operatic voice was perfect to bring a bombastic feeling to the music. Pontus dance-influences and programming skills came in handy since the orchestra wanted the arrangements to sound a bit more futuristic. He shares guitar duties with Daniel who also is the main composer in the band. Andy brought some groove to the mix adding powerful slapping and funk-oriented bass licks, while Andreas's energetic drumming made sure the songs are driven and pulsating. Together with Anders, he lays the solid swinging foundation of the band. Johannes's theoretical knowledge and stunning technique combined with an emotive cello-playing style made him essential to the bands sound.

Together they answer to the name of Diablo Swing Orchestra and are determined to honour the legacy of their ancestors.

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