WARCHEST announce new guitar player

Chilean thrash metal band WARCHEST have announced that Tomás Kelly have joined the band as their new guitar player to replace permanently to José Tomás García. Tomas Kelly will participate also on the solo tracks of their new album that's currently been recorded. He also have participated before as a member of the bands 'Carburador and Barouh' as composer and performer.

Tomas Kelly commented:
'Its an honor to be elected as their new guitarist, it's been very important for me to be able to play with people of this level, this will allow me to grow as a better musician and also to make new friends along the way… the new album is coming along ver heavy, so i am very happy for this opportunity, Warchest rules!'

Warchest is:
Christian Peláez: Guitar/Vocals
Raimundo Correa: Bass
Chris Oros: Drums
Tomás Kelly: Guitars

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WARCHEST to record second album

Chilean Thrash metal band WARCHEST have announced that this Feb 21 will start the recording sessions of the drum tracks for its second album. The whole recording process it will be done in between the months of Feb/Mar on two different studio recordings, 'AudioCustom' and 'PigNoize', both in Santiago, Chile.

The new album will be produced by Christian Pelaez and Jose Tomas Garcia. (ex-guitarist of the band)

Guitarist /Vocalist Christian Pelaez have commented:

"We were working for this during the whole last year. We came up with 9 tracks with a little more technical and modern style than the one before; so we think that its like a evolution from our part. About the lyrics, this is not a conceptual album, so it will continue with the line of the 'Aftershock'.

We are still definition the rest of things, such as Mastering, Art Work and Distribution. We are going to go through them with calm to make the right decisions as always. From my part I'm very exited, the demos are sounding killer already!. We don't know when are we going to have it ready, but we've assumed that it would be around mid year or end of it, the latest, We hoped, we can deliver it soon for you all!"

Its predecessor, 'Aftershock' was released in 2010 via Madness Records in Chile and Digmetalworld Records in North America, distributed via MVD Entertainment Group. The album 'Aftershock' contains 10 tracks of pure Thrash and Groove Metal/Punk. Combining aggression and groove the album Aftershock is the first full length from the Chilean thrash band WARCHEST.

More information at its Official Facebook page:

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WARCHEST release new music video

Chilean thrash metal band WARCHEST have released "Fear of the Machine", its third music video promoting its debut album "Aftershock". The music video was directed by Axel Marinkovic with the assistance of Raimundo Correa (Warchest's bass player) at Oxido bar in Santiago, Chile. You can watch the video below. 

Guitarist/ Vocalist Chris Pelaez have commented:

"This video release has the mission of give the last breed to our first album (this is the track n.10 of it), before we start full committed to the new one. And also to showcase our two newer members to the fans that already knows our work. We picked this track to show our thrash metal side on a live environment".

The track list of "aftershock"is the following:

1. Aftershock

2. The Entrance

3. Contradiction

4. Warchest

5. Prelude

6. Let Me Down

7. Alone

8. Mental Mess

9. Army of Revolution

10. Fear of the Machine

Stream the full album on this location. More information about the band on its official website.

WARCHEST announces line up changes

Thrash metal band WARCHEST have announced that its original drummer Pato Javier Peláez have left the band and it will be replaced by Christiansen Oros as a permanent member of the band.

The new 2013 line up is the following:

Christian Peláez: Guitars/Vocals

José Tomás García: Guitars

Raimundo Correa: Bass

Christiansen Oros: Drums

Christian Peláez commented:

"I'm very sad to see my brother leaving the band because first of all he is my brother and second he has been the only drummer i have always played with from the first days, but i do understand that he has today different priorities for his life now days. I wish him all the success and we (the band) thank him all his contributions and talent that he put in the band.

In another hand, we are very happy to announce that Chris (Oros) is the new drummer. The audition  process took over 2 month approximately and we think that he has the right approach to the style of the band.

The band objective for this present year is to record the second full album and start playing live with this new line up,  which will be possible this coming Feb 23, more information on our social network websites."

Visit the bands website to more information (www.warchest.cl)

WARCHEST announces new line up

Chilean thrash metal band WARCHEST have announced the departure of their lead guitarist Domingo Vidal, leaving to Jose Tomas Garcia as the new guitar player, and the addition of Raimundo Correa (Ex-Nuclear) as a permanent bass player.

The new line up is:
Christian Peláez: Guitar/Vox
José Tomás García: Guitar
Raimundo Correa: Bass
Pato Javier Peláez: Drums

Bassist Raimundo Correa commented on the addition:
"When Cris and the members of the band Warchest contacted me to see the possibility of playing with them, first thing i did was to listen to their material, and it was a no brainer… immediately i called them back and told yes.. I'm in. I have many expectation, first of all comeback to the live shows, we are already working on rehearsals for that and in the meantime.. writing what it may be the new material or a new album some time in the future… for now focus on play the material and keep growing with them internationally".

Guitars/vocals Christian Pelaez added:
"We feel really sorry for the departure of our friend Domingo, he was a very important part on the history of the band right from the beginning and we wish the best for him in the future. We thought about on looking for a new guitar player but i made sure to convinced Jose to take over..it the right thing to do. Now... the addition of Raimundo Correa makes us happy, he brings new expectations and experience, we just want to come back to the stages and rip it out!".

Currently WARCHEST is working on the timing of its music video for the track "Fear Of The Machine". More information please visit: www.warchest.com

WARCHEST: New Music Video Announced

Chilean thrash band WARCHEST has recently announced that they will start to working on the music video for the track "Fear Of The Machine" that comes off their latest album "Aftershock", released in early 2012 via Digmetalworld Records and distributed via MVD Entertainment Group in North America.

The filming process is set to start on August 11, 2012 in the City of Lampa, outside of Santiago. The process will be taking care of by Warchest and Javier Laso (Madness Recs). The whole process it will take approximately a month from the day that they start shooting the music video.

Guitarist/vocalist Chris Pelaez commented on the production:
"We have decided to auto-produce this music video, so we can fit our needs in a better way,  and also to take the time that is needed to accomplish what we are looking for. We have picked the track "Fear the Machine" so we can showcase our "Groove metal". We believe that our latest album still got some good shots and work on the music video of them it will give us the exposure we are looking for the band."

You can preview the song "" below. Also you can check the review of the album "Aftershock" here./

The entire album can be streamed at this location. For more updated information visit Warchest's official Facebook page.