Scream of the Butterfly

Scream Of The Butterfly was formed in Berlin early 2016 by singer and hammond organ/fender rhodes player Rich and guitar player Mazz. The pretty riffy but very melodic way of playing the guitar instinctively matched Rich‘s expressive singing and stage-liveliness. A couple months passed and together with the new-found grunge-drummer Glauco SOTB started to jam and write songs aiming for a solid but vital rocksound. In spring 2016 the trio was recording the demos for „Living doll“ and „Missed The Brake“ and came up with the bands‘ name Scream Of The Butterfly, which referres to some words sung by Jim Morrison and describes the wave of dynamics and energy in SOTB‘s songwriting.
During that time bass player Sergej was finally found and completed the band with a load of 70s Rock influence. In summer 2016 Scream Of The Butterfly began to play their first shows including opening for the Manchester punk band „Buzzcocks“ and were giving first radio interviews.

Over the winter months SOTB decided not to play their asses off but, instead, work on a proper debut album to kick off with. So the band recorded pre-productions for IGNITION and found the italian label „Burning Wax Productions“, which belongs to „Heavy Psych Sounds“. The studio recordings took place in Berlin’s Big Snuff Studios. With the help of Richard Behrens (sound engineer of „Kadavar“) SOTB used vintage instruments (such as a real hammond organ and 70s amps and guitars), as well as tape machines in combination with digital editing. Scream Of The Butterfly’s sound is created out of several rock genres from the 70s up to the present time.
Designed by Branca Studio, the debut record IGNITION was released September 29th 2017 in limited edition transparent-orange vinyl, black vinyl, CD & digital.

In 2018 Scream Of The Butterfly are planing to go on tour with IGNITION, play festivals in and around Germany and get in touch with more bands and promoters. There’s already enough material for a second album – so it won’t take that long until a new record is thrown out!

Album-description: Ignition marks the ferocious kick start of the Berlin based band Scream Of The Butterfly into the crazy world of rock’n’roll. Powerful guitar riffs, a tight rhythm section and versatile melodies topped with a portion of vintage hammond organ will please friends of classic 70s rock, as well as grunge and contemporary rock lovers.

The eight songs, recorded by Kadavar sound-engineer Richard Behrens, are well picked and balanced to deliver some high energy rock tunes combined with a road trip feeling and the solid power of massive riffs closing with an emotional but still powerful ballad. Roughness, drive and attitude of "Ignition" became visible with the stunning cover-artwork by Branca Studio.