James Rivera

You know I've been on a bit of a Rivera kick in the last few weeks.Well can't say it's a kick as I've only found out about him in the last year or so.(I know I know) My question is this.Why can't a man this talented not stick with a band? I mean he's already out of Seven Witches again. I'm currently listening to a live recording of him with Malice and I hope he is going to record a album with them and maybe stick around. Are there rumours of him being hard to work/deal with?

Probably because he needs to make a living.

Eyesore wrote:

Probably because he needs to make a living.

ding ding ding...we have a winner

Eyesore wrote:

Probably because he needs to make a living.

And you think playing for Malice bring in more cash than playing for Seven Witches?

kmorg wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Probably because he needs to make a living.

And you think playing for Malice bring in more cash than playing for Seven Witches?

I have no idea. Nostalgia pays more sometimes.

James is a great friend of mine, and as someone said earlier about making a living is true. He has his baby Helstar, but he also does many other bands and projects for money. He's a hired gun for a lot of bands.

Gotta have allota irons in the fires these days to make a buck I suppose. If he could make a living off of one band, he probably would. But if you make a nickel in each band, and you play in 20 bands, you can SuperSize that value meal at the end of the day.

thanks for the insight guys.It's really appreciated

I was listening to Malice's "In The Beginning" today, and I could really hear how James is a good fit for them!

Again, I think the VICIOUS RUMORS/LAST EMPIRE guy was stylistically a much better fit.

Malice just inked a deal with SPV for an early 2012 release for their new album. James will be on vocals.

Lurideath wrote:

Malice just inked a deal with SPV for an early 2012 release for their new album. James will be on vocals.

Kick a$$!

How will it sound different than a SEVEN WITCHES or VICIOUS RUMORS album?

Temple of Blood wrote:

How will it sound different than a SEVEN WITCHES or VICIOUS RUMORS album?

Malice is more classic metal, wheras Vicious Rumors and Seven Witched are more of the traditional power metal variety. Malice is way more melodic also.

I know how they used to sound different, but with the same singer and so many bands sounding alike production-wise I think they are losing their distinctiveness.