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Marcos B. wrote July 31, 2017 23:38

Hey Andrey, what's up?

Sorry disturbing you, but can u send a like my ESP Custom Model, please?

http://www.espguitars.com/products/19862-m-ii-ntb/product_designs/6362

If u have a custom model send me and I'll be happy in like them too.

Hug.

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I am the singer, guitar player, and business manger of Riotous Indignation. A Metal and Hardcore Crossover band from Chicago Illinois. I founded this band with fellow member Bob Clayton in 2015 and released a 4 song EP titled...

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Metal music and guitar playing. Dont need much more....

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I have been playing guitar for 25 years on and off as a hobby and semi professionally and always loved esp guitars.Played in a few hardcore bands run devil run and in cold blood that released albums on Victory records and...

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October 02, 2015 19:48

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About Me:

Andrey Smirnov is the current guitarist, composer and songwriter for U.D.O, DIRKSCHNEIDER band - German Heavy Metal monsters, led by German Metal icon Udo Dirkschneider (ex-ACCEPT).

Andrey is a well known rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and founder of the modern metal band EVERLOST and heavy metal band NEBESA. Born 31 December,1983.

At the age of 12 he took an interest in rock music. He has played in a few "school" bands, and at the age of 15 Andrey formed his own one called DETONATOR, now known as EVERLOST. As a part of this band he has recorded 5 albums: Bitterness of the Triumph (2004), Noise Factory (2006), Eclectica (2009), Put Nepokornyh (The Way of Defiant, 2011), V (2016).

From February 2004 to May 2007 Andrey took a part as a guitarist for power-metal band Shadow Host, recorded album called “Curse of the Angeleye” (released in 2005). He also performed a lot of concerts, including gigs where Shadow Host were a supporting act for Gamma Ray, Nightwish, Grave Digger, Edguy, Stratovarius and other famous bands.

From the middle of 2008 until 2011 Andrey Smirnov was a guitarist of legendary metal band called MASTER (8 albums of this act had reached gold status in ex-USSR alone), he also cooperated with a famous Russian rock-poetess Margarita Pushkina (“Dynasty of Initiates”, “Gloominess Neutralizer” projects). Andrey took part in the recording of the latest album of the MASTER band, that was called “VIII”.

From the middle of 2008 until 2011 Andrey Smirnov was a guitarist of legendary metal band called MASTER (8 albums of this act had reached gold status in ex-USSR alone), he also cooperated with a famous Russian rock-poetess Margarita Pushkina (“Dynasty of Initiates”, “Gloominess Neutralizer” projects). Andrey took part in the recording of the latest album of the MASTER band, that was called “VIII”.

In early 2010 he accepted an offer to be a member of the accompanying band, led by the famous Paul Di’Anno (ex-IRON MAIDEN). The result of this collaboration was a tour of Russia and Ukraine, devoted to the thirtieth anniversary of IRON MAIDEN’s album of the same name.

A few years later Andrey started to work with one more ex-IRON MAIDEN singer Blaze Bayley. Next tour (already with both ex-IRON MAIDEN singers) took place at the end of February and in early November 2012 (which included Ukraine, Slovakia and the Czech Republic). The last ride across Russia with Paul and Blaze took place in May 2014.

From the middle of 2010 Andrey became the member of legendary rock-band ZEMLYANE. More than 30 years this band has being held in respect by millions of people of former USSR.

As a guest musician Andrey took part in studio recordings and gigs of such Russian bands as EPIDEMIA, OLVY, TANTAL etc.

In 2012 Andrey finished recordings of his solo album “Adrenaline”. Many famous Russian musicians from the bands ARIA, MASTER, GALAXY participated and assisted with the record. The album got great feedback and fortified Andrey’s position in the music industry.

In early 2013 Andrey was announced as the new lead guitarist of legendary German metal band U.D.O.! This fact became a real sensation in the world of music business. It was the first time in the history of Russian heavy metal music that a young guitarist became a part of a world famous music brand.

In March of 2013 Andrey presented two new releases. One of them is a new U.D.O. album “Steelhammer” which became his debut work as a part of the new band. The album received a lot of positive reviews from all over the world.

“Steelhammer” marks a return to the band’s roots, a return to real, organic drum sound and biting Metal guitars.

The second CD is Andrey’s new solo album «Тонкая грань» (“The Thin Line”) which includes songs with guest singers and instrumental compositions.

In April 2014 Andrey together with Udo Dirkschneider, Max Cavalera, Zakk Wylde, Joey Belladonna took part in “Metal All Stars” project.

In the beginning of 2015 the second studio album “Decadent” with U.D.O. was released. It became Andrey’s debut as a composer for U.D.O.

The list of U.D.O. live releases with Andrey’s playing was complemented by two DVD’s (“Live from Moscow” and “Navy Metal Night”). Last of them “Navy Metal Night” was done with German military orchestra and became one of the most special in the history of the group.

In early 2016 Andrey was announced as a guitarist of the new project DIRKSCHNEIDER led by the legendary Udo Dirkschneider!

The new project became a sensation in European music industry and took a headline slots at the mist biggest European rock festivals such as Wacken, Graspop, Sweden Rock, Masters of Rock, etc.

In October 2016 DIRKSCHNEIDER live CD "Back To The Roots" (including Accept classic hits only) was released by AFM Records.

DIRKSCHNEIDER "Live - Back to the Roots - Accepted!" was released August 4th 2017 (also CD, Blu-ray, Vinyl)

U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider released its new album, "Steelfactory", on August 31 (2018) via AFM.

After honoring the classic ACCEPT songs live with his other project DIRKSCHNEIDER in the last couple of years, time has come to release a new U.D.O. studio album.

The songs on the album are clearly influenced by the past DIRKSCHNEIDER shows - the simple straightness of the anthem-like songs make it a timeless record.

With its earthy handmade sound – with the help of danish producer Jacob Hansen (e.g. Volbeat) - "Steelfactory" catches the spirit of the age perfectly.

Andrey played all guitar parts on this record!

DIRKSCHNEIDER as the BEST LIVE ACT 2018 (Metal Hammer Magazin).

In 2020 U.D.O. proudly presented "We Are One" album, which was written in collaboration with the official Concert Band of the German Armed Forces (Musikkorps der Bundeswehr) under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Christoph Scheibling and is a wholly unique worldwide musical project.

The album contains 15 new songs that have been developed and arranged by U.D.O. together with Christoph Scheibling. The two former Accept musicians Stefan Kaufmann and Peter Baltes have been part of the songwriting too – as well as the German Armed Forces´ composers Guido Rennert and Alexander Reuber.

'We Are One‘ is one of the most elaborate concept albums the market has ever seen, not to be compared with the `rock band meets orchestra‘ collaborations that already exist in the music world.

The hard rocking sound of U.D.O. has not only been intensified by a 60 piece orchestra, but contains some unique arrangements that underline how characteristic yet versatile U.D.O. is.

This project surprises the listener in every aspect, and is a project with a clear statement: ‘We Are One‘ is a critical reflection of a world in which we all leave our mark, and in which we all have to show responsibility.

Udo Dirkschneider about the message behind the songs: “We all live on this planet. No matter who we are or what we do, we all just have this one planet.”

Live in Bulgaria 2020 - Pandemic Survival Show

It is the only concert that the musicians from U.D.O. play at all in the Corona year 2020. The band is an impressive example of what the pandemic is doing to the cultural scene in particular. For decades, U.D.O. up to 200 shows worldwide every year. In 2020 they too are doomed to a standstill.

Until a few days before the concert in Plovdiv it is not clear whether it can take place at all. Can the hygiene concept be implemented accordingly? Can the band, whose musicians live in four different countries, even enter Germany completely? Are flights even going? What will it be like after more than nine months - by far the longest time since the band's existence, in which the musicians have not seen each other in one piece - to be back on stage together?

"It felt more than strange not seeing my fellow musicians for so long and not playing with them," describes Udo Dirkschneider. “Normal is exactly the largest part of my life. It was suddenly switched off. The interpersonal relationships, sitting together, everything that you share with your colleagues away from the stage, suddenly disappeared."

U.D.O. released its new album, "Game Over", on October 2021 via AFM.

Dirkschneider stands for clear, straightforward words. “If mankind doesn't rethink some things, it could have drastic consequences,” he says. Last but not least, “Game Over” is the realistic, sober observation of an artist who has seen the world more intensely than hardly anyone else. Born in Solingen, he has been on tour around the world for over four decades. He traveled to Russia at the time of the Iron Curtain, gave concerts at an altitude of over 4000 meters in Peru and experienced the planet and its inhabitants many times more privately than some of us would manage as a normal traveler. He processes a central thought on “Game Over”: “We all, no matter where we live, just have this one planet. If something happens on, it always has international implications."

Global climate change is one of the topics that Dirkschneider brings up on the album. "Floods in Germany or the fires in southern Europe and Turkey have shown how urgent it is to do something," says the musician. “But not only here. The world is also increasingly having a peace problem. International arms trade and private arms possession are increasing. In many countries, there is an increasing number of shootings among minors, including in schools. In addition, there is an unknown number of child soldiers who are actively involved in the war in many places." A theme that the song. "Kids And Guns" treats.

“Game Over” has become a virtually ageless, cosmopolitan work. Songs like "Metal Never Dies", "Kids And Guns" or "Prophecy" are precise, punchy, catchy and powerful and make the album a straight rock ´n roll“ output that goes straight to the top. Crashing riffs, precise grooving basses and an impulsive heavyness dominate the songs. Anyone who likes unpolished, straightforward heavy rock will immediately feel at home here. With hundreds of shows around the world, right down to the most unknown areas, the band is a familiar conglomerate of thoroughbred musicians and friends. Each of them knows exactly where to fit perfectly into the other's note. You can feel every how familiar the musicians are with each other and how passionate they are: All the songs on the album have a own distinctive character, which is just as convincing today as it will be tomorrow.

Andrey Smirnov plays: ESP guitars, AMT Electronics amplifiers and pedals, OVERLOUD (TH-U), ML SOUND LAB, NEURAL DSP plugins, Kemper amps, ENGL amps.

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Guitars:: ESP MII ZEBRA, LTD H_1000, LTD EC 1000FR STBLK, ESP E-II Arrow, LTD SNAKEBYTE, and ESP E II Flying V Black
Gear (Amps, Pedals, etc):: AMT and ENGL Amps

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