ALL SHALL PERISH Guitarist Signs Solo Deal With SUMERIAN RECORDS

Sumerian Records has announced the signing of the dynamic, renowned guitar shredder Francesco Artusato (ALL SHALL PERISH). Artusato will release his new solo album, "Chaos And The Primordial", under the THE FRANCESCO ARTUSATO PROJECT banner on June 28. The effort will be available across all digital platforms and full-artwork physical copies will soon be available exclusively via MerchConnection.com or at the merch booth at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival all summer long.

Commented Artusato: "The song 'Chaos And The Primordial' [audio stream] is a very technical and intense track that has a progressive vibe with some very open and lyrical parts mixed with very powerful moments of intensity and complexity. It perfectly showcases the mixture and musical variety that is strongly prevalent across the entire disc."

Explosive technicality combined with musical taste and an energetic sense of phrase is the main emphasis behind "Chaos And The Primordial", which is composed of 10 tracks of all instrumental music that explore the rock/metal language in singular ways through the artistic and innovative mind of Berklee College of Music graduate Francesco Artusato. Produced by Ben Cohen at Sky Blue Studios, the disc showcases Artusato's unparalleled guitar prowess and songwriting ability as he handles all of the album's arrangements and instrumentation. Throughout these diverse tracks he takes the listener on an all encompassing musical journey and the depth and diversity in which he does so is astonishing.

Added Artusato: "I'm really happy to become a Sumerian artist and I hope my relationship with them is going to be a long one. It's always been one of my dreams since I started playing guitar to come out with a solo record and I am glad to see it finally happening.

"'Chaos And The Primordial' is the result of the experiences, studies, thoughts and musical moments that shaped my sound and vision throughout these years. Putting all this music together was definitely a big endeavor."

"I'll be touring extensively with ALL SHALL PERISH this year starting in June. ASP will be playing the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival in July/August, where my solo record will also be available. I will be doing some signings and meeting fans after each show. Make sure to stop by, pick up a copy of the album (it will be specially priced) and hang out.

"The new ALL SHALL PERISH album will be released at the end of July, so as you can see, this is going to be a very exciting year. A lot of touring and two big CD releases."

Artusato was born in Italy and is a product of a very musical family. He started playing saxophone at the age of 14 and switched to guitar when he was 19. After graduating Suma Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music in 2006, he relocated to Los Angeles where he has been busy with recording, touring and teaching. His most notable accomplishment to date was being invited back to Boston in 2008 to perform first electric guitar for Vuk Kulenovic's "Electric Symphony", a 70-minute massive symphony, sharing the stage with such renowned musicians as Kenwood Dennard (MILES DAVIS, STING, CHICK COREA) on drums and conducted by Tibor Pusztai.