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Who we are- Gospels of Odin
UK Band
Gospels of Odin
With a musical career spanning 4 decades Jay Ball - multi instrumentalist, song writer, guitarist and music producer - formally of 80’s UK Thrash Metal band ‘Manitou’ and 90’s UK Grunge band ‘Tribe’ and owner/director of the UK based ‘Jay Ball Guitar Academy’ - formed a new music project ‘Gospels of Odin’ in January 2024. Showcasing Jay Ball’s heaviest & most dynamic songwriting & production work to date, Gospels of Odin were created to become a serious contender in the heavy metal community.
Having bunkered down in the recording studio for 12 months in 2024, Jay wrote, recorded and produced over 40 brand new songs for Gospels of Odin.
Taking musical inspiration and influence from such epic giants as Arch Enemy, Slayer, Alice in Chains and Kublia Khan TX - amongst others, Jay recruited 15 year old son and super vocalist Levi Ball to co-write lyrics and showcase his incredible voice. Gospels of Odin became a father/son project.
On April 14th 2025 Gospels of Odin released 12 of those 40 songs on their debut album ‘God’s Eye’ Gospels of Odin are currently making serious waves in the heavy metal community.
‘God’s Eye’, is proving to be a fierce, authentic & powerful masterpiece - already receiving over 6000 streams in its first 21 days of release. Leading with the epic title track, “God’s Eye” - a ‘bang your head’ assault that captures the spirit of melodic death metal alongside intense & powerful vocals from 15 year old Levi Ball - the album delivers true Nordic spirit & standout tracks including the blistering “Rise of the Berserker”, “Killing Fields”, “Spellbinder” & “Alchemy” which surge with epic grandeur, & authentic Nordic soundscape.
The grinding, “Bone Crusher” brings metal to crushing heights, with epic vocals & intense riffs, while “War Messiah” delivers skull-rattling intensity, monstrous riffing & diverse melody.
Written, recorded & produced in its entirety by Jay Ball, ‘God’s Eye’ boasts haunting soundscapes, epic melodies, monstrous guitar riffs, thunderous bass lines & outrageous drums fused with detailed production, raw ‘metal’ grit & dark grooves, making this debut album both a powerful & unique heavy metal experience.
Two official music videos have subsequently been released from their debut album, ‘Paranoid’ - a brutal masterclass 2025 cover version of the iconic Black Sabbath 1970 single & ‘Spellbinder’ a haunting and beautiful soundscape of epic proportions.
Whether you're a devoted fan of multi talented musician Jay Ball’s 40 year musical career or discovering his sound for the first time, “God’s Eye” delivers the unrelenting energy, precision, and brutality that define the very definition of heavy metal, at its very best!
Who we are- Loser
UK Band
! Löser is a covers band from the north of England. The majority, if not the entirety, of their set is from the extensive catalogue of Motörhead music. If you know Motörhead's catalogue then you know that a night with Löser is a night of loud rock 'n' roll and good fun.
Blaring bass chords, wailing guitar solos and drums played at a pace that will get any audience moving.
GENRE: Rock 'n' Roll, Motörhead
CONFIGURATION: 4 piece band for 2025
4 Piece Band
Löser is Daz on bass and vocals, Dan on lead guitar, Thorburn on rhythm guitar and backing vocals and Fretters on drums.
Based in Carlisle, UK.
Inspired by Motörhead, Rock 'n' Roll, Jazz, Motown, Punk, Metal and more.
Löser believe that there is enough room for many bands looking to keep the music and spirit of Motörhead alive. There are audiences that want to remember their first time hearing, seeing or rocking out to Motörhead music. There are concert goers that feel cheated having lost the opportunity to see Motörhead perform live since 2015.
We're not about recreating the look or exact sound of the band. We're about having a damn fun night bringing back memories and enjoying rock 'n roll together.
ARTIST: Daz Evilhate, Dark Evilhate, DEH
PRONOUNS: It/Its
ROLE: Singer, Bassist
INTERESTING FACTS:
Originally from the USA, near New York.
Daz once spent a summer moving equipment for Motörhead in Los Angeles in the mid-90s.
Daz has previously played bass in an original grindcore/punk band in the UK. In the USA he played bass in a Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute act, and a few original metal/hardcore bands over the years.
Daz would ask Lemmy "When are you going to give me those bass lessons?" To which his idol would reply "You don't need lessons, just hit the fucking thing."
Present in studio during most of the recording of the Sacrifice album.
INFLUENCES: Lemmy Kilmister! Pete Steele, Robert Trujillo, Tommy Shannon.
SHARED THE STAGE WITH: In the UK Daz has played on the same bill with acts like Gamma Bomb, GBH, Raging Speedhorn, Certain Death and many more
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