Artist description Heavy U.S. Power metal that incorporates various musical styles & influences, as well as musical dynamics, creating an experience unlike any other Power metal band.

Music Style Power Metal

Musical Influences Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Rush, Power Metal

Similar Artists Manowar and Iron Maiden

Artist History Formed in 1985 by John "Kong" Bunucci, Dave Wrenn, and Mark "M.E." Edwards and joined on vocals by Pat O'Donnell in 1986, Overlorde released its now classic 5-song OVERLORDE EP on Strike Zone Records in 1987. A change in vocalists found Rod Tyler Loaiza taking over in 1988 but Overlorde disbanded in December 1988. Unknown to the band, the 1987 EP created a loyal underground following in Europe- specifically Germany and Greece- during the 90's (the 1987 EP fetching upwards of $200 among underground dealers). So in 2000, Kong, Dave, and M.E. reunited, started www.overlorde.com, acquired former SEVEN WITCHES (Massacre Records) frontman Bobby "Leather Lungs" Lucas, and recorded OVERLORDE 2000...a 4-song demo CD (released Dec 2000). 2001 found the band promoting OVERLORDE 2000, getting rave reviews from US, German, and other international metal press,and beginning the process of record label negotiations. 2001 also saw Overlorde's official reunion show at POWERMAD 2001, where the band received chants for an encore. 2002 begins with www.overlorde.com getting its 10,000th hit, the Overlorde song BLACKNESS featured on the ROCK HARD (Germany) compilation CD titled BEST OF THE UNSIGNED BANDS, and opening its MP3.COM website with a new MP3 of the song OVERLORDE from a December 2001 "pre-preproduction" session.

Group Members John "Kong" Bunucci (Bass and Background Vocals); Dave Wrenn (Drums); Bobby "Leather Lungs" Lucas (Vocals); Mark "M.E." Edwards (Flying V, Background Vocals)

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, vocals

Albums Overlorde EP (1987); OVERLORDE 2000 (CD demo); Warning: Minds of Raging Empires...II - A tribute to Queensryche (to be released 2002)

Press Reviews REVIEWS of OVERLORDE 2000: 12 out of 12 points-HEAVY ODER ,WAS?! MAGAZINE (Germany); 9 out of 10 points-TERRORIZER MAGAZINE (UK) ; 8 out of 10 points- WARGODS OF METAL WEBZINE (Germany) ; 9.5 out of 10 points-METAL.IT WEBZINE (Italy); 9 out of 10 points-THE METAL OBSERVER WEBZINE(Germany) ; 8 out of 10 points-METAL GATEWAY WEBZINE (Portugal), 8 out of 10 points-SWEET SUFFERING WEBZINE(Germany) ; 61 out of 69 Points-METTLE PSYCHOSURGERY ONLINE (USA) ; Rated # 4 "Best CD of 2000" by Skyklad -METAL RULES STAFF OPINION POLL 2000 .................................QUOTES: "Sometimes miracles can happen in our music." - METAL INVADER (Greece) ; "... those who love traditional true metal with out of this world bass playing need Overlorde- may New Jersey arise again in metal glory."-SNAKEPIT MAGAZINE (USA) ; "In fifteen minutes and five seconds all the Helloween's, Rhapsody's, and HammerFall's of this world will be destroyed and degraded to walk-ons."-METAL HEART (Germany); "Overlorde would be a cool band for the true metal stage in Wacken!"-LEGACY MAGAZINE (Germany) ;"That's what I call Heavy Metal!" - METAL HAMMER (Poland)

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Location South Plainfield, NJ - USA

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