Mad About Rock

Vrona Announce New Songs With Addition Of Vocalist Within a year of their inception, Vrona had already performed at Bloodstock and Mammothfest, and shared stages with the likes of Dorje, Cambion, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing and more. Their first EP 'A Lapse In Time' released in early 2016 gained them critical acclaim with their instrumental offerings being compared to a vocal-less mix of Karnivool, TesseracT and Tool. 2017 sees a marked change in the band as they release two new tracks on October 25th and unveil a new twist to their ever evolving sound - the introduction of vocalist Jamie Ball. The two track release entitled 'Impermanence' still showcases Vrona's brand of progressive ambient metal. However, the addition of vocals, and the acceptance of more outside influences into their melting pot shows that the band are not afraid to change things up. To celebrate this new direction the band head out on tour in October/Novembe...

"Expect something in there from almost any genre you can think of laid over a constant theme.." Vrona from Brighton, East Sussex, UK are a diverse textured progressive instrumental act to keep an eye on, after seeing them myself live at this year's Mammothfest in their hometown I caught up with guitarist, Jack Baker to ask about how the festival was for them, how they came to be and much more!  Firstly you have an interesting band name, can you tell us how this came about and what it means? Sure! It essentially came around by the idea of not wanting to be limited by our name, if a band called “ Daisy and the Chitty Chums ” put out a pornogrind album it ’ d just be weird, same story with a band called “ Guttural Decimation ” throwing out a jazz-funk album, so in that sense having a fairly open ended name like Vrona appealed, especially with the groggy weird nature of what we do where we could put pretty much anything in the middle of a song and i...