Closing out a fruitful 2023, Stratuz turned out to be the most awarded band of the third edition of “Premios Metal Hecho en Venezuela”, with four award wins, “Best Extreme Band“, “Best Album” for Osculum Pacis, “Best Extreme Vocals” for Franklin Berroterán, and “Best Guitarist” for Gerónimo Egea. These awards recognize the best rock and metal music made in Venezuela in 19 categories.
Undoubtedly, 2023 has been Stratuz’s year, setting precedents and breaking paradigms. The momentum of their album “Osculum Pacis” was named among the best albums of 2022 in more than 20 countries; from there, Stratuz became the first extreme metal band to perform at the Centro Cultural de Arte Moderno with a historic concert on the 17th anniversary of Cresta Metalica Producciones, combining symphonic elements with a live string and choral ensemble. Against all odds, they were nominated for the Pepsi Music Awards, capitalizing on that nomination with a high level of communication work, and ended up winning in the categories “Best Rock Artist” and “Best Rock Album“.
Hailing from Caracas, with almost 40 years of experience and pioneers of extreme metal in the country, Stratuz managed to beat other mainstream bands, which had more media and advertising exposure. Their surprise entry in the Pepsi Music Awards 2023, showed a very positive change in the perception of the content of the record productions, both by the voting members of the Pepsi Music Academy as well as the general public.
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In late October, they headlined the Wacken Metal Battle Venezuela, organized by Cresta Metálica Producciones, as a guest band, supporting the bands that competed.
This same year, Stratuz signed with the Wormholedeathrecord label for the physical distribution of the CD “Osculum Pacis” throughout Europe and America, as well as a Japanese edition.
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Osculum Pacis reached the first position in the Jacquin Ravens Top 50 Metal of 2022 and 2023 on the US radio station 99WNRR.
The album “Osculum Pacis” is available on CD / Digital on Stratuzofficial.bandcamp.com and Spotify.
Live video (accompanied by a string ensemble and a choir) “Back To The Sun“ – https://youtu.be/ErVam3miymw
Lyric Video – “Left”
Track Listing:
1. Intro – 1:58
2. Morning Star – 3:50
3. Father Amorth (e) – 2:58
4. Holy Grail – 4:36
5. Caelibatus – 4:33
6. In the Name of God – 3:06
7. Back to the Sun – 3:09
8. Sodomized – 4:41
9. Dawn – 5:06
10. Left – 4:57
11. Condemned – 5:26
Album Length: 44:22
Stratuz is:
Franklin Berroterán – Voices and Keyboards
Gerónimo Egea – Guitars
Leonardo Rangel – Bass
Diego Cabrujas – Drums
For more info: Stratuz.info | Facebook.com/stratuzofficial | Twitter.com/stratuzofficial | Instagram.com/stratuz_official
