The Nail is a new musical alliance featuring “one of the most gifted vocalists of the new generation”, Girish Pradhan (Girish & The Chronicles, The End Machine) together with Efe and Reis Ali Eroglu, two very talented young kids (26 and 17 years old respectively) who – under the guidance of their father, producer Cenk Eroglu (ex-Winger, Crossing Rubicon) – has created this new hard rock band.
FeaturingPradhan on lead vocals, Reis Ali Eroglu on drums, bas and guitars, lead guitars are played by Efe Eroglu. Additional musicians are Cenk Eroglu (Guitars, Hammond organ, keyboards, backing vocals), John Bisaha and Paolo De Santis (Background vocals), and Cem & Sevinc Keskin – Ghost vocals).
The Nail has just issued the single and lyric video for the track ‘Soul Screamer’, taken from their self-titled debut album, released in September, via Frontiers Music Srl.
Cenk Eroglu commented on the new track by saying: “It’s the heaviest song of the album. The record was almost done when Reis Ali played me this riff… Then we found ourselves working on it. The meaning of ‘Soul Screamer’ and the lyrics are kind of deep. It’s the voice of your conscience. Lacking one within, it will find other ways to hunt you down. It’s also our nod to Judas Priest and Rob Halford… And Girish sang it like a jet engine!”
Talking about the album, Girish Pradhan said: “This is unlike like any record I have ever done. Different. Many of my listeners have always requested that I do something different for a change, and I feel like this record is exactly what they need. Of course, it’s all thanks to a great and a dedicated team, working tirelessly in the background, helping me bring out a different side of me. Amazing work by the young and super talented – Ali, on guitars! All in all, a great project that I got to be a part of.”
“A great chemistry right from the start” said Eroglu. “Young Reis Ali’s razor-sharp guitar riffs and melodies collided with Efe’s blazing lead guitars, then Girish Pradhan took it to the stars with his amazing voice. It’s hard to believe it’s a debut album; it actually feels like a best-of already”.
Girish Pradhan’s reputation has been growing recently as one of the hottest new rock singers on the scene. Coming from India, he played already several shows in Europe with his band Girish & The Chronicles and appeared as lead singer on the last album from the hard rock supergroup The End Machine featuring George Lynch and Jeff Pilson, both ex-Dokken.
Following the acclaim that Girish received over the last few years, the label’s president Serafino Perugino conceived a new project set to highlight Girish’s vocals and abilities. Turkish composer and producer Cenk Eroglu was brought in to write some songs and work on ideas with Girish, and he was immediately blown away by his talent.
He asked his friend and former bandmate Kip Winger to A&R the project and thus put to work his two kids: Efe (a 26 years old guitar hero – top shredder on the Monsters Of Rock Cruise Shred Contest in 2021, praised by musical giants such as Bumblefoot, John 5, Andy Timmons, Nuno Bettencourt and Reb Beach) and Ali (17 years old multi-instrumentalist and co-writer of the album).
The final result is just above and beyond any expectation. The album offers a great balance of heavier material (‘Soul Screamer’, the bastard child of Judas Priest’s ‘Painkiller’, ‘Underdog’ and the title track) and very melodic numbers (‘Broken’, ‘Walk The Line’, ‘No Time To Burn’ and ‘Fall Back Now’).
The full track list is: ‘Hit & Run’, ‘The Nail’, ‘No Time To Burn’, ‘Broken’, ‘Walk The Line’, ‘Soul Screamer’, ‘Blackout (Popeye’s Sin)’, ‘Exorcist’, ‘Hangman’s Noose’, ‘Underdog’ and ‘Fall Back Now’.
The Nail is said to be a real surprise, tributing 80s heavy hetal, showcasing influences from Judas Priest, Sabbath, Dio and even hints of Winger.
You can buy/listen to The Nail album here and watch the official lyric video for ‘Soul Screamer’ below.
