The great Mike Mangini has released a solo single titled “Freak Of Nature“. It’s a teaser for the drummer’s upcoming debut solo album “Invisible Signs“, which is scheduled to come out in November 2023.
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The single features Jen Majura (former Evanescence guitarist) on vocals, Gus G. (Firewind, solo artist, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) on lead guitar, Ivan Keller on guitar, and Tony Dickinson on bass.
Mike Mangini has recently posted a video message explaining the message behind the track: “The lyric to ‘Freak Of Nature’ came about pretty interestingly. As I was researching things I’m interested in, like forces and laws of nature, and I came across a hurricane and ‘force of nature’ hit me, but it didn’t sound very good to me. Then, all of a sudden, ‘freak of nature’ beamed in from somewhere. And the interesting thing is that that’s inherent throughout the record; it just permeates the whole thing where there’s meaning, but the sound was more important to me, because if it didn’t sound right, I didn’t think anyone would want to sing it, if that makes any sense. So, I was thinking about other freaks of nature, like musicians and athletes and things like that, and [American football player] Rob Gronkowski, who played for the [New England] Patriots, came to mind, as he was like an unstoppable force. And so those are just a couple of the things that weave their way into the song. But mainly, I was concerned about the sound, and luckily that phrase came into my mind, freak of nature, and I liked it. So I based all the lyrics off of that.“
