Toronto’s Progressive Rock/Metal Guitarist FRANCISCO MEZA Released New Album “Textures”!

Toronto-based progressive rock/metal artist FRANCISCO MEZA is proud to announce that his new effort, entitled “Textures”, is finally released. Composed by eight tracks for over 31 minutes of playing time, “Textures” will make fans of musical spectrums as diverse as Dream Theater, Metallica, Opeth, Mastodon and Guns 'N Roses happy.

Watch the video for the song “The Duel” here:

Order “Textures” on Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3SPGhEt

Francisco stated about the new album:

“Textures is purposefully an album where I try to include acoustic and electric sounds into every song (except one), as well as experimenting for the first time with ambient reverb and other effects to create multiple layers of sound, or "textures" if you will. I also wanted a short album, easy to consume in 30 minutes and that way challenge myself to get to the point quicker as opposed to previous compositions, without necessarily reducing complexity or the amount of thought I put into my work.”

FRANCISCO MEZA is Canadian-Venezuelan musician who has been releasing music since 2009 as a solo artist. His work includes 3 albums, 5 singles, 3 EPs of almost all instrumental rock and metal. In 2008, Francisco won the “Shred the Web” online guitar contest by submitting a video of an original track called “190 MPH” and as a finalist uploaded a cover of “Cowboys from Hell”. In 2009, Francisco was recognized by Lars Ulrich among other Youtubers for covering two Metallica songs of the then yet to be released Death Magnetic. In 2015, Francisco's music was included in a compilation album called Electric Gathering among other talented solo artists including ex-Megadeth Chris Polland.

“Textures” was recorded and mastered by Francisco Meza at his home studio. Photos by Carlos Bolivar.

Enclosed you can see the wonderful artwork by Felix Tapia, while the tracklist can be read as follows:

1. The Duel

2. They Are Here

3. For Mom

4. Moonlit Night

5. Beneath The Surface

6. Extreme Echoes

7. Respite

8. The End

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