Prog Guitarist Marko Bojkovic Next Single Helps You "Find Your Flame" ft. THE MOURNING’s Johnny Ray From Upcoming Album "Powercore" Out Jan 2025
Prog guitarist Marko Bojkovic will release his latest and ninth studio album "Powercore" in January 2025. Last month he shared his first single "What We Accomplished" to give insight into what's to come from the record. With just over a month away from the full-length's release, he's unveiling his second single "Find Your Flame", a cover of the song from the video game Sonic Frontiers.
Bojkovic explains:
"Find Your Flame plays when you fight the Titan Knight on Chaos Island. For several years, It Doesn’t Matter was my favorite Sonic song, but Find Your Flame dethroned it due to its djent riff, amazing chorus, stellar guitar solo, and beautiful clean outro. When I first heard the song, I thought to myself “I NEED to learn this song on guitar.” I covered it on YouTube along with the other Titans’ songs (I’ll admit I played it incorrectly, but you live and learn!). The power metal-style vocals that the Mourning’s Johnny Ray did add to the power metal feel of my version, enabling it to keep with the progressive power core feel of my album! I hope you all are ready to feel like you’re fighting Knight and headbang at supersonic speed!”
Listen to "Find Your Flame" ft. Johnny Ray (The Mourning), Gabe Vermund, and Chris Thomas via its premiere on the SpaceUntravel YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/7ASxCQiOaMU
Digital pre-save - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markobojkovic/find-your-flame-feat-gabe-vermund-chris-thomas--johnny-ray
What started from playing Sonic Adventure on Sega Dreamcast, and a soundtrack that interested him in guitar sounds, prog guitarist Marko Bojkovic comes forth with his latest and eighth studio album "Powercore" for release on January 24th, 2025 on Forerunner Recordings..
Packing the most punch with perfectly combined progressive metal, power metal, metalcore, and djent along with influences from jazz fusion to classical music, Bojkovic's new album "Powercore" (named after his own dubbed genre of metal called Progressive PowerCore) is meant to send positive messages such as being able to accomplish anything you set your mind to and believing in yourself. Musically, the album's guitar solos are among the best he's ever written. As a small content creator on YouTube and Patreon, Bojkovic has become known on the internet for his economy-picking prowess, which he showcases to excellent use on the songs featured in this full-length.
"My guitar teacher Francesco Pinter and the popular YouTube guitarist Bradley Hall have told me that my economy picking separates me from other guitarists! Now I want to see if I can have people comment on my vibrato…" adds Bojkovic.
In addition to the guitar work, Bojkovic played all the bass lines on "Powercore" along with recruiting guest vocals from Chris Thomas (growling vocals, clean vocals) and Gabe Vermund (clean vocals).
Bojkovic comments:
"Those familiar with my album Venom may be caught a bit off guard given the drastic change in my style, but this album Powercore is meant to be accessible to metal fans and non-metal fans alike. It's a positive listening experience that motivates the listener to go out and accomplish a task and not want to give up. Also a bit of self-reflection such as wanting a better life but having to deal with a lot of bullshit or if a best friend was a real one."
Recommended for fans of Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, Periphery, Dream Theater, and Firewind, Marko Bojkovic's new album "Powercore" is available for pre-save at the following link - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markobojkovic/powercore
First single - "What We Accomplished" ft. Chris Thomas at the following links:
Youtube - https://youtu.be/PGJLE2tzeaE
Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3YPhx2x
Fans interested in Bojkovic's Patreon Page to get exclusive content about his guitar playing and techniques, please subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/MarkoBojkovic
Track Listing:
1. Anesthesia (No Easy Way Out) - 3:58
2. From Within - 5:29
3. Sacrifice For Sanity - 3:50
4. What We Accomplished ft. Chris Thomas - 3:17
5. Find Your Flame ft. Johnny Ray (The Mourning) - 4:00
6. Thrown - 5:41
7. To Reminisce - 4:54
Album Length: 31:11
More info: Facebook.com/markobojkovicmusic | Instagram.com/markobojkovicshredsguitar
“You can do stuff on lead guitar that no one else can do, such as your economy picking.” - Patrick Finster - Producer
"Venom is a very heavy album and I absolutely loved the guitar work. The self-titled track really showcased the heavy riffs and helped set the course for the rest of the album. ‘Maximum Carnage’ also had nice guitar work as well. Hard, heavy, and head bang worthy riffs.... In all I highly recommend this album for fans of bands like Trivium and Meshuggah. With Marko’s guitar work plus the vocals, it’s definitely worth a listen for anyone that enjoys heavy metal, with some screaming vocals." - Music Crowns
Florida metal guitarist Marko Bojkovic has released his latest album, Venom. Musically, the album is a mixture of progressive metal, death metal, power metal, and thrash metal, with a hint of influence from anime and video game OSTs... Marko’s music is perfect for fans of Trivium, Meshuggah, Allegeaon, Obscura, Dream Theater, Firewind, Sabaton, Powerwolf, Iron Maiden, Kiko Loureiro/Angra, and Leprous." - Punkerton Records
"I've had the pleasure of knowing Marko and mentoring his playing for over 2 years now and can easily see he's one of the most capable, hardest working and fastest learning guitarists I've ever come across!" - Bradley Hall, guitar Youtuber
