artist The Illuminati

Formed in the fall of 2002, the Toronto trio have honed their unique brand of psychedelic hard rock, supporting A-list international artists such as ALICE COOPER, ANDREW W.K., UK superstars THE DARKNESS, and NASHVILLE PUSSY. Their self-titled offering will be was released April 20th, 2004 with bonus live material via Indiestructable Records/Maple/Universal in Canada and available in Europe through Dogbreath/Sound Pollution. But just as their self-titled debut will be hitting stores, THE ILLUMINATI are ready to unleash the best Canadian guitar record in years THE ILLUMINATI: ON BORROWED TIME. The 12 song opus finds the ILLUMINATI doctrine of musicality fully realized - profound and melodic compositions hurled headlong into visceral, sleazy 3 minute rock epics. Having completed production (again with Blurton at Chemical Sound), the band is currently shopping ON BORROWED TIME for a summer release. Melodic and exploratory, yet fast and mean, THE ILLUMINATI offer a refreshing return to musical virtuosity - conjuring wild specters of rock ?n roll?s greatest legacies. Sneaky details like moments of metal-blues fusion and impeccably written noodley jazz codas recall a time before today?s genre-bound constraints. As any mystic will tell you, there are no coincidences. It is time to return to a sense of wonder. It is time for THE ILLUMINATI.

Nick Sewell Bass