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Cortez Post Cover of Deep Purple’s “Stormbringer”

Posted in Whathaveyou on February 15th, 2016 by JJ Koczan

A subdued several months from Allston, Massachusetts, five-piece Cortez comes to a close with a cover of the Ritchie Blackmore/David Coverdale-penned opening title-track to Deep Purple‘s 1974 album, Stormbringer. The heavy rockers announced back in September that their new album, The Depths Below, was mastered and in the can, ready to roll, and basically since then all has been quiet at least on the surface. One assumes that means the band are in the process of securing a release for the record, which follows their 2012 self-titled debut (review here) and a subsequent 2014 split with Borracho (review here), but a check-in single in the interim is welcome nonetheless.

Plus, it’s not like “Stormbringer” is a lazy song to take on. Mark III Deep Purple had both Coverdale and bassist Glenn Hughes on vocals, as well as Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Ian Paice on drums and Jon Lord on keys, and on any level you want to consider, that’s a formidable standard to set. They’re not the first ones to make the track their own, but they cut to the heavy core of the song and let their own performance shine through, which I’m glad to say it does. The track remains one you could do a lot worse than to have stuck in your head all day, so have at it. The download is free.

The band also offered assurances that The Depths Below was on its way:

cortez (Photo by Bruce Bettis)

Hey folks, we’re aware that things have been quiet in the Cortez camp lately. We assure you that our newest album “The Depths Below” IS indeed complete and will be released sometime in the not too distant future.

As a little teaser, we recorded a cover of the classic Coverdale/Hughes era Deep Purple track Stormbringer (written by Blackmore, Coverdale) with Benny Grotto – Producer/Recordist/Mixer/Musician at Q Division Studios, Mad Oak Studios, and Moontower Recording Studio. Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering did the mastering. The track is now live on our Bandcamp and Soundcloud pages for free. We sincerely hope ya dig it, and if you do please share it!

https://cortezboston.bandcamp.com/track/stormbringer
https://soundcloud.com/cortezboston/cortez-stormbringer-deep-purple-coverwav/s-B0BTp

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Cortez, “Stormbringer” (Deep Purple cover)

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