Since the start of JD Miller in 2011 when Peter Halldén and Tommy Timonen decided to make JD Millers first track ’Devils Vengeance’ things has evolved, a lot, to say the least.
Early in 2011 Emil Eriksson joined the outfit and by the release of ’Grand Intentions’ and especially ’World War X’ and ’Afterglow’ Emil had made his mark as the main writer for JD Miller together with Peter Halldén making JD Miller the ”Heaviest AOR around” as proclaimed by Sweden Rock Magazine in 2019 with the release of ‘Afterglow’. Heading in to 2024 JD Miller will release their next contribution to the music world with their new album ‘EMPYREAN’ on May 10th together with the label Mighty Music.
Previous member Tommy Timonen (ex. State Of Drama) returns to wield the guitar full time and Jonny Trobro (Hydra, ex. First Signal, ex. Find Me) will slap the bass around as a permanent member. With these assets in place JD Miller of today are ready to move forward with a solid line-up for the first time in years.
Regarding the the new album the boys has this to say:
”The songs and album focuses on a story about the complex minds of people considered to be at the wrong side of the law in the universe. The story is accompanied by the music we love in JD Miller, drawing influences from Hard Rock, Metal and anything that’s get’s us going melodically.”
- JD Miller
The previous releases ́World War X ́ and ’Afterglow’ gave JD Miller the opportunity to embark on two European tours together with The Poodles and SOTO (Jeff Scott Soto) as well as several festival appearances such as Rock The Ring, Switzerland, Peace & Love Festival, Sweden and Berg Birwinken Open Air, Switzerland which JD Miller headlined in 2022. JD Miller has also opened for acts such as Amaranthe, Smash Into Pieces, Wig Wam and Gathering Of Kings.
‘EMPYREAN’ is mixed and mastered by Mikael Andersson at MRG Production/Studio Soundport, Ulricehamn, Sweden.
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”This fourth work by JD Miller is suitable for the consumption of open-minded people within the broad label of melody, be it rock, hard rock or metal. It has changes, it has experimentation in the combination of styles, it has melodies and very good ideas behind it. I like that bands test their abilities and test us.” 80/100%
- ViriAOR