Ethan Brosh

Ethan Brosh
Born Suffern, NY U.S.
Genres Hard rock, instrumental rock, metal, Glam Metal
Years active 2001–present
Associated acts George Lynch Mike Mangini Greg Howe Yngwie Malmsteen Jake e Lee
Notable instruments
ISP Technologies Theta preamp

Ethan Brosh is a heavy metal guitarist from Boston, Massachusetts. Ethan is best known for his solo work and for his work as the lead guitarist in the band Burning Heat.

Growing up in Israel, at a very young age Ethan took piano lessons briefly after being inspired by classical music and classical composer Bach. He later became intrigued by hearing his brothers cassette tape of Iron Maiden album Number of the Beast at the age of 11 and picked up classical and electric guitar at age 12.[1]

Ethan moved to the United States in 2001 where he became a student at the Berklee College of Music.[1] He graduated with honors in 2004 and then returned as a part time teacher in 2008 till present.[2][3]

Ethan was signed to Magna Carta Records which released his debut instrumental album "Out of Oblivion" and distributed it worldwide on March 24, 2009. The album features Mike Mangini (Dream Theater, Extreme, Steve Vai) on drums and guest appearances by George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob), Greg Howe (Michael Jackson) and Joe Stump (Holy Hell).[1] The album was mixed and mastered by Chris Tsangarites (Judas Priest, Yngwie Malmsteen).[4][5]

Additionally he was the guitar player of the band Angels of Babylon along with Rhino (Manowar, Holy Hell) and David Ellefson (Megadeth). The debut album, "Kingdom of Evil" was released on January, 29th 2010 on Metal Heaven Records in Europe, In May 2010 on Hydrant Records in Japan, And on July 29 on BurnHill Union Records in America and the rest of the world. Angels of Babylon was featured in several magazines worldwide as well as having some radio support in different countries. [6]

Ethan is known for his love of vintage 1980s amplifiers and guitars such as the Fender HM Strat, Washburn EC29, BC Rich Gunslinger and ADA MP1 Preamp In more recent years Ethan has been exclusively playing through the ISP Technologies Theta amp in all its different versions .[7]

In June 2012, Brosh released a music video for his song "Downward Spiral" off of his "Out of Oblivion" album. The song and video feature George Lynch of Dokken and Lynch Mob.[8][9] On April 24, 2013 Ethan's band started a massive 25 city US/CANADA tour as the direct support of Yngwie Malmsteen [1] with his sister Nili Brosh as second guitarist.[10]

Ethan released his second solo instrumental album on March 4, 2014 through Carmine Appice's Rocker Records. The album was mixed by world class producer Max Norman who came out of retirement for this project after almost 20 years away from the music industry. The album was mastered by legendary mastering engineer Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering in Portland, Maine, and has an appearance by bass player David Ellefson of Megadeth. The album artwork is an original painting done by artist Joe Petagno.[1]

After getting to know Carmine Appice Ethan joined Carmine and his brother Vinnie Appice as the guitar player of their show Drum Wars. Later on in 2014 a live album called Drum Wars Live! was released with Ethan being the guitar player on it. Also during the years 2014 and 2015 The Ethan Brosh Band went on a couple of tours supporting another one of Ethan's guitar heros in Jake E. Lee with his new band Red Dragon Cartel.

In the summer of 2015 Ethan played guitar in one of his favorite bands Steelheart as they performed at the Pentaport rock festival in South Korea opening for the Scorpions.

Discography

With Angels of Babylon

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ethan Brosh Interview". Guitarhoo!. Guitarhoo.com. January 11, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Live Interview Tonight - Ethan Brosh (HM Strat)". proboards.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Metal Night: Ethan Brosh / Typherus". berklee.edu. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  4. ↑ http://hardrockhaven.net/online/2009/11/ethan-brosh-out-of-oblivion/
  5. ↑ http://www.magnacarta.net/Ethan_Brosh/ethanbrosh.html
  6. ↑ "Guitarist ETHAN BROSH Talks ANGELS OF BABYLON". Metalholic. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ethan Brosh". Ethan Brosh. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Laurie Monk. "Truth In Shredding". truthinshredding.com. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  9. ↑ Ethan Brosh (featuring george lynch) DOWNWARD SPIRAL Music Video. YouTube. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Steffens, Charlie. "KNAC: Living The Dream: Gnarly Charlie's Interview with Guitarist ETHAN BROSH". http://www.knac.com/. Retrieved 4 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)

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