Hard Drive Agency Expands to North America and Signs Three New Bands

HARD DRIVE AGENCY welcomes Peter De Reyna & Craig Schmuhl as the company's first North American Artist Managers & Booking Agents. With extensive qualifications and experience in Composition, Songwriting, Bookings, & Artist Management, combined with an unparalleled passion for propelling musicians towards their dreams, De Reyna & Schmuhl are both undeniable assets to the team!

De Reyna on joining Hard Drive Agency - "I'm thrilled to be joining the Octane team and expanding the brand into North America. As the bass player for the American metal quartet Seven Spires and a graduate of Berklee College of Music, I'm excited to begin my journey in a new facet of the music industry. For years I've been extremely passionate about keeping metal alive through both my work as a musician and as an industry professional. Here's to many more years to come!"

Schmuhl on joining Hard Drive Agency - "I am excited to be joining Octane Entertainment as a member of the North American Booking Division. I am happy to be able to bring my experience booking shows/tours for my bands “The Mystical Hot Chocolate Endeavors” and “Hate Storm Annihilation” to Octane bands to help them further forward their professional careers bringing live music to new crowds."

Joining the North American Artist Roster are The Beast of Nod (California), AfterTime (Minneapolis) & Nova Incepta (International Collaboration), an eclectic mix of acts ranging from Cinematic Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Rock & Death Metal.

Minneapolis-based Cinematic Metal Outfit AfterTime showcase a potent blend of Symphonic Metal and vibrant score-driven influences. The group’s music is larger-than-life and unapologetically epic, with a special focus on memorable arrangements and ambitious song structures, akin to cinematic scores. Recently, AfterTime managed to take the aforementioned sonic formula to the next level, with the introduction of yet another fantastic album release, “The Farthest Shore” released on September 25, 2020, which follows the band’s previous studio efforts, World We’ve Lost (2017) and The Fall of Light (2016).

AFTERTIME ONLINE

https://www.facebook.com/AfterTimeBand

https://www.instagram.com/aftertime_official/

Nova Incepta are an international collaboration of artists whose sound is an amalgamation of Cinematic Orchestral Scoring, Progressive Rock/Metal and World Music. Collectively this powerhouse has performed alongside Santana, Toto, Dubai Drums, Soul Drummer and Spankinhide