Lotrify was founded in 2008 by five young, ambitious musicians from Baden, Switzerland. Best described as Melodic Metal, their music is distinguished by melodic and rhythmic guitars, accompanied by clean vocals as well as screams and growls. Influences can be found in diverse genres, ranging from Metalcore to Black Metal.
Under the name “Bonebreaker Ball”, a first series of concerts was arranged by the group in late 2010. Just a year later, they were back for round two with their freshly recorded demo.
In 2013, Lotrify recorded their first EP “Light Passes, Shadow Remains” which was released in December and marked the beginning of the third and biggest Bonebreaker Ball Tour. The tour itself consisted of 13 shows in total and additionally, multiple gigs in and outside of Switzerland were played.
In 2015, Lotrify toured through Eastern Europe and played the famous Swiss concert location “Z7” twice: once as an opener for the mighty Exodus and Testament and, only three months later, as the main support group for Gojira.
After having played numerous other shows all over Switzerland and sharing stages with bands like Rise Of The Northstar or Hacktivist, Lotrify introduced plans for their new album in 2017. The concept album will be recorded and released digitally in three separate parts, which in the end will form one complete piece. The CD was released in September 2018.
With the new songs ready and a lot of shows planned, including representing Switzerland at the legendary Wacken Open Air in Germany, they had a busy schedule for 2019. While 2020 came up with the pandemic, the band already started to write new material. After a few gigs happening and then a few getting cancelled, more and more songs were ready.
The old plan was to record an EP with 5 or 6 songs, but because of closed borders in Europe they could not record the tracks in Germany. With the additional time well used more songs were written and in Summer 2021 a full album was successfully recorded. On 17th Dec 2021 the 9-track album “Time Fracture will be released.
