Artist Spotlight is a segment that we started to introduce our listeners to some deserving up and coming artists/ bands. They have made an impact on us for all of the right reasons. We think they kick ass and we hope you do too! Today, we’d like to introduce you to hard, loud, and in your face rock ‘n rollers Caster Volor!
Caster Volor would like to welcome you to our industrial theatre. A live experience that is half monster and half machine, some might call it a nightmare and some a dream. An over the top macabre celebration of hedonism and excess where in studded leather, satin, and lace we are dressed. A vaudevillian opera with a heavy metal engine running on sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’roll that burns with 300% more hellfire than hell. A shot of 200 proof raw, raunchy, and in your face animalistic intensity with no chaser. Your only Lethal Dose 100 for having a good time all the time.
Born from the result of a musical orgy between Alice Cooper, Gun’s n Roses, Iron Maiden, and Queen; Rammstein directed and choreographed this scene. Raised by the Beatles and Rolling Stones, worshipping Judas Priest with Motörhead in our bones. We are Caster Volor and we’re not your same old song and dance, we’re the passion in your heart as well as in your pants. We’re the tongue in your cheek, and the secret you couldn’t keep. Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between, we here at Caster Volor would like to formally invite you to see our industrial theatre, and to welcome you to our freak show.
But who is Caster Volor, or perhaps what? Caster Volor is a noun, a person, place, thing, and/or idea. Caster Volor is whatever you want Caster Volor to be. Caster Volor is a product of today’s world. All of our society, politics, religious views, and morals have shaped Caster Volor. Thusly making Caster Volor a product of the world we created so far. Caster Volor is your mirror, reflecting what you have done and what you are as it is. The good, the bad, and the everything on the spectrum in between. You can shape Caster Volor into whatever you want Caster Volor to be, but you can only do so, by first changing yourself. If you are not happy with your Caster Volor, then you have no one to blame but yourself, so if you are me, then that makes we, make Caster Volor into whatever you want Caster Volor to be.
On April 19th, 2018, Caster Volor released their debut EP, A Prelude To The Freak Show to all digital platforms such as: iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, ect. On February 18, 2020, they released their newest single a cover of LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem.” Currently, you can hear their music LIVE on hundreds of stations worldwide including: 93x, Rock 94.7, I-Rock 93.5, Rockin’ 101, Rock Rage Radio, Hard Rock Hell, Brett Anthony Rock Show, and Valley FM 89.5 Australia to name a few.
Caster Volor have been featured on several rock & metal online/print magazines including: The Metal Mag, The Metal Channel, Pete’s Rock News, Metal Motr Magazine, SoulRiffic Magazine, Heavy Vibe, and Voodoo Queen Magazine. The SoulRiffic Magazine says, “I love that classic rock sound…and they said rock was dead keep bringing that heat.”
Their debut EP has been received with open arms from songs like, “Ready or Not (Come on and Rock),” “Black Leather Middle Finger,” and “My Rock ‘N’ Roll Dream” that has fans calling them as “the best US band to come out in a very long time,” and “the band that will bring back rock ‘n roll.” In their time, they have had the opportunity to share the stage at Rock Fest 2020 with Slipknot, Papa Roach, Steel Panther, Anthrax, and many more as well as open for other artists including Stryper, Diamante, Striker, Lordi, Vicious Rumors, September Mourning, Voivod, and more!
Caster Volor will continue to “bring that heat” as they are building something bigger than a band, but a family and a way of life. With so much separation, The Caster Volor family acts as a movement of unity through the use of their music. We’re all a bunch of freaks in the freak show.
We sat down with the guys recently for a short, but fun Q&A session!
Every super hero and villain has an origin and a band is not different. Well, minus the radioactive spiders and secret government experiment. What’s the origin of Caster Volor?
The origin of Caster Volor started with the singer/co-founder Alexsander Caster Volor who one day decided to start playing music, so he purchased a starter guitar & amp set from Sam’s Club. After a short while playing guitar wasn’t enough and he started writing lyrics and singing. At that point, combining the two was a bit challenging, so he had asked his younger brother me (Steven Volor) to play one of his riffs while he sang along to it. The guitar had come naturally to me and playing the riff was much easier for me than it was for him, so we figured why don’t I work on my guitar playing and he does the singing/lyrical work. That day, we formed our band and began creating everything that you see today with Caster Volor.
What’s in a name? Sometimes a band’s name has a story behind & sometimes it’s something that sounded cool. What about Caster Volor?
Caster Volor is derived from two components. The first being “Caster” which was the name of the first starter guitar that Alex had purchased. It was a “Star-Caster” guitar. The “Volor” component is our last name. Alex had a dream where the band name flashed before his eyes. We had other ideas for a band name, but they just didn’t feel right. This name had everything and sounded cool.
You’re booking a tour that you’re on & you can bring along any 4 bands. Who would you choose?
Krestfall, Gabriel & The Apocalypse, Blue Felix, and Confess.
What’s the strangest thing that you’ve ever been asked to autograph?
Nothing is too strange to autograph. We’ve signed boobs, CD’s, T-Shirts, Drumsticks, Guitars, ECT. If the fans want it, we’ll sign it.
What was your favorite cartoon as a kid?
Steven: I really didn’t watch many cartoons or children shows/movies as a kid since I grew up doing what my older brother was into (being 4 years older, I grew up fast), but I would say I really enjoyed Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid.
Caster: I would say Dragon Ball Z was my favorite show as it had all the things I respect such as being jacked, having long hair, and crushing your enemies.
