Prog Guitarist Marko Bojkovic Shares An Empowering Message "From Within" Off New Album "Powercore" Out Jan 2025
Set to unleash his latest and eighth studio album "Powercore" toward the end of January 2025, prog guitarist Marko Bojkovic has one more treat for fans with the last single to reveal before the full-length officially drops from Forerunner Recordings.
Entitled "From Within" featuring guest vocals from Gabe Vermund, the track is an empowering composition of progressive, power, and metalcore. Bojkovic states:
"We all have a power within us, and we already have that power! We didn’t get it from training or experience; we just have it! All you have to do to realize you have it is to believe in yourself! This song also has the best guitar solo that I’ve written by far because it’s the perfect showcase for my current style!"
Listen to the single at the following links:
Youtube - https://youtu.be/xPVxzN5K9Lg
Digital - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markobojkovic/from-within-feat-gabe-vermund
Previous Singles "What We Accomplished" ft. Chris Thomas and "Find Your Flame" ft. Johnny Ray (The Mourning), Gabe Vermund, and Chris Thomas (a cover of the song from the video game Sonic Frontier can be heard at the following links:
"Find Your Flame" - https://youtu.be/7ASxCQiOaMU
"What We Accomplished" - https://youtu.be/PGJLE2tzeaE
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Inspired by his youthful years of playing Sonic Adventure on his Sega Dreamcast and being wondered but its luring soundtrack, Marko Bojkovic over the years has been exploring instrumental guitar sounds, and will be presenting his eighth studio album "Powercore" on January 24th, 2025 on Forerunner Recordings.
Packing the most punch with perfectly combined progressive metal, power metal, metalcore, and djent along with influences from jazz fusion to classical music, Bojkovic's new album "Powercore" (named after his own dubbed genre of metal called Progressive PowerCore) is meant to send positive messages such as being able to accomplish anything you set your mind to and believing in yourself. Musically, the album's guitar solos are among the best he's ever written. As a small content creator on YouTube and Patreon, Bojkovic has become known on the internet for his economy-picking prowess, which he showcases to excellent use on the songs featured in this full-length. In addition to the guitar work, Bojkovic played all the bass lines on "Powercore" along with recruiting guest vocals from Chris Thomas (growling vocals, clean vocals) and Gabe Vermund (clean vocals).
"This album is me finally channeling my personality in my music! Its predecessor 'Venom' represented how I felt at a certain point in my life, and those familiar with that record may be caught a bit off guard given the drastic change in my style, but PowerCore represents how I feel in general! It is meant to be accessible to metal fans and non-metal fans alike. This album is a reflection of how I stay positive in difficult situations, but also has moments of self-reflection, or as Eckhart Tolle calls it “presence.” A lot of metal songs seem to be about sadness and negativity, and while those songs are very cool and heartfelt, metal songs can be positive and inspire the listener to go out and achieve a set goal!" adds Bojkovic.
Recommended for fans of Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold, Periphery, Dream Theater, and Firewind, Marko Bojkovic's new album "Powercore" is available for pre-save at the following link - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/markobojkovic/powercore
Fans interested in Bojkovic's Patreon Page to get exclusive content about his guitar playing and techniques, please subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/MarkoBojkovic
Track Listing:
1. Anesthesia (No Easy Way Out) - 3:58
2. From Within - 5:29
3. Sacrifice For Sanity - 3:50
4. What We Accomplished ft. Chris Thomas - 3:17
5. Find Your Flame ft. Johnny Ray (The Mourning) - 4:00
6. Thrown - 5:41
7. To Reminisce - 4:54
Album Length: 31:11
More info: Facebook.com/markobojkovicmusic | Instagram.com/markobojkovicshredsguitar
“You can do stuff on lead guitar that no one else can do, such as your economy picking.” - Patrick Finster - Producer
"Venom is a very heavy album and I absolutely loved the guitar work. The self-titled track really showcased the heavy riffs and helped set the course for the rest of the album. ‘Maximum Carnage’ also had nice guitar work as well. Hard, heavy, and head bang worthy riffs.... In all I highly recommend this album for fans of bands like Trivium and Meshuggah. With Marko’s guitar work plus the vocals, it’s definitely worth a listen for anyone that enjoys heavy metal, with some screaming vocals." - Music Crowns
Florida metal guitarist Marko Bojkovic has released his latest album, Venom. Musically, the album is a mixture of progressive metal, death metal, power metal, and thrash metal, with a hint of influence from anime and video game OSTs... Marko’s music is perfect for fans of Trivium, Meshuggah, Allegeaon, Obscura, Dream Theater, Firewind, Sabaton, Powerwolf, Iron Maiden, Kiko Loureiro/Angra, and Leprous." - Punkerton Records
"I've had the pleasure of knowing Marko and mentoring his playing for over 2 years now and can easily see he's one of the most capable, hardest working and fastest learning guitarists I've ever come across!" - Bradley Hall, guitar Youtuber
