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Fast Taker is a heavy metal band with influences from Manowar, Iron Maiden, Dio , Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, etc. FAST TAKER PASSES THE TEST!!! Every issue, METAL EDGE spotlights a new/ unsigned band from the CD, so you can investigate further knowing they've passed the METAL EDGE head-through-the-wall test. Here is what they had to say about us: "You don't hear much about metal bands from Puerto Rico: Puya managed to break out during the nu-metal era, and they weren't half bad, but more traditional sounds haven't escaped the island very often. With a little luck, FAST TAKER, formerly of San Juan and currently based in Florida, will break that streak and become serious global contenders. Their classic (but not retro) sound recalls late '70s/early'80s Judas Priest, particularly Gabriel Colón's powerful vocals. He may not have Rob Halford's upper register (at least, he doesn't display it on "Loaded Army," the song heard on our CD), but he's got power and control and never reverts to guttural grunting. If you like Early Man, Saviours or the Sword, but wish they had a little more gloss to their sound, you're gonna love FAST TAKER. They're currently working on a full-length CD featuring former Manowar drummer Kenny "Rhino" Edwards." -Phil Freeman All Access Magazine December 2008 Issue! All Access Music Magazine stopped by a "Metal Show" @The Haven, in Winter Park on November 1st . We thought we'd check it out. Here's what we witnessed. It seems we missed the first band, but we came just in time for Fast Taker band from Tampa. This four piece band sounded really good. A mixture of Judas Priest, Motley Crue and Iron Maiden all rolled into one. An awesome classic old school metal band. With on the money singing style vocals, something you don't see much of in this world of growling metal bands. Great lead guitar work, as well as some head bangin' bass and drums. These guys were a lot of fun to watch. They put on a really good performance . A "Great" band to watch and keep on eye on! *** The new Album will be out soon. It will include 12 new and exciting tracks. *** Check us out at these websites: http://www.myspace.com/fasttaker or http://www.fasttaker.com or http://soundtrack.mtv.com/profile/fasttaker or http://www.mytracks.com/artist51659.aspx or http://www.go211.com or http://www.reverbnation.com/fasttaker or http://soundtrack.mtv.com/profile/fasttaker The band was created in Puerto Rico and is now permanently located in Tampa, Florida - USA. Small Promo Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS8otBRwxp4 Our unmatched and sometimes controversial attitude has added to our shocking stage performance making us a true torchbearer in the Heavy Metal scene. Formed in 2003, but after several line-up changes, it wasn't until 2004 when the dream of the lead vocalist, Gabriel Colon and the bass player Hector Torres started to take form when they hooked up with one of the most genius guitar players they've seen (Yamil Gonzales) and weeks later a very experienced drummer is recruited (Jose Colon) to complete the line-up. In October 2005, do to our quick success, Fast Taker was chosen to be the opening band for heavy metal legends MEGADETH. Fast Taker is the only local heavy metal band to have so much exposure on Puerto Rico’s #1 rock radio station “Alfa Rock”, playing their hit single “I Can See” from their Ep released on July of 2005 for months, reaching the top 10 and staying there for 8 consecutive week’s. In November 2005 Fast Taker was nominated for best heavy metal band in the second annual IXA awards celebrated in P.R., dedicated to all local entertainment. On the first half of 2006 due to high public demand Fast Taker played in every corner of PR including Hard Rock Café and Puerto Rico’s convention center, headlining many metal festivals, making radio interviews and TV appearances. We took the US by storm when we decided to move to Florida on the end of 2007, playing already in many great venues and the first ever Florida’s Nightmare Metal Fest that included many great bands like Cage, Avian, Disaster Peace and many more. 2008 looks to be very promising with many great shows to come and the release of our new album that will include 12 new and exciting tracks. 14th Annual Billboard Song Contest: Billboard presented Fast Taker with an Honorable Mention for our song "I Can See" Please visit them at www.billboardsongcontest.com Fast Taker is proud to support our Troops! We are very excited about our inclusion in a unique opportunity from Bare Metal Records. They have created a compilation CD that is being sent to our Troops, naming the project, "OPERATION: Rock Our Troops!" OPERATION: Rock Our Troops is now available for purchase on CDBaby.com, Tower.com, BestBuy.com, iTunes, as well as other outlets. We have been taking the US by storm by beginning in Tampa, Florida. We have been booked at several local venues and have a rapidly growing fan base. We have started recording in what will be our greatest triumph yet, in our next recording you will feel new found energy and aggressiveness that I know all will like. Instrumentation Vocals - Gabriel Colon Gabriel Colón was born on December 11, 1984 in Boston, MA. He studied popular music at the InterAmericana University. In 2006 he was vocalist for a Black Sabbath Tribute band called N.I.B. He has been the lead vocalist for Fast Taker since he formed the band together with Hector in 2004. 4 String & 8 String Bass - Hector Torres Hector Tórres was born on May 15, 1980 in Arecibo, PR. He has been playing the bass guitar since he was 17 years old. From 2000 to 2001 he played in a Rock n’Roll band called Black Roses. In 2003 he created a Black Metal project called Red Dragon, he recorded guitars, bass and all vocals. He then decided in 2004 to form Fast Taker together with Gabriel. Lead Guitar - Dave Orman Drums - Rhino (Drummer from Manowar) Been playing drums all his life. Traveled all across the world in various bands. One of his claim to fame was playing drums for the Kings of Metal "MANOWAR" from 1990 to 1995. Drums - Tom Klinesmith Tom was born on December 9, 1982 in Danville, PA. He started playing drums in 1999 in a death metal band, from there he moved on to do play with several other bands, recording 3 defferrent albums. He also was a fill in drummer for a band who did a European tour and now is currently playing drums for Fast Taker. Alexis Perez was born on august 22 1980 in Maryland U.S.A. He studied classical guitar in the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, and Jazz guitar in the InterAmericana University. He has been playing all around the island of Puerto Rico with many local bands, covers and originals, since 1996. Alexis became interested in the recording arts in 1999, and started to record/produce professionally in 2003. On 2007 he became a partner for Professional Audio Recording Studio in Arecibo P.R. He has been working with the band Fast Taker since their first demo recording all the way thru producing/mixing their first full length album. Also he contributed to the production with compositions, arrangements, guitar tracks and vocal tracks. Discography EP - Fasttaker Streaming - "Mark My Words" "Loaded Army" "Pumping Butterfly Boogie" "Find My Home" "I Can See" "My Nature" "Cry For Peace" "Hopeless Addict" "Broken Dreams" Songs - "Mark My Words" "Loaded Army" "Pumping Butterfly Boogie" "I Can See" "Hopeless Addict" "Cry For Peace" "Broken Dreams" "My Nature" "Reaching For Nothing" "Morir En El Asfalto" Radio Airplay - "I Can See" " Hopeless Addict" Compilation CD for Brutal Noise: http://www.puertorock.com/ Compilation CD for our Troops. www.baremetalrecords.com Bare Metal Records is an independent record label based in central Ohio. Please visit them at www.baremetalrecords.com to learn about them and this opportunity. Half the profits from online CD sales will be donated to Anysoldier.com to help support their efforts. Anyone can get "OPERATION: Rock Our Troops!" online at www.CDBaby.com as they become available. We are also very proud of our feature with MyCoke.com and MyTracks.com COKE has built a massive online community, and they want to connect today’s best new artists with over 7 MILLION registered music fans!!! Coke has made new music the centerpiece of their official web site www.MyCoke.com, and they have asked their official online music partner www.MyTracks.com to select 6 new artists every month. These hand-picked artists are featured for a month on MyCoke.com and MyTracks.com. Thank you to Pixy103 for featuring us on thier Homegrown Sunday Show with Suzanne Tonaire 8pm-10pm, this Sunday October 29, 2006. Please visit Pixy at www.pixy103.com for great rock from the Cape Cod, MA area. http://www.myspace.com/fasttaker Fast Taker Myspace

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