NEW ZEALAND ROCK BAND “LIKE A STORM” Contribute Theme Song For TNA Wrestling’s PPV Event “Genesis”

Since first bursting onto the scene last year with their debut The End Of The Beginning, New Zealand natives LIKE A STORM have been earning fans across the United States with their haunting, powerful riffs and infectious melodies. Their adrenaline-packed music will now be prominently heard on television, where their hit single “Lie To Me” will serve as the theme song for TNA Wrestling’s highly-anticipated upcoming Pay-Per-View event “Genesis” scheduled to air on January 17th, 2010.

Fresh off a US arena tour with rock giants Creed, New Zealand-bred Like A Storm have been turning heads in every city they’ve played across America. The overwhelming response to band’s high energy show saw their debut album, “The End of the Beginning”, enter at 61 on Billboard’s New Artist Charts - from tour sales alone. In the past 6 months Like A Storm have gone from being virtually unknown in the U.S to touring with such artists as Staind, Hoobastank, Puddle of Mudd and Saliva and their new single “Chemical Infatuation” has been getting spins all across the country.

On their debut album THE END OF THE BEGINNING, Like A Storm stir up a torrent of infectious hard rock. The Vancouver-based quartet’s first full-length is an avalanche of captivating choruses and hard-hitting grooves, as exemplified by the first radio single “Chemical Infatuation.” Electronic textures and string flourishes cascade into a wall of distortion as vocal melodies hypnotize. Brothers Chris (Vocals/ Guitar/ Programming/ Didgeridoo), Matt (Vocals/ Guitar/ Programming) and Kent Brooks (Bass/ Vocals/ Programming) conjure a dynamic rock sound that’s simultaneously ethereal and edgy.

Like A Storm’s journey began in 2005. After rehearsing once in their native New Zealand, Matt, Chris and Kent decided to move to North America and pursue the rock n’ roll dream.

“New Zealand is such an awesome place to grow up,” says Chris. “It’s a really inspiring place–so beautiful and isolated. But the first time we jammed, we had this amazing chemistry, and we knew we had to take our sound to the world. We left our family and friends and set up in Canada. There are so many different experiences from that time, and the songs on the record are about them.”

Upon moving to Canada, it only took one show for Like A Storm to build a buzz. Kai Marcus (Methods of Mayhem/Noise Therapy) saw the band and was instantly blown away. He struck up a friendship with the guys and introduced them to multi-platinum producer Mike Plotnikoff (Three Days Grace/My Chemical Romance/Buckcherry) in early 2006. Plotnikoff and the boys immediately began trading ideas for what would become THE END OF THE BEGINNING.

The band began officially recording with Plotnikoff in Calabasas, CA in early 2007. Virtuoso musician and former Yes keyboardist Igor Khoroshev joined the production process, bringing his progressive and classical influences to the record. After over 16 months of writing, recording and experimenting, the band emerged with THE END OF THE BEGINNING.

Matt continues, “THE END OF THE BEGINNING is really the start of the next stage. We spent two years making the record, and we really lost ourselves in the recording process. We seriously evolved as artists and as writers. For us, it’s a snapshot of two years of our lives and all that we went through. Musically and lyrically, it’s our story.”

Like A Storm packages that story in the powerful hard rock of fist-pumping anthems like “Lie to Me” and “Just Save Me.” The band strikes a balance between warm electronics and massive hard rock. Matt describes their style comprehensively. “It’s a big rock sound with a lot of different textures. Every time you listen to it, you’ll hear something new. It’s a combination of all of our favorite sounds - from heavy rock to electronic music.”