Ronald Romero (born 20 November 1981) is a Chilean singer best known as the vocalist of the rock/heavy metal bands Elegant Weapons, Lords of Black,

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Early life

Ronnie Romero was born in

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, Chile, in 1981. He has lived in

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, Spain, since 2009.

Career

Lords of Black

In 2014, Romero, together with guitarist Tony Hernando, formerly of Spanish band Saratoga, founded the heavy metal band Lords of Black. Romero left the band in 2019 but returned in 2020.

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

In 2015,

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announced his return to rock with a new lineup for his band

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Elegant Weapons

In 2022, Romero co-founded the

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supergroup Elegant Weapons with

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guitarist Richie Faulkner,

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bassist

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, and Judas Priest drummer Scott Travis. The band released the album ''Horns for a Halo'' in 2023, after which Brown and Travis departed. They were replaced by Accept drummer Christopher Williams and Uriah Heep bassist Dave Rimmer.

Other projects

CoreLeoni In 2017, Leo Leoni and Hena Habegger of Swiss hard rock band Gotthard formed a side project titled CoreLeoni, with Romero, whom Leoni had met in 2014, joining on vocals. Romero left the project in 2020. The Ferrymen Also in 2017, Romero joined the supergroup The Ferrymen, which additionally includes Magnus Karlsson on guitar and

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on drums. They released their self-titled debut album the same year. The trio released their sophomore album, ''A New Evil'', in 2019. Nozomu Wakai's Destinia In 2018, Romero sang on the album ''Metal Souls'' by Nozomu Wakai's Destinia, a project launched by the Japanese guitarist in 2014. Michael Schenker Group In 2020, Michael Schenker announced that Romero would be participating in the upcoming MSG album ''Immortal'', which was released in 2021. Vandenberg Also in 2020, Adrian Vandenberg recruited Romero to join his band Vandenberg in recording the album ''2020''. Intelligent Music Project Another new musical venture for Romero in the year 2020 was the Intelligent Music Project, an enterprise created by Bulgarian arts patron Milen Vrabevski in 2010. Romero appears on the albums ''Life Motion''. , ''The Creation and Undonditioned .''Romero and the Intelligent Music Project were revealed as Bulgaria's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Intention". Adrian Benegas Romero recorded vocals on the second studio album by Paraguayan heavy metal composer Adrian Benegas, released in May 2023. The record also features input from Spanish singer Zuberoa Aznárez, German drummer Michael Ehré ( Primal Fear,

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), German producer Sascha Paeth (

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, Kamelot), Tunisian bassist Anis Jouini ( Myrath), and Dutch guitarist Timo Somers ( Delain,

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Band timeline

* Santelmo (2010–2011) * Jose Rubio's Nova Era (2011–2013) * Aria Inferno (2012–2013) * Voces del Rock (2013–2014) * Lords of Black (2014–2019, 2020–present) * Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (2015–2019) * Walter Giardino Temple (2017) * The Ferrymen (2017–present) * Nozomu Wakai's Destinia (2018) * CoreLeoni (2018–2020) * Vandenberg (2020–2021) * Michael Schenker Group (2020–2023) * Intelligent Music Project (2020–2023) * Sunstorm (2020–present) * Elegant Weapons (2022–present)

Discography

Guest appearances

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romero, Ronnie Chilean heavy metal singers Rainbow (rock band) members 1981 births Living people Chilean expatriates in Spain