In 2023, Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Dead Cross) teamed up with his wife, Canadian born singer/songwriter and pianist Paula Lombardo, to launch a new band called Venamoris. “Several months after meeting Paula in 2010, she hesitantly shared with me her past decade-long career as the lead back up singer for Wayne Newton,” says Lombardo. “She later played me some of the demos she recorded throughout the years and I was floored by her sonically soothing, rich tone and natural, instinctive ability to harmonize. I was determined to persuade her to return to her creative self.”
An album called Drown in Emotion was released in early 2023. It features guest appearances from Tyler Bates (Jerry Cantrell, Manson), Ra Diaz (Korn, Suicidal Tendencies), Jack Gibson (Exodus), George Pajon (Black Eyed Peas, Cairo Knife Fight), and Tim Stewart (Lady GaGa, Damnage).
Late 2023 saw the release of a new single, “The Gift” (the first track the couple ever released, before Venamoris was revealed as a full-on project) b/w “Holiday Spell.”
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