March, 2008

With a unique blend of traditional Irish melody and the intensity of popular rock oriented music, Fathom is destined to musically innovate, as well as energize the masses.  “Fathom bombards people with an intense and powerful show!  They belong on all large Irish and Celtic festivals as well as the big rock concert stages,”  says Charlie McKenna, founder of Long Island Irish Festival, the largest of its kind in the North East USA.  Charlie continues, “No one sounds like them or performs with their contagious energy!” 

Fathom’s songs and sound explore landscapes of Celtic myth breathed through modern and traditional instruments.  Their 2005 self-released CD “Celtic Rocks” follows their critically acclaimed “Pollution Blues” CD.  “Our fourth album entitled “The Last Battle”, truly was a quest and a battle to create, but now it complete, and we have forged a prodigious and heavy sound,” explains lead singer/songwriter John DiBartolo. Fathom's latest battle, is a CD that leans more towards heavy and progressive rock than ever before, but there are acoustic gems here as well.  John’s poetic lyrics meander through history, Tolkien-esque myth, and weighty spiritual topics to the primal theme of lost love and future redemption.

Mandolin/Violin Player John Farrell’s mastery of traditional Irish music is a driving force in Fathom’s Celtic lifeblood.  Farrell states, “Irish and classical music was all I played growing up.  I’m really excited to be able to assimilate traditional Irish music in a non-traditional sense with the band.”  Mr. Farrell most recently commission a custom Bacorn electric "Les Paul" style mandolin complete with "Jameson Whiskey cap" volume dials!

Fathom has broken the boundaries of the traditional Celtic music scene.  The band has performed to main stream rock audiences by playing shows with numerous diverse and classic artists such as Hot Tuna, Jason Bonham, and Tom Tom Club, as well as folk legends like Fairport Convention and then the whole gamut of Celtic giants such as the Wolfe Tones, Black 47, The Prodigals, Eileen Ivers, The Makem Brothers and countless others.  There are no boundaries to Fathom’s musical landscape.