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NIC NASSUET (USA)
Gothic folk, Neofolk, Acoustic Horror Punk

Gothic folk artist Nic Nassuet has been called “Operatic” and “Raw” and has received massive critical praise for his new record Eleutherios is an album that will guide you through dark worlds with its powerful lyrics and beautiful soundscapes. The minor key cries of Nic Nassuet are ballads to a world that has left so many forgotten. Using violins and female vocals to compliment his own mournful singing and acoustic guitar balladry, Nic Nassuet is crafting unique acoustic rock that falls within the tradition of guys like Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley. A fitting addition to the pantheon, Eleutherios sees Nic Nassuet coming into his own as a veritable musical force.

Award winning singer/songwriter Nic Nassuet has had a long history with music and the dynamic dramatics that truly pull a listener right to the speakers. Practically raised on-stage; he’s starred in challenging & pivotal roles in critically-acclaimed musicals like Sweeney Todd in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street,” Terry Connor in “Side Show,” and the original rock-musical “Doomsday Cabaret.” His stage presence and powerful voice echoed his passion & dedication to his craft.Combining his natural talent for vibrant, dramatic performance with his love of music, Nic Nassuet went on to be the front-man for several metal & punk bands before eventually going his own creative route. Drawing on his life-experience Nassuet’s music often finds itself rooted in the dark, mysterious & melodic. He makes music that perfectly captures the despair & hope in our humanity, and communicates it flawlessly through the strength of conviction in his voice and energetic connection with audiences.

With word spreading about his unique hybrid of acoustic music, Nic’s fan-base grew quickly. Combining elements of traditional Celtic-music, blues, rock, grunge, folk, punk, and gothic rock; Nassuet continued to make music that is full of genuine emotion and darkly-sweet authenticity. His music has been featured in clubs in the US and Canada, on FM radio stations around the world, on compilation albums and live at iconic venues like The House of Blues Sunset Strip, the Whiskey A Go-Go, The Viper Room, The Dresden, Boardner’s, and The World Famous Hollywood Magic Castle. This has further led to Nic scoring supportive & favorable reviews and interviews in publications like Jampshere Music Magazine, New York Music Examiner, Indie Band Guru, NeuFutur Magazine, The Big Takeover Magazine, Skope Magazine, Vents Magazine, Scallywag Magazine, which recently dubbed him “The King of Gothic Folk” and many others.

Recently Nic signed with Tate Music Record Label, became a founding member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Musician’s Flotilla, was accepted into the Recording Academy (Grammys academy) as a full voting member, and won five Akademia Music Awards for Best Rock Album, Best Alternative Acoustic Rock Song, Best Folk/Alternative Rock song, Best Americana/Alternative Rock song, and Best Alternative Singer-Songwriter.  He also won Best Vocal Folk, Best Vocal Rock, and Best Original Song in the Los Angeles Veterans Creative Arts Competition in addition to two nominations in the Indie Music Channel Awards; Best Male Folk Artist, and Best Folk Recording, won the Indie Music Channel Award for Best Male Alternative Artist, was been nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award, and won four Radio Music Awards.

Today finds Nic more inspired and creative than ever before.  Continually challenging himself to create new sonic textures and beautifully-dense musical-atmospheres, Nassuet uses acoustically based instruments of all kinds to make his signature, genre-defying music.  His haunting & melodic sounds are created through his incredible use of mandolin, guitar, violin and the upright bass; Nassuet brings them all together in a breathtaking style that highlights his amazing gift to make music that forms an instant connection, memorable experience and a lasting impact with listeners far and wide.

You can find the award winning hit singles from Hollywood, CA’s Nic Nassuet on terrestrial FM stations in the US and Canada, and on digital stations throughout the world.  With a true display of the songwriting mastery he’s developed and refined over his years of experience his five singles; “Black Dress”, “Immured”, “The Nothing”, “When It Falls”, and “She Rides Moonlight” provide a departure from the musical ‘norm’ and a full-blown excursion into the atmosphere and emotional depth of his music.  You can find all of these tracks, and more, on his latest LP “Eleutherios”.

With support and enthusiasm increasing daily for his music, Nic Nassuet is already hard at work once again, readying new material & pushing the boundaries of music for several follow up albums, including the much anticipated “Torment: An Acoustic Tribute to Danzig”


WEBSITES:

www.nicnassuet.com
www.facebook.com/nassuet
www.nicnassuet.bandcamp.com
– www.twitter.com/nicnassuet

– Nic Nassuet – Wikipedia


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LINEUP 2016:

– Nic Nassuet: Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Music, Lyrics
– Catrina Grimm: Vocals


DISCOGRAPHY:

Throe – EP (2015, Dolor Records)
Eleutherios – Full length (2015, Dolor Records)

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REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS AND PRESS HIGHTLIGHTS:

“Impassioned” – AXS
“This album is one you’ll keep around for a long, long time” – Pop Dose
“Unique” – Examiner
“Nassuet’s darker read on life is… dramatic and colorfully produced.” – Short And Sweet NYC
“Something for every type of fan” – Guardian Liberty Voice

Full list of reviews you can find here: Reviews
– Full list of interviews you can find here: Interviews


INFLUENCES AND IDEAL FOR FANS OF:

Bauhaus, Misfits, Samhain, Skinny Puppy, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, The Church, Sisters of Mercy, Alice in Chains, Led Zeppelin, The Cult, Blaqk Audio, Current 93, Nick Cave, Danzing…

The Huffington Post has referred to his signature style as “Gothic Folk”, a moniker echoed in a June 2015 review by Guardian Liberty Voice.  The Global Music Awards gave Nassuet a gold medal for “Alternative Rock Gothic Folk”.Review Fix said that Nassuet “put a definable face on the gothic rock genre.“ Blogcritics compared his style to the Celtic music, Operatic Rock, and Grunge genres  and Big Sky State Buzz said that Eleutherios contained “hints of rock and roll.“ Nassuet’s music has been compared to Jim Morrison, Jeff Buckley,  Nick Drake, Richie Havens, Ryan Adams, and Danny Elfman, Meanwhile his singing has garnered comparisons to singers likeLindsey Buckingham, Axl Rose and Kate Bush.

Jetset Magazine described Nic’s debut release as “[a] blend of Celtic, blues, rock, folk, grunge and goth” that “explores and transcends his [Nassuet’s] musical boundaries with a true sense of freedom.”


NIC NASSUET CONTACTS:

– Management: dropoutmanagement666@gmail.com
– Booking: info@fullmetalservice.com

– Personal Manager (Film/TV)
Gina Stoj
Gina Stoj Management
209 433-8918

– Theatrical & Commercial Agent
(LA, New York):
Gail Williamson
Kazarian Measures Ruskin
818-769-9111

– Theatrical & Commercial Agent:
(Mountain States)
Christine Grant
Eden Agency
720 296-7722


VENUES:

House of Blues Sunset Strip
State Social House, Sunset Strip
Boardner’s, Hollywood
The World Famous Hollywood Magic Castle
The Dresden Room, Hollywood
InsTED Fest, Topanga, CA
The Viper Room, Sunset Strip
Whiskey A Go-Go, Hollywood


ENDORSEMENTS:

Breedlove Acoustic Guitars
SIT Strings
Coldcock Whiskey


AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:

GLOBAL MUSIC AWARDS

WINNER:  Gold Medal, Emerging Artist
WINNER:  Gold Medal, Album
WINNER:  Gold Medal, Alternative Rock: Gothic Folk

RADIO MUSIC AWARDS

WINNER: Best Alternative Artist
WINNER: Best Alternative Band
WINNER: Best Folk band
WINNER: Best Folk Recording
Nominee: Best Alternative Song
Nominee: Best Folk Artist
Nominee: Best Folk Song (two nominated songs)

INDIE MUSIC CHANNEL AWARDS

WINNER:  Best Male Artist, Alternative
Nominee:  Best Male Artist, Folk (two nominated songs)
Nominee:  Best Recording, Folk (two nominated songs)

VETERANS CREATIVE ARTS COMPETITION (Los Angeles)

Best Rock Vocalist
Best Folk Vocalist
Best Original Song

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATION AWARDS

WINNER:  Alternative Song of the Year
Nominee:  Adult Contemporary Song of the Year
Nominee:  Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year
Nominee:  Alternative Album of the Year
Nominee:  Folk Artist of the Year
Nominee:  Folk Song of the Year

AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS’S ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Finalist:  International Category

LOS ANGELES CREATIVE ARTS COMPETITION

WINNER:  Best Vocalist, Rock
WINNER:  Best Vocalist, Folk
WINNER:  Best Original Song

AKADEMIA MUSIC AWARDS

WINNER:  Best Rock Album
WINNER:  Best Alternative Acoustic Rock Song
WINNER:  Best Folk / Alternative Rock Song
WINNER:  Best Americana / Alternative Rock Song
WINNER:  Best Singer-Songwriter / Alternative Rock Song
Finalist:  Best Folk / Singer-Songwriter Song

2015 X-POZE MUSIC AWARDS

WINNER: Best Folk Song
WINNER: Best Rock Song

2016 X-POZE MUSIC AWARDS

WINNER: Best Alternative Album, Eleutherios
WINNER: Best Folk Song, Goodnight, Goodbye
WINNER: Best Rock Song, When It Falls
WINNER: Best Singer/Songwriter Song, The Nothing
Nominee: Best Alternative Song, Cross And Crown
Nominee: Best Alternative Song, Down
Nominee: Best Alternative Song, Immured
Nominee: Best Singer/Songwriter Song, The Giver

HOLLIWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS

Nominee:  Best Americana/Folk/Acoustic Song

ARTISTS IN MUSIC AWARDS

Nominee:  Best Male Folk Artist
Nominee:  Best Singer/Songwriter
Nominee:  Best Adult Contemporary Artist

58th GRAMMY AWARDS

The follow entries appear on the 58th Annual Grammys Ballot:The Nothing – Best Rock Performance
Eleutherios – Album Of The Year
Eleutherios – Best New Artist
Eleutherios – Best Rock Album
Eleutherios – Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Eleutherios – Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical
Immured – Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
The Nothing – Best American Roots Performance
When It Falls – Record Of The Year
When It Falls – Best Rock Performance
When It Falls – Best Rock Song
She Rides Moonlight – Song Of The Year
She Rides Moonlight – Best American Roots Song


CHARTS:

# 01 – Power FM Global Radio Network Charts
# 01 – Berkshire Media Group Charts
# 08 – “Eleutherios” – Top Ten Albums of 2015 – Global Music Awards
# 23 – “Cruzin’ – XRP Top 100 Songs of 2015
 # 10 – Reverbnation National Charts
 # 05 – Reverbnation Local Charts


NIC NASSUET LIVE GALLERY


NIC NASSUET VIDEOS

Nic Nassuet – Black Dress Live at the Dirtshack
Nic Nassuet – She Rides Moonlight (lyric video)
nic Nassuet – When It Falls (lyric video)
Nic Nassuet – The Nothing (lyric video)
Nic Nassuet (feat. Catrina Grimm) – Immured (lyric video)
Nic Nassuet – Black Dress (lyric video)

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