JOTNAR is an aggressive melodic metal band that borns from Ben Melero and Elhadji N’Diaye vision, a concept that has been gestating in their minds for many years but that doesn’t begging to take shape until 2008, when the first official lineup was completed, doing their live debut late 2008.

Several lineup changes kept them away from the stages but at the same time, it allowed the reinvention of their sound from the origin, consolidating the basis of JOTNAR sound.

JOTNAR offers a redesigned and modern sound, hitting a potent blend of strong and aggressive rhythms with very pronounced melodies, achieving a perfect balance between both sides and taking modern metal to the next level and thus generating a whole new genre of prolific music.

The guitars offer powerful and demolishing riffs in combination to smooth melodies, reinforced with the strength and hunger of the insane growls perfectly mixed with catchy melodies and choruses, highlighting the final band’s distinctive signature sound.

JOTNAR has offered a large amounts of shows around all the spanish territory, from small venues to big festivals, consolidating a solid and powerful live performance, which has lead them to reach some of the most important metal contests in Spain, like the final of the “W:O:A Wacken Metal 2011”, the XXIII edition of the “Villa de Bilbao” in 2011, and obtaining the first place in the “Chocolatex Live 2010” contest, winning the recording of their first videoclip “I am Giant”.

JOTNAR has one of the most powerful metal shows nowadays, not only being able to perfectly capture and recreate the main essence of the studio recordings but also adding their rage and devastating punch in live performances, recruiting new fans after every show.