RIVERA/BOMMA - USA

I Am God - 2006 - Mausoleum
Infinite Journey Of Soul - 2013 - Retroactive

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Members
Vocals
Hades>>JOHNNY BOMMA

Guitar
Deadrisen, Mike LePond's Silent Assassins>>ROD RIVERA>>Deadrisen, Mike LePond's Silent Assassins

Bass
ROD RIVERA - Mizael "Taz" Robles>>Solo - Heathen's Rage, Symphony X, Brute Force, Malakis Reign, Holy Force, Elegacy, Operatika Element, Painmuseum, Seven Witches, Sleepy Hollow, Lalu, Fatal Array, Mike Bino Project, Ashenveil, Distant Thunder, Affector, MindMaze, Solo, Burnt City, Helstar, Them, Ross The Boss, Last Union, Waken Eyes, Two Hundred Feet, Sygia, Death Dealer, Eynomia, Everdawn, Deadrisen, Arkenston, Wings Of Destiny>>MIKE LEPOND>>Heathen's Rage, Symphony X, Operatika Element, Lalu, Fatal Array, Mike Bino Project, Ashenveil, Distant Thunder, Affector, MindMaze, Solo, Burnt City, Helstar, Them, Ross The Boss, Last Union, Waken Eyes, Two Hundred Feet, Sygia, Death Dealer, Eynomia, Everdawn, Deadrisen, Arkenston, Wings Of Destiny

Drum
Steven Riker

Keyboard
JOHNNY BOMMA




History & Biography
This white metal act has been around since 2000. Johnny ran a ministry. The two protagonists were introduced to one another through a mutual friend in 2000. The Invisible Force demo of 2002 was picked up by Greece’s Secret Port Records and given a new cover. The band toured Puerto Rico, which would be repeated later, and elsewhere open for Holy Soldier. I Am God was a demo before Mausoleum signed the boys and released a new version in 2006. Another long break and a new record emerged on a new label in 2013. Ed Faust was a drum contributor. Mike LePond (Heathen's Rage, Symphony X, etc.) had elbowed his way in as a means of fulfilling his completist mandate in 2009. He was billed as a guest. The ensuing album was due as early as 2009 initially. Dan Prestup joined on drums later.

Infinite Journey Of Soul was supported through a video for the song Empty Desire. Three members (Rod, Mike lePond and drummer Dan Prestup) were in Deadrisen as of 2019. Steven D. Riker died in 2020. John Bomma suffered a stroke in 2021 and went into rehabilitation. The band was collecting money for his care. The man was determined to return after treatment.


Reviews

RIVERA/BOMMA - I AM GOD - MAUSOLEUM  
If I were a Christian I would immediately demand that singer Johnny Bomma and guitarist Rod Rivera remove all references to Christ from their album, lyrics and website. The infestation of Christianity has reached a boiling point in America what with the scare-mongering by the politicians and the mind control by the corporate media over the ignorant masses in the only Western country to be heading in the right direction on matters of science and superstition. That problem aside, Rivera/Bomma is really really bad. The problem stems from an apparent fallacy in the singer and guitarist’s mind that they are actually good. They are not. The shrill screams, the meaningless guitars, soft keyboards and monotonous drums shard the air with no respect for one’s state of mind. Commercial pop tracks like Oh Girl are so cheesy that I have sworn off Cheddar from my diet for the next year. The awful fantasy and superstitious lyrics sing praise of Jesus, Jebus and god ad nauseam with more preaching per square inch of the lyric sheet than Stryper and Believer combined. It is amidst this mess that the biography claims the singer is “comparable to Ian Gillan or Ronnie James Dio”, the guitarist is “parallel to Ritchie Blackmore or Michael Schenker” and so forth. All four musicians should sue. Those claims are as pretentious and delusional as the album’s title. - Anna Tergel


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