Ronald Romero (born 20 November 1981) is a Chilean singer and lyricist best known as the lead vocalist of the rock bands

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, The Ferrymen,

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, and Sunstorm.Rainbow's Ronnie Romero covers Queen with Lords Of Black
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at the

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as the lead singer of

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Life and career

Early life

Ronnie Romero was born in

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, Chile, in 1981. He has lived in

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, Spain, since 2009.

Lords of Black

In 2014, Romero, together with guitarist Tony Hernando, formerly of Spanish band Saratoga, founded the heavy metal band Lords of Black. Romero left the band in 2019 but returned in 2020.

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

In 2015,

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announced his return to rock with a new lineup for his band

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Other projects

CoreLeoni In 2017, Leo Leoni and Hena Habegger of Swiss hard rock band Gotthard formed a side project titled CoreLeoni, with Romero, whom Leoni had met in 2014, joining on vocals. Romero left the project in 2020. The Ferrymen Also in 2017, Romero joined the supergroup The Ferrymen, which additionally includes Magnus Karlsson on guitar and

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on drums. They released their self-titled debut album the same year. The trio released their sophomore album, ''A New Evil'', in 2019. Nozomu Wakai's Destinia In 2018, Romero sang on the album ''Metal Souls'' by Nozomu Wakai's Destinia, a project launched by the Japanese guitarist in 2014. Michael Schenker Group In 2020,

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announced that Romero would be participating in the upcoming

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album ''Immortal'', which is to be released in 2021. Vandenberg Also in 2020,

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recruited Romero to join his band Vandenberg in recording the album ''2020''. Intelligent Music Project Another new musical venture for Romero in the year 2020 was the Intelligent Music Project, an enterprise created by Bulgarian arts patron

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in 2010. Romero appears on the album ''Life Motion''. In November 2021, Romero and the Intelligent Music Project were revealed as Bulgaria's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Intention". Adrian Benegas Romero will contribute vocals to the second studio album by Paraguayan heavy metal composer Adrian Benegas, to be released in 2023. The record is also set to feature input from German drummer Michael Ehré ( Primal Fear,

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), German producer

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(

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), Tunisian bassist Anis Jouini (

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), and Dutch guitarist Timo Somers (

Delain Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, intending for the band to be solely a project. Singer Charlotte Wessels was invited to join in 2005. The name of the band comes fr ...

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Band timeline

* Santelmo (2010–2011) * Jose Rubio's Nova Era (2011–2013) * Aria Inferno (2012–2013) * Voces del Rock (2013–2014) *

(2014–2019, 2020–present) *

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(2015–2019) *

Walter Giardino Temple Walter Giardino Temple (also known as Temple) is a musical project of Argentine guitar virtuoso Walter Giardino. History First era The band formed in 1998 following the dissolution of Rata Blanca and the project was halted in 2000 after Rata Bla ...

(2017) * The Ferrymen (2017–present) * Nozomu Wakai's Destinia (2018) * CoreLeoni (2018–2020) * Vandenberg (2020–2021) *

(2020–present) *

(2020–present) * Sunstorm (2020–present) *

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(2022–present)

Discography

Guest appearances

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Romero, Ronnie Chilean heavy metal singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2022 Rainbow (rock band) members 1981 births Living people Chilean expatriates in Spain