If you ever thought to yourself, “I wish there was a band that sounded like Judas Priest, Iron Maiden AND Dio all rolled into one!” then you’re in luck. Los Angeles metal band White Wizzard is rolling through San Francisco in January and they’re bringing their fire-laden guitar-harmonies and metal falsetto with them. The band has gone through a major line-up change over the past year or two, but it hasn’t stopped them from tearing it up on tour and gracing the cover of various rock and metal magazines.

From the band’s myspace page:

White Wizzard hails from Los Angeles CA. Tired of the same old down-tuned screamo metal that seems to be everywhere these days, Jon Leon formed White Wizzard in the summer of 2007. The goal was simple – to bring the songwriting, melody and good times back into metal and rock.

A 7 song EP was recorded in the fall of 2007 with the first line up and was well received and is about to be released worldwide. White Wizzard is currently in the studio working on it’s first full length album. The release date is hopeful to be later in 2009.

3 songs from the forthcoming album have been put up here on the MySpace page for everyone to hear a preview of the amazing album that is to follow. With a screaming demon on vocals, a tight 2 guitar attack that can shred AND play with feel, thunderous melodic bass and drums, White Wizzard is poised to take the torch of the great metal bands of the past and look to the future with a dominating spirit and memorable melodic hooks and songwriting.

The band’s video for High Speed GTO (which features the old line-up) looks as if it was plucked straight out of 1985 (skip to 2:00 for the music to begin).