Ronnie Romero

Ronnie Romero was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1981. He has lived in Madrid, Spain, since 2009. 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. 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. Also in 2017, Romero joined the supergroup The Ferrymen, which additionally includes Magnus Karlsson on guitar and Mike Terrana on drums. They released their self-titled debut album the same year. The trio released their sophomore album, A New Evil, in 2019. In 2018, Romero sang on the album Metal Souls by Nozomu Wakai's Destinia, a project launched by the Japanese guitarist in 2014. In 2020, Michael Schenker announced that Romero would be participating in the upcoming MSG album Immortal, which is to be released in 2021. Ronnie also fronted Rainbow for a time and is also involved in his own projects.