Suspiria PR is a boutique Public Relations company that promotes extreme, enigmatic, and esoteric music and events. Founded in the summer of 2022 by Katy Irizarry, the promotional company prides itself on cultivating emerging artists with specialized campaigns tailored to each client's specific needs. As media rapidly evolves within the fast paced entertainment industry, Suspiria PR is committed to constantly growing and exploring new media with a fresh and modern approach. 

About Founder Katy Irizarry:

With over a decade of publicity and marketing experience, Katy Irizarry got her start in the music business at the tender age of 17, where her first bylines were published in the nationally syndicated print magazine, Metal Edge. From there, she expanded her horizons into radio, working on various production roles at SiriusXM and PodcastOne, where she most notably worked with Eddie Trunk from 2011-2021. Eventually, her passion for radio and journalism led her to her first marketing position as a radio promoter for Skateboard Marketing. Not long after, she landed her first full time PR job as a tour publicist for Adrenaline PR, where she worked with major artists and projects such as Lamb of God, Exodus, Testament, The Alternative Press Music Awards (2015), and the final edition of the touring Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (2015).

Soon after departing Adrenaline PR, she continued doing tour and event press with Freeman Promotions, where she worked with major artists and labels such as Gwar, Obituary, Pig Destroyer, Satyricon, Napalm Records, Spinefarm, SPV, Frontiers, Rise Above, and so many others. During that time, she was also juggling a role as web and social media editor for Revolver Magazine, where she eventually transitioned into managing and producing their podcast properties during the dawn of Project M from 2018-2019.

At the start of 2019, Irizarry landed her first full-time publicity role at major independent label Season of Mist, where she became known as one of the leading North American publicists for extreme and underground metal. That same year, she started an exciting new role managing the North American delegate programs for Norwegian open air festival Tons of Rock and Norway’s extreme metal festival Beyond the Gates. As 2019 came to a conclusion, she was also offered a job hosting Warner Music’s metal podcast property, ‘Last Words,’ along with Two Minutes to Late Night’s Jordan Olds, former SiriusXM radio host Zeena Koda, and Bad Wolves/God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle, which served as a weekly source of metal and rock entertainment during the pandemic years.

After a two year absence of live festivals, she resumed her role heading the North American delegate programs for the Norwegian festivals in 2022, which culminated in landing a role doing North American publicity and marketing for Beyond the Gates and Inferno Festival. Upon being sought out by several other artists to work with them outside of her role at the label, she made the choice that summer to take the leap into becoming a full-fledged independent publicist and business owner. Since then, Suspiria’s roster has grown exponentially and Katy Irizarry continues to be among one of the premier metal publicists in North America, expanding into horror, special products, and events.