Veteraanilaulaja Mark Boals julkaisee soolouraansa sekä yhtyeensä Ring Of Firen materiaalia kartoittavan kokoelman ”All The Best!” lokakuussa. Mm. Royal Huntissa ja kahteen otteeseen Yngwie Malmsteenin miehistössä vaikuttanut Boals julkaisi kolme soololevyä vuosituhannen vaihteessa ja perusti sen jälkeen Ring Of Fire -yhtyeen kitaristi Tony McAlpinen ja rumpali Virgil Donatin kanssa. Myös basisti Philip Bynoe, kosketinsoittaja Vitalj Kuprij sekä kitaristi George Bellas vaikuttivat kokoonpanossa. Bändi julkaisi neljä studiolevyä.
Viimeksi Boals on nähty Vision Divine -kitaristi Olaf Thörsenin kanssa Shining Black -projektissa, joka julkaisi debyyttilevynsä kesän alussa.
”All The Best!” julkaistaan 9.10.2020 Frontiersin kautta ja on ennakkotilattavissa linkistä.
Boals kommentoi:
I am very happy and proud to announce the release of this collection of my solo and Ring Of Fire band albums! Included are songs from my first solo album, which was only released in Japan and is very hard to find (rare), with guitars by the great Doug Aldrich. My second solo album turned into the band Ring Of Fire later on, because the lineup was too good to only work together on one album, and I wanted it to continue, which it did, for four more studio albums. With Tony Macalpine and Virgil Donati working together, there was a chemistry of genius, and with the addition of Vitalij Kuprij, it made a magnificent blend of magic!
On my ”Edge Of The World” solo album, I worked with several other great musicians and a hero of my childhood and the best hard rock drummer in history, Vinnie Appice! When I listen to all those very high notes I had sang, and the incredible amount of virtuoso notes played per song, I surprise myself sometimes, hahaha! We were all pushing ourselves to newer heights of excellence in those days. A lot of good memories come back when I hear these songs…Riding motorcycles around Los Angeles with Tony Macalpine and always ending up hanging out on the beach drinking beers til the wee hours…Having Snoop Dogg in the next room of the studio we were recording in (Paramount Studios), and having him listen to our music and telling me that I needed to smoke something with him, LOL, and it DID help hahaha. Recording keyboards in a Beverly Hills mansion belonging to a famous movie star friend, with Vitalij Kuprij, and drinking rare whiskey together after the sessions and talking all night…
I really enjoyed making these albums and I hope you will enjoy just as much listening to them too! Wishing good times, good health, and happy listening to all!
Kansitaide ja kappalelista:
CD1 – Mark Boals
1. Jane
2. Broken Heart
3. I’m Sorry
4. My Turn
5. Find Our Way
6. Ring Of Fire
7. Death Row
8. Keeper Of The Flame
9. Alone
10. Battle Of The Titans
11. Betrayed
12. Lady Babylon
13. Between Two Mirrors
14. Through The Endless Night
15. Up To You
16. Garden Of Pain
CD2 – Ring Of Fire
1. Circle Of Time
2. The Oracle
3. Take Me Home
4. My Deja Vu
5. Blue Sky
6. Ghost Of America
7. Invisible Man
8. Lapse Of Reality
9. You Were There
10. Perfect World
11. Darkfall
12. Mother Russia
13. Land Of Frozen Tears
14. Our World
Lähde: Frontiers
Kuva: Mark Boals/Andrew Wright
Metalliluolan uutistoimitus. Tällä hetkellä uutisia ja tiedotteita julkaisevat Ville Krannila, Pete Alander, Mikko Huuhka ja Joni Renko.
