- RING OF FIRE:
- Mark Boals (vocals)
- Tony Macalpine (guitar)
- Virgil Donati (drums)
- Vitalij Kuprij (keyboards)
- Philip Bynoe (bass
- Produced by: Mark Boals and Ring Of Fire
- Engineered by: Mark Boals
- Mixed by : Bernie Torelli
- Mastered by: Bernie Torelli
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RING OF FIRE "Dreamtower"European Import : Frontiers Records - FRCD142 STOCK STATUS: IN STOCK - ships in 1 day |
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| Ring Of Fire's story
begins in the year 2000. Having completed a successful mini-tour
of the U.S., Asia and Oceania with Yngwie Malmsteen in late
1999 on the heels of the 'Alchemy' album, vocalist Mark
Boals set about creating his second solo album, a collection
of songs very neo-classical in their nature. When deciding
on a line-up for the album, Tony MacAlpine came highly recommended
and Tony in turn recommended Virgil Donati (Planet X) on
drums. The impressive line-up was completed by classically-trained
Artension keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij, with Boals and MacAlpine
splitting bass duties between them. Combining melodic metal
songs with fantasy-based lyrics, topped off with virtuoso
performances from the line-up, the resulting album "RING
OF FIRE" proved to be exactly what many neoclassical-metal
fans had waited for. While the majority of the music on
the album was created by Boals and MacAlpine, a highlight
of the album was the Kuprij/Boals collaboration 'Atlantis',
a song that gave us a hint of what some of ROF's future
output. Despite having recorded another album with Malmsteen
(WAR TO END ALL WARS) just prior to the ROF sessions, as
fate would have it, Boals did not participate in Malmsteen's
initial "War" tour. Instead, Boals, Donati and
Kuprij agreed to make their project more ongoing, with the
aim of taking the band on the road. Tony MacAlpine was unable
to commit at the time but remained on good terms with the
other musicians. With Shrapnel Records shredder George Bellas
filling the guitar spot, and ex-Rising Force bassist Barry
Dunaway coming on board, RING OF FIRE the band was born,
being announced on November 16, 2000. The band commenced
work on their 'debut' album during the first few months
of 2001, though Dunaway's tenure was over before it began.
He was replaced by Steve Vai's bassist Philip Bynoe. With
the line-up confirmed, the band went about recording the
album 'The Oracle': a melodic metal tour de force, combining
superb musicianship with imaginative songwriting and progressive
neo-classical concepts. While the band prepared for their February 2002 tour of Japan, it became clear that guitarist Bellas would not be able to satisfy the requirements of being in the band. With the tour looming, a quick call from Mark Boals was all it took to welcome back Tony MacAlpine, to the delight of both band and fans alike. Members of Ring Of Fire started to become absorbed in the whirlwind recording sessions of their second studio effort during the late summer 2002: "Dreamtower". Perhaps signalling the beginning of the end of his tenure with the band, Vitalij Kuprij did not fly to LA to be with the band for the recording, choosing to make his contributions from his home in Philadelphia. He left the group shortly after. "Dreamtower" however marks Ring Of Fire at it's creative peak, building on the band's sound with fantastic songwriting contributions from almost the whole band and stellar performances by all. |
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