FRONTIERS
ANNOUNCES THE SIGNING OF ARCHON ANGEL
FEATURING ZAK
STEVENS ON LEAD VOCALS
DEBUT ALBUM
"FALLEN" OUT EARLY 2020
EXCLUSIVE LIVE
PREMIERE OF BAND TO HAPPEN AT 70000 TONS OF METAL 2020
Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the signing of Archon Angel to
the label's rapidly expanding metal roster. The band's debut album, "Fallen"
will be released in early 2020, with a music video for the title track and
pre-orders for the album launching on December 4, 2019. The band will make their
exclusive live premiere on the 2020 edition of the popular 70000tons of Metal
Cruise in January. Full cruise details here: https://70000tons.com/
A new band project born from a meeting between producer/guitar player Aldo
Lonobile (Secret Sphere) and former Savatage and Circle II Circle vocalist Zak
Stevens Circle II Circle during the making of Timo Tolkki's Avalon's 'Return To
Eden' album, of which Aldo produced and played guitar and Zak did some guest
lead vocals. The two soon started talking to Frontiers about the concept of
working on new music together, which was met with great enthusiasm from the
label. Aldo submitted to Zak some song ideas which were reminiscent of the
classic Savatage sound of records such as “Edge Of Thorns” and “Gutter Ballet”.
The two felt the magic was there, so no time was wasted in getting together to
craft an absolutely striking metal album.
Zak Stevens tells the story of how everything came together: "Aldo Lonobile
of Secret Sphere was producing the 'Return to Eden' (Timo Tolkki's Avalon) album
and that's how we originally met in 2018. He contacted me by email and together
we chose the two songs I would be singing on. Right away, it was super easy
working with Aldo and we thought very much alike as far as music and production
are concerned. And now, here we are today as bandmates in Archon Angel and
playing together on the debut album, "Fallen"!"
"For Archon Angel, we pretty much started all the songs from scratch,”
continues Zak. "Aldo had quite a few songs demoed to get things started with and
we just went from there. He's an amazing guitarist and I was more than impressed
with everything he did. From there, everyone got involved. The band guys in
Italy (Aldo - Guitars, Marco Lazzarini - Drums, and Antonio Agate - Keys) and in
France (my old friend Yves Campion from the band Nightmare on bass) helped Aldo
with the instrumentation. I worked on vocal melodies with Aldo, along with my
wife Katherine Stevens, who is a is very creative writer in her own right. She
helped Aldo and I with some amazing lyrical contributions and with the overall
concept stuff for the album.”
"Zak had a huge impact on my musical background: he has a unique vocal tone
and the milestone albums he recorded with Savatage are among my all time
favourite albums,” adds Aldo Lonobile. "When Frontiers gave me the chance to
work with him during the production of the latest Timo Tolkki’s Avalon Metal
Opera "Return To Eden" I was very excited and everything has been super easy. I
am very proud of the music we wrote together and we are a great team, stay tuned
for more news!"
Aldo was also helped in the songwriting department by some of the most
outstanding writers and musicians from the Italian Rock scene including Simone
Mularoni (of DGM and Sweet Oblivion) and Alessandro Del Vecchio (Aldo’s bandmate
in Edge of Forever and of course Jorn, Hardline, etc.).
The album itself deals with a central character, the "Archon", who is a
modern day angel figure. The idea goes back to the religious system of
Gnosticism. The only difference is that we are immersing the Archon's story into
modern-day times. The Archon is a medium who brings messages to God (Demiurge)
from the people of Earth. The only real concept to the albums is that they
simply follow the story and life and times of the modern day "Archon" and his
life as he is called upon to protect the people of earth through frightening,
turbulent times.
Archon Angel are currently working on booking some live shows to present
the band in the live environment, but their exclusive live premiere will happen
at the 2020 edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise. After recent additions
such as Devin Townsend and Sortilège to the line-up that already features names
like Emperor, Epica and Wintersun, 70000 TONS OF METAL, The Original, The
World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, is excited to announce another world
premiere event on board, namely the very first live show by Zak Stevens’ new
project Archon Angel. Whoever has been following 70000 TONS OF METAL, The
Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, over the past 9 years, does
not only know that it is much more than just another festival at sea. They will
also know that one of the things that make it such a unique once in a lifetime
event is that even now, only 2 months before the Independence Of The Seas will
take 3000 metalheads and 60 world class heavy metal bands from Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, to Cozumel, Mexico, from January 7th to 11th, for Round 10, the Skipper
and his crew always manage to surprise fans with specials – including one time
performances, album and band anniversaries, unexpected jam band constellations,
and other premieres exclusively happening on board.
If Savatage are a favorite of yours, then Archon Angel's "Fallen" may well
be your album of the year!
Lineup:
Vocals : Zak Stevens
Guitars : Aldo Lonobile
Bass: Yves Campion
Drums: Marco Lazzarini
Keyboards & Piano (Studio): Antonio Agate
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