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In Review: Artension "Into The Eye Of The Storm"
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In Review
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Albums Worth A Listen
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Artension
Into The Eye Of The Storm
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Artension is centered around twenty-two year old Ukrainian keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij and Swiss guitarist Roger Staffelbach. On their debut, "Into The Eye Of The Storm", incredible vocals by John West help create a progressive metal sound inspired by bands such as Rainbow and Dream Theater, complete with wailing solo trade-offs. Artension was born when Shrapenl label head Mike Varney evaluated a demo from Vitalij Kuprij and Roger Staffelbach (called Atlantis Rising) and decided to put them in a studio with John West, bassist Kevin Chown and drummer Mike Terrana, whom Varney had known from previous projects. The restul is a neo-classically inspired version of progressive metal on tracks such as "World Of Illusion", "The Key" and the title track.
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05:31 |
World Of Illusion
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Vocal
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04:36 |
Into The Eye Of The Storm
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Vocal
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05:12 |
Smoke And Fire
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Vocal
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06:14 |
The Wind And The Rain
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Vocal
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06:00 |
Lost Memory
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Vocal
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06:35 |
The Key
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Vocal
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03:34 |
Song Of The Desert
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Vocal
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07:05 |
Red's Recovery
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Vocal
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05:06 |
Let It Ride
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Vocal
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02:28 |
I Don't Care
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Vocal
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Roger Staffelbach |
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Guitars, Production |
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Vitalij Kuprij |
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Keyboards, Production |
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Mike Terrana |
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Drums |
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Kevin Chown |
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Bass |
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John West |
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Vocals |
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James Murphy |
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Final Guitar Solo (First Half) on "Red`s Recovery", Guitar Overdub Engineering |
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Mike Varney |
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Production |
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Larry Brewer |
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Engineering (Basic Tracks), Keyboard and Vocal Overdub Engineering |
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Dylan Champagne |
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Engineering Assistance |
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Joe Marquez |
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Keyboard and Vocal Overdub Engineering |
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Scott Johnson |
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Keyboard and Vocal Overdub Engineering |
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Lovell Moorer III |
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Additional Bass Overdubs |
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Tim Gennert |
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Digital Editing on "World Of Illusion" |
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Steve Fontano |
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Mixing on Songs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
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Jim Dean |
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Mixing on Songs 1, 4, 8, 10 |
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Mark Robertson |
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Acoustic Piano Engineering |
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Mike Iacopelli |
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Mastering |
Recorded and mixed at Prairie Sun Studios. Guitars recorded at Sound Temple Studios. Acoustic Piano recorded at Cairo West Studios. Bass recorded at Number 5 Music.
Mastered at Cryrock.
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