Artension
Into The Eye Of The Storm
The Story
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.
The Music
| 05:31 | World Of Illusion | Vocal |
| 04:36 | Into The Eye Of The Storm | Vocal |
| 05:12 | Smoke And Fire | Vocal |
| 06:14 | The Wind And The Rain | Vocal |
| 06:00 | Lost Memory | Vocal |
| 06:35 | The Key | Vocal |
| 03:34 | Song Of The Desert | Vocal |
| 07:05 | Red's Recovery | Vocal |
| 05:06 | Let It Ride | Vocal |
| 02:28 | I Don't Care | Vocal |
The Artists
| Roger Staffelbach | Guitars, Production |
| Vitalij Kuprij | Keyboards, Production |
| Mike Terrana | Drums |
| Kevin Chown | Bass |
| John West | Vocals |
| James Murphy | Final Guitar Solo (First Half) on "Red's Recovery", Guitar Overdub Engineering |
| Mike Varney | Production |
| Larry Brewer | Engineering (Basic Tracks), Keyboard and Vocal Overdub Engineering |
| Dylan Champagne | Engineering Assistance |
| Joe Marquez | Keyboard and Vocal Overdub Engineering |
| Scott Johnson | Keyboard and Vocal Overdub Engineering |
| Lovell Moorer III | Additional Bass Overdubs |
| Tim Gennert | Digital Editing on "World Of Illusion" |
| Steve Fontano | Mixing on Songs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
| Jim Dean | Mixing on Songs 1, 4, 8, 10 |
| Mark Robertson | Acoustic Piano Engineering |
| Mike Iacopelli | 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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