News May 27th 2004
NTS
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From now on the UK distribution and marketing of French label NTS
will be handled by Now And Then. The first two titles to be released
are -
PYRAMAZE "Melancholy Beast" Incredible new melodic metal act
featuring musicians from Denmark with American singer Lance King (ex
Balance Of Power).
"A range of dynamic influences...drawn from acts as diverse and far
reaching as Royal Hunt, Kamelot, Stratovarius, Judas Priest and
Queensryche. A blistering debut from a band with the potential to go
all the way. Frighteningly good!" Dave Cockett, Destiny Catalogue
"The production is huge, Lance's vocals are perfect and the songs are
very impressive. People into BALANCE OF POWER, KAMELOT, 80`s era
QUEENSRCYHE, etc will absolutely love the debut of PYRAMAZE."
Strutter Magazine.
"What a debut album "Melancholy Beast" is! King's voice - a mixture
of Geoff Tate and James LaBrie - and enough complexity to make
progressive metal freaks drool over this - a high dose of melody and
power to satisfy even the most exigent power metal fan and an
audiophile-safe glass clear sound." 5/6 ROCK REPORT Magazine
PATRICK RONDAT "An Ephemeral World" Patrick Rondat returns with 10
new songs and a special interpretation of a Bach Partitia for Violin
Solo. Another vibrant and powerful album. Refreshingly different,
demonstrating once again why he is highly respected as the guitar
hero of France. This multi talented guitarist has also accompanied
Jean Michel Jarre on stage and in studio and worked as a member of
the Dutch band Elegy for the last 4 years. In 1998 Patrick played the
14 French dates of the G3 Tour with Joe Satriani, such is his
reputation amongst other players. The album just received a 9/10
review on the highly respected Rock United website.
Over the next few months there will be releases by Adagio,
Superior, Manigance, Ark Storm and Angra, to name a few.
