GLASS HAMMER - VALKYRIE (2016 STUDIO ALBUM)
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CD Services biggest selling US Symphonic Prog band release this 9-Track follow-up to 2015’s ‘Breaking Of The World’ album on September 27th 2016!
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‘Valkyrie’ sees the past backing/lead vocalist Susie Bogdanowicz move upfront for her biggest role to date with the band as the front-line vocalist, after fans seemingly demanded the move!
‘Valkyrie’ tells the story of a soldier trapped in an endless war, and of the girl he left behind. It does so with all the instrumental pyro-technics, soaring vocals and complicated song arrangements that fans have come to expect from America’s top Prog band. One advance fan review hails GLASS HAMMER’s new concept album to be: “An epic landmark, their ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ or their ‘Sgt. Pepper’!”
The musician line-up for ‘Valkyrie’ is: Steve Babb (bass guitar / keyboards / backing vocals), Fred Schendel (keyboards / guitars / backing vocals), Kamran Alan Shikoh (electric, acoustic & classical guitars), Aaron Raulston (drums) and of course the magnificent Susie Bogdanowicz (lead and backing vocals).
Expect another classic slice of Melodic Symphonic Prog of the highest order.
With fans already buzzing and two feature articles in PROG Magazine running just ahead of the release, ‘Valkyrie’ is set to be this fall’s top-seller. Here are some very positive advance press comments…
“A dramatic and thought-provoking story, told with incendiary flair, combined with a powerful suite of music delivered with energy and urgency. There’s a real sense of motion and determination that builds on the best of their previous work. ‘Valkyrie’ is Glass Hammer appearing through the smoke across a battlefield, and it’s you hoping they’re on your side.”
Martin Kielty - PROG Magazine
“First ‘Lex Rex’, then ‘The Inconsolable Secret’ and now this, Glass Hammer have completely set the Symphonic-Prog standard of 2016 with ‘Valkyrie’, their most ambitious, grandiose, vocally exquisite and instrumentally rich work to date. With the core trio of Steve Babb, Fred Schendel and Susie Bogdanowicz taking the lead vocal reins once again, the whole album crackles with warmth, variety, inspiration and overall progressive music excellence, and is very possibly the greatest musical statement of Glass Hammer’s near 25-year career so far.”
Michael Hodgson - progarchives.com
“With its insightful, thoughtful lyrics every bit as important as the mightily impressive music, ‘Valkrie’ is a concept album in the true sense of the word. With some delightful departures from what some would call their signature sound (The Beatles anyone?) Glass Hammer continues to evolve into one of the world’s foremost Progressive Rock bands. This iconic group of musicians lead you on a journey through the horrors of war with a totally immersive sixty-five minutes of music and you will come out the other side changed forever.”
Martin Hutchinson - Progradar.org
“’Valkyrie’ is an astounding achievement by any measure. The best album of 2016... a relentless drive toward poetic and tonal excellence. Glass Hammer is a band that never stops challenging itself, and it never fails to succeed.” Brad Birzer - progarchy.com
‘Valkyrie’ is released on 27th September 2016.
GLASS HAMMER: VALKYRIE Track List:
01. Fields We Know (7:37)
02. Golden Days (6:20)
03. No Man's Land (14:22)
04. Nexus Girl [instrumental] (2:58)
05. Valkyrie (5:54)
06. Fog Of War (8:23)
07. Dead And Gone (9:59)
08. Eucatastrophe (3:31)
09. Rapturo (6:04)
TPT: 65:08