Year : 2025
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : Germany , United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 98 mb
Bio:
Fans of German hard rock no doubt remember Frontline as being resident hopefuls only a few steps away from the big time. The band released eight albums between 1991 and 2006, in 2016 after a 10 year break, the band decided to re-unite and to do a new album, things between the four members didn´t work out as planned …Fast forward to spring 2020 and destiny landed on the doorstep like a 10 ton hammer. The singer in question was UK resident and outstanding vocalist Gregg Cromack. In April 2021, it was announced that a new hard rock band was to offer to the world: Ray Of Light, then something completey unexpected happend…In our own words: While working on the album in the middle of 2022 we received the shocking news that Guitarist Robby Boebel is seriously sick, in July of 2022 Robby passed away, we were completely in shock because we were not only band mates but also close friends for so long, the album production came to a full stop. In September / October of 2023, we started working with Jörg “Warthy” Wartmann – Guitarist extraordinaire and producer of countless successful projects and bands, who was involved in a total 10 million sold records as a guitarist / producer / arranger. Warthy played guitar in Evidence One when Robby had left the band, he would definately agree to have Warthy on board to help us finishing this album, it alway takes the right combination of factors and people to get things into the right direction.It was a long journey until we got to this point, but the result is an outstanding piece of music, a tribute to Robby and a bright shining Ray of Light! RAY OF LIGHT are: Gregg Cromack / vocals, Stephan Bayerlein / drums, Thomas Hutch Bauer / bass and new Guitar Player Jörg “Warthy” Wartmann and of course Robby Boebel, whose spirit and whose typical guitar style can be heard on many of the songs on the album, he will always have a special place in our hearts.
Album:
There’s a new star in the hard rock galaxy! Ray Of Light is a fresh line-up that should make some long-standing heavy rockers and AOR fans prick up their ears, as the promising name includes members of a gang that has already released several official records under the Frontline banner – eight to be precise – and has been on the verge of an international breakthrough several times.Today the time has come and Ray Of Light show the world what’s possible under the new name with their video single “City of Angels”! This genuine rock gourmet treat follows the straight stomper “Falling to Pieces” and the radio gem “Stand Up”, which were released earlier this year. At the same time, the band announced their debut album – in their new form – “Salute”, which is due to be released on February 14th, 2025.Watch the brand new music video for “City of Angels” below.All ten tracks on the album share one thing for sure: They radiate a refreshing positivity that breaks through in a drive as exuberant as it is powerful – “Salute” extends way past the friendly greeting that gives the album its name. It is a glimmer of hope, a soundtrack to a new beginning, which was fueled not least by the arrival of the incredibly talented British rock voice Gregg Cromack as lead singer.And yet there is so much more to the creation of this piece: a new foundation full of verve on the one hand, but also a heavy blow of fate and loss for the band on the other, when co-founder, guitarist, songwriter and long-time friend Robby Boebel fell seriously ill in the middle of the album preparations in 2022 and died far too soon afterwards.It would take until the fall of 2023 for Ray Of Light to begin working with exceptional guitarist and producer Jörg “Warthy” Wartmann and complete the work in memory of the late friend. The collaboration between drummer/founder Stephan Bayerlein, bassist Thomas Hutch, singer Gregg Cromack and the highly versatile guitarist proved to be so beneficial and at the same time so creatively fruitful that the newly added “Warthy” also took over the mixing of the album, joining the band right away as a permanent member.As such, “Salute” is both a salutation to a shared past and a welcome to a future with great new members in the band. A Ray of Light that invites you to linger and follow.
Line-Up:
Gregg Cromack – Vocals
Joerg Wartmann – Guitar
Thomas Bauer – Bass - See also: ex-Evidence One, ex-Waste, Ray of Light, ex-Mad Max, ex-Frontline, ex-State Of Rock, ex-Domain
Stephan Bayerlein – Drums
+ Robby Boebel - guitar (R.I.P. 2022) - See also: ex-Sanction-X, ex-Talon, ex-Frontline, ex-Phantom 5, ex-Ray of Light, ex-State of Rock, ex-Evidence One
Tracklist:
01. Falling to Pieces
02. Ray of Light
03. Alive
04. City of Angels
05. Stand Up
06. Best of Me
07. Fallin from Grace
08. Frontline
09. Last Day
10. How Long
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