Ian Parry (ENGLAND)

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Ian Parry’s Rock Emporium - Society Of Friends (2016)











Year : 2016
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 116 mb

Bio:

Ian Parry’s 25 year musical career working with a diverse and distinguished collection of musicians includes Consortium Project, Vengeance, Elegy plus a solo act, lending contributions to other established artists i.e. Kamelot; Ayreon; Mob Rules; Royal Hunt and Ian’s 5 album pentalogy epic rock metal concept Consortium Project. With accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 200,000 Ian Parry has gained a reputation as one of the most established singers in the world of Rock & Metal. Now Ian joins forces together with Martin Kronlund (Porducer of Hammerfall/Firewind) and his amazing musicians to bring us this fanastic debut classic rock album. "Society of Friends features an even more impressive collaboration of world class musicians to form his new Classic AOR heavy rock formation “Rock Emporium”, has some of Ian’s most memorable melodic, back to the roots songs reflecting a retrospect view on life, passion, heartache and pain with prestigious performances and vintage classic rock at it’s best. Ian Parry bring us his debut classic rock formation Rock Emporium. "Society of Friends".Produced by Ian & mixed by Martin Kronlund (Hammerfall/Firewind)

Album:

Vocalist and songwriter Ian Parry has had a successful career as a hard rock and metal vocalist, notably with Elegy and his five Consortium Projects, but also with many other artists and bands, across some 25 years. Ten years ago, he cut a solo album, Visions, for Escape Music. Parry and the label reunite for his next project, Ian Parry's Rock Emporium and the debut album Society Of Friends.As the band and album name suggest, this is a collaborative effort: Parry joined by friends and musicians from the UK and European theater. Rather than belabor you with a massive list of names, head over to the Rock Emporium Facebook page (link above) to see the same. It's rather impressive. The core of the band can also be seen by clicking the picture above.As for Parry's musical approach for Society Of Friends, he reaches back to his roots and influences. The music within is basically classic, think Eighties, melodic hard rock with a significant metal edge, yet bound up in an AOR wrapper. By way of some analogy, after a spin or two, my first best observation was that Parry, the players, and the songs sound like Whitesnake without the significant blues element, although that comes through lightly at the start of Ministry Of Rock.Mostly, this is heavy and hard hitting stuff, marked by bold, sharp, riffage, a deep bottom end, sometimes some near power metal speed, and blistering guitar solos. Of course, Parry remains in fine form with his melodic, yet forceful and bold vocal approach, with a slight timbre of raspiness.Some the heaviest material comes with Start All Over Again, Stone Cold Fever, Ministry Of Rock, among others. Dialing things back slightly are Circles and Skin Deep where the musical current is trumped by Parry's vocal arrangement. Yet there is some real quiet in Most Unforgivable Thing, a true hard rock ballad, with lighter, softer, guitar.Basically, what Society Of Friends demonstrates is Parry's natural and ongoing gifted songwriting skills and vocal talent. Then, when those two things are combined with a gaggle of equally talented musicians, the results become an album of entertaining and satisfying hard and heavy melodic rock. Expect more from this new project in the future. Recommended.

Line Up:

IAN PARRY - Vocals (Elegy, Ayreon, Vengeance)
DIMITRIS GOUTZIAMANIS - Guitar (Crystal Tears)
TIMO SOMERS - Guitar (Delain, Vengeance)
GARRY KING - Drums (Jeff Beck, Joe Lynn Turner, Achillea)
BAREND COURBOIS - Bass (Blind Guardian, Michael Lee Firkins, Vengeance)
JEROEN VAN DER WIEL - keyboards (Thirteen, Odyssice)

Guests:
CHRISTIAN MUENZNER - additional Solo guitar (Alkaloid, Eternity’s End)
THIAGO TRINSI - additional Solo guitar & orchestral strings arrangement
PETER JAN KLEEVENS - keyboards (Consortium Project, Hammerhead, Monroe)
KALIN JECHEV - keyboards (Consortium Project, Ani Lo)
HARRY DEN HARTOG - additional bass guitar
ANI LOZANOVA - female backing vocals (Ani Lozanova Project)

Tracklist:

01. Stone Cold Fever 4:00
02. Shame 2:59
03. Ministry of Rock 3:50
04. Circles 3:24
05. Most Unforgivable Thing 4:26
06. Silhouettes & Dreams 4:06
07. Crazy Fools & Madmen 3:56
08. Skin Deep 4:11
09. Start All Over Again 3:23
10. Society of Friends 3:10
11. Finish What You’ve Started 4:12




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Ian Parry’s Rock Emporium - Brute Force (2021)











Year : 2021
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 116 mb

Bio:

Ian Parry’s 25 year musical career working with a diverse and distinguished collection of musicians includes Consortium Project, Vengeance, Elegy plus a solo act, lending contributions to other established artists i.e. Kamelot; Ayreon; Mob Rules; Royal Hunt and Ian’s 5 album pentalogy epic rock metal concept Consortium Project. With accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 200,000 Ian Parry has gained a reputation as one of the most established singers in the world of Rock & Metal. Now Ian joins forces together with Martin Kronlund (Porducer of Hammerfall/Firewind) and his amazing musicians to bring us this fanastic debut classic rock album. "Society of Friends features an even more impressive collaboration of world class musicians to form his new Classic AOR heavy rock formation “Rock Emporium”, has some of Ian’s most memorable melodic, back to the roots songs reflecting a retrospect view on life, passion, heartache and pain with prestigious performances and vintage classic rock at it’s best. Ian Parry bring us his debut classic rock formation Rock Emporium. "Society of Friends".Produced by Ian & mixed by Martin Kronlund (Hammerfall/Firewind)

Album:

After only 6 months of writing and recording sessions with some of the best musicians and singers across Europe and the USA, Ian has finally finished what he thinks is one of his most powerful Rock Metal albums of his career. Rock Emporium 2 features co-writer songs with newcomers to the Rock Emporium family, Luca Sellitto (Stamina) and Bob Wijtsma (Ex Libris/ Ayreon/ Ladrah) plus guest musicians in alfabetical order: Jan Bijlsma (Vengeance/Consortium Project); Barend Courbois (Blind Guardian); Enrico Cianciusi (Headless); Walter Cianciusi (Jeff Tate Band/Headless) Kris Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation/ Dial); Ivar De Graaf (Within Temptation/Kingfisher Sky); Dimitris Goutziamanis (Crystal Tears/ Rock Emporium 1); Beth Ami-Heavenstone (Graham Bonnet Band); Martin Helmantel (Elegy/ 7 miles to Pittsburgh) Svante Henryson (Malmsteen); Kalin Jechev (Ani Lo Project/ Rock Emporium 1); Patrick Johanson (Malmsteen); Dario Parente (Headless); Erik Palmqvist (Von Baltzer); Patrick Rondat (Jean Michel Jarre/ Consortium Project/ Elegy); Allan Sorensen (Pretty Maids/ Royal Hunt); Luca Sellitto (Stamina); Timo Somers (Delain); Bob Wijtsma (Ex Libris/ Ayreon/ Ladrah); Jeroen Van Der Wiel (Thirteen/ Rock Emporium 1); Sander Zoer (Delain/ Robby Valentine/ Leah), plus special guest singers; Wade Black (Crimson Glory/ War of Thrones); Antonio Giorgio; Ani Lozanova (Ani Lo project/ Consortium Project) & Stefano Sbrignadello (Stamina).

Line Up:

IAN PARRY - Vocals (Elegy, Ayreon, Vengeance)
DIMITRIS GOUTZIAMANIS - Guitar (Crystal Tears)
TIMO SOMERS - Guitar (Delain, Vengeance)
GARRY KING - Drums (Jeff Beck, Joe Lynn Turner, Achillea)
BAREND COURBOIS - Bass (Blind Guardian, Michael Lee Firkins, Vengeance)
JEROEN VAN DER WIEL - keyboards (Thirteen, Odyssice)

+ Special guest singers includes:

Wade Black (Crimson Glory/ Leatherwolf/ Seven Witches); Stefano Sbrignadello (Stamina), and Ani Lozanavo (Ani Lo Band) & Antonio Giorgio.

Tracklist:

01. In Isolation
02. Darkest Secrets
03. 'Til The Day I Die
04. My Confession
05. Brute Force
06. Fairytale
07. Lethal Injection
08. Rings Of Fire
09. Dreamworld
10. Where Do We Go From Here
11. One Vision (Tribute to Queen & Freddie Mercury) (Bonus Track)




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Ian Parry's Consortium Project - VI - Legacy Of Empires (2026)













Year : 2026
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 104 mb

Bio:

Ian Parry’s 25 year musical career working with a diverse and distinguished collection of musicians includes Consortium Project, Vengeance, Elegy plus a solo act, lending contributions to other established artists i.e. Kamelot; Ayreon; Mob Rules; Royal Hunt and Ian’s 5 album pentalogy epic rock metal concept Consortium Project. With accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 200,000 Ian Parry has gained a reputation as one of the most established singers in the world of Rock & Metal. Now Ian joins forces together with Martin Kronlund (Porducer of Hammerfall/Firewind) and his amazing musicians to bring us this fanastic debut classic rock album. "Society of Friends features an even more impressive collaboration of world class musicians to form his new Classic AOR heavy rock formation “Rock Emporium”, has some of Ian’s most memorable melodic, back to the roots songs reflecting a retrospect view on life, passion, heartache and pain with prestigious performances and vintage classic rock at it’s best. Ian Parry bring us his debut classic rock formation Rock Emporium. "Society of Friends".Produced by Ian & mixed by Martin Kronlund (Hammerfall/Firewind)

Album:

After years of anticipation, Ian Parry returns proudly with "Legacy of Empires," the powerful new chapter in the acclaimed "Consortium Project" series. An ambitious and cinematic work of Progressive Metal, the album marks the triumphant comeback of one of the genre's most visionary and concept-oriented artists. Combining epic storytelling, emotional depth, and virtuoso musicality, Legacy of Empires explores themes such as power, legacy, conflict, as well as the rise and fall of civilizations through a rich and dynamic soundscape. From majestic symphonic passages to powerful progressive metal riffs to floating melodic arrangements, the album captures the spirit of classic concept albums while simultaneously introducing the sound of the Consortium Project to bold new territory. The record presents an extraordinary international cast, including members of Vanden Plas, Kamelot and Pain of Salvation, whose distinctive musical identities contribute to the album's sprawling and dramatic atmosphere. Their performances make the project a truly engaging experience that balances technical brilliance with raw emotional intensity. At the heart is Ian Parry, whose distinctive voice and artistic vision continue to shape the legacy of the Consortium Project. With "Legacy of Empires," Parry once again proves his ability to unite world-class musicians under a unified creative direction and create an album that is both grandiose in scale and deeply personal in spirit.

Line Up:

Ian Parry - Vocals (Elegy, Ayreon, Vengeance)
Stephan Lill – Guitars, Keyboards
Johann Cadot – Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Luca Sellitto – Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Allan Sørensen – Drums (ex-Pretty Maids / ex-Royal Hunt)
Ombeline Duprat – Female Lead & Choir Vocals (Asylum Pyre)
Andreas Passmark – Bass (Royal Hunt)
Kris Gildenlöw – Bass (ex-Pain of Salvation)
Franky Rummler – Bass (ex-Michael Schenker Group)
Jan Bijlsma – Bass (The Last Element/ex-Vengeance)
Carmine Vivo – Bass (Timeless Fairytale)

+ special guests:

Patrick Rondat – Solo Guitar (ex-Jean Michel Jarre / Elegy)
Manolo Arias – Solo Guitar (Magik/ex-Niagara)
Casey Grillo – Drums (Queensrÿche / ex-Kamelot)

Tracklist:

01. The Constellation Of The Stars
02. Legacy Of Empires
03. A Declaration Of Independence
04. Gods From The Heavens Above
05. A Kingdom For Heroes
06. Pyramids Of Power
07. The Secrets Of Creation
08. Awake The Forgotten Souls
09. The Burden Of Truth
10. Nature's Eyes




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Ian Parry - In Flagrante Delicto (2020)











Year : 2020
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 116 mb

Bio:

Ian was born in 1960 in Liverpool. He released 30 albums credited in over 35 countries reaching sales in excess over 250,000 and a career covering more than 30 years. Ian has worked with many great musicians/singers in rock & metal.Ian Parry’s 25 year musical career working with a diverse and distinguished collection of musicians includes Consortium Project, Vengeance, Elegy plus a solo act, lending contributions to other established artists i.e. Kamelot; Ayreon; Mob Rules; Royal Hunt and Ian’s 5 album pentalogy epic rock metal concept Consortium Project. With accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 200,000 Ian Parry has gained a reputation as one of the most established singers in the world of Rock & Metal. Now Ian joins forces together with Martin Kronlund (Porducer of Hammerfall/Firewind) and his amazing musicians to bring us this fanastic debut classic rock album. "Society of Friends features an even more impressive collaboration of world class musicians to form his new Classic AOR heavy rock formation “Rock Emporium”, has some of Ian’s most memorable melodic, back to the roots songs reflecting a retrospect view on life, passion, heartache and pain with prestigious performances and vintage classic rock at it’s best. Ian Parry bring us his debut classic rock formation Rock Emporium. "Society of Friends".Produced by Ian & mixed by Martin Kronlund (Hammerfall/Firewind)

Album:

Metal Mind Productions has announced the release of the fifth solo album by Ian Parry, entitled "In Flagrante Delicto". The album includes 10 hypnotic catchy modern power rock synthesizer / guitar / vocal based songs in a diverse style ranging from Yes' synthesizer atmospheres to Whitesnake / Foreigner classic rock and a hint of Rammstein, together with a commercial heart felt Bad English / Peter Gabriel style ballad."In Flagrante Delicto" deals with the issue of plastic and toxic waste very much in the mainstream media at present and a subject Ian holds very close to his heart.After spending more than a decade (co-)writing and compiling songs to best illustrate this serious issue, Ian sings out a passionate message from the heart, but still retains the creative edge for a little fantasy for his fans. Ian's wish is simply to make more people aware of what's happening in his own way through music, with the talent and support of incredible musicians: guitarists Stephan Lill (Vanden Plas and co-writer) & Patrick Rondat, drummers Casey Grillo (Kamelot), Imre Daun (Brian Robertson Band), Andreas Lill & Gary King, bass guitarists Barend Courbois (Blind Guardian, Tank) & Torsten Reichert, keyboard player & co-songwriter Jeroen van der Wiel plus many more.As an established singer in the world of rock and metal with worldwide sales exceeding 200,000, Ian Parry's almost 40-year career being with his first professional band Mono Pacific in 1981 has given him the opportunity to work with many well-known artists such as Kamelot, Elegy, Ayreon, Mob Rules, Royal Hunt, Vengeance, Hammerhead, Valencia, Infinity Overture, Crystal Tears, Von Baltzer & his self-produced 5-album epic rock metal concept Consortium Project. Produced by Ian, "In Flagrante Delicto" has been masterfully mixed by Swedish engineer / producer Martin Kronlund (HammerFall, Firewind, Rock Emporium). "In Flagrante Delicto" opens a new chapter in Ian's phenomenal career combining passion, true facts and raw power in a modern synthesizer / guitar based melodic rock album.

Line Up:

IAN PARRY - Vocals (Elegy, Ayreon, Vengeance)
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Patrick Rondat (g)
Stephan Lill (g)
Casey Grillo (d)
Imre Daun (d)
Barend Courbois (b)
Jeroen van der Wiel (k)
Andreas Lill (d)
Torsten Reichert (b)
Joshua Dutrieux (k)
Garry King (d)
Mario Zapata (g)
Marcel van der Zwam (b)

Tracklist:

01. Spaceman
02. Travellers (Across The Unknown Universe)
03. In Flagrante Delicto
04. Fool's Paradise
05. Impulse
06. Ingenious
07. Wish
08. Fly
09. The Day We Stop Dreaming
10. So Far So Good




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Ian Parry - Visions (2006) (Non Stop Productions Remastered Edition 2022)













Year : 2006 (Non Stop Productions Remastered Edition 2022)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , AOR
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 102 mb

Bio:

Ian was born in 1960 in Liverpool. He released 30 albums credited in over 35 countries reaching sales in excess over 250,000 and a career covering more than 30 years. Ian has worked with many great musicians/singers in rock & metal.Ian Parry’s 25 year musical career working with a diverse and distinguished collection of musicians includes Consortium Project, Vengeance, Elegy plus a solo act, lending contributions to other established artists i.e. Kamelot; Ayreon; Mob Rules; Royal Hunt and Ian’s 5 album pentalogy epic rock metal concept Consortium Project. With accumulated worldwide sales in excess of 200,000 Ian Parry has gained a reputation as one of the most established singers in the world of Rock & Metal. Now Ian joins forces together with Martin Kronlund (Porducer of Hammerfall/Firewind) and his amazing musicians to bring us this fanastic debut classic rock album. "Society of Friends features an even more impressive collaboration of world class musicians to form his new Classic AOR heavy rock formation “Rock Emporium”, has some of Ian’s most memorable melodic, back to the roots songs reflecting a retrospect view on life, passion, heartache and pain with prestigious performances and vintage classic rock at it’s best. Ian Parry bring us his debut classic rock formation Rock Emporium. "Society of Friends".Produced by Ian & mixed by Martin Kronlund (Hammerfall/Firewind)

Album:

IAN PARRY has graced many bands / albums all over his career and now celebrates his four decades as a professional singer & songwriter with the re-release of his solo record ”Visions”, remastered 2022 and including a bonus track.Originally released via Escape Music in 2006 ”Visions” features a multitude of musical friends – including members of Within Temptation, Queensryche, Kamelot, Elegy & many more – helping out Parry to craft a really catchy album combining elements from AOR, melodic hard rock and progressive into a strong and captivating creation.Parry’s passionate vocals are excellent, the choruses are strong, and the tunes are precise – good from start to finish. All well written, excellently performed, and the multitude of guest musicians on instruments as well on vocals add just the right amount of variation for such a production.Parry always has been open to co-write with other artists, such as guitarist Stephan Lill for the largely acoustic ballad “(For) Another Day” which features a melodic chorus; the straight-up rocker “Fallin'”, with a cool sing-along part; and the hard rock-styled “Smiley People” whose Journey-like arrangement is great. Lill also plays leads on several tunes, of which the Middle Eastern-flavored “Lovin’ A Stranger” stands out the most.Joshua Dutrieux plays all keys and piano on the album, but he also switches to guitar on the hard rocking piece “Anything So Easy”. Other than that, the entirely piano-based ballad “No Mans Land” was composed by him with Parry adding the lyrics and vocal melodies.Speaking of Parry, his instantly recognizable vibrato permeates all the tunes, particularly the opening track “Innocent Minds”, by far the best track on the album. Parry duets with a female singer (Judith Rijnveld) throughout the verses, but belts out his trademark 0dayrox screams during the crunch-filled choruses.The album’s oddball piece has to be “Slip Away”. A tune composed by Parry alone, it has a rather modern vibe to it, with odd electronic elements surrounding a great bass groove and acoustic guitars.The bonus track titled “How Far Will You Go” is another classic Ian Parry tune with lots of arena rock guitars and swirls of keyboard work.The production of ”Visions” was handled by the great sound master Markus Teske, mostly known for his work with Symphony X and Vanden Plas among others, and its benefited by this modern day remastering job where everything sounds crisp.

Line Up:

IAN PARRY - Vocals (Elegy, Ayreon, Vengeance)
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Casey Grillo – Drums (tracks 4, 8, 9, 11)
Joshua Dutrieux – Piano, Keyboards, Guitars (tracks 1, 3)
Alfred van der Zwam – Guitars (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11)
Stephan Lill – Guitars (tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Mario Zapata – Guitars (tracks 4, 7, 8, 9)
Stefan Weissmueller – Keyboards (additional) (track 7)
Marcel van der Zwam – Bass (tracks 1, 2, 3)
Robert Finan – Bass (tracks 4,8, 9, 11)
Torsten Reichert – Bass (tracks 5, 6, 7)
Ivar de Graaf – Drums (tracks 1, 2, 3)
Andreas Lill – Drums (tracks 5, 6, 7)
Judith Rijnveld – Vocals (lead) (tracks 1, 11)
Rosita Abbink – Vocals (Secondary Lead and Choir) (track 1)
Chris de Rooij – Vocals (backing) (tracks 1, 3)
Kyra Dutrieux – Vocals (backing) (track 3)
Joyce Meuwissen – Vocals (harmony and choir) (tracks 4, 9, 11)

Tracklist:

01. Innocent Minds
02. Anything so Easily
03. Fools Don’t Cry
04. Angels
05. (For) Another Day
06. Fallin’
07. Smiley People
08. Slip Away
09. Lovin’ a Stranger
10. No Mans Land
11. Visions
12. How Far Will You Go (Bonus Track)




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