The new CD by the band The Wizards of Winter is available for pre-order. It is similar in style to their self-titled album released in 2014. I would highly recommend it to folks who enjoy the music of TSO or proggy-ish pop (Styx, for example)
The Wizards of Winter are a NJ-based rock band with some harder rock and prog leanings, with a very certain TSO-influence (they started out years ago as a TSO tribute band, but began creating their own material at the request of their fans). They created a bit of a stir in 2014 with their "“March of the Metal Soldiers” - a re-imagining of the Christmas classic “March of the Toys” whose proceeds benefited the Wounded Warrior Project. Their East Coast winter tour caught the attention of former MegaForce Records Jon Zazula and he and Testament vocalist Chuck Billy signed them to their management company.
The new album - "The Magic of Winter" - once again has cover artwork done by Ioannis (Saga, Dream Theater, Uriah Heep, Allman Bros, etc) and was produced by Eric Rachel (Symphony X, Skid Row, Styx).
Yahoo Music debuted their lead single off the album - a real Prog-Pop earworm - heavy keys and smooth vocals from former TSO vocalist Guy LeMonnier:
GuitarWorld.com debuted an instrumental track from the album, "Flight of the Snow Angels", featuring some pretty cool guitar work by Fred Gorhau:
I am a fan of these guys - I love Christmas music, especially well-produced rockin' and proggy stuff like this.
Check out their website to pre-order the new album or check out tour dates: http://thewizardsofwinter.com/
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