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New proggy Christmas music from The Wizards of Winter
New Jersey/Pennsylvania-based The Wizards of Winter just released their new track from their forthcoming third album.
The blurb:
The Wizards of Winter’s third album titled “The Christmas Dream” contains 10 new original songs. The material is a rocking Holiday sleigh ride that crosses many musical boundaries from Prog Metal to Contemporary; making it appealing to a broad and diverse audience.
While the album will officially release and ship later this month, the group wanted to provide a small taste of what is to come by offering up one of their new songs today.
Founder/Keyboardist, Scott Kelly states:
“It is often said that Prog Rock music is the Classical Music of our day. The band thought it would be fun to put a rock spin on one of the great classical tunes associated with Christmas. “Handel’s Torch” is a nod to the Hallelujah Chorus. If you listen closely you will hear several other classic melodies woven through the piece as well. We think it rocks and is a blast to play. We hope our fans think it rocks too.”
I really dig these guys - yeah there are TSO comparisons, but these guys are a bit more proggy and less theatrical than TSO. I love the flute/guitar interplay on this one. And their rhythm section is the same as the last Rainbow album: Greg Smith/John O.Reilly.
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Another new song - a vocal one this time - from their forthcoming album - "Secrets of the Snowglobe":
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I sat down with Wizards of Winter founding members Scott Kelly (Keyboards) and Sharon Kelly (Flute/Vocals). We did an in-depth chat about their new album, The Christmas Dream, and their 2019 tour.
Some of the topics we touched on:
- Their creative writing and recording process for the new album
- The back-story to many of the songs on the new album
- Working with bandmembers John O.Reilly, Greg Smith and Fred Gorhau in studio
- The positives and negatives of working independently in the music business
- The song they are most looking forward to playing on the upcoming tour.
and much more!
http://www.musicandartinterviews.com...of-winter.html
Last edited by Dan Roth; 11-09-2019 at 03:28 PM.
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Another from their new album, a fun re-arrangement of The First Noel with some killer guitar work and a cool organ solo:
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Thanks Dan, I appreciate the posts. Love that first tune, will check out their album.
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