New proggy Christmas music from The Wizards of Winter

[Dan Roth]

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.

[Dan Roth]

Another new song - a vocal one this time - from their forthcoming album - "Secrets of the Snowglobe":

[Dan Roth]

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

[Dan Roth]

Another from their new album, a fun re-arrangement of The First Noel with some killer guitar work and a cool organ solo:

[jglfan]

Thanks Dan, I appreciate the posts. Love that first tune, will check out their album.