Sunday 5 January 2014

Al Atkins in Wagnerian metal project

The long-awaited Wagnerian opera metal project Lyraka Volume 2: Sonata Sirena is set for release August 29th, 2014, and contains vocal performances by Al Atkins (JUDAS PRIEST/ATKINS/MAY), Rob Diaz (VASTATOR), Veronica Freeman (BENEDICTUM), Robert Lowe (SOLITUDE AETERNUS, CANDLEMASS), and a vocal trio featuring Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, ALCATRAZZ), Mark Boals (YNGWIE MALMSTEN, RING OF FIRE) and Liz Vandall (ULI JON ROTH and SAHARA).



A sample of 'Semmonet', featuring Al Atkins, is streaming below.



Composer and lead guitarist for the project, Andy DiGelsomina, states: "Al Atkins vocally captured the sardonic, wry yet at times trickily self-effacing personality Jasmine Lyraka Aliara envisioned. My intro lead provided just that, a comic yet grudgingly admiring perspective of how others might see Semmonet, the vizier to the desert queen Lilliput.

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AL ATKINS WITH THE MIGHTY ATKINS MAY PROJECT AT GONZO
Valley of Shadows
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The Serpents Kiss
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