ASTRA - New Album Due Out Next Month
January 23, 2009, 15 years ago
One of the front runners of the Italian progressive metal scene, ASTRA mark their first release for Lion Music with the From Within, due out on February 20th.
An excerpt from a press release reads as follows:
Best described as a mixture of SYMPHONY X, VANDEN PLAS, early DREAM THEATER and QUEEN crossed with some AOR touches; the new album sees Astra delivering an album of high quality from start to finish with a strong accessible punch to the music on offer. The creation of From Within began in late Dec 2007 with jams done by Titta (on the drums), Emanuele, Silvio and Andrea. Filippo then joined the band for a week and gave his help to create some tunes and finished other songs. A lot of pre-production was made and with the help of internet all the vocals line and keyboard parts were ready 5 months before the recording sessions. The recording sessions ran from February – March 2008 and the mixing sessions finalised the album in September-October 2008.
From Within tracklisting: 'Over The Hills', 'Promises You Made', 'Memories Remain', 'The Rage Behind', 'Save Another Day', 'Hypocrisy', 'Road To Nowhere', 'Simple Mind', 'The Hitman', 'Never Say Goodbye'.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/astraprog.
