Affector (ex Spock's Beard+) release 'Harmagedon'

 

 

On their debut album, "Harmagedon", AFFECTOR are joined by four very special guests on keyboards:
Alex Argento, Neal Morse (Transatlantic/Flying Colors), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) and Derek Sherinian (Planet X/Black Country communion). Also featured on the album is the Polish orchestra Sinfonietta Consonus. This concept album fuses a dark, apocalyptic scenery with themes of hope and light and features heavy riffs and lightning fast solos, but also has softer and more fragile moments, where the soulful singing of Ted Leonard opens a wide spectrum of vocal harmonies.

 

Citing broad musical influences and diverse inspirations between prog and classic as well as modern rock acts, AFFECTOR is like an open marriage between progressive rock/metal and orchestral minimalism, destined to appeal to everyone into bands ranging from Dream Theater, A.C.T., Symphony X, Darkwater to Queen or Rush.

 

 

Affector's debut album, "Harmagedon", which was mixed and mastered at The Mouse House in Los Angeles by Rich Mouser (Spock's Beard/Transatlantic/Neal Morse), will be released via InsideOutMusic on May 21st, 2012 in Europe and May 22nd, 2012 in North America: http://www.insideoutmusic.com/newsdetailed.aspx?IdNews=11007&IdCompany=8

 

Expectations are high for this one - there are four 'yes' votes already for them on progfreak, despite only one sample (a 'teaser') ever being posted to the best of my knowledge (and since removed by the user). More samples are promised soon though - this YouTube channel was set up on 6th Feb for this purpose, but so far no vids have been uploaded:

 

Follow them here: http://www.facebook.com/affectormusic

Official website: http://www.affector.net/

Looking forward to this album much....!