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Delusions Of Grandeur (Circle II Circle Album)
''Delusions of Grandeur'' is a 2008 release by Circle II Circle. It was the band's fourth studio release. Track listing All songs written by Zachary Stevens and Paul Michael Stewart except as indicated below. # Fatal Warning - 03:55 # Dead of Dawn - 04:07 # Forever - 05:16 # Echoes - 05:21 # Waiting - 03:35 # Soul Breaker (Stevens/Stewart/Christian) - 03:29 # Seclusion - 05:03 # So Many Reasons - 03:41 # Chase the Lies - 03:14 # Every Last Thing - 07:23 # Stay - 4:52 (Digipack bonus material) # Revelations (live video clip) (Digipack bonus material) Japanese Edition # Fatal Warning - 03:55 # Dead of Dawn - 04:07 # Forever - 05:16 # Echoes - 05:21 # Waiting - 03:35 # Soul Breaker (Stevens/Stewart/Christian) - 03:29 # Stay - 4:52 (Japanese Bonus) # Seclusion - 05:03 # So Many Reasons - 03:41 # Chase the Lies - 03:14 # Every Last Thing - 07:23 # Against The World - 4:04 (Japanese Bonus) # Darkness Rising - 3:33 (Russian bonus track; taken from Every Last Thing EP) Personnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle II Circle
Circle II Circle is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by former Savatage lead vocalist Zachary Stevens and longtime friend and band manager Dan Campbell in 2001. They play varied genres of metal including traditional heavy metal, power metal and progressive metal. History For a period of eight years from 1992 until August 2000, Zachary Stevens was the lead singer of Savatage. After five albums with the group, he left in 2000 citing family reasons. During the winter of 2001, Zak started his comeback with long-time friend and co founder of the band, Dan Campbell, co-writing material with former Savatage lead singer Jon Oliva and guitarist Chris Caffery what would become the songs for the Circle II Circle debut album, ''Watching in Silence''. The second CIIC record '' The Middle of Nowhere'' featured Zak's vocals along with band members Paul Michael Stewart, Andy Lee, Tom Drennan and Evan Christopher. The band's third release was a concept al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Metal
Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent, for example, in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. "Riffs became labyrinthine, vocals scorched higher altitudes—and they even managed to crank out some more volume." The term was first used in the mid-1980s and refers to two different but related styles: * the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal; * a later, more widespread and popular style based in Europe "American metal such as Queensrÿche, Attacker, Jag Panzer, Iced Earth, Liege Lord, and Savatage; European bands such as H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Metal
Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad :Fusion music genres, fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or "pseudo-classical" compositions of the latter. One of these experimental examples introduced to modern metal was djent. The music typically showcases the extreme technical proficiency of the performers and usually uses unorthodox Chord progression, harmonies as well as complex rhythms with frequent Metre (music), meter changes and intense syncopation. While the genre emerged towards the late-1980s, it was not until the 1990s that progressive metal achieved widespread success. Queensrÿche, Dream Theater, Tool (band), Tool, Symphony X,''AllMusic''Tool Retrieved on February 11, 2013. Shadow Gallery, King's X, and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator. In 2005, Candlelight Records signed a cooperative deal with AFM to mutually release and market several titles. The exclusive distribution in Greece is being carried out by Infinity Entertainment IKE. Current and former artists A * Absolute * Almah * Annihilator * Arion * Armored Dawn * At Vance * Avantasia * Axxis B * Beautiful Sin * Betzefer (2010–present) * Black Messiah * Blackmore's Night * Bloodbound * Borealis * Brainstorm * Brothers of Metal C * Circle II Circle * Cruachan * Crystal Viper * Communic * Crystal Ball D * Dalriada * Danko Jones * Dark Age * Dark at Dawn * Dead City Ruins * DeadRisen * Debauchery * Destruction * Dezperadoz * Dionysus * Doro * Dragonland *Dynazty E * Eden's Curse * Edguy * Eisbrecher * Ektomorf * Elv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burden Of Truth (album)
''Burden of Truth'' is a 2006 release by Circle II Circle. It was the band's third full-length studio release so far, and is a concept album, with the songs telling a story based on The Da Vinci Code. Unlike the band's first two albums, this album does not feature a guest appearance from lead vocalist Zak Stevens's former Savatage bandmates, Chris Caffery and Jon Oliva. Track listing # "Who Am I to Be?" (Stevens, Stewart, Lee) - 5:03 # "A Matter of Time" (Stevens, Stewart) - 4:08 # "Heal You" (Stevens, Stewart, Lee) - 4:16 # "Revelations" (Stevens, Stewart) - 3:41 # "Your Reality" (Stevens, Stewart) - 4:29 # "Evermore" (Stevens, Stewart) - 2:53 # "The Black" (Stevens, Stewart, Lee) - 4:55 # "Messiah" (Stevens, Stewart) - 3:31 # "Sentenced" (Stevens, Stewart, Lee) - 4:58 # "Burden of Truth" (Stevens, Stewart) - 6:44 # "Live as One" (Stevens, Stewart) - 5:05 Personnel * Zak Stevens – lead vocals * Paul Michael ''"Mitch"'' Stewart – bass guitar, keyboards, guitars, backin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consequence Of Power
''Consequence of Power'' is a 2010 release by Circle II Circle. It was the band's fifth studio release. Track listing All songs written by Zachary Stevens and Paul Michael Stewart # "Whispers In Vain" - 05:24 # "Consequence Of Power" - 04:23 # "Out Of Nowhere" - 04:09 # "Remember" - 05:28 # Symptoms of Fate - 4:19 (Limited edition bonus track) # "Mirage" - 05:04 # "Episodes Of Mania" - 05:07 # "Redemption" - 05:29 # "Take Back Yesterday" - 05:01 # "Anathema" - 05:14 # "Blood Of An Angel" - 05:07 Personnel * Zachary Stevens – lead vocals * Andrew Lee — guitars * Paul Michael Stewart — bass, backing vocals, keyboards * John Osborn – drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... References External links Official Circle II Circle websiteCircle II Circleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachary Stevens
Zachary Trussell (born March 5, 1966), known professionally as Zachary "Zak" Stevens, is an American singer, best known as the second lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage. He currently performs with the heavy metal band Circle II Circle. Stevens also has a degree in psychology but is not, as is often reported, a licensed, practicing psychologist. Career Stevens first achieved fame singing for a band called Wicked Witch. However, after Savatage co-founder Jon Oliva stepped down from the fore of the band at the conclusion of their tour in support of '' Streets: A Rock Opera'' in 1992 to concentrate on other projects, namely his other band Doctor Butcher and a Broadway-bound musical entitled ''Romanov'', Savatage required a replacement. Oliva hand-picked his replacement, who was discovered and introduced to the band by Criss Oliva's best friend and guitar technician Savatage's lead guitarist, and their long-time producer Paul O'Neill heard demos of Stevens and wanted him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production in which the vocal folds (vocal cords) are the primary sound source. (Other sound production mechanisms produced from the same general area of the body involve the production of unvoiced consonants, clicks, whistling and whispering.) Generally speaking, the mechanism for generating the human voice can be subdivided into three parts; the lungs, the vocal folds within the larynx (voice box), and the articulators. The lungs, the "pump" must produce adequate airflow and air pressure to vibrate vocal folds. The vocal folds (vocal cords) then vibrate to use airflow from the lungs to create audible pulses that form the laryngeal sound source. The muscles of the larynx adjust the length and tension of the vocal folds to 'fine-tune' pitch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. The four-string bass is usually tuned the same as the double bass, which corresponds to pitches one octave lower than the four lowest-pitched strings of a guitar (typically E, A, D, and G). It is played primarily with the fingers or thumb, or with a pick. To be heard at normal performance volumes, electric basses require external amplification. Terminology According to the ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', an "Electric bass guitar sa Guitar, usually with four heavy strings tuned E1'–A1'–D2–G2." It also defines ''bass'' as "Bass (iv). A contraction of Double bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Keyboard
An electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument, an electronic derivative of keyboard instruments. Electronic keyboards include synthesizers, digital pianos, stage pianos, electronic organs and digital audio workstations. In technical terms, an electronic keyboard is a synthesizer with a low-wattage power amplifier and small loudspeakers. Electronic keyboards are capable of recreating a wide range of instrument sounds (piano, Hammond organ, pipe organ, violin, etc.) and synthesizer tones with less complex sound synthesis. Electronic keyboards are usually designed for home users, beginners and other non-professional users. They typically have unweighted keys. The least expensive models do not have velocity-sensitive keys, but mid- to high-priced models do. Home keyboards typically have little, if any, digital sound editing capacity. The user typically selects from a range of preset "voices" or sounds, which include imitations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drum Kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player ( drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks, one in each hand, and uses their feet to operate a foot-controlled hi-hat and bass drum pedal. A standard kit may contain: * A snare drum, mounted on a stand * A bass drum, played with a beater moved by a foot-operated pedal * One or more tom-toms, including rack toms and/or floor toms * One or more cymbals, including a ride cymbal and crash cymbal * Hi-hat cymbals, a pair of cymbals that can be manipulated by a foot-operated pedal The drum kit is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz. __TOC__ History Early development Before the development of the drum set, drums and cymbals used in military and orchestral m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
