Grace And Fire - Elysium (2021) CD-Rip

ELYSIUM is the anticipated debut album of Grace and Fire. This beautifully illustrated 6-panel digipak with 12 page booklet tells the journey into a world that resembles Dante's Inferno. Each band member adds their unique style, but blends into a coherant set of tracks, each one different from the last and yet one feels the album would be incomplete without them all. Production and mixing by Threshold's Karl Groom at Thin Ice Studios is indicative of the quality that can be expected. Listen out for the guest musicians with a cameo from Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater/Sons of Apollo) and Yngwie Malmsteen vocalists Göran Edman and Mark Boals joining up with André on a couple of tracks.

Grace and Fire formed in 2019 as a new band fusing Progressive Rock with Melodic Hard Rock in a melodic, song-based, accessible format. Songwriters André Saint (Vocals) and Aaron Gidney (Guitars) first worked together in a previous band, Shadow of Acolyte - writing, recording and touring for two years, culminating in hitting #1 on Amazon's Bestselling Hard Rock and Metal Chart in January 2018 with the release of the 'Holy Ground' EP. Graham Brown (Drums) began working with the band at its inception and has worked with Touchstone alumni, Rob Cottingham and Kim Seviour as their drummer of choice, most notably in Rob's new project. 'Cairo' who released their debut album 'Say' in 2017. Graham also played on Kim's latest release, 'Recovery Is Learning' working with Arena/Frost*/Lonely Robot/It Bites mainman, John Mitchell. In 2019, Graham also began working with The Paradox Twin. Following Graham’s addition, Tim Ashton (Bass) then joined the lineup, following stints with UK Neo-Prog Rockers, Galahad - most notably playing on their debut album, 'Nothing Is Written' and their most recent offering, 2018's 'Seas of Change' which comprised one epic 43 minute track. The band has just completed mixing and mastering their debut album and are preparing for release in 2021. The album consists of 10 tracks with a number of special guests being featured, and contains melodic, progressive hard rock anthems with soaring guitars, lush keyboard textures and concise song-based writing.