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CD/DVD Releases: ReVamp - Special Guest Vocalists Revealed For Debut Album!

Posted on Thursday, July 08 @ 21:30:00 UTC by nightowl

Russell Allen, lead vocalist for the progressive power metal band Symphony X, makes a guest appearance on the debut album by ReVamp, former After Forever singer Floor Jansen's new band.

ReVamp's self-titled new album will be released in North America on July 27th.

States Allen: "I first met Floor on the Star One tour. I was immediately enchanted by her voice and her presence. I knew she was going to be successful in music if she desired to be and she has been and continues to be. Floor asked me to sing the male lead on 'Sweet Curse.' I heard the song and loved it. The substance of the lyrics are reflected in the music and that is what moved me to perform the song, which speaks to me of lost love but a love that has never died. I recorded my vocal tracks in my home studio and added a few twists here and there, but the origins of my parts are Floor's. She is a talented writer and performer and this song was great for us to do together. I wish all the best for her and ReVamp."



States Jansen on the collaboration: "ReVamp is heavier and more diverse than After Forever. Less orchestral, more riff-based. More vocal variety, from raw screams to opera, back to soft and light, off to rock or musical-like singing. Diversity is very important to me. I use my voice in as many ways as possible, but it's still my voice. To combine my voice with others keeps the sound for interesting. Russell Allen brings power and emotion to the song 'Sweet Curse.' Our voices together sound great, as we already knew from the past. This song became a great duet!"

Also performing guest vocals on Revamp is Bj?rn 'Speed' Strid from Soilwork and George Oosthoek from Orphanage & Pleurisy.

Strid shares: "Actually, I have never met Floor in real life, but I do remember being impressed when I heard her voice the first time, though. She's got balls. She had a certain song in mind ['In Sickness 'Till Death Do Us Part: Disdain'], sent me the music and a lyric sheet while I was in the studio with Soilwork, and gave me a bit of guidance but also wanted me to improvise a bit. I spent a day working out my lines in a tower of the house we were renting in Mooresville, North Carolina also known as 'The Genie Room." Perfect. I recorded the vocals sometime in February while drinking some wine. With the intense verse and the open atmospheric chorus, it felt perfect as a duet! To me it's about betrayal and being let down."

States Jansen : "I am always inspired to write new music, but I must say that the end of After Forever and some personal changes in my life did give extra ingredients. Every song I heard could become a source of inspiration. Stories of others, movies or books, my personal relationships, everything mixed and melted into one and became an album. 'Speed' from Soilwork brings another form of power to the album's diversity with his screams/growl and clean voice. He masters so many different vocal sounds, just like me. Again, a lot of power together in one song. He gave 'Disdain' the energy and aggression it needed!

Track List:

01. Here's My Hell (featuring George Oosthoek from Orphanage & Pleurisy)
02. Head Up High
03. Sweet Curse (featuring Russell Allen from Symphony X)
04. Million
05. In Sickness 'Till Death Do Us Part: All Goodbyes Are Said
06. Break
07. In Sickness 'Till Death Do Us Part: Disdain (featuring Bj?rn 'Speed' Strid from Soilwork)
08. In Sickness 'Till Death Do Us Part: Disgraced
09. Fast Forward
10. Kill Me With Silence
11. The Trial Of Monsters
12. Under My Skin
13. I Lost Myself
Bonus Track: No Honey For The Damned

The track "Head Up High" - the song from this record Floor Jansen would choose to put into an astronaut's iPod at the International Space Station to represent all of humanity - is available for free download here (e-mail sign-up required). "It's diverse, heavy, new, short and catchy, but still heavy and very metal."

View an interview with Floor Jansen where she discusses her new band, ReVamp, on the band's YouTube Channel.

The ReVamp team includes:

Floor Jansen: songwriter/singer
Joost van den Broek: songwriter/producer/arranger & studio keyboardist
Waldemar Sorychta : songwriter/producer/ studio guitarist and bass player
Koen Herfst: studio drummer
Jaap Melman: Live bass player
Ruben Wijga: Live keyboard player
Jord Otto: Live guitar player
Arjan Rijnen: Live guitar player
Matthias Landes: Live drummer

[Source: Nuclear Blast USA]

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