Rickicaz1279 Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Hey Everyone!Ascension have always had a mixed reaction in our old city of aberdeen, even being nominated worst band 3 years in a row! but nevertheless i want to share with you the new song from our upcoming debut album "Far Beyond The Stars"The album was a big project for us, 4 weeks spent with legendary King Diamond guitarist " Andy Larocque " at his own studio in Varberg, Sweden. its our fastest, most melodic, shreddy production to date and its receiving fantastic feedback so far. We are currently sorting out the "Business" side of releasing the album, i shan't say anymore right now but everything's going in the right direction and there are lots of plans for the future on the back of this album, needless to say we are extremely proud of it.Anyway, just trying to get some feedback and i'm also looking for reviewers for the whole album, preferably people who run at least a reasonably reputable blog, or review forum, or magazine etc etc. so get in touch if you'd be interested Anyway, here's the latest installment from the new era of Ascension, intense power metal in the vein of helloween meets Dragonforce/edguy/gamma ray and everything in between!Visit us on facebook - Ascension Scotland | Facebook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runcie Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Totally not my thing but by jesus fuck that sounds immense! You guys are all insanely good and should be affa proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I'm not a fan of the vocal style but the musicianship is superb and the production sounds excellent as well. Good work guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Great work guys!1 min 41 secs... that one hell of a note to hit!It's great to see an Aberdeen band make such an effort with their recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Rocker Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 The sound is fantastic, and there's no doubting the musicianship. I love shred.I own 1 band t-shirt. That is a Dragonforce tour t-shirt. If I was to take the Pepsi challenge with you and Dragonforce, I couldn't tell the difference. If someone was to tell me that this was the new Dragonforce single I would believe them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Of Fudge Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 i like you guys. you can play, and you have a sense of humour \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Atom Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Holy crap!!! The vocals sound huge, well done.I suspect the main difference between these guys and Dragonforce may be the ability to pull that off live... I'm sure Ascension will do a better job, and both guitarists in Ascension can play! Happy speed metal is not really my cup of tea but I can appreciate this for what it is and a lot of work has gone into getting this far so well played, I hope a decent deal is in the pipeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Ascension Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Cheers for the comments guys ... we'll find out whether we can pull it off live later in the year but I wouldn't worry about it!Dragonforce's mistake was that they were binned trying to play live - you can't be binned and play power metal haha - the trick is to save that for after the show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Ascension Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 The sound is fantastic, and there's no doubting the musicianship. I love shred.I own 1 band t-shirt. That is a Dragonforce tour t-shirt. If I was to take the Pepsi challenge with you and Dragonforce, I couldn't tell the difference. If someone was to tell me that this was the new Dragonforce single I would believe them.Whereas I agree with the Dragonforce connection which is quite obvious (fast, guitar shreddy, power metal) I'd like to think we do something that they don't which is the effort we put into writing our songs.You can't really tell from this one song, but the album as a whole is very varied between our different writing styles and we put a lot of effort into the vocals - as opposed to Dragonforce, who sing "So Far awayyyy" in just about every song they have haha. Basically saying, fair enough on the comparison but I wouldn't consider us a Dragonforce clone by any stretch of the imagination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetlejuice Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Still looking for reviews? Drop me an email at eoin@herculesmoments.co.uk and I'll see what I can do regarding Hercules Moments and the Evening Express. (Although you did say you were looking for reputable publications... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickicaz1279 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 Thanks everyone! so chuffed everyone seems to like it The rest of the album as doc says has a good mixture of writing styles, and hopefully you can all hear a wee bit more soon Thanks for that email address man! ill get in touch once we get the press packs all ordered and promotional copies of the album ready! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Rocker Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Whereas I agree with the Dragonforce connection which is quite obvious (fast, guitar shreddy, power metal) I'd like to think we do something that they don't which is the effort we put into writing our songs.You can't really tell from this one song, but the album as a whole is very varied between our different writing styles and we put a lot of effort into the vocals - as opposed to Dragonforce, who sing "So Far awayyyy" in just about every song they have haha. Basically saying, fair enough on the comparison but I wouldn't consider us a Dragonforce clone by any stretch of the imaginationDon't get me wrong, I like your stuff! I'll buy the album when it comes out and if you play in Inverness, I'll be there to see you:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan G Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Sounds really good chaps. I prefer that over dragonforce to be honest.And Doc, spot on about that 'So Far Awaaay' in every song of theirs. I've always thought that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Maybe Dragonforce are just really, really far away. Too far to express in just one song....xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickicaz1279 Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 If you see the videos of them recording there new album with the new vocalist, you can hear theyve included another bout of " so far awaaaay " in there hahaha!!!And monk rocker, we will most definatly play inverness! we played we there in 2009 on tour at Mad hatters and it was fucking awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Ascension Posted May 4, 2011 Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Sounds really good chaps. I prefer that over dragonforce to be honest.And Doc, spot on about that 'So Far Awaaay' in every song of theirs. I've always thought that.That... and the word "Fields" ... it's everywhere... But no offence to them - I don't mind their music but the lyrics are just terrible. There is zero effort there to make a legitimate song and I personally couldn't live with myself doing that - hence our songs do have real meaning and effort in the lyrics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedzers Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 I played with you guys a few years ago at the Tunnels. I think it was our first time there... Your soundcheck made me want to give up haha Unreal then, unreal now, and a fucking great singer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickicaz1279 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 wee press release on Bravewords.com!Bravewords.com > News > ASCENSION Release New Preview Track; Debut Album Produced By KING DIAMOND Guitarist Andy La Rocque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetlejuice Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Has this album been released yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 fantastic sounding, you guys have been on the verge of coming out with something very good for a few years now, good to see your still going at it! I've had my Dragonforce hat on this week so its fitting in nicely, any shows in the 'deen coming up soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Really enjoyed that, sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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