Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the upcoming release of the debut album from Raintimes, a new melodic rock project featuring two young and talented Italian musicans, Pierpaolo “Zorro” Monti (Charming Grace, Shining Line) and Davide Barbieri (Wheels Of Fire, Charming Grace) together with the awesome singer Michael Shotton (Von Groove). It also features Sven Larsson, Andrea Gipponi, and Ivan Gonzalez.
The homonymous debut release will be out on December 1st, 2017.
The video for first single, “Forever Gone” can be watched below.
Pre-order the album: Frontiers, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play & Spotify.
Pierpaolo “Zorro” Monti says: “"Forever Gone" is a very special song that I begun writing during the sessions of my Shining Line debut. I continued writing the song with the idea of making "The Storm" album, I asked Dave to add a few parts to complete its structure, and recorded the first demo the same day. We were very excited of the final result! Raintimes is an album that I really wanted to use as a tribute to my love and admiration for "The Storm" I have played to death their two albums (especially "Eye of the Storm"). Their tempos, steeped in pure melodic class, are the perfect crossroad between AOR and Melodic Rock. The choice of Shotton as frontman was based not only on my admiration for his talents, but because I wanted to give a strong personality to the album and make the music more personal and original”.
A few demos were sent to Frontiers’ President Serafino Perugino, who enjoyed what he heard and gave the talented guys from Northern Italy an opportunity to showcase their talent.
Fun fact for all the melodic rock aficionados out there: the duo of Monti and Barbieri (together with Dave Zublena) actually penned the awesome song “Love Gets Through” from the First Signal album, “One Step Over the Line” released on Frontiers Music Srl in June 2016.
Tracklist:
1. Forever Gone
2. Make My Day
3. Don’t Ever Give Up
4. Swan
5. I Need Tonight
6. Raintimes
7. Just A Little Bit More
8. Empty Days
9. Together as Friends
10. Missing Piece
11. I See the Light
Produced by: Davide Barbieri & Pierpaolo Monti
Studio: PriStudio
Recorded by: Davide Barbieri & Pierpaolo Monti
Mixed by: Roberto Priori
Mastered by: Roberto Priori
Line-up:
Michael Shotton – Lead & Backing Vocals
Iván González – Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Sven Larsson - Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Davide Barbieri - Keyboards & Backing Vocals
Andrea Gipponi - Bass & Fretless Bass
Pierpaolo Monti – Drums & Percussion
Special Guests:
Niclas Olsson - Keyboards on “I Need Tonight”
Philip Lindstrand - Backing Vocals on “I Need Tonight”
Alessandro Del Vecchio: Keyboards & Backing Vocals on “Just A Little Bit More”
Erica Trovato: Backing Vocals on “Together as Friends”
Jesús Espín: Backing Vocals on “Missing Piece”
Daniel Flores: Percussion on “I See the Light”
Michele Luppi: Keyboards on “I See the Light”
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/raintimesofficial
www.facebook.com/frontiersmusicsrl
The homonymous debut release will be out on December 1st, 2017.
The video for first single, “Forever Gone” can be watched below.
Pre-order the album: Frontiers, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play & Spotify.
Pierpaolo “Zorro” Monti says: “"Forever Gone" is a very special song that I begun writing during the sessions of my Shining Line debut. I continued writing the song with the idea of making "The Storm" album, I asked Dave to add a few parts to complete its structure, and recorded the first demo the same day. We were very excited of the final result! Raintimes is an album that I really wanted to use as a tribute to my love and admiration for "The Storm" I have played to death their two albums (especially "Eye of the Storm"). Their tempos, steeped in pure melodic class, are the perfect crossroad between AOR and Melodic Rock. The choice of Shotton as frontman was based not only on my admiration for his talents, but because I wanted to give a strong personality to the album and make the music more personal and original”.
A few demos were sent to Frontiers’ President Serafino Perugino, who enjoyed what he heard and gave the talented guys from Northern Italy an opportunity to showcase their talent.
Fun fact for all the melodic rock aficionados out there: the duo of Monti and Barbieri (together with Dave Zublena) actually penned the awesome song “Love Gets Through” from the First Signal album, “One Step Over the Line” released on Frontiers Music Srl in June 2016.
Tracklist:
1. Forever Gone
2. Make My Day
3. Don’t Ever Give Up
4. Swan
5. I Need Tonight
6. Raintimes
7. Just A Little Bit More
8. Empty Days
9. Together as Friends
10. Missing Piece
11. I See the Light
Produced by: Davide Barbieri & Pierpaolo Monti
Studio: PriStudio
Recorded by: Davide Barbieri & Pierpaolo Monti
Mixed by: Roberto Priori
Mastered by: Roberto Priori
Line-up:
Michael Shotton – Lead & Backing Vocals
Iván González – Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Sven Larsson - Lead & Rhythm Guitars
Davide Barbieri - Keyboards & Backing Vocals
Andrea Gipponi - Bass & Fretless Bass
Pierpaolo Monti – Drums & Percussion
Special Guests:
Niclas Olsson - Keyboards on “I Need Tonight”
Philip Lindstrand - Backing Vocals on “I Need Tonight”
Alessandro Del Vecchio: Keyboards & Backing Vocals on “Just A Little Bit More”
Erica Trovato: Backing Vocals on “Together as Friends”
Jesús Espín: Backing Vocals on “Missing Piece”
Daniel Flores: Percussion on “I See the Light”
Michele Luppi: Keyboards on “I See the Light”
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/raintimesofficial
www.facebook.com/frontiersmusicsrl