Australian pop sensibilities combined with modern progressive heaviness – the cult force that is Voyager are back with a new album, entitled “Ghost Mile”.
They smashed their Pledge Music campaign target in just over a week, and 2 days after releasing their first single “Ascension”, taken from the album.
The band have now revealed the album artwork and tracklisting for “Ghost Mile”, which is set for release on May 12th, 2017.
The artwork was done by the band's drummer Ashley Doodkorte.
Tracklist:
1. Ascension
2. Misery is Only Company
3. Lifeline
4. Fragile Serene
5. To the Riverside
6. Ghost Mile
7. What A Wonderful Day
8. Disconnected
9. This Gentle Earth
10. As The City Takes the Night
Scott Kay, one of Voyager's guitarists, has also just unleashed a guitar playthrough video for “Ascension” - watch it below.
Scott Kay says this about the playthrough:
“I'm using my new Mayones Duvell Elite 7, with the stock Seymour Duncan Nazgul/Sentient pickups. It sounds and plays like an absolute dream! The Duvell was used throughout the tracking process for Ghost Mile too, taking the role of recording all rhythm parts, and my leads. I'm then going into my Marshall JVM410H head, through a Marshall 1960's cab. The mic is a classic Shure SM57. Can't go wrong! There's a gate on the OD channel, and on the cleans there's some delay, reverb, and chorus on the back end to make it shimmer”.
Voyager's sensationally anthemic 6th opus has an amalgamation of everything the band does best- huge soundscapes, pop and prog sensibilities with catchy and thought-inducing instrumentals. The album was mixed by Matthew Templeman and mastered by Simon Strutters and maintains the production that was such a successful selling point for their album “V”.
With a fiery red keytar, a feisty female guitarist and concerts described as “amazing chemistry blending pop with heavy, technical and progressive riffs”, Voyager are consistently a live force to be reckoned with. Deftones' Chino Moreno recently likened singer Danny Estrin's vocals to Duran Duran's Simon LeBon.
In June 2014, Voyager released their fifth opus; the internationally critically acclaimed “V”. Their new album received incredible reviews from media outlets such as Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, Classic Rock Magazine and Revolver Magazine. In addition, “V” entered the top 20 on the CMJ US Loud Rock Charts and led Voyager to receiving a nomination for the “Breakthrough Artist” award at the 2014 Prog Magazine Music Awards and an invitation to appear at Bigsound 2014.
“V” also saw Voyager perform at major festivals such as ProgPower USA, Euroblast Festival in Germany and the prestigious ProgPower Europe Festival in The Netherlands. They also shared the stage with the likes of Deftones, Opeth, Leprous, Protest The Hero, Nightwish, Epica, Oceans of Slumber and Coheed and Cambria over the course of “V”'s album cycle.
Having ended 2016 with a bang touring Australia with Deftones and Karnivool, receiving a WAM award for “Best Heavy Act”, and already being invited to once again play Euroblast and headline Progpower EU in 2017, it's looking to be their biggest year yet with the upcoming release of “Ghost Mile”.
Line-up:
Danny Estrin - Vocals/Keytar
Scott Kay - Guitars
Simone Dow - Guitars
Alex Canion - Bass
Ashley Doodkorte - Drums
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/voyageraustralia
twitter.com/voyagerau
They smashed their Pledge Music campaign target in just over a week, and 2 days after releasing their first single “Ascension”, taken from the album.
The band have now revealed the album artwork and tracklisting for “Ghost Mile”, which is set for release on May 12th, 2017.
The artwork was done by the band's drummer Ashley Doodkorte.
Tracklist:
1. Ascension
2. Misery is Only Company
3. Lifeline
4. Fragile Serene
5. To the Riverside
6. Ghost Mile
7. What A Wonderful Day
8. Disconnected
9. This Gentle Earth
10. As The City Takes the Night
Scott Kay, one of Voyager's guitarists, has also just unleashed a guitar playthrough video for “Ascension” - watch it below.
Scott Kay says this about the playthrough:
“I'm using my new Mayones Duvell Elite 7, with the stock Seymour Duncan Nazgul/Sentient pickups. It sounds and plays like an absolute dream! The Duvell was used throughout the tracking process for Ghost Mile too, taking the role of recording all rhythm parts, and my leads. I'm then going into my Marshall JVM410H head, through a Marshall 1960's cab. The mic is a classic Shure SM57. Can't go wrong! There's a gate on the OD channel, and on the cleans there's some delay, reverb, and chorus on the back end to make it shimmer”.
Voyager's sensationally anthemic 6th opus has an amalgamation of everything the band does best- huge soundscapes, pop and prog sensibilities with catchy and thought-inducing instrumentals. The album was mixed by Matthew Templeman and mastered by Simon Strutters and maintains the production that was such a successful selling point for their album “V”.
With a fiery red keytar, a feisty female guitarist and concerts described as “amazing chemistry blending pop with heavy, technical and progressive riffs”, Voyager are consistently a live force to be reckoned with. Deftones' Chino Moreno recently likened singer Danny Estrin's vocals to Duran Duran's Simon LeBon.
In June 2014, Voyager released their fifth opus; the internationally critically acclaimed “V”. Their new album received incredible reviews from media outlets such as Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, Classic Rock Magazine and Revolver Magazine. In addition, “V” entered the top 20 on the CMJ US Loud Rock Charts and led Voyager to receiving a nomination for the “Breakthrough Artist” award at the 2014 Prog Magazine Music Awards and an invitation to appear at Bigsound 2014.
“V” also saw Voyager perform at major festivals such as ProgPower USA, Euroblast Festival in Germany and the prestigious ProgPower Europe Festival in The Netherlands. They also shared the stage with the likes of Deftones, Opeth, Leprous, Protest The Hero, Nightwish, Epica, Oceans of Slumber and Coheed and Cambria over the course of “V”'s album cycle.
Having ended 2016 with a bang touring Australia with Deftones and Karnivool, receiving a WAM award for “Best Heavy Act”, and already being invited to once again play Euroblast and headline Progpower EU in 2017, it's looking to be their biggest year yet with the upcoming release of “Ghost Mile”.
Line-up:
Danny Estrin - Vocals/Keytar
Scott Kay - Guitars
Simone Dow - Guitars
Alex Canion - Bass
Ashley Doodkorte - Drums
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/voyageraustralia
twitter.com/voyagerau