Frontiers Recordsis pleased to announce the release of the much anticipated third album from
PLACE VENDOME entitled “Thunder in the Distance” on November 1st in Europe and November
5th in North America.
PLACE
VENDOME is the Melodic Rock project featuring UNISONIC and former HELLOWEEN
singer Michael Kiske on all lead
vocals and production from Dennis Ward
(PINK CREAM 69).
PLACE
VENDOME started in 2004 when Kiske, following a self imposed exile from the
rock and metal scene which lasted a few years after his departure from
HELLOWEEN and solo career, accepted in 2004 to be part of a Melodic Rock
oriented concept put together by Frontiers Records’ President Serafino
Perugino.
The
resulting PLACE VENDOME debut album brought Kiske back to a more straight ahead
and Rock sound, still very accessible and melodic and far from the Heavy Metal
stereotypes of blood, violence and hate which Kiske never had anything to do
with. He collaborated for the first time with PINK CREAM 69’s Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Uwe
Reitenauer with Gunther Werno
(VANDENPLAS) on keyboards. In a quite ironic twist of fate Michael found
himself to work with members of PINK CREAM 69, when the band’s original singer
Andy Deris took his place in HELLOWEEN when he left.
The
very favorable acceptance of the first PLACE VENDOME album planted the seeds
for a second recording entitled “Streets of Fire”, which was produced during
2008. The concept was slightly changed, with some outside writers such as Robert Säll (Work of Art), Ronny Milianowicz (Saint Deamon) and Torsti Spoof (Leverage) handling the
bulk of the songwriting, with Dennis Ward still handling the recording and
production sessions.
Following
his stint with the band UNISONIC, Kiske decided to go back once again to the
PLACE VENDOME concept with more melodic rock oriented songs which – once again
– have been selected by Frontiers Records President Serafino Perugino from
outside writers including: Magnus
Karlsson (Primal Fear), Timo Tolkki
(ex-Stratovarius), Alessandro Del
Vecchio (Hardline), Roberto Tiranti
and Andrea Cantarelli (Labyrinth, A
Perfect Day), Tommy Denander
(Radioactive), Sören Kronqvist
(Sunstorm, Issa), and Brett Jones.
“I am having a very open mind in terms of music anyway,
and the Place Vendome vibe is a pretty different approach than Unisonic” says
Kiske. “I like many tracks off the Place Vendome albums,
but especially Guardian Angel, Streets Of Fire, I Will Be Waiting, Set Me Free
from the previous albums or now Maybe Tomorrow. For me the vocals are the most
important part of a song of course”.
Dennis
Ward once again produced and mixed the whole affair with such musicians as Dirk
Bruineberg (Consortium Project), Gunter Werno (Vandenplas) and Uwe Reitenauer
(Pink Cream 69) completing the lineup. Another total masterpiece from Kiske and
Place Vendome is about to hit the market. A true must for all Melodic Rock fans
!
Tracklisting
includes: Talk To Me; Power of Music; Broken Wings; Lost in Paradise; It Can’t
Rain Forever; Fragile Ground; Hold Your Love; Never Too Late; Heaven Lost; My
Heart is Dying; Breakout; Maybe Tomorrow; Thunder in the Distance.
Samples of some of the album songs can
be listened following this link: http://youtu.be/s-Bfyv6LXZc
PLACE VENDOME:
Michael Kiske – Lead Vocals
Dennis Ward – Bass, vocals, rhythm guitars
Dirk Bruineberg– Drums
Gunter Werno –
Keyboards
Uwe Reitenauer
– Lead guitars
