LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Chipster PR) Los Angeles-based female-fronted metallers HELLION have inked a contract with London-based HNE/CHERRY RED RECORDS. The first of three HELLION albums set for release this year is a 2-disc anthology entitled TO HELLION AND BACK, which will be released on April 1, 2014, and the first 1,000 copies will be autographed by the band's singer, ANN BOLEYN.
TO HELLION AND BACK chronicles the band's beginnings from 1982, to the present, and features new music from Hellion. In 1983, when the term "female metal singer" did not exist, HELLION's demo recordings (released as a self-titled Mini-LP) climbed to Number 6 in England's rock charts. In America, HELLION however was regarded by the corporate music world as "too heavy" for a band with a female singer. Despite never releasing an album on a major record label, Hellion was the first female-fronted metal band to be featured on MTV and VH-1 and was also the first U.S. metal band to perform in the former-Soviet Union on a MONSTERS OF ROCK festival.
TO HELLION AND BACK features a collection of fan-favourites, hard-to-find recordings, and previously unreleased tracks. Among the collection are also two songs that were produced by RONNIE JAMES DIO at the legendary SOUND CITY recording studio.
The musicians enlisted by powerhouse vocalist Ann Boleyn for the
new HELLION include drummer
Simon Wright (AC/DC, QUEENSRŸCHE, DIO, DIO
DISCIPLES), keyboardist Scott Warren (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL), Swedish import
bassist Bjorn Englen (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES), and up-and-coming lead
guitarist Maxxxwell Carlisle.
HELLION's new tracks were produced by legendary British studio icon Ken Scott,
who has produced iconic albums, including DAVID BOWIE's "Hunky Dory", "The Rise
And Fall Of Ziggy
Stardust And The Spiders From Mars", "Aladdin
Sane" and "Pinups". A top producer at Abbey Road Studios, Scott is also
acknowledged as one of the five principal engineers for THE BEATLES. He has
engineered countless classic works, including GEORGE HARRISON's "All Things Must
Pass", ELTON JOHN's "Madman Across The Water", "Honky Chateau" and "Don't Shoot
Me I'm Only The Piano Player." Other credits include gold and platinum albums
by SUPERTRAMP, DAVID BOWIE, MISSING PERSONS, KANSAS, and more. Scott recently
said of the comparison between working with
David Bowie and Ann Boleyn: "Working
with Bowie or working with Ann of HELLION, you've got sheer talent."
Acknowledging Boleyn as the driving force propelling the band, Scott notes:
"Over the years, the musicians have changed. The one musician that has always
been the same is Ann. So once again, it's new musicians. The one constant thing
about HELLION is Ann, and her incredible voice."
Says Wright of working with Boleyn and HELLION: "She's tried to stay true to
that heaviness and a certain darkness. She's sticking to the same formula, just
different musicians though."
HELLION will tour in Europe, and the UK in 2014 and are expected to appear on a
number of major festivals. The cover artwork was designed by Italian
artist Gaetano Di
Falco and inspired by the photography of P.G. Brunelli.
*TRACK LISTING*
*DISC ONE*
1. Backstabber
2. Driving Hard
3. Don't Take No For An Answer
4. Break The Spell
5. Up From The Depths
6. Run For Your Life
7. Get Ready
8. Witching Hour
9. Screams In The Night
10. Upside Down Guitar Solo/
11. The Hand
12. Bad Attitude
13. Tower Of Air
*DISC TWO*
1. Nevermore
2. Exciter
3. The Evil One
4. Breakdown
5. The
Black Book
6. Living In Hell
7. Stormrider
8. Demon Attack
9. Resurrection/Will Not Go Quietly
10. Shit (Is Gonna Hit The Fan)
11. Dead and Gone
12.
Dream Deceiver
13. Hell Has No Fury
*The TO HELLION AND BACK CD will be available through The
Omega Order for pre order, by visiting here: *
www.theomegaorder.com/hellion
