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Current line-up 

John West - vocals (Feinstein, Royal Hunt, Sun Red Sun)
Roger Staffelbach - guitars (Roger Staffelbach's Angel of Eden)
Vitalij Kuprij - keyboards (Ring of Fire, Mark Boals, Promised Land, Adagio (Fra), Stygia (US))
Steve DiGiorgio - Bass (Autopsy, Sebastian Bach & Friends,
Death, Dark Hall, Control Denied, Iced Earth, Suicide Shift,
Dragonlord, James Murphy, Quo Vadis (Can), Sadus, ex-Testament,
Vintersorg)
Mike Terrana - drums (Savage Circus, Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Rage
(Ger), Empire (Ger), Roland Grapow, ex-Squealer (Ger), Victor Smolski,
ex-Metalium (Ger), ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Kiko Loureiro, ex-John West,
Tony MacAlpine, ex-Gamma Ray, Masterplan, Hanover Fist, ex session for
Not Fragile)

Former/past member(s)

Shane Gaalaas: drums (on Machine and Forces of Nature)
(ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Cosmosquad, ex-Diesel Machine/Diesel (US)),
ex-Miloљ Dodo Doleћal, M.S.G.)
John Onder: bass (on Machine and Forces of Nature)
Kevin Chown - bass (ex-Magnitude 9 (US), Mike Terrana, Edwin Dare, Tiles, Tony MacAlpine)

Discography

Into The Eye Of The Storm Full-length, 1996
Phoenix Rising Full-length, 1997
Forces Of Nature Full-length, 1999
Machine Full-length, 2000
Sacred Pathways Full-length, 2001
New Discovery Full-length, 2003
Future World Full-length, 2004

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Artension - группа неоклассического и прогрессивного Металла, в
состав которой входят пять талантливых и опытных музыкантов: Виталий
Куприй (Ring Of Fire) - клавишные, Кевин Чоун (Magnitude 9, Title) -
бас-гитара, Майк Террана (Rage, Axel Rudi Pell) - ударные, Джон Вест
(Royal Hunt) - вокал и Роджер Стаффелбах - гитара.

Команда родилась, когда Виталий Курпий, выходец с Украины,
музыкант, воспитанный в классических традициях, поехал в Швейцарию для
совершенствования своего мастерства в игре на пианино. Там он
познакомился с гитаристом Роджером Стаффелбахом. Они тут же стали
закадычными друзьями и принялись вместе сочинять инструментальную
музыку. Результат - демо-запись, посланная в различные компании. Одной
из этих компаний была Shrapnel, проявившая явный интерес к работе с
такими талантливыми музыкантами. Майк Варни, генеральный директор
Shrapnel, попросил ребят записать несколько вокальных партий, поскольку
на тот момент инструментальная музыка не пользовалась большим спросом.
Именно эта просьба в конце концов и довела их до подписания контракта!
Остальных участников группы Виталию и Роджеру представил сам Варни, и
группа наконец-то обосновалась в Филадельфии, США.

В 1996 году Artension выпустили свой первый альбом, "Into The
Eye Of The Storm", получивший удивительные отзывы как от критиков, так
и от слушателей, особенно в Японии! За этой записью последовало ещё
несколько: "Phoenix Rising", "The Forces Of Nature" и "Machine". Само
собой, участники группы начали заниматься кучей разных вещей, чтобы
дальше исследовать музыкальный мир!

Поэтому только через несколько лет упорной учёбы каждого из них
основной состав наконец-то смог собраться вновь! Это событие немедленно
вызвало интерес Frontiers Records - компании, которая всегда
восхищалась талантом этих удивительных музыкантов и, соответственно, их
грядущим альбомом "Sacred Pathways" - насыщенной и разнообразной
пластинкой, наглядно демонстрирующей лучшие черты создания песен
группой Artension: мелодикой, интенсивностью, техничностью, но свыше
всего прочего - великими песнями и завораживающими выступлениями! 

// http://www.rockmarket.ru/

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Sacred Pathways



Год: 2002 
Стиль: Progressive Metal 




Треклист:
Voyage to Nasca
Your Victory
Running Out of Time
Sacred Pathways
Silent Temple
The Emperor
Nightmare
The Killing
The Calm Before the Storm March to Ruin
Flower of the Orient
Nightmare (radio edit)



Состав:
Виталий Куприй
Кевин Чоун
Майк Террана
Джон Вест
Роджер Стаффелбах 


ARTENSION biography

It was sometime in '92/'93, when Vitalij Kuprij, who was
studying classical music in Switzerland at that time, met Roger
Staffelbach, a Swiss guitarist who was also studying at the Jazz School
in Lucerne.

They soon founded their band "Atlantis Rising", which played
several instrumental gigs in Switzerland. After having recorded some
demos, they got in touch with Mike Varney of Shrapnel Records, who
showed great interest in the band but suggested to add some vocal lines
to their songs.

Vitalij had already known stunning drummer Mike Terrana from
one of Yngwie Malmsteen's tours. His friend, bassist Kevin Chown, also
joined the band and enriched their sound with solid experience and
great musicianship, and Artension was born.

Mike Varney introduced Vitalij and Roger to several musicians,
one of them being John West, whose soaring vocals, along with Vitalij's
and Roger's lightning-fast solos, became the trademark for Artension's
neo-classical and agressive music.

The band has released 5 albums so far, and their latest masterpiece "New Discovery" is on its way.

Artension Stories

By Kevin Chown

I started working with Mike Terrana in Tony MacAlpines band in
May of 96. We got talking about Mike Varney one day and mentioned this
demo that he had from some guys in Europe (Vitalij, Roger Staffelbach
and their band "Atlantis Rising"), and Varney set it up where if
Terrana got them over here (immigration, etc...). Mike would make a
record with them, and Mike Terrana could play drums. Terrana was
successful in dealing with all of that and it was set up to make a
record in August of 96. Since I was working with Mike on the road, he
asked me to play bass. It was my first Shrapnel record, although I had
met Mike Varney many times. Terrana and I drove up to Prarie Sun
Studios in Cotati, CA, just north of San Francisco where all or most of
the records were recorded. At this point, there was no singer and for
the next week, we arranged the songs for the first record through the
day....Varney would come in at night and make more changes.....they
were LONG days. I think we rehearsed for 3 days and planned to record
on the 4th. John West came in on the day of recording, we did a photo
session and then immediately started writing lyrics for the
tunes.....he works VERY fast. I would say most of his writing was done
in about 2-3 days. We recorded for one VERY long day and part of a 2nd,
then Mike and I drove back to LA exhausted.....I had flown back and
forth to LA once during all this for some sort of gig as well... can't
quite remember what. I dont know what went on after that, but I know
they took about 2 weeks to record the rest of the tracks.

The second record I guess was recorded about a year later.....
I had moved back to Detroit to run a studio, so I flew out and Mike
drove up, as he was still in LA. The second record was a little more
work as I seem to remember the material for the first record being a
little more arranged....we were re-recording demos.....the second
record was creating new songs. So, it was a little more work,
especially for Vitalij. This time, we did a photo session before we
started making music (John West was there right away....) and I can't
quite remember, but I think he was there for the rehearsals as well
making suggestions. He was writing as we were writing...... I think it
was like before, about 3-4 days of rehearsal, similar greuling
schedule. Prarie Sun is an interesting place to work....it's literally
a functioning chicken farm, so in the morning, you have the option of
getting fresh eggs, literally out from under the chickens!! But, it
also means dealing with the roosters at first light....not a welcome
sound when just hours before you had Mike Varney making odd time
suggestions to your music. You are cut off from society up there....a
good and bad thing!! Anyway, the second record was a bit more pressure
filled as the first was such a success, more time was taken in the
production process....... I was there for maybe 5 or 6 days. I do
remember that my house in Detroit was flooded while I was gone by a
broken pipe!!! Funny what you remember.

My only other Artension history was the ill-fated japan tour in
98. It was early in the year.... I flew in from Detroit, and we decided
to rehearse in Cotati. It was funny, as it was really the first time we
had played these songs live as a band....... John had always added his
vocals after the fact, so it was interesting to hear them. I also sing,
so I took over the background vocals, and we came up with a song list.
It was all for naught, as Vitalij had problems with a Japanese work
visa, as he is Ukrainian....some complication at the last minute, and
he couldnt make the trip. So we went over as a 4 piece, and did a press
tour, lots of interviews, etc......were in Osaka for 3 days and Tokyo
for 4. Had a great time, but would have been better if we had played!!
Lots of fans hanging around the hotels......Mike Terrana had us all
laughing our asses off. Overall, it was like a vacation!!

I was asked to do the 3rd record, but I had too many other
things going on at the time and couldn't get away. Was a busy time in
my life. It was ironic that Shane Gaalaas started doing the gig..... I
now work with Shane quite often along with Jeff Kollman.....small world
I guess.

Kevin Chown
(Thanks Kevin!)

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New Discovery

Год: 2003

Треклист:

1. New Discovery
2. Remember My Name
3. Innocence Lost
4. Last Survivor
5. Hearts Are Broken
6. Symphonic Expedition
7. Endless Days
8. Call of the Wild
9. Story Teller
10. Endless Days [Radio Edit]





Audio CD (January 28, 2003)

Original Release Date: December 24, 2002 

320 kbps/131 mb в архиве сканы 
Narod 



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Год: 1996
Стиль: Hard Rock Prog
Страна: Internacional

Треклист

01.World Of Illusion 05:31
02.Into The Eye Of The Storm 04:36
03.Smoke And Fire 05:12
04.The Wind And The Rain 06:14
05.Lost Memory 06:00
06.The Key 06:35
07.Song Of The Desert 03:34
08.Red's Recovery 07:05
09.Let It Ride 05:06
10.I Don't Care 02:28


Состав

Roger Staffelbach: Guitars
Mike Terrana: Drums
John West: Vocals
Kevin Chown: Bass
Vitalij Kuprij: Piano, Keyboards




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