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CONSORTIUM PROJECT V Live Lineup Announced

January 11, 2010

Former ELEGY/VENGEANCE singer Ian Parry is continuing work on "Species", the fifth and final part of the CONSORTIUM PROJECT fictional concept story set centuries in the future where the truth of mankind's origins is discovered and a final epic journey into outer space is met with dire consequences the world has never seen. Joining Ian in the studio are KAMELOT drummer Casey Grillo, DAWN OF DESTINY bass player Jens Faber, ex-PAIN OF SALVATION bassist Kristoffer Gildenlöw, CIRCLE II CIRCLE guitarist Bill Hudson and INFINITY OVERTURE guitarist Niels Vejlyt, who laid down some ripping guitar tracks on a number of CONSORTIUM V songs during Ian's visit to Copenhagen in October.

Newcomers to CONSORTIUM PROJECT are two female vocalists — Bulgarian rock singer Anna Lozanova and gothic metal vocalist Lene Petersen (INFINITY OVERTURE).

Ian hopes to have the CONSORTIUM V "Species" album finished by the middle of this year, with a release — which will include his Consortium Quadrilogy — around September 2010.

CONSORTIUM PROJECT V all-star live lineup (subject to availability):

Ian Parry (ELEGY, AYREON, VENGEANCE) - Vocals
Bill Hudson (CIRCLE II CIRCLE) - Guitar
Casey Grillo (KAMELOT) - Drums
Kristoffer Gildenlöw (PAIN OF SALVATION) - Bass
Ani Lozanova (ANI LO BAND) - Female Vocals

Ian previously stated about the upcoming CD: "It is a challenge this time around to write and produce the best and heaviest of all five CONSORTIUM albums. I really want to emphasis the fact that in my conceptual story women save the world. This is why I want more involvement from the great female vocalists on CONSORTIUM V 'Species'.

"It's great to have Casey Grillo back on drums doing an incredible job like he did on CONSORTIUM III and my solo CD, 'Visions', and this time I have a fantastic young kick-ass bass player Jens Faber completing the rhythm section. So with rip-roaring solos from Danish guitarist Niels Vejlyt, it's going to be a killer album with a mix of everything that is cool in rock and metal."

CONSORTIUM PROJECT's video for the song "Enigma" can be viewed below. The track comes off the group's last album, entitled "Children of Tomorrow", which was issued in North America in July 2007 on ProgRock Records. The label also released Parry's last solo album, "Visions", which came out in Europe in 2006.

Unlike Parry's previous CONSORTIUM PROJECT releases, "Children of Tomorrow" was said to be "a more diverse rock metal production with progressive elements reminiscent of his earlier productions." Parry spent more than a year on this epic production, writing, recording and mixing with former ELEGY bandmate/keyboard player Joshua Dutrieux. The songs were written as a collaboration between Parry, Dutrieux and the latest addition to the CONSORTIUM family, ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION drummer Ivar de Graaf.

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