REDEMPTION: New Album Mastered

October 12, 2006

REDEMPTION's primary songwriter and guitarist/keyboardist Nicolas van Dyk has issued the following update on the progress of the recording/mixing sessions for the band's new album, entitled "The Origins of Ruin":

"Well, after an exciting six-week adventure with the German and U.S. postal services, I can at long last confirm that I have the master recordings of 'The Origins of Ruin' in my possession. They sound terrific — they are cleaner and heavier than 'The Fullness of Time' with greater dynamic range and a much beefier low end. This is due to a number of factors, most importantly the early involvement of Tommy [Newton; UFO, CONCEPTION, HELLOWEEN, ARK, ELEGY] this time 'round, as well as the good people at Sennheiser setting us up with some phenomenal gear for mic'ing the drums, and the use of some killer amplification from Brunetti.

"We are now working on lining up European and Japanese distribution; our plans are to release everything in February / March 2007, with the U.S. release through our good friends at Sensory Records. I know it seems like a long way off — believe me, we're very impatient ourselves and we want to get this out more than anybody!"

The tracks set to appear on the CD are as follows:

01. The Suffocating Silence
02. Bleed Me Dry
03. The Death of Faith & Reason
04. Memory
05. The Origins of Ruin
06. Man of Glass
07. Blinded
08. Used to Be
09. Fall on You

In addition, the band have recorded two covers which will be released as bonus tracks: UFO's "Love to Love", and TORI AMOS' "Precious Things", which features a guest appearance by vocalist Anna Kristina, a well-known performer from San Francisco with a broad list of session and live credits.

REDEMPTION is:

Ray Alder - Vocals
Nick van Dyk - Guitar and Keys
Bernie Versailles - Guitar
Sean Andrews - Bass
Chris Quirarte - Drums

REDEMPTION's sophomore album, "The Fullness of Time", which also featured FATES WARNING frontman Ray Alder, was released in June 2005 via Sensory Records. Alder was a guest musician for one track on REDEMPTION's 2003 self-titled debut (Sensory),and he joined the group on-stage at Atlanta's ProgPower festival in September of that year to perform this song. Alder and van Dyk also collaborated previously on a track on the first ENGINE CD.

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