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RIDE THE SKY Parts Ways With Keyboardist, Announces Replacement

September 17, 2007

RIDE THE SKY, the new band featuring ex-HELLOWEEN drummer and MASTERPLAN founder Uli Kusch alongside ex-TEARS OF ANGER/BEYOND TWILIGHT singer Bjørn Jansson, guitarist Benny Jansson, and bassist Mathias Granås (XSAVIOR),has parted ways with keyboardist Kaspar Dahlqvist (DIONYSUS, STORMWIND) due to "personal reasons." Norwegian musician Henning Ranseth (RETURN, RAM-ZET) will handle the keyboard and second guitar duties for the band's upcoming European tour with SONATA ARCTICA and EPICA beginning late October.

RIDE THE SKY's video for the song "New Protection", which was shot in Umeå, Sweden with director Owe Lingvall of Village Road Film, can be viewed below. The track is the title cut of the group's debut album, which was released in Germany on August 24 via Nuclear Blast. An e-card for the effort can be found at this location.

"New Protection" (artwork) was recorded and mixed by Benny Jansson at Zinkens Studio in Stockholm, Sweden and was mastered by Christofer Stannow at Cosmos Mastering.

Check out audio samples at www.myspace.com/ridetheskytheband.

A rough-mix version of the song "New Protection" is featured on the Nuclear Blast compilation "Into the Light", which was released on June 1. The track "A Smile from Heaven's Eye" will appear on the "20 Nuclear Years" four-CD box, due in August.

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