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Ted Poley was kind enough to send us his comments on the songs that are included in his forthcoming album "Smile" due for release on October 19th on Frontiers Records. Get also ready for a major surprise about Ted and Danger Danger soon!

Don't miss Ted Poley performing with Danger Danger at the forthcoming UNITED FORCES OF ROCK Festival in Ludwigsburg on September 30th.

Ten frontman Gary Hughes is currently working hard to put finishing touches to his forthcoming solo album entitled "Veritas", latin word for "Truth". The new cd is taking shape in the Arena studios in Lancashire, UK and according to Hughes, "the songs on this album are among the strongest I have ever written in my lifetime".

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the signing of the Finnish Melodic Metal band Leverage for a multi album deal! Finnish Heavy Rock has of course long traditions, but this type of old school melodic heavy rock with a shade of progressive flavour hasn't been heard from Finnish bands before.

Leverage debut album "Tides" created a real underground wave among the fans during 2006. Winner of the "Best Metal / Prog" album of the year award on Melodicrock.com (and getting great reviews all around the net), the band's music offers a variety and exciting Melodic Metal formula with powerful vocals (courtesy of singer Pekka Heino, also known for his stint with Brother Firetribe) and killer guitars.

Mat Sinner has given the following track-by-track rundown of their upcoming album "New Religion", which is slated for a release via Frontiers Records on September 19th.




Sign of Fear | Listen to Sample
We wanted to create a very unusual introduction for the album: like a metal band with a kind of orchestra tuning or like Dire Straits did with Money For Nothing. We wanted to create a moment when people are listening very concentrated on what comes next! Of course, we wanted to start the album with a fast paced heavy track. All the people who thought that Primal Fear is getting more & more a pop band should get a kick in their butt with the first song! In my first demo version, my own vocals were based an octave lower, but Ralf is the master of screams and he delivered in an unbelievable way! For a part of the lead guitar on this song, we recruited my good friend Magnus Karlsson, Ralf gave me a lead vocal part in the Middle 8 part and we shot a video clip for this song!