Set in Stone (Lord album)
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Set in Stone is the third album by Australian heavy metal
band Lord
. It was released in September 2009 by the band's own label Dominus in conjunction with Riot! Entertainment
. This was the first Lord album to feature guitarist Mark Furtner as an official member (he was listed as a guest on Ascendence
) and the last for Tim Yatras
, who left after it was recorded but before it was released.
, as was Ascendence. As on that album, pop singer Tania Moran tracked backing vocals for several songs. Colombia
n artist Felipe Machado Franco once again designed the art.
Set in Stone was prefaced in late 2008 by the EP "Hear No Evil
" which contained the album's title track. The Kylie Minogue
cover "On a Night Like This
" from the EP can be found on Set in Stone as a bonus track. A video was made for the song "New Horizons" featuring footage from the first leg of their 2009 Australian tour that according to the band was filmed with a Nokia N95
mobile phone. The song includes a guest guitar solo from Pete Lesperance of Harem Scarem
.
"Be My Guest" is an instrumental track featuring guest solos from Craig Goldy
of Dio
, Glen Drover
from Eidolon
, Olof Mörck
of Dragonland
, Yoshiyasu Maruyama of Japanese thrash band Argument Soul, Angra
's Felipe Andreoli
, former Enter Twilight member Richie Hausberger, Chris Porcianko from Vanishing Point
, Chris Brooks
and former Dungeon
members Stu Marshall
and Justin Sayers. It was co-written by ex-Dungeon bassist Brendon McDonald.
Lord
with
Technical
Graphical
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Lord
Lord (band)
Lord is a heavy metal band from Wollongong, Australia. The group began as a solo project for "Lord Tim" Grose of Dungeon in 2003 and expanded into a complete band when Dungeon broke up in 2005. They have released three albums and an EP to date. Lord has appeared with major acts that include...
. It was released in September 2009 by the band's own label Dominus in conjunction with Riot! Entertainment
Riot Entertainment
Riot! Entertainment is an independent record label, music distribution service and tour promoter based in Wollongong, Australia. According to their website, Riot is Australia's biggest heavy metal music distribution company. The company serves as the Australian distributor for Nuclear Blast, Metal...
. This was the first Lord album to feature guitarist Mark Furtner as an official member (he was listed as a guest on Ascendence
Ascendence
Australian bonus trackJapanese bonus track-Personnel:MusicalLord* Lord Tim – vocals, guitars, keyboards* Tim Yatras – drums* Andrew Dowling – bass guitarwith* Tania Moran – backing vocals* Gareth Michael – backing vocals...
) and the last for Tim Yatras
Tim Yatras
Tim Yatras is an Australian musician and composer, best known as a writer of several J-pop songs, as well as a former member of Wollongong based heavy metal band, Lord, and creator of the Black Metal/Rock/Trance act Germ.-Biography:...
, who left after it was recorded but before it was released.
Overview
Set in Stone was recorded at the band's studio in Wollongong, AustraliaWollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney...
, as was Ascendence. As on that album, pop singer Tania Moran tracked backing vocals for several songs. Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n artist Felipe Machado Franco once again designed the art.
Set in Stone was prefaced in late 2008 by the EP "Hear No Evil
Hear No Evil (Lord EP)
Hear No Evil is an EP by Australian heavy metal band Lord. It was released in a limited edition of 500 hand numbered CDs on October 31, 2008 on the band's own label, Dominus Records.-Overview:...
" which contained the album's title track. The Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
cover "On a Night Like This
On a Night like This
"On a Night Like This" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, taken from her seventh studio album Light Years . The song was released as a CD Single on 25 September 2000, and was released digitally after the physical release date...
" from the EP can be found on Set in Stone as a bonus track. A video was made for the song "New Horizons" featuring footage from the first leg of their 2009 Australian tour that according to the band was filmed with a Nokia N95
Nokia N95
The Nokia N95 is a smartphone produced by Nokia as part of their Nseries line of portable devices. It was released in 2007. The N95 runs Symbian OS v9.2, with a S60 3rd Edition user interface. The phone has a two-way sliding mechanism, which can be used to access either media playback buttons or...
mobile phone. The song includes a guest guitar solo from Pete Lesperance of Harem Scarem
Harem Scarem
Harem Scarem were a Canadian melodic rock band from Toronto, ON. Harem Scarem achieved popularity in Japan and their native Canada in the early 1990s. Harem Scarem were active from 1987 to 2008...
.
"Be My Guest" is an instrumental track featuring guest solos from Craig Goldy
Craig Goldy
Craig Goldy is an American guitarist, mostly notably of the band Dio.Before Dio, he played in the bands Vengeance, Rough Cutt, and Giuffria. He replaced Jake E. Lee in Rough Cutt and was himself replaced by Amir Derakh in this group. Prior to joining Rough Cutt, he had played in the band Vengeance...
of Dio
Dio (band)
Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...
, Glen Drover
Glen Drover
Glen Drover is a heavy metal guitarist from Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. He currently resides in MississaugaOntario. Drover is best known as the former lead guitarist in Megadeth and King Diamond, as well as his own band Eidolon, along with his brother Shawn Drover.-History:Glen Drover began...
from Eidolon
Eidolon (band)
Eidolon was a Canadian power metal band formed in 1993 by brothers Shawn and Glen Drover . The band was signed to Metal Blade Records, but was let go in 2004, in part because of a refusal to tour. Eidolon signed soon after to Escapi Records. The band has released seven studio albums to date...
, Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck is a guitarist in the melodic death metal band Nightrage and guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. Besides Marios, Olof is the longest running member of Nightrage...
of Dragonland
Dragonland
Dragonland is a power metal musical group from Sweden. The group is most notable for basing their two first albums upon the self-produced The Dragonland Chronicles fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid...
, Yoshiyasu Maruyama of Japanese thrash band Argument Soul, Angra
Angra (band)
Angra is a Brazilian metal band from São Paulo, Brazil known for its symphonic interludes, highly technical instrumental playing and Brazilian regional elements.- Biography :...
's Felipe Andreoli
Felipe Andreoli
Felipe Andreoli is a heavy-metal bassist known for playing in bands like Angra, Karma and Almah.In 2006, along with Angra and Hangar's members, he participated in Fábio Laguna's Freakeys project....
, former Enter Twilight member Richie Hausberger, Chris Porcianko from Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point (band)
Vanishing Point are an Australian power/progressive metal band from Melbourne. The band incorporates symphonic elements into their sound through a prominent keyboard role in their music...
, Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks (guitarist)
Chris Brooks is an Australian rock, metal and fusion guitarist most noted for his debut instrumental album The Master Plan and his subsequent work with members of Yngwie Malmsteen, Black Sabbath, Lana Lane, and fellow Australians LORD.-Early life:...
and former Dungeon
Dungeon (band)
Dungeon was a melodic power metal/thrash metal band based in Sydney, Australia, considered by some sources as one of Australia's leading metal bands...
members Stu Marshall
Stu Marshall
Stu Marshall is a guitarist from Sydney, Australia. He is currently a member of Sydney heavy metal band Empires of Eden and Paindivision.Marshall is best known as a member of the Sydney metal band Dungeon with whom he recorded three albums and toured extensively throughout Australia, Europe and...
and Justin Sayers. It was co-written by ex-Dungeon bassist Brendon McDonald.
Track listing
Personnel
MusicalLord
- Lord TimLord TimLord Tim is the professional name of Australian musician Tim Ian Grose. Based in Wollongong, New South Wales, he is best known as the founder of the heavy metal band Dungeon. The band started in 1989, released several albums, and was considered one of the leading metal bands in Australia...
– vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar - Tim YatrasTim YatrasTim Yatras is an Australian musician and composer, best known as a writer of several J-pop songs, as well as a former member of Wollongong based heavy metal band, Lord, and creator of the Black Metal/Rock/Trance act Germ.-Biography:...
– drums, keyboards, backing vocals - Andrew Dowling – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Mark Furtner - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
with
- Tania Moran – backing vocals
- Chris BrooksChris Brooks (guitarist)Chris Brooks is an Australian rock, metal and fusion guitarist most noted for his debut instrumental album The Master Plan and his subsequent work with members of Yngwie Malmsteen, Black Sabbath, Lana Lane, and fellow Australians LORD.-Early life:...
– guitar (on 10) - Craig GoldyCraig GoldyCraig Goldy is an American guitarist, mostly notably of the band Dio.Before Dio, he played in the bands Vengeance, Rough Cutt, and Giuffria. He replaced Jake E. Lee in Rough Cutt and was himself replaced by Amir Derakh in this group. Prior to joining Rough Cutt, he had played in the band Vengeance...
- guitar (on 10) - Glen DroverGlen DroverGlen Drover is a heavy metal guitarist from Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. He currently resides in MississaugaOntario. Drover is best known as the former lead guitarist in Megadeth and King Diamond, as well as his own band Eidolon, along with his brother Shawn Drover.-History:Glen Drover began...
- guitar (on 10) - Pete Lesperance - guitar (on 11)
- Olof MörckOlof MörckOlof Mörck is a guitarist in the melodic death metal band Nightrage and guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. Besides Marios, Olof is the longest running member of Nightrage...
- guitar (on 10) - Stu MarshallStu MarshallStu Marshall is a guitarist from Sydney, Australia. He is currently a member of Sydney heavy metal band Empires of Eden and Paindivision.Marshall is best known as a member of the Sydney metal band Dungeon with whom he recorded three albums and toured extensively throughout Australia, Europe and...
- guitar (on 10) - Felipe AndreoliFelipe AndreoliFelipe Andreoli is a heavy-metal bassist known for playing in bands like Angra, Karma and Almah.In 2006, along with Angra and Hangar's members, he participated in Fábio Laguna's Freakeys project....
- bass (on 10) - Chris Porcianko - guitar (on 10)
- Justin Sayers - bass (on 10)
- Richie Hausberger - guitar (on 10)
- Yoshiyasu Maruyama - guitar (on 10)
Technical
- Produced and mixed by Lord Tim at SLS Studios, Wollongong
Graphical
- Cover Art - Felipe Machado Franco
- Booklet design and layout - Lord Tim
- Photography - Vesna Trokter