Frontiers is pleased to announce Black Eye, a new musical project centered around the singing talent of David Readman (Pink Cream 69). Their self-titled debut album will be released on May 6th, 2022.
The driving principle behind Black Eye was to create a melodic metal album with big choruses, powerful rhythms and massive solos that showcases the powerful voice of Readman, an absolutely world-class singer.
The concept for Black Eye came about when Serafino Perugino, President and Head of A&R at Frontiers Records, had the idea of bringing Readman and producer/guitarist/songwriter Aldo Lonobile together to produce a melodic metal album based on the builds foundation of Readman’s powerful voice. Produced by Lonobile (Secret Sphere, Archon Angel, Sweet Oblivion), who also plays guitar on the album, Black Eye consists of guitarist Luca Princiotta (DORO), who also contributed to the songwriting, drummer David Folchitto (ex-Fleshgod Apocalypse, Stormlord) and bassist Andrea Arcangeli (DGM). Also responsible for keyboards and orchestral arrangements are Antonio Agate (arranger for many artists including Secret Sphere, Timo Tolkki’s Avalon, Sweet Oblivion ft. Geoff Tate and others) and Mattia Gosetti (Agarthic).
Readman has had a long career thanks to his impressive singing talent. The English singer is best known as the lead singer of hard rock band Pink Cream 69, who have collaborated with Frontiers on several releases over the years, and as a former lead singer of progressive metal band Adagio. Readman also released a solo album in 2007 and was part of German guitarist Alex Beyrodt’s band Voodoo Circle from 2008 to 2016, to which he returned in 2020. In 2015, two projects were released with Readman on lead vocals. The first, Room Experience, was a melodic rock project directed by Italian musician Gianluca Firmo, releasing a self-titled album in May 2015. The second, Almanac, was a new heavy metal band led by former Rage guitarist Victor Smolski. In September 2016, Readman reformed the David Readman Band, his solo band he formed in Germany a few years earlier. Never wanting to rest on his laurels, it was announced in 2017 that Readman had joined New Wave British heavy metal legends Tank. In October 2017 another new project called Pendulum of Fortune was released, in which Readman collaborates with Bodo Schopf, Franky R. and Vladimir Shevjakov.
Fans of European melodic metal masters like Masterplan and Edguy, and anyone who has celebrated Readman’s voice in his various ventures over the years, will find much joy here!
01 The Hurricane
02 Space Travel
03 Break The Chains
04 No Turning Back
05 Darkest Night
06 Midnight Sunset
07 Under Enemy’s Fire
08 The Landing
09 Don’t Trust Anyone
10 When You’re Gone
11 1. Time Stand Still