{"id":6794,"date":"2017-11-30T20:58:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/11\/30\/new-prog-album-by-rausch-including-guest-contributors-mark-zonder-fates-warning-ryo-okumoto-spocks-beard-and-guitarist-brendt-allman-shadow-gallery\/"},"modified":"2017-11-30T20:58:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:58:59","slug":"new-prog-album-by-rausch-including-guest-contributors-mark-zonder-fates-warning-ryo-okumoto-spocks-beard-and-guitarist-brendt-allman-shadow-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2017\/11\/30\/new-prog-album-by-rausch-including-guest-contributors-mark-zonder-fates-warning-ryo-okumoto-spocks-beard-and-guitarist-brendt-allman-shadow-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"New Prog album by RAUSCH including guest contributors Mark Zonder (Fates Warning), Ryo Okumoto (Spock’s Beard) and guitarist Brendt Allman (Shadow Gallery)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RAUSCH, adventurous piano-driv en rock outfit from Philadelphia, PA, will release their long-awaited sophomore studio effort \u201cBook II\u201d on February 2nd, 2018.\u00a0 The record – mixed by Rich Mouser (Chris Cornell, Dream Theater, Weezer), with additional production by David Ivory (The Roots, Halestorm) – comprises 9 diverse-yet-cohesive tracks, ranging from emotionally charged anthems (\u201cGreener Grass,\u201d \u201cSwansong\u201d) to deeper works of more epic proportions (\u201cDrain,\u201d \u201cThe End\u201d). <\/p>\n

The video for leadoff single “Greener Grass” can be found here: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ychw bh86<\/p>\n

Heavy-hitting guest contributors include Mark Zonder (Fates Warning), Ryo Okumoto (Spock’s Beard) and guitarist Brendt Allman (Shadow Gallery).<\/p>\n

RAUSCH is comprised of vocalist\/pianist Doug Rausch, bassist Joe Fine, guitarist Gary Wehrkamp and drummer Chris Ruffini.<\/p>\n

After devoting the better part of his early years to the piano, namesake frontman Doug Rausch earned his Ithaca College music degree & plunged straight into self-imposed exile. Disillusioned by how mainstream music had all but completely plateaued by the early 2000\u2019s \u2013 culminating in an eye-opening stint at Sony Music Studios – he found himself in a decade-long campaign chasing a long-held musical vision of his own. Aside from select live engagements – including an invitation from Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess to perform at the first KEYFEST – all else was sacrificed.<\/p>\n

In late 2009, the adventurous-yet-song-driven self-titled debut album was released. Leadoff single “No Fair” hit the top 10 on New Music Weekly\u2019s small-market radio charts, & the haunting “Ode to Pain” earned an honorable-mention nod from the 2010 International Songwriting Competition(ISC). Then, from as early as 2012, at the time having just broken ground on the debut’s follow-up (and still optimistic about eluding “[GN’R’s] Chinese Democracy Syndrome”), the band found themselves collectively hurled onto the battlefield against a seemingly unprecedented barrage of relentless set-backs; by the time they finally emerged victorious with completed album-in-hand, RAUSCH had time-traveled all the way to the doorstep of 2018. Groundhog Day, to be precise…<\/p>\n

\u201cBook II\u201d track listing:<\/p>\n

1. Greener Grass
2. Swansong
3. Drain
4. Irked
5. Good Day
6. The End
7.\u00a0 Time Out
8. Speechless
9. Slow Suite: II. Isolation<\/p>\n

For more\u00a0 information, check out the band\u2019s web properties:<\/p>\n

Facebook: www.facebook.com\/rauschofficial
Reverbnation: www.reverbnation .com\/rauschofficial
Twitter: www.twitter.com\/RAUSC Hofficial
Official: www.rauschmusic.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com\/r auschofficial
YouTube: www.youtube.com\/rausc hofficial<\/p>\n

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Source: www.rauschmusic.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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