{"id":8209,"date":"2018-10-29T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T12:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=8209"},"modified":"2018-10-29T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T12:51:01","slug":"last-union-featuring-mike-lepond-uli-kusch-and-james-labrie-reveal-twelve-album-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2018\/10\/29\/last-union-featuring-mike-lepond-uli-kusch-and-james-labrie-reveal-twelve-album-details\/","title":{"rendered":"LAST UNION Featuring MIKE LEPOND, ULI KUSCH and JAMES LABRIE Reveal &#8216;Twelve&#8217; Album Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian progressive metal band,\u00a0LAST UNION, featuring\u00a0Mike LePond\u00a0(Symphony X) on bass,\u00a0Uli Kusch\u00a0(ex-Helloween, ex-Masterplan) on drums, and as guest\u00a0James LaBrie(Dream Theater) on vocals, have announced the release of their debut album &#8216;Twelve&#8217; on\u00a0December 21, 2018\u00a0via\u00a0ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records. The effort was mixed and mastered by\u00a0Jens Bogren, best known for his work with\u00a0ARCH ENEMY,\u00a0SYMPHONY X,\u00a0DEVIN TOWNSEND,\u00a0ANGRA\u00a0and\u00a0OPETH, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>The album artwork was made by\u00a0Thomas Ewerhard\u00a0(Avantasia, Rage, Threshold).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8210\" src=\"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LastUnion_Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LastUnion_Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LastUnion_Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LastUnion_Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skylight.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LastUnion_Cover.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Track List:<\/p>\n<p>1. Most Beautiful Day<br \/>\n2. President Evil (Feat. James LaBrie)<br \/>\n3. Hardest Way<br \/>\n4. Purple Angels<br \/>\n5. The Best Of Magic<br \/>\n6. Taken (Feat.\u00a0James LaBrie) \u2013 Radio Edit<br \/>\n7. 18 Euphoria<br \/>\n8. A Place In Heaven (Feat.\u00a0James LaBrie)<br \/>\n9. Ghostwriter<br \/>\n10. Limousine<br \/>\n11. Back In The Shadow<br \/>\n12. Taken (Feat.\u00a0James LaBrie)<br \/>\n13. President Evil (Feat.\u00a0James LaBrie) &#8211; Video Version<\/p>\n<p>The album can be pre-ordered here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockngrowl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1de7ea4683ee13b5e90bc2d8c&amp;id=61e2ea4b11&amp;e=77eae45467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/last-twelve-roar<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rockngrowl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1de7ea4683ee13b5e90bc2d8c&amp;id=0761b9a2ff&amp;e=77eae45467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/last-twelve-mm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strong and positive reactions to their music spurred\u00a0Scarpeccio\u00a0and\u00a0Tiberi\u00a0on to take the first of many bold steps. The first was to invite drummer\u00a0Uli Kusch(ex-Helloween, ex-Masterplan) to join the fold, who expressed interest in joining the band as a full member rather than just a touring drummer after hearing the music. A similar scenario played out with\u00a0Symphony X\u00a0bassist\u00a0Mike LePond\u00a0and\u00a0LAST UNION\u00a0was officially born.<\/p>\n<p>The icing on the cake, however, was getting\u00a0Dream Theater\u00a0vocalist\u00a0James LaBrie\u00a0to sing on three tracks.<\/p>\n<p>LAST UNION\u00a0is:<\/p>\n<p>Elisa Scarpeccio \u2013 Vocals<br \/>\nCristiano Tiberi \u2013 Guitars<br \/>\nMike LePond \u2013 Bass (Symphony X)<br \/>\nUli Kusch \u2013 Drums (ex-Helloween, ex-Masterplan)<br \/>\nFeat. James LaBrie on vocals (Dream Theater)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The quiet city of Tolentino in the Marche region of Central Italy not only boasts a rich historical background, it is also the place progressive metal band\u00a0LAST UNION\u00a0calls home. Founded by vocalist\u00a0Elisa Scarpeccio, guitarist\u00a0Cristiano Tiberi\u00a0and keyboardist Claudio Feliziani in 2007, the band \u2013 originally known as\u00a0Blazing Ice\u00a0\u2013 embarked on their journey in the pursuit of sharing their thoughts and feelings about life, and ultimately their art, with the world. With the assistance of professional session bassists and drummers, the trio established themselves on the Italian scene with a string of shows that helped them evolve and refine their craft. Over the course of 20 shows,\u00a0LAST UNION\u00a0presented songs that would eventually make the final cut for their debut album.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rockngrowl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1de7ea4683ee13b5e90bc2d8c&amp;id=fa84cd6119&amp;e=77eae45467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.facebook.com\/lastunion<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/rockngrowl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1de7ea4683ee13b5e90bc2d8c&amp;id=39e38364a5&amp;e=77eae45467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.lastunion.it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian progressive metal band,\u00a0LAST UNION, featuring\u00a0Mike LePond\u00a0(Symphony X) on bass,\u00a0Uli Kusch\u00a0(ex-Helloween, ex-Masterplan) on drums, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[187,185,186],"class_list":["post-8209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","tag-james-labrie","tag-mike-lepond","tag-uli-kusch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8212,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8209\/revisions\/8212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}