James LaBrie – Beautiful Shade Of Grey

Dream Theater vokalisti James LaBrie, ‘Beautiful Shade Of Grey’ adındaki 4. stüdyo albümünü Nisan’da yayımlıyor.

‘I’m a huge Led Zeppelin fan. I’m a huge fan of Pink Floyd and Aerosmith and Deep Purple and all that. These bands were so iconic back in the ’70s. So a lot of the inspiration, when I sat down with Paul Logue, who’s the other musician that I wrote the album with, and he’s from Scotland, I said, ‘Paul, I just want us to think more about…’ If you think about the acoustic end of ZEPPELIN and their organic approach to their songs, it was still beautiful, it was still powerful, extremely melodic, and it just kind of reached deep within, it resonated deep within each and every one of us that listened to any ZEPPELIN. So that was the catalyst to set things in motion. It became a full ensemble. I mean, I have keyboards, drums, bass, rhythm guitar, lead guitar and then myself doing all the vocals. So it’s somewhat acoustic but it’s also a full ensemble as well. So it still has the full band kind of sound and orchestration.’

1990 yılında 27 yaşında iken Dream Theater grubuna vokal olarak katılmıştı. Günümüze kadar grubun vokallerini üstlenen James LaBrie Ayreon, Fates Warning, Shadow Gallery gibi progresif metal gruplarına da destek olmuştu. İlk solo albümünü 2005 yılında yayımlamış, bu albümde kendisine eşlik eden Eden’s Curse grubunda basçı Paul Logue ile 2010 yılında tanışmışlar, 2011’de grubunun ‘Trinity’ albümüne destek olmuştu.

Albümde basta Paul Logue, Marco Sfogli El. gitar, Christian Pulkkinen klavyelerin başında yer alıyor. Davullarda ise James LaBrie’nin oğlu Chance LaBrie bulunuyor.

Paul Logue ve James LaBrie’nin mükemmel iletişimi sonrası ortaya çıkan’Beautiful Shade Of Grey’ albümü InsideOut Music etiketiyle 20 Mayıs’ta yayımlanacak.