In the Spotlight: Lance King's Solo Album 'A Moment In Chiros' Centers on 11:11 Time Prompt Phenomena

Written by Bob Suggs Saturday, 12 November 2011 12:35

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Lance King is world renowned in the underground as “The Voice” in metal, singing on over 25 worldwide releases over the last 21 years. Known best for his voice on five albums with PYRAMAZE and BALANCE OF POWER, what is truly special about Lance is his ability to morph his voice to fit any mood and intensity of a song, he’s proved this over the years by adding a very "special something" to every album he has been a part of. Said to have the golden touch, Lance’s voice just seems to connect the dot’s making head banging metal also into a good song.

On the last day of June, 2011 Lance decided to invite some of his musical friends to co-write songs with him as he ventured into his first solo album. An act of faith only knowing their work, never working with them before creating music. In just two months, those involved had created an epic masterpiece and in under three 'A MOMENT IN CHIROS' was mixed and mastered and off to the presses. This album was released on 11/11/11 and is destined to stand the test of time.

The album's concept is based on the 11:11 time prompt phenomena happening to over 75 million people around the world, Lance is one of these people, and has dived into the deep to find more about what it’s all about. This album is one man's journey as a seeker of truth looking for answers to the world's greatest mysteries.

"Etheric Progressive Power Metal from the voice of Pyramaze & Balance of Power, for fans of Redemption, Dream Theater and Symphony X and with a nod at legends Led Zepplin".

Now Avian, Pyramaze and Balance Of Power frontman Lance King tells us about "Awakening" from his brand new album "A Moment In Chiros," which was released on 11/11/11.

"Awakening" is a part of that concept, however it has a duplicity to it in that I used a real life story to illustrate a step of the concept.

I need to go back a few years to when the real life story was taking place, I was working on the first Pyramaze album, I'd done a lot of recording before this, but on Tape, ADAT digital tape, and hard disc recording unit's, this was my first time working with Pro-Tools on a computer, so I had a bit of a learning curve going on with the program and the best ways to use it. It was a bit frustrating actually, since my setup was not proper and I was doing it on a older iMac without a secondary hard drive, so I ended up having to record one song, bounce it all down, send the tracks to the bands producer in Denmark, and start on the next one after I made enough room to work on the computer again.

Through this process my wife's Dad got deathly ill, he was in the hospital about 90 miles away and it wasn't looking good. Of course I had a deadline to keep, and the band was pushing me on it. I missed some things I wish I hadn't while doing this record, I wasn't there for my wife when she needed me, and it certainly was one of the hardest things she's gone through in our time together. I regretted that afterwards a lot.

Back to the story and it's content… My wife was in the hospital room with her dad and some other family, and our very young daughter at that time, that had yet to speak coherent words.

She was still under 6 months old at the time. I couldn't be there that day because of my album deadline. My wife tells me that when her father passed on that day, she could feel his energy leave as the heart monitor droned a steady beeeep, and that our daughter, was looking at the ceiling… and pointed and said grandpa, smiling and full of joy.

She could clearly see him on the ceiling, she was too young to tell us exactly what she saw, but I believe he was likely waving at her and making faces like he did a lot, smiling and happy because of the joy she was showing.

This was something that of course hit everyone in the room in a meaningful way, and was a catalyst for many spiritual discussions, and soul searching, and it led to some personal discoveries, through introspection, that I will choose to keep private at this point, but suffice to say, it's deep, and it was profound and it was an "Awakening".

Lance has chosen "Human Trafficking" (sex slavery), one of the fastest growing criminal activities worldwide as the charitable cause he would like to champion, profits from this album will go to efforts to abolish this slave trade worldwide through an organization called "NOT FOR SALE"!

"Featuring Amazing Musical Contributions from past and present members of Bruce Dickenson. Beyond Twilight, Anubis Gate, Thought Chamber, Jorn, Spheric Universe Experience, Darkwater, Phonomik, Myrath, Wuthering Heights, Avian".

Produced by: Kim Oleson (Anubis Gate) & Jacob Hansen, (Volbeat, Heathen, TYR, Amaranthe, Communic, Mercenary, Onslaught, Rob Rock, Blotted Science, Raunchy, Pretty Maids, Cryoshell)

A Moment In Chiros

1 New from $4.99 as of 05/24/2013 15:35 MST details Technical Details Add To Baby Registry Add To Wedding Registry Add To Wishlist Tell A Friend All Customer Reviews All Offers	Binding: MP3 Music Creator: Lance King Genre: hard-rock-and-metal-music Label: Nightmare Records Manufacturer: Nightmare Records ProductGroup: Digital Music Album ProductTypeName: DOWNLOADABLE_MUSIC_ALBUM Publisher: Nightmare Records ReleaseDate: 2011-11-08 RunningTime: 3717 Studio: Nightmare Records Title: A Moment In Chiros

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In the Spotlight: Lance King's Solo Album 'A Moment In Chiros' Centers on 11:11 Time Prompt Phenomena
Lance King is world renowned in the underground as “The Voice” in metal, singing on over 25 worldwide releases over the last 21 years. Known best for his voice on five albums with PYRAMAZE and...

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