Albumin "Corvus Stone II" arvioi Jan Mikael Ekblad - progea, rokkia ja kauhua

Note: This review is written in Finnish

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Corcus Stone: II
Julkaisu: 11 / 2014 (Suomi)
Julkaisija: Melodic Revolution Records (Orlando, Florida, USA).
79:23
80 / 100 (4 / 5)

Kappaleet:
01. The Simple Life
02. Early Morning Call
03. Boots For Hire
04. Sneaky Entrance in to Lisa
05. Purple Stone
06. A Stoned Crow Meets the Rusty Wolff Rat
07. Lisa Has a Cigar
08. Mr Cha Cha
09. Dark Tower
10. Scandinavians in Mexico
11. Mystery Man
12. Camelus Bactrianus (Tuolla tuonnempana)
13. Uncle Schunkle
14. Eternal Universe
15. Moaning Lisa
16. Campfire (Tulen luona)

Muusikot, grafiikka ja vierailevat tähdet:

Pasi Koivu: Koskettimet
Colin Tench: Kitarat
Petri Lemmy Lindström: Basso
Robert Wolff: Rummut ja perkussiot

Sonia Mota: Grafiikka

Andress Guazzelli: Laulu (5.)
Blake Carpenter: Laulu (3., 5., 9. ja 11.)
German Vergara: Laulu (15.)
Phil Naro: Laulu (1. ja 14.)
Sean Filkins: Laulu, perkussiot ja huuliharppu (10. ja 15.)
Stef Flaming: Laulu (2.)
Stef Flaming: Kitarat ja koskettimet (3.)
Timo Rautiainen: Laulu (12. ja 16.)
Victor Tassone: Perkussiot ja rummut (1.)
Matti Kervinen: Laulujen tekstit (suomeksi) (12. ja 16.)

Paljon on vettä virrannut marraskuun jälkeen Lohjan Maksjoessa...

Kuuntelin albumia jonkin verran tuoreeltaan, mutta tämän vuoden aikana tämä on ensimmäinen kerta. Nyt on aika kirjoittaa vihdoin ja viimein työn alla jo pitkään ollut levyarvio Corvus Stone II albumista.

The Simple Life: Hippiaika. 1960-luvun ja 1970-luvun vaihde. Hair musikaali.

Carly Morning Call ja Boots For Hire: Santana tyylistä iloista jamittelua kumpikin kappaleista. Tosin Boots For Hire kappaleessa laulu on ehkä enemmän synkkää Black Sabbath tyyliä. Sydänäänet lopussa ovat kiva lisä kokonaisuuteen. Myös Scandinavians in Mexico on suora pastissi Santanan alkupään loistaville albumeille. Myös Journey yhtye (- yksi suuria suosikkejani!) on koottu alunperin Santanan ensimmäisllä levyillä vaikuttaneista muusikoista.

Sneaky Entrance in to Lisa on pieni ja sievä alkuintro Purple Stone kappaleeseen. Suoria vaikutteita on kappaleesta vaikea hakea, mutta jotain tuttua Deep Puplemaisuutta tässä silti on esillä. Valitettavasti vain täytyy samalla myös todeta, että kaikkien soolojen lisäksi samaan raitaan on ympätty päällekkäin aivan liian paljon elementtejä ja koko homma tuntuu hajoavan ihan perusteellisesti käsiin. Vai oliko tämä musiikillinen kaaosteoria koko idean ydin?

A Stoned Crow Meets Rusty Wolff Rat on instumentaali, joka tuo mieleen Yes / King Crimson / ELP teokset.

Lisa Has a Cigar on pieni ja värikäs alkuintro Mr Cha Cha intrumentaalille. Lisa Has a Cigar on tietysti kunnianosoitus Pink Floydin Have a Cigar kappaleen kautta koko Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here albumille (1975, CBS). Mr Cha Cha edestaa iloista kokeilevaa ja melodista progressiivista jammailua ja senhän Corvus Stonen muusikot osaavat.

Dark Tower kappale toi jotenkin mieleen Stephen Kingin Musta torni(?) kirjasarjan ja hänen kauhukirjansa sekä 1970- ja 1980-lukujen klassiset kauhuleffat joita tuli ahmittua teininä Lohjan videovuokraamoista. Ymmärsinkö kaiken oikein? Ymmärsinkö kappaleen idean ja vaikutteet oikein? En tiedä...

Mystery Man kappaleessa laitetaan blues rock vaihde täysillä päälle. Tässä on mukana vähän Rolling Stonesin alkupään raivoa ja asennetta ja jopa Francis Goyan melodisenpaa pienimuotoista akustista tunnelmointia. Kappaleen loppupuoli on oikeastaan Ozzy Osbourne / Black Sabbath värimaailman sateenkaari. Ei voi muuta sanoa kuin, että todella monipuolinen kappale on tässä kyseessä.

Tuolla kauempana ja Tulen luona ovat suomenkielisiä kappaleita / runolaulantaa. Timo Rautiaisen (Lyijykomppania, Aku Ankkuli, Timo Rautiainen ja Trio Niskalaukaus sekä Timo Rautiainen ja Neljäs sektori) ääni sopii erinomaisesti kaikenlaisiin suomirock / suomi-iskelmä / suomiproge kappaleisiin. Hienoja teoksia kumpikin.

Uncle Schunkle on melodisen progeileva jammailu ja pitkähenkinen alkuintro Eternal Universe kappaleelle, joka on mielestäni kunnianosoitus niin Yes yhtyeen Jon Andersonille kuin Jethro Tull yhtyeen Ian Andersonille. Myös jotain klassista Kansas yhtyeen vaikutteita on aistittavissa tässä raidassa. Huilut ja orkestraalisuus kohtaavat loistavan rock asenteen aurinkoisessa Itä-Helsingin keskipäivässä.

Moaning Lisa Reneissance / Blackmore's Night tyylinen vanhankaltainen 1970-luvun alun tyyliin tehty ja toteutettu pitkä akustisviritteinen ja melodinen sinfoninen progressiivinen rock teos, joka on ilmeisesti koko albumin tärkein ja hallitsevin elementti, koska muutamat Lisa nimetyt kappaleet johtavat kaikki kohti tätä albumin loppuhuipennusta, joka tapahtuu tosin jo albumin toisessa viimeisessä kappaleessa.

Corvus Stone II on ehdottoman monipuolinen ja taitavasti tehty / toteutettu "vaikeasti kuunneltava ja omaksuttava" uusi progressivinen rock albumi

En osaa sanoa suoralta kädeltä sanoa onko tämä toinen albumi parempi kuin ensimmäinen.

Corvus Stone II on albumina ihan liian pitkä. Tuplana ja max 2x 45 min. pituisena tämä olisi toiminut huomattavasti paremmin ja näin mukaan olisi saatu toiselle levylle vielä bonuksena muutama uusi kappale, uusia versioita ensimmäisen albumin kappaleista tai vaikka suoraan pari vanhan albumin kappaletta ihmisille muistutuksena myös ensimmäisen albumin loistavasta musiikillisesta annista.

Kappalejärjestys on Corvus Stone II albumilla mielestäni hiukan väärä, mutta tämä on vain minun oma henkilökohtainen mielipiteeni. Itse olisin laittanut Moaning Lisa kappaleen koko levyn viimeiseksi raidaksi sen massivisuuden ja pitkän sinfonisen kestonsa (14:09) takia ja Timo Rautiaisen laulamat kappaleet ennen sitä.

Kiitos kuitenkin jälleen kerran loistavasti musiikista Corvus Stone. Iltapäivä Itä-Helsingissä kului näin hyvinkin rattoisasti.

Ja Petri Lemmy Lindström - Nähdään illalla On the Rocksissa Progelandin keikalla!

Corvus Stone : "Unscrewed" - the new 2015 digital album

AN INSIGHT IN TO “CORVUS STONE UNSCREWED” OUR THIRD ALBUM

THIS ALBUM IS A “THANK YOU” FOR FANS & ON SALE TO EVERYBODY ELSE

It started life, as a combination of unplugged new music and remixed old music but it has become something much bigger. A full blown album in fact!
When we made the debut Corvus Stone album in 2012, we started out with no drummer. Rob came to us in time to do a selection of tracks but not many. Now we have gone back to some tracks from that album and refreshed, changed, extended or just added Rob on drums. The result is quite startling. Robert Wolff was a little buried on album 1 and now we have fixed that. Robert must never be buried again!

THE TRANSFORMED
Early Morning Call was an instrumental piece on Corvus Stone II, that Sean Filkins wanted to sing to when he heard it back in 2014. He even recorded his vocals before it was released but we decided it should remain an instrumental for that album. Instead, it would be released as a single in 2015. When Phil Naro heard it, he insisted on adding a second vocal line, multi-harmonies, doo wops & Di di di dum dums. The combination of Sean and Phil is perfect and has transformed this song totally. All guitars are new also for this. It is now Early Morning Calls .
Scary Movie has doubled in length and has that great band interaction feel in the new sections
Cinema(Parts 1 &2) are now tighter, way more dynamic and have had many small changes and additions, including Rob on drums.
Lost and Found is now twice the length, as Blake Carpenter always wanted it to be. It has gained a lot of new vocals, a second drummer and a lead break! Now it is has lived up to it’s real potential.
After Solstice has had changes in the drums and an extensive remix.

THE NEW
Brand New Day is a full bore new rock track featuring it’s own video and we are very proud of this one!https://youtu.be/Gju6rNQlm0k
Pack up your Truffles is a kind of unplugged piece but it is exactly right for this jazzy laid back number.
Landfill is almost unplugged, with lighthearted percussion and some well placed drums just when they would make the most impact.
Joukahainen (A character from an epic Finnish poem), is clearly Organ and guitar heavy but still unplugged for the most part. The drums that do appear (as in Landfill), are played by Paul Marshall. A Brit living in Australia whose claim to fame was getting a thumbs up from AC/DCs Bon Scott, when playing Whole Lotta Love & Sabre Dance in his very first band with a young Colin Tench, in a Sydney wine bar, in 1979.

THE OLD
Horizon and JussiPussi are now tighter and more dynamic. Only a limited amount of re-recording here
Moustaches in Massachusetts is here as a bonus track because it is essentially unchanged except for a remix. Play this one loud and you should hear why we did it!
ARTWORK
Sonia Mota has not only produced completely new artwork for this album but painted, frame by frame, an animated video for Mr Cha Cha.

Tracklist
01. Brand New Day (3.51)
02. Early Morning Calls (3.52)
03. Joukahainen Without Chips (2.53)
04. Horizon (Remix & some re-recording) (1.52)
05. Landfill (3.44)
06. After Solstice (Remix & some new drums) (4.05)
07. JussiPussi (Remix) (2.45)
08. Scary Movie Too (Imagine a live version of Scary movie. This could be it) (7.38)
09. Petrified in the Cinema Basement (Total reworking) (3.10)
10. Lost and Found Revisited (Extended version) (3.28)
11. Cinema Finale (New drums & total remix) (6.02)
12. Pack up Your Truffles (2.06)
13 BONUS TRACK: Moustaches in Massachusetts (Remix) (4.18)
ALBUM LENGTH: 49.46 including bonus track

This is a complete digital album release, on sale at all the usual outlets but we are are not fans of re-mastering, re-jigging or remixing an album and asking for money from fans, for a repeat of anything they already bought. We decided from the outset, to give this album to all previous buyers of any Corvus Stone album, free, in digital format. We will hunt them down, tho’ we are unlikely to find them all but will advertise this fact everywhere that will allow us to. In reality, this album has a lot of new material.
We will decide, from remarks, reviews and requests, if this album should be made in to a CD and/or vinyl in late 2015.

The average dynamic range of this album is 13 and that puts it alongside anything from before the loudness war hell destroyed the sound of popular music. Some will say it sounds retro. Maybe it does but in general, that means more musical and who could not want that!! What does that mean to you personally? Turn your volume control up a tiny bit more. The effect:You can play it as loud as you can stand and never get a headache!

NOTE: A few have asked why we remixed tracks from album one. “We love it as it is!” they say. The fact is that we also love the original album because it has a very friendly sound, a warm sound. There is no such thing as “wrong”, when dealing with sound. Now, these few tracks separated out, can have a very different feel and sound and match very well with the new tracks on here. Anyway, even the remixed tracks are way more than a remix!

We would call this a perfect introduction to Corvus Stone.
Please allow yourself to be the judge of that.
Corvus Stone wish you all a great 2015
Colin Tench

Special guests on Corvus Stone Unscrewed
Sean Filkins - Lyrics and vocals on Early Morning Calls
Phil Naro - Second lyrics and vocals on Early Morning Calls
Blake Carpenter - Lyrics & vocals on Lost and Found
Stef Flaming - Composer, vocals, additional guitars and keys on JussiPussi. Also, second drummer on Lost and Found Revisited
Paul Marshall - Drums on Joukahainen & Landfill
http://www.corvusstone.com/

CORVUS STONE Core Band:
Pasi Koivu - Keyboards
Colin Tench - Guitars, backing vocals and percussion
Petri Lindström - Bass Guitar
Robert Wolff - Drums
Sonia Mota - Artwork

A few places to buy: CORVUS STONE UNSCREWED
https://corvusstone.bandcamp.com/
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CorvusStone
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/corvus-stone-unscrewed/id1012059709

Previous albums here:
https://mrrcorvusstone.bandcamp.com/
http://www.corvusstone.com/
They are available on all the usual outlets also.

Edited by bunchakeze on 1 Jul 2015, 10:05

Sources

http://www.corvusstone.com/

Some music taken from the forthcoming Corvus Stone album

Here are some bits of the new Corvus Stone music gathered together -these are really just little teasers!

The new album will be called "Corvus Stone II" (Melodic Revolution Records).

You can hear one of the special guests Sean Filkins (ex-Big Big Train) here - some other special guests will be revealed very soon!

We can, of course, already mention few more amazingly talented special guests to be featured on this album: Victor Tassone, Stef Flaming and Andres Guazzelli.

There are also usual Corvus Stone members appearing on this album: Colin Tench (guitar), Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass), Robert Wolff (drums), Blake Carpenter (vocals) and Pasi Koivu (keyboards).

Sonia Mota has once again created the artwork!

Enjoy the video!

Corvus Stone CD review by Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2014

Progressive Rock Review: Corvus Stone-Self-Titled

Release Date: 6th November 2012
Label: Melodic Revolution Records
Website

This must be the longest time that has passed between an album being released and a review taking place, but as they say, “better late than never!” The album in question is from the band, Corvus Stone and is self-titled, being released back in 2012. This is not a new album to me as there have been several tracks aired on the radio show.

The band originally came together by the power of the social networks, when the core trio of the band started to work together and realized that they were producing amazing music through their collaboration. This original trio, Colin Tench (guitars), Petri Lemmy Lindstrom (bass) and Pasi Koivu (keyboards) expanded to include Robert Wolff (drums), Blake Carpenter (vocals) and, whilst not a musician, still an integral cog in Corvus Stone, Sonia Mota (artist). It is Sonia’s stunning artwork that adorns the cover and CD insert of the album. There are also contributions from Stef Flaming (vocals, guitars), John Culley (guitars) and Victor Tassone (drums).

One point that should be made, is that most, if not all, of the music on the album, was put together by musicians recording their parts in various places, before it was seamlessly “bolted together.”

There are many influences listed by the members of the band and include, Pink Floyd, ELP, Camel, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, David Bowie, Riverside, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel and Deep Purple, which certainly indicates a background steeped in classic progressive music.


Corvus Stone is a 21 track single album release (with a further 2 bonus tracks on the early digital releases) with a running time that is only seconds short of 80 minutes, the maximum recommended to maintain the required sound quality. The track lengths are very variable, with four of them, “The Curtain Rises,” “Horizon,” “Intermission” and “Ten Inch Lisa,” all being less than 2 minutes in length, while track 18, “Cinema” is the longest track at 10:50 minutes.

The starting track of Corvus Stone, “The Curtain Rises” (1:32) is an aptly titled track, and is a short instrumental with some excellent acoustic guitar and a middle eastern instrument, which you are just settling into when it is gone and we are onto track 2. “October Sad Song “ (4.57) has some wonderful guitar work throughout and there is amazing synth/keyboard playing which means that this instrumental, together with the odd time changes and interjections by other instruments, maintains the listeners’ attention. Some heavy riffing guitar heralds track 3, “Highway to Emptiness” (2:28), the third instrumental, which motors along with some more superb synth passages. The fourth track, “Ice King” certainly changes the style, as for the first time, vocals appear, and are provided by Blake Carpenter (The Minstrel’s Ghost), which together with the excellent guitar work by Colin Tench produce an atmospheric track, which ultimately seems just too short.

“Corvus Stone” (8:20), the title track, being a longer track allows the ideas in the music to evolve a little more and there is more evidence of the amazing interplay of guitar and synth/keyboards. This is a hugely atmospheric track, shifting this way and that, and at times recalls the superb keyboard sounds produced by the (late) Bo Hansson, with those amazing grandiose swirling techniques. The guitar of Colin is always there, behind the keyboards of Pasi and they paint an amazing aural scene, and if you then throw in some subtle time changes, you have another majestic slice of progressive music.

The longest track on offer, “Cinema” (10:50) has some simply stunning guitar and keyboard passages, and as the track unwinds with similarly changing time shifts, some superb acoustic guitar work and beautiful electric guitar passages, which interchange frequently. This exudes a feeling of taking you on a journey with the music, allowing you to drift into the aural palette they are plucking the sounds from. “Cinema” also reappears as a bonus alternative version on the digital download early release.

It is not possible to detail all the tracks on this 21 track album, but to summarize there is a myriad of different styles on display encompassing more jazzy and blues styles from time to time. One or two of the tracks, especially the very short ones suggest ideas that possibly never really came to fruition and there is a feeling at times of patchiness. A real oddity in today’s musical world must be “The Rusty Wolff Attack,” which is a straightforward drum solo, introducing the new drummer.

After many plays, my overall impression of Corvus Stone is that the band have huge ranges of musical ideas which when they all come together correctly, result in pieces of sublime music, but at times the fusion isn’t perfect. The band were keen to demonstrate the range that they possess, but I feel that with more prudent trimming here and there, Corvus Stone could have been a simply stunning album, whereas, although there are some simply stunning tracks, some tracks don’t hit that musical peak.

As always, grab this album and give it several listens, as I am sure that my personal choices of the lesser successful tracks might not be what others think. I would still award the album a “One to Buy” sticker and I look ahead eagerly to the follow-up album, which has already had some video teasers released.

4/5 Stars

Key Tracks: October Sad Song, Corvus Stone, Cinema 

Jim “The Ancient One” Lawson-Sr. Reviewer Prog Rock Music Talk

June 25, 2014

Review Provided By Prog Rock Music Talk

Tracks:
The Curtain Rises
October Sad Song
Highway To Emptiness
Ice King
I’ll Leave It All Behind
Corvus Stone
Moron Season
Horizon
Intermission
Moustaches In Massachusetts
Pilgrims
Jussipussi
Iron Pillows
After Solstice
The Rusty Wolff Attack
Lost And Found
Scary Movie
Cinema
You’re So Long
The Ice King (Instrumental)
Ten Inch Lisa
The Stones Meet Cheryl In Soundtrack From Hell*
Cinema (Alternative Version)*
*Bonus tracks on early digital download versions.

Music news: Sean Filkins (ex-Big Big Train) on the new Corvus Stone album

• Posted by Corvus Stone on April 5, 2014 at 1:54am
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There are great news for Corvus Stone as Sean Filkins (ex-Big Big Train and now a remarkable solo artist) is singing on at least two songs on the forthcoming Corvus Stone studio album. The songs is question are "Scandinavians In Mexico" and "Moaning Lisa".

Corvus Stone includes Blake Carpenter (vocals), Colin Tench (guitar), Pasi Koivu (keyboards), Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass), Robert Wolff (drums) and Sonia Mota (artwork).

The special guests on the new album include Sean Filkins, Andres Guazzelli, Stef Flaming and Victor Tassone. 

The debut album "Corvus Stone" is available - the music is often compared to the bands like Camel, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple so if you like those bands you might give a try to Corvus Stone.

The second album will go into Santana territory on one song ("Scandinavians In Mexico") and there'll be hard rockers and real prog songs as well! It'll be fun!

Corvus Stone's record label is Melodic Revolution Records. ************************************************

Suomeksi (in Finnish):

Legendaarinen entinen  Big Big Train -yhtyeen jäsen Sean Filkins on liittynyt mukaan Corvus Stonen uuden studioalbumin äänityksiin! Seanin ääntä kuullaan ainakin kahdella raidalla ("Scandinavians In Mexico" ja "Moaning Lisa").

Corvus Stonen suomalaisjäsenet ovat Petri Lemmy Lindström (basso) ja Pasi Koivu (kosketinsoittimet). Lisäksi yhtyeessä vaikuttavat Colin Tench (kitara), Blake Carpenter (laulu), Robert Wolff (rummut) ja Sonia Mota (kansitaide ja grafiikka). 

Tulevan levyn vierailevista muusikoista mainittakoon Sean Filkins,  Andres Guazzelli, Stef Flaming ja Victor Tassone.

Corvus Stonen levy-yhtiö on Melodic Revolution Records.

Suomessa ensimmäistä albumia saa parhaiten tällä hetkellä kaupasta Levykauppa Äx. Levy on nimeltään "Corvus Stone". 

Corvus Stone - the debut album on Levykauppa Äx or Melodic Revolution Shop, Hard Progressive Rock

Who is Corvus Stone

Corvus Stone is an international Rock band strongly related to Progressive Rock and Hard Rock. You can also hear some World Music, Classical, Soundtrack, Jazz and Metal!

Corvus Stone is:
Colin Tench (guitar), Pasi Koivu (keyboards)
Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass)
Robert Wolff (drums)
Blake Carpenter (vocals)
Sonia Mota (artwork)

On the song "Purple Stone" there's a wonderful special guest Andres Guazzelli (vocals). "Purple Stone" is a some kind of tribute to the great Deep Purple.

I am the following; a

Fan of Music, Band, Musician, Song Writer

Style of Prog

Art Rock, Avant-Prog, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, Canterbury Prog, Progressive Metal, Crossover Prog, Progressive Jazz/Fusion, Also a fan of other genres of music

Biography

Pasi Koivu (keyboards), Colin Tench (guitar) and Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass) started this studio project in late 2011 almost accidentally.
The found out they can work together very easily.



Petri Lemmy Lindström is an ex-member of Lyijykomppania and he has his own (highly acclaimed) music projects called Saturn Twilight and Progeland.

Colin Tench played with Odin (of London) alongside John Culley (ex-Cressida, ex-Black Widow) and after that he was one of the key members of BunChakeze (their 1980's recordings have finally been released for critical praise).
At the moment Colin has his own Colin Tench Project (CTP).

Pasi Koivu has been involved with promoting Black Widow (that's how he got to know Colin) and he also had his own Pasi Koivu ~ Psychedelic Eye one man solo project (with three albums released).

Now there has been some great addings to the Corvus Stone line-up! We have brilliant musicians Blake Carpenter (The Minstrel's Ghost) on vocals and Robert Wolff (ex-Micah, ex-Raven) on drums.
We have Sonia Mota creating the most amazing artwork for us! Sonia is a big part of the band.

We have Stef Flaming (Murky Red) guesting on a song JussiPussi (Stef also wrote that song).

We have Victor Tassone (Unified Past) playing drums on "You're So Wrong".

We have John Culley (ex-Cressida, ex-Black Widow) on guitar on our cover version of Black Widow's "You're So Wrong"!

Melodic Revolution Records has released some Corvus Stone music as digital singles.

The full debut album (CD version) simply called "Corvus Stone" was released at the end of 2012! Over 79 minutes worth of music. It's a digipak including a 16 page booklet! The stunning artwork is by Sonia Mota and the album is out via Melodic Revolution Records.

Influences or Favorite Bands

Various influences.... Pink Floyd, Nektar, BunChakeze, Progeland, Cressida, Black Widow, Opeth, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Murky Red, Unified Past, Uriah Heep, Pain Of Salvation, Caravan, Camel, Soft Machine

You can find me.

http://facebook.com/CorvusStone
http://www.reverbnation.com/corvusstone
http://www.myspace.com/corvusstone

More info;

Corvus Stone - "Purple Stone" single (Melodic Revolution Records) was released in 2013. The song will be featured on the 2nd Corvus Stone album.
The debut Corvus Stone album was released as a CD version during late 2012 via Melodic Revolution Records. You can buy the album here:http://www.recordshopx.com/artist/corvus_stone/corvus_stone/ or here:http://melodicrevolutionrecords.com/album/corvus-stone
You can buy the single here:http://melodicrevolutionrecords.com/track/purple-stone-bonus-track

The physical copy of the album is available on many great record stores like Black Widow Records (Italy), Musea (France) or Diskunion (Japan). If your local record shop doesn't have the album you can easily ask them to order few copies!

Corvus Stone is an international Rock band strongly related to Progressive Rock and Hard Rock. You can also hear some World Music, Classical, Soundtrack, Jazz and Metal!
Corvus Stone is: Colin Tench (guitar), Pasi Koivu (keyboards), Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass), Robert Wolff (drums), Blake Carpenter (vocals) and Sonia Mota (artwork).
On the song "Purple Stone" there's a wonderful special guest Andres Guazzelli (vocals). "Purple Stone" is a some kind of tribute to the great Deep Purple.

Informaatiota suomeksi:
Corvus Stone on kansainvälinen yhtye jonka debyyttilevy "Corvus Stone" (Melodic Revolution Records) ilmestyi CD-versiona loppuvuodesta 2012. Sävellyksellinen pesäpaikka ensilevyllä on Suomi ja Jyväskylä sillä yhtyeen jyväskyläläiset jäsenet ovat Petri Lemmy Lindström (basso) ja Pasi Koivu (koskettimet). Lisäksi mukana ovat Blake Carpenter (laulu), Colin Tench (kitara), Robert Wolff (rummut) ja Sonia Mota (kansitaide).
Erikoisvieraana laulussa "Purple Stone" on Andres Guazzelli (laulu).
Esikoisalbumia löytyy vielä jonkin verran Suomesta, ainakin Levykauppa Äx myy sitä. Voit ostaa levyn täältä:http://www.levykauppax.fi/artist/corvus_stone/corvus_stone/#cd

Corvus Stone - comparisons to Marillion, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and Free (a review by Angelo)

• Posted by Corvus Stone on March 7, 2014 at 7:00am
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Good day!

During last few days this review has been spreading on various sites - including Deep Purple related news. It's been reblogged from progarchives.com so here we offer this very nice review by Angelo once again!

 It took a while...

...before I got around to writing a review for this album. A bit over 14 months ago, I got a copy through valued ProgArchives member Kati, who did the art work for the album. Across these 14 months, I've played the album a number of times - at home, in my car, even at night in a tent in Slovenia. Every time, I heard something new, in this interesting melting pot of music. Some folk like things, some Marillion, Pink Floyd, but also the occasional 1970's Deep Purple or Free riff.

Wonderful, but at the same time requiring you to really listen in order to be able to enjoy it - there is so much going on, and not everything is as easy to grasp casually. The album is a so varied that it gets hard to describe everything - so I'll refrain from that. Instead, let me point out that the musicians who joined project leader Colin Tench on this album are amongst the best on their respective instruments, that the compositions are truly prog worthy and I only `realised on the third spin that the album was not fully instrumental.

All in all, a prog journey worth taking, best experienced on a warm summer night, in front of a tent in Slovenia.

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Corvus Stone is: Blake Carpenter (vocals), Colin Tench (guitar), Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass), Pasi Koivu (keyboards), Robert Wolff (drums) and Sonia Mota (artwork)

CORVUS STONE is: Colin Tench (guitar), Pasi Koivu (keyboards), Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass), Robert Wolff (drums), Blake Carpenter (vocals) and Sonia Mota (artwork). 

Corvus Stone records for the great label called Melodic Revolution Records (Nick Katona being the boss). 

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Corvus Stone meets Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Cressida and Can - the review on Clair & Obscur

Corvus Stone album review on Clair & Obscur / Corvus Stone arvostelussa

• Posted by Corvus Stone on January 13, 2014 at 7:04am
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Corvus Stone album review by Bertrand Pourcheron originally released on Clair & Obscur. 


Corvus Stone - Corvus Stone (Melodic Revolution Records 2012)

An international outfit called Corvus Stone is formed by Colin Tench(guitar), Pasi Koivu (keyboards), Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass), Robert Wolff (drums) and Blake Carpenter (vocals). Corvus Stone released this selftitled debut album late last year (2012) but it didn't reach Clair & Obscur until early December (2013).

This is hard progressive rock deeply in early 1970's style. Far removed from the cold sterility the combo is actually a mixture of Deep Purple's "In Rock" and "Fireball" albums on tracks like "Purple Stone" or "October Sad Song" with particularly enjoyable keyboard parts worthy of the late Jon Lord. Pink Floyd's "Meddle" comes to mind when hearing six-string work echoing the guitar playing of David Gilmour (especially on the epic "Cinema"). Also there are melodic touches of less well known bands like Cressida ("Ice King"), Murky Red (their excellent guitarist Stef Flaming composed the song "JussiPussi" in true Monty Python style) or Can (the title track including an improvised jam session). This album compiles no less than 21 tracks in 79 minutes. You'll understand this album doesn't care about current trends. 
More music to follow soon so we'll follow what happens next to Corvus Stone...
Bertrand Pourcheron (7/10)

Suomeksi (in Finnish):
Corvus Stone - Corvus Stone (Melodic Revolution Records 2012)

Kansainvälinen yhtye Corvus Stone koostuu seuraavista muusikoista: Colin Tench (kitara), Pasi Koivu (koskettimet), Petri Lemmy Lindström (basso), Robert Wolff (rummut) ja Blake Carpenter (laulu). Corvus Stonen yhtyeen nimeä kantava esikoisalbumi julkaistiin jo vuoden 2012 lopulla mutta Clair & Obscuren albumi saavutti vasta vuotta myöhemmin. 
Corvus Stone on rankkaa rokkia 1970-luvun alun tyyliin progressivisin lisämaustein. Poissaolollaan loistaa steriili teknillisyys. Deep Purplen albumit "In Rock" ja "Fireball" tulevat mieleen kappaleista "Purple Stone" ja "October Sad Song". Erityisen mainio kosketinsoitinten käyttö tuo mieleen edesmenneen herrasmiehen nimeltä Jon Lord. David Gilmour-tyyppinen kitarointi tuo mieleen Pink Floyd-albumin nimeltä "Meddle" (erityisesti eeppisessä sävellyksessä "Cinema"). Näihin tunnelmiin kun ottaa vaikutteita vähemmän tunnetuilta yhtyeiltä kuten Cressida ("Ice King" on eräs tähän tyylisuuntaan vihjaileva laulu), Murky Red (jonka erinomainen kitaristi Stef Flaming sävelsi kappaleen "JussiPussi" taattuun Monty Python-tyyliin) ja Can (nimikappale "Corvus Stone" osittain muistuttaen improvisoitua jamia). 
21 raitaa ja 79 minuuttia! Corvus Stone vähät välittää trendeistä eikä kumarra kenellekään! Jäämme mielenkiinnolla odottelemaan seuraavaa albumia ja uusia seikkailuja... 
Bertrand Pourcheron (7/10)



In French:
Corvus Stone - Corvus Stone (Melodic Revolution Records 2012)

Groupe international formé de Colin Tench (guitares), Pasi Koivu (claviers), Petri Lemmy Lindström (basse), Robert Wolff (batterie) et Blake Carpenter (chant), Corvus Stone signe, sur ce premier opus éponyme publié à la fin de l’année dernière, mais qui n’est parvenu que début décembre à la rédaction de Clair & Obscur, un hard rock progressif profondément ancré dans les early seventies. Loin de tout étalage outrancier de technicité glacée et stérile, le combo se situe en effet à mi-chemin entre le Deep Purple de "In Rock" et "Fireball" sur des morceaux comme "Purple Stone" ou "October Sad Song", avec en particulier de délectables parties de claviers dignes de feu John Lord, et du Pink Floyd de "Meddle" pour ses envolées de six-cordes au dessus desquelles plane l’ombre de l’immense David Gilmour (la pièce épique "Cinema"). Ajoutons à cela l’apport de touches mélodiques évoquant des formations bien moins connues comme Cressida ("Ice King"), Murky Red (dont l’excellent guitariste Stef Flaming a signé la chanson "JussiPussi", en hommage aux Monthy Python) ou encore Can (le titre éponyme, aux allures de jam-session improvisée). Compilant pas moins de 21 titres pour une durée totale de 79 minutes, vous comprendrez aisément que cet album, aux allures de carte de visite, se fout royalement des modes et du politiquement correct et constitue un galop d’essai plaisant, qui appelle tout naturellement à être transformé dans les mois à venir. A suivre, donc… 
Bertrand Pourcheron (7/10)

http://www.clairetobscur.com/article-corvus-stone-corvus-stone-1218...

Corvus Stone album review on Get Ready To Rock - one of the best reviews

Corvus Stone album review on Get Ready To Rock: "Great Stuff"

• Posted by Corvus Stone on December 24, 2013 at 5:32am
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Corvus Stone is:

Colin Tench (guitar),

Pasi Koivu (keyboards),

Petri Lemmy Lindström (bass),

Robert Wolff (drums),

Blake Carpenter (vocals),

Sonia Mota (artwork)

On the debut album there are special guests like Stef Flaming (many instruments and voices on "JussiPussi"), John Culley (guitar on "You're So Wrong") and Victor Tassone (drums on "You're So Wrong").

On the second album there'll be special guest stars again! Andres Guazzelli shares vocals with Blake on "Purple Stone ("Purple Stone" already has over 500,000 views on YouTube!) and The Airwaves (band from Sweden) has also been invited to add some vocal harmonies.

Here below you'll see the review by Alan Jones. We hope you'll enjoy it and the CD as well! We also hope you'll enjoy the next album maybe even more as we feel it's an improvement (the album will be released during 2014).

CORVUS STONE - Corvus Stone

(Melodic Revolution Records)

Melodic Revolution Records: Released November 2012

I do a radio show for Get Ready To Rock Radio (third Sunday of the month at 5pm -you should check it out!) that goes by the name of ‘The Eclectic Mix’ – which pretty much does what it says on the tin and draws together a load of great tracks from an assortment of genres.

For the next show I think I’ll save myself the effort of compiling a tracklist and just play this album in its entirety.

Corvus Stone is a disparate group of fiendishly talented musicians from places such as Sweden, Finland, United States, Belgium and others, who have put together an album of such stunning complex diversity it’s hard to believe they all recorded their parts separately and emailed them in to be mixed and mastered.

The album is eighty minutes long. It has an amazing 21 tracks. It is, in turns, deep, shallow, frivolous, cinematic, dense, serious, hilarious.

Whilst always having progressive rock at its heart, one glance at the tracklist is enough to tell anybody this is going to be a roller-coaster ride.

With track titles such as ‘October Sad Song’, ‘After Solstice’, ‘Ice King’ and ‘Lost And Found’, the prog credentials are laid out for all to see – but then what to make of titles such as ‘Moron Season’, ‘Moustaches In Massachusetts’, ‘Iron Pillows’ and ‘Ten Inch Lisa’? Or what about ‘Intermission’, ‘The Rusty Wolff Attack’, ‘Scary Movie’ and the wonderfully titled ‘JussiPussi’?

The answer is not an easy one. There are just so many influences here that it’s difficult to take it all in at one sitting. You think you’re listening to Camel, this segues into an Emerson, Lake and Palmer groove, but then is that Focus I hear? Or a bit of Gentle Giant? Maybe even a soupcon of the Grateful Dead. But that’s definitely the Bonzo Dog Band – then the riff from ‘Smoke On The Water’ appears for chrissakes.

To say the album sustains interest throughout is understating just what it is – that being a genre-bending tour de force that has the listener eagerly anticipating the next track to find out if it’s as great as the one being listened to.

All kinds of highlights all over the piece – the surpisingly progressive ‘Moron Season’, the dense title track ‘Corvus Stone’, the outstanding fretwork on the instrumental ‘Moustaches In Massachusetts’, the (ahem) cinematic sweep of ‘Cinema’ and the totally immersive ‘Scary Movie’.

And how could we forget to mention the Bonzoesque exuberance of ‘JussiPussi’? It really is as great as it sounds – and I defy you not to laugh.

All told, this is a fabulous album. It has a dark side for sure, but the sheer flamboyancy of the playing coupled with an almost self-deprecating ‘joie de vivre’ is an absolute joy and I, for one, could begin to understand just what it feels like to be a ‘mad, swivel-eyed loon’ at the album’s conclusion.

Great stuff.

*****

Review by Alan Jones

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