Alarion

about

Waves of Destruction is the debut album of Alarion (www.alarion.eu), a project by Dutch guitarist Bas Willemsen, to be released in June of 2016 through FREIA Music. Waves of Destruction contains an hour of melodic, symphonic and intense music. The album features many well known guests, including: - Damian Wilson (vocals - Threshold, Headspace) - Irene Jansen (vocals - Ayreon, Star One) - Tineke Roseboom (vocals - Blaze Bayley, Thomas Zwijsen) - Paul Glandorf (vocals - Arjen Lucassen (live), A Day's Work, Semistereo) - Ben Mathot (violin - Epica, Revamp, Xandria) - Erik Laan (piano & moog - Silhouette, Tumble Town) - Tom Gorissen (piano & keys - Hymir) Mastered by Peter van ‘t Riet, who is known for mastering Epica, Pain of Salvation, Steve Howe (Yes) and many others. For each listener, there will be a different part of the album that stands out: be it acoustic and mellow or heavy and fast, a short track or a 10+ minutes long epic, male or female vocals. Throughout all the tracks on the album, the listener will discover the scope of the sound that is Alarion. Alarion is a project by Bas Willemsen. Whether it concerns writing songs, recording guitars, bass or keyboards, approaching guest musicians, conceiving artwork or anything else concerning the project, Bas is at the start and finish of all that is Alarion. Bas has a broad interest in music, and is especially attracted to music with melody and diverse arrangements. Bas likes classical symphonies, folk, jazz and fusion,