RAINTIMES Sign Album Contract With Frontiers Music Srl
April 13th, 2016
International AOR / melodic rock project Raintimes have signed an album contract with Frontiers Music Srl, revealing this development on April 13th, 2016.
Drummer Pierpaolo Monti commented: “Raintimes is an album that I really wanted to use as a tribute to show my love and admiration for The Storm. I have played to death their two albums, especially Eye Of The Storm (1991); their mid-tempos, steeped in pure melodic class, are the perfect crossroad between AOR and melodic rock. The choice of Michael Shotton as frontman, however, was based not only on my admiration for his talents, but because I wanted to give a strong personality to the album and make the music more personal and original.
“I’m absolutely thrilled about this partnership with Frontiers. We are still finding it hard to believe that Raintimes will be part of its great roster, which features some of the most iconic and influential artists of the past and present international rock scene.”
“Frontiers represents with no doubts a big step forward in our careers,” added keyboardist Davide Barbieri. “We’re absolutely honoured to release our debut album under this renowned brand, which is well-known for offering premium quality rock music to all the fans worldwide!”
Raintimes’ line-up is as follows;
Michael Shotton (vocals; Von Groove)
Iván González (guitar; Secret / 91 Suite)
Sven Larsson (guitar; Street Talk / Charming Grace)
Andrea Gipponi (bass; Room Experience)
Pierpaolo “Zorro” Monti (drums; Shining Line / Charming Grace / Room Experience)
Davide “Dave Rox” Barbieri (keyboards; Wheels Of Fire / Charming Grace / Room Experience)
A debut full-length studio album is tentatively slated for issue early in 2017.
