UK hard rock stalwarts, Ten, used the downtime during the worldwide pandemic to work on not one, but two new albums. The first album to be released, Here Be Monsters, landed on February 18.
Their new single and lyric video for the track "Miracle Of Life" is out today. Watch the clip below, and porder/save Here Be Monsters on CD/LP/Digital here.
Following the success of the recent string of albums, from Albion to Illuminati, Hughes is joined once again by guitarists Dann Rosingana, Steve Grocott and John Halliwell along with bass player Steve McKenna, and keyboard maestro Darrel Treece-Birch. Drums on the album have been handled by Markus Kullman (Sinner, Glenn Hughes, Voodoo Circle). Ten continue to raise the musical bar higher for themselves, a goal they push on every release. Stunning guitar work, rich keyboards, excellent bass and drum interplay along with Hughes’ rich vocals are the order of the day here.
Here Be Monsters was produced by Gary Hughes and mixed and mastered by Dennis Ward. Ten’s longstanding professional association with Dennis has been ongoing since he mixed their 2011 album, Stormwarning and has always guaranteed albums with stunning sound and production
Fans should note that there are no ties between this and the next album, ie. Here Be Monsters is not a "Part One" or anything of this nature. The band has simply crafted two high quality releases and decided to put them out separately, in a fashion not too dissimilar to what happened to the amazing first two records which were recorded one after the other in a very short period of time.
Ten have an outstanding history of releases in their storied and revered catalog. Starting out as a sort of solo project built around singer and songwriter Gary Hughes, Ten found their audience playing a hard rock sound influenced by such giants as UFO, Thin Lizzy, Magnum, Giant, and Whitesnake in a time when playing this particular sound was considered ommericial suicide. The band's early records such as The Name Of The Rose, The Robe, Spellbound, and Babylon established the band as mainstays in the melodic hard rock genre, which has continued throughout their now 26 year career over the course of 14 studio albums.
Tracklisting:
"Fearless"
"Chapter And Psalm"
"Hurricane"
"Strangers On A Distant Shore"
"The Dream That Fell To Earth"
"The Miracle Of Life"
"Immaculate Friends"
"Anything You Want"
"Follow Me Into The Fire"
"The Longest Time"
"Hurricane" lyric video:
"Fearless":
Lineup:
Gary Hughes - Vocals
Dann Rosingana - Guitars
Steve Grocott - Guitars
Darrel Treece-Birch - Keyboards
Steve McKenna - Bass
Special Guest: Markus Kullman - Drums
