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| Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - Ten album news | Frontiers Records will release Ten's new album, The Twilight Chronicles, on August 25th.
Singer and songwriter Gary Hughes describes the new recording as, "Epic beyond the limits of all previous Ten albums, with vast and intricate orchestra sections that can only be described as Cinematic".
Gary worked endless hours in his studio in Manchester with the precise task to create "the highest productional scale Ten album ever". Hughes used as reference Ten's two most successful releases ever (The Name of The Rose and Spellbound) and mixed them with a "Troy" meets the "London Symphony Orchestra" approach.
The result is a record that features mighty orchestral passages and boasts all the usual opus of hooks, riffs, haunting melodies and themes that are always expected and associated with any Ten release: a mixture of rock and ballads with a strong atmospheric mood and lyrics that tell tales of love, lust, death, glory, revenge and darkness.
The final tracklisting:
The Prologue/Rome
The Chronicles
Elysian Fields
Hallowed Ground
This Heart Goes On
Oblivion
The Twilight Masquerade
Tourniquet
Born To The Grave
When This Night Is Done
Epilogue
An mp3 sample preview of the song 'The Chronicles' can be downloaded here.
In addition to this new release, Frontiers Records and Ten agreed to officially re-release in mid-price series Return To Evermore, the band's previous studio album, with the inclusion of the original Japanese only bonus track 'It's You I Adore'. Both albums will be made simultaneously available in Europe on August 25th.
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| Thursday, October 13, 2005 - Ten signs to Frontiers and plans "Best of" album | Frontiers Records is glad to give a warm welcome back in the roster to the finest purveyors of British Classic Hard Rock of the past 10 years, the band Ten !
Ten are indeed planning to celebrate their 10th Anniversary with the release of an "Essentials" double cd collection which shall be divided into "Essential Rockers" and "Essential Ballads". The big difference in comparison of the original material is that - in the words of Ten leader and singer Gary Hughes - "these will be completely fresh recordings of the songs and more in keeping with the way the current line-up play the material, with new ideas on the old themes".
Ten's lineup has infact now evolved as follows
Gary Hughes - Vocals
Chris Francis - Guitars
John Halliwell - Guitars
Steve McKenna - Bass
Paul Hodson - Keyboards
Lee Morris - Drums
"It is important to the band that this collection is not seen as a swan song release". says Gary Hughes who also adds that "TEN are recording a new studio album hot on the heels of this Best Of release. Our delivery date for the new studio album masters is late January. The release date for this album in Europe shall happen on Frontiers Records in April 2006".
Essential Rockers (Disc 1)
1.The Name Of The Rose/Wildest Dreams
2.The March Of The Argonauts/Fear The Force
3.Ten Fathoms Deep
4.Apparition
5.After The Love Has Gone
6.Remembrance For The Brave/Red
7.Spellbound
8.The Robe
9.Evermore
Essential Ballads (Disc 2)
1.Till The End Of Time
2.You're In My Heart
3.Yesterday Lies In The Flames
4.Virtual Reality
5.We Rule The Night
6.Silent Rain
7.Through The Fire
8.Sail Away
9.Valentine
The release date of the album has been settled in Europe on Frontiers Records on January 23rd 2006
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| Monday, May 24, 2004 - New Ten album | Ten's new album, Return To Evermore, is complete and will be issued through the band's own label (Intensity Records) on June 23rd in Europe and simultaneously in Japan via the Avalon/Marquee label.
Return To Evermore features the following tracklisting:
Apparition
Dreamtide
Evermore
Sail Away
Temple Of Love
Even The Ghosts Cry
Strangers In The Night
Evil's On Top In The World
The One
Lost Soul
Stay A While
Tearing My Heart Out
It's You I Adore (Japanese bonus track).
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| Thursday, September 18, 2003 - Ten news | Gary Hughes, singer of the UK based melodic rock band TEN spoke to BW&BK recently about the band's upcoming album which, if all goes well, will be released in February 2004.
"I finished recording my solo record, Once And Future King, in May and we began the pre-production for the new Ten record in June. It's sounding great and we're all really pleased with it. There's a great camaraderie in the band now, and potentially it's the best record we've done. Bringing a new guitarist into the band, Chris Francis (who replaces Vinny Burns) has proven to be very good for us. My solo record is a great showcase for Chris because he shines all over the place, and I was keen on having people hear him on something other than a Ten record first so that the comparisons to Vinny won't be as extreme."
"We've got mixing dates for the album set for the beginning of November, so on that basis we'll be finished by the end of the month and have the record out by February."
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| Monday, July 7, 2003 - Once & Future King preview | Previews of every song from the first part of Gary Hughes' forthcoming "Once & Future King" are now available in the Audio section of the official TEN web site.
Gary has essembled an impressive cast to portray the various charactors in the Arthurian legend. The lineup comprises of:
Gary Hughes - King Arthur
Lana Lane - Guinevere
Danny Vaughn - Sir Lancelot
Sean Harris - Sir Galahad
Bob Cately - Merlin
D.C. Cooper - King Aelle
Sabine Edelsbacher - Nimue
Doogie White - Mordred
Irene Jansen - Morgana
Damian Wilson - Prologue
Harry Hess - Epilogue
The music is being handled by the guys from TEN with guest appearances from Graham Woodcock and Arjen Lucassen on keyboards
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| Sunday, October 13, 2002 - Gary Hughes - King Arthur project | The brilliant vocalist from Ten, Gary Hughes is working on a King Arthur themed project. The project will be titled "Once and Future King" and will be released in two parts with 3 months between each release.
The artwork for both albums will be handled by world famous fantasy artist Chris Achilleos whose last venture into the music art arena was with Whitesnakes legendary "Lovehunter" album.
The artists who have been confirmed so far are:-
Gary Hughes (TEN) who will play Arthur
Bob Catley (Magnum) who will play Merlin
Doogie White (ex Rainbow, Cornerstone and current Yngwie Malmsteen vocalist) who is to play Mordred.
Sean Harris (Diamond Head) who will play Galahad.
Ten are to provide the musical backdrop for the epic with aditional guest musicians to be anounced.
Keep an eye on The official Ten website for further information
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