Saturday, January 03, 2015
Artist : Meliah Rage
Country : USA
Release : Masquerade
Year : 2009
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
The history of Boston based Meliah Rage can be traced to 1987 when it was founded by guitarist Anthony Nichols. A group “driven by extreme passion for an art form appreciated by many but misunderstood by the masses”, Meliah Rage rounded out its initial line up with vocalist Mike Munro, guitarist Jim Koury, bassist Jesse Johnson and drummer Stu Dowie prior to signing with Epic Records for its 1988 full length debut Kill To Survive. A second studio album, Solitary Solitude, followed in 1990, but with grunge overtaking the musical landscape Meliah Rage ended up dropped by Epic.
Meliah Rage regrouped in 1996 to put out Death Valley Dream on the independent label Backstreet Records. Unfinished Business, a collection of B-side singles and reworked studio tracks from 2002, preceded Paul Souza replacing original vocalist Mike Munro for Barely Human two years later. Sousa continued to front the group on the 2006 release The Deep And Dreamless Sleep.
Masquerade, Meliah Rages’ seventh full length album from 2009, finds vocalist Mike Munro returning to the fold. What Munro brings with him back to the band is his new found faith.
