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NOW SHIPPING RETAIL PRICE: $19.99 RELEASE DATE: September 13, 2024 PRESSING INFO: 500 COPIES MEDIA: CD 2 DISC JEWEL CASE EDITION WITH 24 PAGE BOOKLET THAT INCLUDES BRAND NEW INTERVIEW, PHOTOS, MEMORABILIA & COMPLETE LYRICS! INCLUDES THE FIRST FOUR DAMASCUS CASSETTE-ONLY RELEASES ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, PLUS THEIR PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED FIFTH ALBUM! OVER TWO HOURS OF SUPERB PROGRESSIVE/ROCK MUSIC! 32 SONGS! MASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL AUDIO MASTER TAPES PROVIDED BY BANDMEMBER TOM McKEOWN! FOR FANS OF KANSAS, SAGA, GENESIS, YES, SPOCKS BEARD, NEAL MORSE, ARKANGEL, KERRY LIVGREN & AD NEW COVER ART DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY SCOTT WATERS OF NLTM GRAPHICS DAMASCUS The Road to Damascus (The Complete Anthology) Roxx Records is excited to announce the release of another stellar band from the 1980s-1990s the progressive rock band, Damascus! Coming together in February 1982, Damascus set out to create music where art met faith. Booking themselves into larger halls, churches, and school gymnasiums throughout the Midwest, there was a demand at concerts for a recording of their music. So in 1983 they released a self-titled four song cassette EP released independently. They also began publishing their own newsletter called ‘The Damascus Chronicle‘. In 1984, they released their first full length cassette, Will I Find You There? which becamewidely available in record stores and at concerts by May 1985. The project included two songs originally on their debut cassette (Truth and His Love Today) and quickly surpassed sales of their debut EP. Doug Van Pelt of Heavens Metal Magazine wrote, I must say I am very impressed. They are polished in technique and have an artistic flair for emotional creativity. The music is full and rich. Dan Kennedy from The Cutting Edge said: The difference here is that the instrumentation goes beyond the basicsvery fine challenging music. The Lost Prayer is one of the most stirring songs I have heard this year. With national attention and a boost in sales and publicity, the band remixed the master tapes and put it out for sale again in 1986. By 1987, they recorded their third cassette album, Timeless, which received rave reviews from nearly every Christian publication, which led to radio interviews and an appearance at Cornerstone Festival. Doug Van Pelt of Heavens Metal Magazine wrote about Timeless: They have improved with agein every category. The music hides some real gemssoaring music. They continued to tour in support of the Timeless recording for the next year and a half. They began work on their fourth recording, SoonThe Doors Will Open, which was released in September 1990. The album was hailed by many reviewers as their best work. White Metal Review wrote, I was blown out of my chair!…incredible musiciansI am convinced that these guys could rock anyones socks off as they did mine! SoonThe Doors Will Open is an incredible masterpieceDamascus is one group that knows what it is doing. Mark Hodges in The Obligator wrote: Im amazed a major Christian label hasnt picked up these guys. Their soundis peppy and exciting with tons of excellent keyboard actionthe words are like poetry set in motionsome of the best modern rock on the globe. And Bob Felberg writing in White Throne Magazine said: The lyricsare part of the drawing power of this band. There are several real strong points with Damascus, one is Tom McKeowns vocalsvery engagingwith conviction and power. And Risen Rock wrote, very intellectualLots of melodic changes and excellent instrumentals. A very good tape, excellent productionYoull want this one. It seemed the band was on the precipice of success, but Christian labels who took an interest in them wanted them to change their sound to match other popular artists, a compromise they would not do, and mainstream labels found them too Christian for their tastes. Thus, a band who wrote and recorded such complex and thought-provoking progressive art rock started to face some challenges. Founding member guitarist/vocalist Marc Reich left the band. The remaining three members decided to continue on as a trio touring, and then they started recording some demos for a fifth album. Three songs slated for that fifth album were put out on cassette, entitled Demo 91. Others songs were recorded in demo form or in rough recordings, but when drummer Dave Coy decided to leave the band in 1993, Damascus came to an end. Founding member Tom McKeown, who is still active in music as a producer and with hisAmericana/Folk/Rock band Shadowfields, as well as his prog/rock side project Undoubting Thomas, has taken all those fifth album demos and rough recordings and brought them to a state of restoration for this special anthology release. The unreleased fifth Damascus album, The Turning Tide, now can be heard for the first time in this special Roxx Records release. Dont miss your chance to experience some of the most captivating, creative, inspiringprogressive rock ever released in Christian music. As Judd Harper of Rizzen Rocks wrote: Their music is not just catchy tunes but works of art!…a classy soundthey have something a lot differentthat will just blow you away. Check out the websites: https://damascus.band/ https://shadowfields.com/ DAMASCUS The Road to Damascus (The Complete Anthology) Track Listing DISC ONE: Taken from ‘The Damascus EP’ (1983) 1. Slipping Away2. Nothing Left to Fear Taken from ‘Will I Find You There?’ (1984) 3. Will I Find You There?4. Truth5. A Fathers Only Son6. His Love Today7. Circle of Gods Love8. The Lost Prayer Taken from ‘Timeless’ (1987) 9. Time for a Season10. What Four?11. A Knight to Remember12. Timeless13. Lord of the Mountain14. The Keeper DISC TWO: Taken from ‘SoonThe Doors Will Open’ (1990) 1. Decisions2. Psalm AD3. An Angel4. Reckless5. Lead Me On6. Blind Peace7. Something to Live For8. Still Waters9. Waves ‘The Turning Tide’ (unreleased fifth album, 2024) 10. On a Wire11. The Turning Tide12. So the Story Goes13. Screwtape14. Ice of My Desire15. A Passing of Moments16. Time Is a Tool17. Unfinished Business18. A Passing of Moments (Revisited) The Band: Tom McKeown: Lead & Background Vocals, Keyboards, GuitarsCliff Zweibruck: Bass, Background VocalsDavid Coy: Drums & PercussionMarc Reich: Lead & Background Vocals, Guitars Lead Me On Lyric Video: https://youtu.be/NahDDNZl7iM?si=5M6dC3E19pMjc6bM nan
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