Will Wallner and Vivien Vain Release Debut Album

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Metal Mind Productions is proud to announce the European release of the debut album by Los Angeles based hard rock artists Will Wallner (guitars) & Vivien Vain (vocals). Released in February, the self-titled album has been available so far only via the Artists’ official website.
Now, with its official release, it has a new title – “Rising” – and new cover artwork.

The material features a host guest musicians including Carmine Appice, Vinny Appice, Brian Tichy, Rudy Sarzo, Tony Franklin, Jimmy Bain, Derek Sherinian and Tony Carey. The album was recorded in Los Angeles throughout 2011 and mixed by Gary Tole in New York. Mastering was completed in September 2011 by Graham Goldman at Masterdisk.

Will Wallner and Vivien Vain came to America from Europe. Upon meeting each other, they discovered they shared similar musical tastes and began writing songs together. The concept for their music was to write hard rock songs they could be proud of as artists while ignoring contemporary trends. After a year of performing in Los Angeles, they had a chance meeting with Carmine Appice and Vinny Appice at the Rainbow Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip in 2010.

Having heard demo versions of Wallner/Vain songs, the Appice brothers agreed to play the
drums on their debut album. Since that first meeting, the project evolved and came to feature several other guest session musicians with Will Wallner and Vivien Vain handling all guitars and vocals respectively. Their debut release features nine original songs written and produced by Wallner/Vain.

For the purposes of this release, Wallner/Vain were photographed by the legendary photographer Glen La Ferman.

The European release of “Rising” is set for October, 8th 2012.

Band Line-Up:
Will Wallner
Vivien Vain

Special Guests:
Vinny Appice
Carmine Appice
Rudy Sarzo
Derek Sherinian
Jimmy Bain
Brian Tichy
Tony Carey

Tracklisting:
1) The Dream
2) Dreamstealer
3) Streets Of Rage
4) Fourteen Twenty Eight
5) All That I Want
6) Miles Ahead
7) Soul Monster
8) Rising
9) Indestructible