December 2005
New Mastering DAW:

Due to popular demand we've added a new 24 bit 96 kHz digital audio workstation to facilitate mastering and editing. Complementing the new setup will be the JBL LSR6328P Linear Spatial Reference studio monitors.

June 2005
Crimes Of Virtuosity Special Edition - Release Information.

Lion Music will be releasing a special edition of Crimes Of Virtuosity on June 22nd. The album sees all new artwork by James as well as the addition of 2 bonus tracks previously unavailable on the original European release. The bonus tracks are "Shot Down In Flames", one of the hardest driving and politically biting pieces of heavy metal ever recorded by the Atlantis Rising band and a symphonic performance recorded just before the COV sessions in the same studio: "Bolero - No. 46 Mvt. 3". Known in the neo-classical rumour mill as "Byrd's Bolero", this melding of technical electric guitar virtuosity, with symphony, predated later similar hybrids by guitarist and long-time friend Yngwie J Malmsteen by more than a year. Always on the cutting edge, Byrd unleashes a soaring blend of neo-romantic Mediterranean melody and dynamics that are unsurpassed for beauty and unique to this day.

Fans that discovered Byrd's music via the Flying Beyond The 9 or Anthem albums can expect a less orchestrated sound (in the symphonic sense) but plenty of Byrd's virtuoso guitar work and the superb vocals of Kendal Torry through tracks that are if anything more socially relevant today than when they were recorded.

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