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Torrential Reign

About Me


The torrid tale of three guys from Massachusetts in a basement making some metal...
We first had the idea to try and make some sort of music back in 1996. Back then none of us even knew how to play an instrument, let alone WRITE MUSIC! What we did know was, the genre of music we wanted to play... HEAVY METAL!!! To say that we were bored with the alternative rock and grunge scenes would be like saying Greg SORT OF dislikes Dr. Pepper... (to know Greg is to know the absurdity of that statement)
It wasn't until 1999 that we actually got together and started writing what would be our first musical venture. This ended up becoming a 7 song EP we called "Acid Reign" which we recorded on an analog 4 track recorder. This EP was a learning experience for the three of us and proved the old adage of "You gotta start SOMEWHERE!"
We are currently doing Torrential Reign (or simply "TR" as the kids say) as a hobby. We are primarily a studio band, we don't play shows like traditional bands do. We don't have a live drummer, nor are we looking for one. We just play a couple shows a year usually just for friends and friends of friends. Our passion is in the writing and recording of our music. We write, play, produce and record 100% of our music ourselves. We are not professionals. We are but humble fans of the genre of metal, who wish nothing more than to have our voices heard.
We are hard at work developing our first full length CD, "Crimson Horizon", which we hope will be completed sometime in late 2009.
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Crimson Horizon progress:
Songs in the bag: "The Coming Storm", "Fate", "Lone Wolf", "The Unknown", "Prelude to War", "Re-Ensouled", "Death Mask" & "Ghost of Sparta".
Songs in process of being recorded: None at this time.
Songs written but not yet recorded: "Faces in the Mist", "Peter's Gate", "River of Sorrow", "Rise of the Tyrant King" chapter 1: "Seize the Crown", chapter 2: "The Tyrant King" & chapter 3: "Crimson Horizon", "Phoenix Fire"
Songs we are still writing: NONE! ALL SONGS ARE WRITTEN FOR THIS ALBUM!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/04/2007
Band Website: Yer on it bub...
Band Members: Steve "Vortex" Krikorian - Vocals

Joe "Jokarr" Dunbar - Guitars

Greg "DarkShire" Carcione - Bass/Mock-Drums/Keys

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Guest Musicians:
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Kendra Vandervalk - Vocals
Tim Krikorian - Keys

Influences: Iced Earth, Ronnie James Dio, Megadeth, Over Kill, Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray, Hammerfall
Sounds Like: Traditional heavy metal with definite power metal and thrash metal sensibilities
Record Label: Ravensoul Studios

My Blog

Quiet around here? Here’s why:

Hey metalheads!I just realized that we didn't do a blog about this at all and maybe some people would want to know. TR is currently taking a three month break, partly because we think we deserve it a...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:03:00 GMT

ALL METALS EVE 3 RULED!!!

Thanks to all of you who came out for our third annual Halloween show and made All Metal's Eve 3 a success! We played our scheduled 14 songs (including the trilogy) but that just wasn't enough for ou...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:05:00 GMT

All Metal’s Eve 3 is almost here!

This Saturday is ALL METAL'S EVE 3!!!WHOOOHOOOO!!!!Don't miss it, and bring you friends!r,,r-TR
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Entry at the Encyclopaedia Metallum

Added by our pal Matt Bond!Thanks Matt!You get the HORNS r,,rCheck out the awesome!http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540263714
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:48:00 GMT

All Metals Eve 3!!! Gettin ready!

Hey metalheads!We are about 9 weeks away from our THIRD All Metal's Eve! I can't believe this is the third year in a row we've done this. We love putting on these shows and every year the turnout ge...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:47:00 GMT

Ashes of Summer RULED!

Thank you to everyone who made it to Ashes of SUMMER '08!!!We had a blast playing for you and we had the best crowd reaction yet!Now we have to get the trilogy ready to unleash upon you all on Novembe...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:24:00 GMT

Phoenix Fire is toast

We completed our shortest song to date late last week. "Phoenix Fire" is definitely a departure from all of our other songs. It's shorter and has a unique feel to it. This is definitely Joe's song,...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:53:00 GMT

Crimson Horizon <--- THATS A WRAP!

Well we did it! Last night around 9:00 pm, we put the finishing touches on our final song for our album. Officially, Crimson Horizon (the song & the album) is 100% written!We will spend the next few...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:28:00 GMT

Crimson Horizon (the song) Progress

Quick update:We are still pretty much on schedule and are cranking along with our third trilogy song "Crimson Horizon". We now have the intro, verses, choruses and part of an interlude worked out... ...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:23:00 GMT

EXTREE, EXTREE, get your TR news heeyah...

So it's been a spell since our last blog. We have had kind of a erratic month for various reasons and haven't gotten together as much as usual, but it seems we are back on track now.We are finished w...
Posted by on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:42:00 GMT