TYR – Illusion CD (Arkeyn Steel Records)

TYR – Illusion CD (Arkeyn Steel Records)

www.arkeynsteel.com

Limited Edition 500 Handnumbered CDs (ASR CD-058)

Release Date: February 18th, 2019

Official label's promo clips:

“Play The Game”: https://youtu.be/2vmvjR6zxW4

“Illusion”: https://youtu.be/hcBEcXz0S90

 

    TYR were formed in Dallas, Texas in 1998 out of the ashes of the band Shotgun Wedding by guitarist Russell Contreras and Greg Sargent. The duo along with bassist Brian Williams and drummer Reece Stanley recruited vocalist Jim Schoville and started playing locally.

    In 1999 a 5-song promotional demo was recorded and released as a limited edition of 50 CD-r copies. The songs "We All Fall Down" and "Slave To The Feeling", gained regional airplay allowing the band to open for the likes of Skid Row, Firehouse, Omen, Lillian Axe and others.

 

     In the year 2000 Wayne Stokely was brought in on drums, Rick Garza on bass, Rick Fulton on keyboards and James Garza on vocals. After many shows this line-up entered Nomad Studios with producer Kol Marshall to record the "Illusion" album.

    "Illusion" was first released as a very limited edition of 30 CD-r copies that were offered on a band's show back on 2001. This edition featured a little different artwork compared to the official private pressing of 1000 copies, that was finally released on April of 2002.

    The song "Play The Game" recurved much local radio airplay and the album was received well in Europe.

 

    Unfortunately, line-up changes plagued the band and the next few years featured many vocalist changes. In 2007 the band with vocalist Travis Wills recorded the track "You Can't Run Forever" before disbanding.

     In the years since Russell went on to play with Phantom X, Wayne with Pretty Boy Floyd, Infidel Rising, and Millennial Reign, the later two also featuring Travis Wills.

    A reunion show happened in 2015 but since then everyone went back to their main projects. Who knows what the future holds though.

 

TYR is:

James Garza - Vocals

Russell D. Contreras - Lead & Acoustic Guitars

Rick Garza - Bass

Wayne Stokely - Drums

Rick Fulton – Keyboards

 

Tracklist:

I.                Play the Game

I.II. Burn

I.III. Illusion

I.IV. Far Away

I.V. Scary Man

I.VI. Naked World

I.VII. What Do You Do

I.VIII. Life

I.IX. Can't Run Forever

I.X. We All Fall Down

I.XI. Slave to The Feeling

I.XII. Killing Time

I.XIII. Bitter End

I.XIV. Better Days

I.

I-VIII: Illusion

(Private CDr 2001/CD 2002)

IX: Unreleased Track

(Demo 2007)

IX: Demo 1999 (CDr 1999)