PRESS RELEASE

California’s traditional melodic metal band CRESCENT SHIELD, which features the talents of former DESTINY’S END guitarist Dan DeLucie and ex-ONWARD vocalist Michael Grant, has made the song “Tides of Fire” from their forthcoming album “The Stars of Never Seen” available for streaming on crescentshield.com and the band’s myspace page myspace.com/crescentshield.

Listen to ‘Tides of Fire’

The album will be released by Cruz del Sur Music on the following dates:

May 8: Germany
May 11: Rest of Europe
June 2: USA/Canada

The first pressing will include a limited-edition DVD of the band’s entire performance at Germany’s Keep it True festival in April 2008. A video of the band performing the title track from their debut album “The Last of my Kind” can be viewed below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqbTBO19Ls

The artwork for the CD was again created by comic book artist Gerry Alanguilan and can be viewed below.

CRESCENT SHIELD’s lineup is completed by drummer Craig Anderson (IGNITE, ENGINE) and bassist Melanie Sisneros (ex-NEW EDEN, THE IRON MAIDENS, SINERGY), two veterans of the Los Angeles music scene.