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, have completed recording and mastering their second album titled “The Stars of Never Seen”.  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 band has made the song “Lifespan” from the forthcoming album available for streaming on crescentshield.com and the band’s myspace page.  Holger Andrae of powermetal.de had this to say about the new song: “Awesome! Truly Awesome! After the sensational ‘The Last Of My Kind’ Crescent Shield prove again that traditional metal can still sound fresh and exciting. The powerful riffing always drives me insane and Michael Grant’s vocal range is simply breathtaking. If you like your metal complex yet aggressive than look no further. CRESCENT SHIELD will be the future of real metal without any doubt.”

Listen to ‘Lifespan’

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. 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.