California’s traditional melodic metal band CRESCENT SHIELD, which features the talents of former ONWARD vocalist Michael Grant and former DESTINY’S END guitarist Dan DeLucie, have posted a video of the band performing the title track from their debut album “The Last of my Kind”.
The video comes off their forthcoming DVD of their 2008 performance at the Keep it True festival in Germany. The DVD will only be available in a limited-edition pressing of their forthcoming CD “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 enlisted the talents of legendary metal producer/engineer Bill Metoyer to co-engineer, co-mix, and master the new album. The resulting recording is glorious combination of the raw energy of 80s metal and the full dynamic thunder of a modern album. This powerful collection of songs along with a stunning 16 page booklet put together by Travis Smith with artwork from talented comic book artist Gerry Alanguilan make “The Stars of Never Seen” an anticipated release for fans of classic melodic metal everywhere.

The band has also made the song “Lifespan” from the forthcoming album available for streaming on crescentshield.com and the band’s myspace page myspace.com/crescentshield.

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.

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.