Symphonic Melodic Hard Rock fronted by powerful female vocalist with emphasis on strong songwriting and arrangement.

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ROCK: Hard Rock, ROCK: Progressive Rock



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Continuing in her established tradition of dramatic and powerful art rock releases, worldwide acclaimed symphonic rock artist Lana Lane announces SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY. The album features a lineup of predominately European musicians who bring the Lana Lane sound to a new high. The sound is expansive and atmospheric, suitably heavy, and even orchestral at times through the use live strings which supplement the symphonic rock sound.

Lana's trademark soaring vocals lead the album supported by lush arrangements full of majesty and authority. Lana's vocals have been described as "angelic", "powerful", even "sorrowful". Indeed her unique lyrical vocal style is able to dramatically traverse extreme ranges from intimate ballads to bone crushing rockers. It is this rare blend of melody and energy that gives Lana Lane such a fantastically memorable sound. SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY achieves a new level of brilliant dynamics allowing Lana to soar higher than ever before.

Basic tracks for SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY were recorded in The Netherlands with the known heavy rock engineer Oscar Holleman. The clear but heavy sound that Oscar offered was again perfect for the vision of Lana and Erik. After completing the drum and initial guitar tracks, Lana and Erik returned to Los Angeles with the master tapes where they added the vocals, keyboards, bass, percussion and the rest of the guitars.

After six weeks of tracking in Los Angeles, Erik returned to The Netherlands to mix SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY with Oscar Holleman. Following the mix, Erik took the album to the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London for mastering. The combination of Abbey Road's custom - built vintage EMI console and the modern heavy sound of Holleman's RS29 blended perfectly.

Lana's trademark soaring vocals lead the album supported by lush arrangements full of majesty and authority. Lana's vocals have been described as "angelic", "powerful", even "sorrowful". Indeed her unique lyrical vocal style is able to dramatically traverse extreme ranges from intimate ballads to bone crushing rockers. It is this rare blend of melody and energy that gives Lana Lane such a fantastically memorable sound. SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY achieves a new level of brilliant dynamics allowing Lana to soar higher than ever before.

Due to the politics of the international record business, various editions of the SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY album exist. The Japanese version contains the bonus track "Romeo and Juliet", a song recorded during the SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY sessions. The European version contains the bonus track "Rhapsody", a song recorded during the QUEEN OF THE OCEAN sessions. The Japanese booklet is in color throughout while the European version is black and white insde.

This version of SECRETS OF ASTROLOGY (Think Tank Media (USA) contains the identical track listing as the Japanese version along with a full - color booklet including new photos and new 2005 liner notes by producer Erik Norlander which are included in any other edition of the CD.