Artist News: Star One: 1st Contest Winner, Secret Guest, 2nd Contest Announced
As posted on the Arjen Lucassen/Star One website: "Congratulations to contest winner Mario, who will receive a free copy of Victims Of The Modern Age for being the first to correctly identify the mystery singer as Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath). Arjen has been a big fan of Tony Martin's voice for a long time, and is proud to have him singing one of the 5 tracks that will appear on CD2 of the Special Edition."
Contest 2 - Guess The Movie
"All of the songs on Victims Of The Modern Age were inspired by various dystopian and post-apocalyptic movies that have made an impression on Arjen over the years. In the Youtube video linked to below, you'll hear Russell Allen singing part of a song from the album. Your task is to guess the movie that inspired Arjen's lyrics.
"Here is how to participate:
"Watch the video posted on Arjen's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdSJsgfAHoE
"When you are ready to guess, go to Arjen's Message board and post your guess in the official Contest 2 thread here. Don't forget to post your contact info so we can reach you if you win.
"You do not need a user account to participate. During the contest guest users can to post in the contest thread without creating an account.
"The first person to guess the title of the movie correctly wins a free copy of Victims Of The Modern Age
As stated above, former Black Sabbath singer Tony Martin has contributed guest vocals to Victims Of The Modern Age, the new album from Dutch composer/multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen's Star One project.
An audio sample of Tony Martin singing on Victims Of The Modern Age can be heard in the YouTube clip below beginning around the one-minute mark.
In our previous posting on Sept 4 - found here - we noted the singers, which includes Russell Allen, Damian Wilson, Floor Jansen, Dan Swan?, and now Tony Martin; plus the instrumentalists Ed Warby, Peter Vink, Joost van den Broek, and Gary Wehrkamp, along with Lucassen, of course.
[Source: Star One website, Blabbermouth.net]