Watching in Silence

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Watching in Silence
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Studio album by
Circle II Circle
ReleasedApril 29, 2003
Recorded2002-2003
Studio Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida
Genre Heavy metal, progressive metal
Length45:52
Label AFM (Germany)
Avalon (Japan)
Producer Jon Oliva, Zachary Stevens, Jim Morris, Dan Campbell
Circle II Circle chronology
Watching in Silence
(2003)		 All That Remains EP
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Metal Hammer (GER)6/7 [2]
Rock Hard 8.5/10 [3]

Watching in Silence is the debut astudio album by the American heavy metal band Circle II Circle, released in 2003. It featured guest appearances from lead vocalist Zachary Stevens's former band mates from Savatage, Jon Oliva and Chris Caffery, who co-wrote most of the songs on the album.

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

Circle II Circle band

Circle II Circle is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida, United States. The band was formed by former Savatage lead vocalist, Zachary Stevens, and long-time friend and band manager Dan Campbell in 2001. They play varied genres of metal including traditional heavy metal, power metal and progressive metal.

Zachary Stevens American singer

Zachary "Zak" Stevens, is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage. He is currently the singer for progressive power metal band Circle II Circle. Stevens is also a drummer and has a degree in psychology but is not, as is often reported, a licensed, practicing psychologist.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Out of Reach" (Chris Caffery, Jon Oliva, Zachary Stevens) – 4:09
  2. "Sea of White" (Caffery, Stevens) – 4:39
  3. "Into the Wind" (Caffery, Matt LaPorte, Stevens) – 4:18
  4. "Watching in Silence" (Oliva, Stevens) – 4:25
  5. "Forgiven" (Oliva, Stevens) – 5:02
  6. "Lies" (LaPorte, Oliva, Stevens) – 3:26
  7. "Face to Face" (Caffery, Stevens) – 5:12
  8. "Walls" (Oliva, Stevens) – 4:28
  9. "The Circle" (Oliva, Stevens) – 3:30
  10. "F.O.S. (Fields of Sorrow)" (Oliva, Stevens) – 6:39

Personnel

Circle II Circle
Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

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Additional musicians
Jon Oliva American musician

John Nicholas "Jon" Oliva is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer. He is best known as the founder of, keyboardist and lead vocalist for the band Savatage. His younger brother was Criss Oliva, the lead guitarist and co-founder of Savatage. Since 1996 he has also been a music composer, musician and vocalist in Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Producer Paul O'Neill, who had worked with many of the rock world's biggest acts, referred to Oliva in numerous interviews as the single greatest vocalist/musician he has ever worked with.

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Chris Caffery American musician

Chris Caffery is an American musician, best known for his work as a member of Savatage and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Recently, Chris has been pursuing a solo career, releasing four albums since 2004.

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Circle II Circle - Watching in Silence review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  2. ↑ Schöwe, Andreas (May 2003). "Circle II Circle - Watching in Silence". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  3. ↑ Rönnebeck, Jenni (2003). "Review Dynamit : Circle II Circle - Watching in Silence". Rock Hard (in German). No. 192. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
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