Damanek to release new album in 2020

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Melodic prog rockers Damanek have announced they will release their new album in 2020.

The forthcoming new album is currently going under the working title of Making Shore, "as the first two releases, On Track and In Flight, both implied movement and travel (by rail and air) in their names and so I was leaning to a more
Sea/Water-centric title this time (but two words again... isn't branding wonderful),"| singer and keyboard player Guy Manning tells us.

"This new set of material sees us once more return to ecological concerns/issues and of course from a narrative empathetic point of view, placing the listener in the heart of the story... naturally. 80 odd minutes of initial demos have been written with some quite diverse themes."

In the meantime multi-instrumentalist Marek Arnold's side project Cyril have released a new album. The Way Through, which features Manning has provided lyrics, and guitarist Luke Machin's Maschine, who are about to tour the UK with District 97, are recording their third album.

Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.