“Hello Dear Friends!

Here are some good news :

- The recording sessions are going very well, exactly as planned… no delay for the moment. Drums and Bass are finished. We will begin the guitar and the lead vocals sessions at the end of August.

- As you probably already know, we will play at the Metale Female Voice Fest Warm Up Show, the 4th of October in Belgium, with great bands. Among them : Haggard and Valkyre. Be sure not to miss the event ! As far as I know, tickets are selling quickly ! (You should be able to find them here - search for : “warm up”)

- We have reached more than 50.000 visits of our Myspace. Thanks a lot ! We’ll work as hard as possible to prove that we deserve it. By the way, some fans had a funny question for me : “do you use web-robots to automatically visit your page and improve your stats ?”. The answer is : No ! We didn’t even know this was possible, lol . So, many many thanks to you all, really !!!

Whyzdom”

“It took a while, but there´s great news finally:

After some really busy and hard working months the work on the new album is finished. We just finalised the mix. Sorry for not keeping you all updated during the production, but we were that much into it that we apparently just forgot to do so…

Well, time for some facts to be relevealed then: the album will be entitled “THY KINGDOM GONE”. It will be a concept album containing 12 songs.

It has probably become the darkest and most intense one we ever did. We´re really excited about how this one turned out and can´t wait for you to listen to it! I think we really managed to capture the essence of what Flowing Tears is about: there´s tons of really heavy melancholic guitar stuff, tons of atmospheres, and probably the most personal and dedicated lyrics we´ve ever written.

Somehow the album pretty much breathes the spirit of albums like “Joy parade” or “Jade” in terms of atmosphere and density, even though it´s much heavier. And even though the album feels very homogenous, it is probably our most varied one. There´s a lot to discover… you´ll be surprised. Expect an intense one. No party music, not meant to have a good time with definitely.

Moreover we´re excited to announce that the artwork for the album will be done by Seth Siro Anton, whom some of you might know from the great work he did for Moonspell, Soilwork or Paradise Lost lately.

A release is currently scheduled for October. There´s no definite release date yet, but as soon as we have it, we´ll post it here, along with a complete tracklist and more detailed information. ”

More information will be made available soon.

The band are presently recording their debut album for a tentative Autumn release.

“Heretic Rapture” will feature the following track listing (not final order):

01. Intro
02. Exiled
03. Rebel Blood
04. Brotherhood of Fang and Claw
05. Thy Eclipse
06. Equinox
07. Witchbreed
08. Fire Throne
09. Eden’s End
10. Symphony for the Fallen
11. Ruby Light of the West
12. WitchSkelion
13. Outro

“We are happy to announce that the recording of our first album is underway. We are now in the studio, recording 11 tracks. Some songs are quite long (up to 9 minutes!) and will probably be divided in several sections.

“Here are the titles of the songs:

01. Daughter Of The Night
02. The Witness
03. The Train
04. On The Wings Of Time
05. Escaping The Ghosts Of Reality
06. Freedom
07. The Power And The Glory
08. Everlasting Child
09. The Old Man In The Park
10. Atlantis
11. Revolution

“We are finished with Nico’s [Chaumeaux, drums] parts and working on the bass guitar now with Tristan [Demurger]. We will record the guitars, the keyboard and the vocals in August. Then the choir and the orchestra parts in September/October. The album will be mixed and mastered in November/December. Our artist friends will normally work on the booklet artwork in September/October with new photos. We’re very impatient to have everything ready!!!”

Ebony Ark have posted a new track which you can listen to by visiting their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/ebonyark

The first new addition to the label is the Portuguese progressive band WITCHBREED. Featuring ex-MOONSPELL bassist and founder Ares and the excellent Ruby Roque on vocals, WITCHBREED play an intricate and accomplished form of metal and are one of the most promising new bands in the genre. With their debut set to be recorded soon, the first release from this band, tentatively scheduled for late 2008, promises to be a dark, energetic and intense addition to the metal scene.

Secondly, the label is proud to announce the signing of another new band, the highly original and inventive PIN-UP WENT DOWN from France. The band was founded by Alexis Damien (ex-CARNIVAL IN COAL) and features the diverse and talented Asphodel (PENUMBRA) on vocals. The band’s first album, 2 Unlimited, mixes Gothic with death and progressive metal, as well as throwing funk and jazz into the mix. It was recorded, mixed and mastered by the band and is set to be released in March 2008.

For mp3s from all the above bands, please visit the Ascendance Records MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/ascendancerecords

In A Flesh Aquarium has been released in Europe recently and it’s already accumulating great reviews that we’ll put online soon enough if my pancreas

stops talking to me. I just hate it when my inner organs start to chat about the similitudes of Wagner and Chuck Norris or other stray ideas in the same vein.

On another note, we’ve been invited to the FMPM in Montreal on September 14, 2008. This progressive music Festival featuring local and international acts is
at its 3rd year of existence and is a must for any progressive/evolutive music fans.

We’ve just been nominated again for another Best Metal album of the year title! We’re among the international finalists of the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards. Thousands of submissions from Australia to Zimbabwe have been reviewed and it seems like they chose us freaks…

Here’s a briefing of the event taken from their website:

“ARTISTS FROM 6 CONTINENTS TO BE PROMOTED TO MORE THAN 20 MILLION & APPEAR IN 2008 EDITION OF THE MUSICIAN’S ATLAS

The Independent Music Awards is an International program that helps artists overcome mainstream obstacles and reach wider audiences.

IMA Finalists will now advance to the final round of judging by a distinguished group of influential artists and industry insiders. The Judges who will determine this year’s IMA Winners include Les Claypool of Primus; Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers; Suzanne Vega; Snoop Dogg, Ray Davies of The Kinks; Susan Tedeschi, Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance; blues legend Charlie Musselwhite; Judy Collins; Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis,
MTV Music Supervisor, Carrie Hughes, Kevin Lyman of Vans Warped Tour and many others. Winners will be announced in December. Past winners include Lacuna Coil & God Forbid.

Developed and coordinated by Music Resource Group, publisher of The Musician’s Atlas, the Independent Music Award program delivers a variety of premiums to Winners including:

· Year-long marketing campaigns, partnerships and distribution alliances, that will place the Winners in front of millions of music fans and industry decision makers around the world.

· The IMA Winners CD compilation will be distributed to 10,000 music fans and industry at events such as SXSW, Ozzfest, The Warped Tour throughout the year and promoted to more 650 US & Canadian college & public radio stations

· eMusic will promote IMA Winners to millions of their subscribers throughout 2008.

·· Borders Books & Music will promote IMA Winners more than 11 Million of their customers.

· Exposure to nearly 10 million viewers of ManiaTV.com and Havoc TV.”

You can vote for us too at the IMA Vox Populi Jukebox
http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/IMAFinalist/AlbumFinalist.aspx?yr=2008&catid=88

In the ALBUM FINALIST / HARDROCK-METAL section…

While this vote will not affect the Judges final decisions, the IMA Vox Populi winners will be announced in February and promoted throughout 2008.

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