We are sorry if some of our more distant fans dont know about our daily happenings....we are somewhat of a private group of people.

That being said, we have begun recording our first full length album. it will contain 9-11 cuts, and some of those possibly being cut up in individually into extra tracks.

So far here are working titles for songs, with * next to the finished titles with a little description of each.

The working Album Title is "Current"

1. *Oraclii: This will be our instrumental opener, it will be very ambient and probably clock in at less than three minutes.

2. *Visions:  This song has been played at every single show since it was finished over a year ago, it represents one of the proggier tunes.  Dream Theater meets Fear Factory with a little bit of Pink Floyd thrown in.

3. *The Flood:  This has also been a staple at most of our live shows, it is heavier and one of the most dynamic tunes on the album.  Very Opeth/Emperor influenced.

4.  *The Phillidelphia Experiment:  This is a concept piece about the title, it has been a hit for the last six months at shows.  It is also highly progressive and represents some of the current directions the band is exploring. This track has the feel of all things Arret Zone, from heavy to light.  Its "flavors" are Opeth, DT, and Symphony X. It also has some polyrhytmic action in it a la Meshuggah.

5.  "This is the Night"  -  This is a modern ballad plain and simple, starts out small and builds till the end.  The theme of it is Betrayal, gives the guitarists a chance to showboat and solo.

6.  "This is Sparta" - This is an excercise in Heavy, utilizing many different time signatures.  It is an invention on one note.

7.  *Through Hell's Unknown: this song was written mostly in one night and has an epic/power metal feel. It is quite straight forward for us.

8  "The Prince is Down"  - This is another more straightforward tune, with catchy melodies and lyrics.  It also stems from our Power/Epic metal side.

9.  "Some Days it Feels Like I'm Herding Cats"  - This tune has the possibilty of being the "big" tune on the album, it will most likely clock in at arround 15 minutes when finished. We have no intention of shortening it.  It has some of our most acrobatic playing to date in it, and has no lyrics at this point.

10. *Forest  - This tone will have more of a funk/pink floyd/Opeth feel to it, if it makes the cut.  It is still in the birthing stages.

11.  "Instrumental/Cover/Interpetation"  If there is time and space we will add a song to the album, if it is instrumental it will probably invovle a lot of scrap riffs we couldnt make fit elsewhere, which we will have to come back and make fit here.

This album will be finished recording by August 10th, and a demo copy of a few of the songs will be available at the Kansas City Power Metal Festival.

We hope you are as excited as we are.


Oh, and with a new album, the Website will get a new facelift.

Anyone interseted in shirts? Let us know.

-The Management

We have added video clips and pictures of us in the studio recording "Above and Beyond".  Please enjoy the new stuff on the website, expect to see a new layout this month.


The Arret Zone

Finally, we have music up and we have been playing shows in the area.

Do you like what you hear? Do you like what we have been doing?

Let us know! Either post it here or leave a comment on the main page!

The Management
The Arret Zone

First off, for those of you who have seen us play in the last few months, we are touched and amazed that in such a little time we have built a kick ass fan base!

Second,  We have finished re-tracking our first album.  The tentative title is "Begin Transmission" for now, untill the band decides on the permanant album title and artwork.

We grinded really hard in the last month to track this album over and the mixing should be done in the next month or so.  For those of you who have patiently waited for the music we thank you and are glad to present you a reward.

We will have more songs up in the following weeks and are beginning to book more and more shows in the area!

Please stay tuned and always remember to support local music and your favorite bands!

The Management
The Arret Zone

It is official, we have found our final member.  His name is Erik Wissman and he is the former lead guitarist of Winter Harvest and Vitrioll A.D.  He brings a few new dimensions to the music with his soulfull soloing,  his agressive riffage and his intimate acoustic playing.  We are teaching him our first 8 songs now and as soon as everything is ready we will be booking shows.

Also our cd is still being mixed and we cannot wait to share it with everyone.  Thank you for being patient i promise the wait will definitely be worth it.

The Management

T.A.Z.

Tracking for our first album has been completed. It will take a few weeks to mix and then we will have mp3's online for everyone to listen to.

Thank you for being patient, we promise the payoff is worth it.

While we begin preparing to play out and do shows in the area we have already started on a new batch of songs for a second release to be tenatively recorded arround the holiday season.  We hope to include 6-8 tracks on this new disc and will be playing out all of our material soon..

-The Management

Due to them, we need one more two hour session in the studio.

After that, the album is officially done and within a few weeks everyone will get to hear it.  Thank you for being so patient

-The Management

Sunday evening we will finish our final vocal session and overdubs for our yet untitled cd.  It will require a few weeks to Mix and then we will have somthing for everyone to listen to, thank you for being Patient.

-The Management

Drums, Guitars, and Vocals are finished in the studio at Central Missouri State University.  All that is left to record is Bass, and Keyboards.

We will keep you posted, and the music will be here soon!

 

-The Management