Star Monarchy Debuts Single with Ex-Tesseract Vocalist, All Shall Perish Guitarist

by Ryan Minic | Oct 13, 2011

Star Monarchy, the project of bassist Ray Riendeau (James Labrie, Halford), has debuted a single titled “Monarchy” on Facebook in exchange for a like. The song features former Tesseract vocalist Daniel Tompkins and All Shall Perish guitarist Francesco Artusato.

A digital single for the track is due on October 28th, while details for the project’s forthcoming debut album, Volume 1, are to be announced.

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