Star Monarchy Taps Members of Protest The Hero, All Shall Perish, ex-Tesseract, ex-Periphery for Debut Album ‘Volume 1’

by Ryan Minic | Oct 3, 2011

Star Monarchy, the project of bassist Ray Riendeau (James Labrie, Halford), has enlisted a number of musicians to appear on its forthcoming debut album, Volume 1.

While Rody Walker (Protest The Hero) and Travis Orbin (ex-Periphery, Sky Eats Airplane) have been tapped for the project’s lineup to record the debut record, the effort will include guest appearances from Dan Tompkins (ex-Tesseract) and Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish), amongst others.

Details of the record are to be announced. A preview of material can be found on Facebook.

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