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MARK BOALS

Tiziana Hurd, January 2012

The King Of The High A (A5)

Vocalist for (Malmsteen/Uli Jon Roth/Ring Of Fire)

Background Information

Genres: Neo-classical metal, power metal, heavy metal, hard rock, classical Occupations: Singer-songwriter, musician Instruments: Vocals, bass, piano, saxophone Years active: 1985-present Labels: Frontiers Records, Avalon Records, King Records Associated acts: Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire, Uli Jon Roth, Royal Hunt, Seven the Hardway Websites: Is an American Rock Singer, noted most for his work with Yngwie J. Malmsteen. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Boals is a master of the A above high C (A5) note, which he hits in many songs, but has additionally spanned high range up to the C# above soprano C (C#6) and low range down to the D above low C (D2). Boals is the founder and vocalist for the Band Ring Of Fire.
www.markboalsmusic.com www.facebook.com/mark.boals

"When one studies the classics and trains their voice as has Mark Boals has, you are going to be graced with some kind of wonderful. There is no question Mark is a bona fide star, that is something he has achieved in the music industry already, but he does not pretend to be such, his humility and consideration is evident by his grace and kindness in what he does and says, I dont know him, but can tell by the way he carries himself in his responses and comments here. But lets talk about this Nessun Dorma. This performance by Mark Boals is on that is absolutely stunning. The power and characteristics of his voice has warmth, wonderful textures and is well controlled as he reaches for the heavens with some soaring dynamics and caresses other parts of his singing with wonderful phrasing during this magnificent performance. Yes, there is something special about the classics and on this song mark nailed it

Bryan Tosoff, The Allure Radio (Mar 12, 2011)

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TOURS AROUND THE WORLD

With YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN (USA, Japan, Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand) Marching Out Tour 1985, Trilogy Tour 1986, Inspiration Tour 1996, Alchemy Tours 1999/2000, War To End All Wars Tour 2001 With RING OF FIRE (Japan) The Oracle Tour 2002 With ULI JON ROTH (Japan, USA and Europe) Under A Dark Sky Tours 2008/2009 With ROYAL HUNT (Japan, Europe and USA Festivals) Collision CourseParadox II Tours - 2008/2009, X Tours 2010 SOLO TOUR (South America) October 2011 In 2000, Mark has been awarded as the best vocalist in the world according to the Japanese magazine Burrn!

MY SOLO STUFF

CHRONICLES CD Limited Edition October 2011 SHINE CD Japan Relief with very special guests April 2011 (Avalon Marquee Records) EDGE OF THE WORLD CD 2002 (Avalon Marquee Records) RING OF FIRE CD November 2000 (Frontiers Records, Avalon Marquee Records) IGNITION CD July 1998 (Victor Entertainment)

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2001
Frontiers Records Avalon Marquee

2002
Frontiers Records Avalon Marquee

2003
Frontiers Records Avalon Marquee

2004
Frontiers Records King Records

RING OF FIRE
A Powerful Neo-Classical Metal Band
"This is melodic power metal in it's purest form. Frantic double kick drum rhythms, flashy guitar solos and fast riffing, swirling keyboards and operatic organ drenched intro's and most importantly, loud and in your face high-pitched vocals." - Andrew McNiece, melodicrock.com Ring Of Fire's story begins in the year 2000. Having completed a successful mini-tour of the U.S., Asia and Oceania with Yngwie Malmsteen in late 1999 on the heels of the 'Alchemy' album, vocalist Mark Boals set about creating his second solo album, a collection of songs very neo-classical in their nature. When deciding on a line-up for the album, Tony MacAlpine came highly recommended, and Tony in turn recommended his Planet X band mate Virgil Donati on drums. The impressive line-up was completed by classically trained Artension keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij, with Boals and MacAlpine splitting bass duties between them. Recorded in July 2000, the album not only afforded Boals the opportunity to showcase his writing skills, but the working relationship formed within the line-up proved a catalyst to the beginning of a band in its own right. Combining melodic metal songs with fantasy-based lyrics, topped off with virtuoso performances from the line-up, the RING OF FIRE album proved to be exactly what many neoclassical-metal fans had waited for. While the majority of the music on the album was created by Boals and MacAlpine, a highlight of the album was the Kuprij/Boals collaboration 'Atlantis', a song that gave us a hint of what some of ROF's future output. Despite having recorded another album with Malmsteen (WAR TO END ALL WARS) just prior to the ROF sessions, as fate would have it, Boals did not participate in Malmsteen's initial "War" tour. Instead, Boals, Donati and Kuprij agreed to make their project more ongoing, with the aim of taking the band on the road. Tony MacAlpine was unable to commit at the time but remained on good terms with the other musicians. With Shrapnel Records shredder George Bellas filling the guitar spot, and ex-Rising Force bassist Barry Dunaway coming on board, RING OF FIRE the band was born, being announced on November 16, 2000.

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Other Discography

1986 Yngwie Malmsteen - Trilogy 1987 Restless Heart - Soundtrack from "White Water Summer" 1991 Yngwie Malmsteen - Collection 1992 Maestro Alex Gregory- Paganinis Last Stand 1993 Billionaires Boys Club- Something Wicked Comes 1996 Thread- Thread

2003 Erik Norlander- Music Machine 2004 Takayoshi Ohmura- Nowhere to Go 2004 Genius: A Rock Opera- Part 2: In Search of the Little Prince 2005 Lars Eric Mattsson- War 2007 Codex- The Codex 2007 Indigo Dying- Indigo Dying 2007 Tribute to Led Zeppelin- 24/7/365

1996 Yngwie Malmsteen- Inspiration 2008 Royal Hunt- Paradox II: Collision Course 1997 Tribute to Queen- Dragon Attack 2008 Uli Jon Roth- Under a Dark Sky (Sky Avalon) 1999 Yngwie Malmsteen- Alchemy 2009 Wolf Ravenous2000 Tribute to Queen- We Will Rock You 2009 Vindictiv- Ground Zero 2000 Yngwie Malmsteen- WTEAW 2010 Seven The Hardway- Seven The Hardway 2000 Yngwie Malmsteen- Anthology 2010 Royal Hunt - X 2001 Tribute to Jason Backer- Warmth In the Wilderness 2001 Empire- Hypnotica 2002 Ring of Fire- Burning Live Tokyo 2002 2002 Genius: A Rock Opera- Part 1 2011 Iron Mask - Black as Death 2002 Lana Lane- Project Shangri-la 2012 Amadeus Awad Time of The Equinox 2011 Joshua Perahia Band - Ressurection 2011 Holy Force - Holy Force 2011 Crylord/Boguslaw - Balcerak's Blood Of The Prophets

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The band commenced work on their 'debut' album during the first few months of 2001, though Dunaway's tenure was over before it began. He was replaced by Steve Vai's bassist Philip Bynoe. With the line-up confirmed, the band went about recording the album 'The Oracle'. Recorded in March 2000 in Steve Vai's "The Mothership" studio (among others), 'The Oracle' is a melodic metal tour de force, combining superb musicianship with imaginative songwriting and progressive neo-classical concepts. With the distinctive vocals of Boals, the intense guitar/keyboard interplay of Bellas and Kuprij, the superb drumming of Donati and the solid and melodic bass work of Bynoe, the fire of 'The Oracle' burns brightly from start to finish. The album was released on July 25, 2001 in Japan, where it made an impressive chart debut, making Ring Of Fire the 3rd highest-selling western artist in the album's first week, and with further releases in Europe and South America, the word about Ring Of Fire has crossed several continents. While the band prepared for their February 2002 tour of Japan, it became clear that guitarist Bellas would not be able to satisfy the requirements of being in the band, whose focus is very much on being able to play live and tour. With the tour looming, a quick call from Mark Boals was all it took to welcome back Tony MacAlpine, to the delight of both band and fans alike.Ring Of Fire, featuring the Grammy-nominated MacAlpine on guitar, have documented their first tour in the form of simultaneous live album and DVD releases. The releases, both entitled "Burning Live In Tokyo" were unleashed on August 21 in Japan, and later in other territories.. While the live CD and DVD releases were hitting stores across Japan, the members of Ring Of Fire were absorbed in the whirlwind recording sessions of their second studio effort, "Dreamtower" (available from November 21 in Japan). Perhaps signaling the beginning of the end of his tenure with the band, Vitalij Kuprij did not fly to LA to be with the band for the recording, choosing to make his contributions from his home in Philadelphia. He left the group shortly after. Dreamtower marks Ring Of Fire at it's creative peak, building on the band's sound with fantastic songwriting contributions from almost the whole band, and stellar performances by all. In July 2003, Mark Boals signed a new deal with King Records in Japan for the bands next album and Lapse Of Reality was released in early 2004.

MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Mark Boals is an American hard rock/progressive metal singer noted most for his work with Yngwie J. Malmsteen starting in 1985-86 with the album Trilogy. Mark did 4 studio albums and a lot of touring and live DVDs with Yngwie over a period of many years, with albums selling several million copies worldwide. In 2000, Mark has been awarded as the best vocalist in the world according to the japanese magazine Burrn! Mark was born in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. After playing with local groups while growing up around Northeastern Ohio, he worked with Kim Simmonds and the band Savoy Brown in 1982-83. Following that he worked with Ted Nugent in 1984, before moving to Los Angeles and meeting up with Yngwie there. Mark Boals is also the founder and vocalist for the band Ring Of Fire, with whom he has recorded 3 studio albums and 1 Live From Tokyo DVD. This band has consisted of Mark on Vocals, Vitalij Kuprijon Keys, Tony Macalpine and George Bellas on Guitars, Virgil Donati on Drums and Philip Bynoe on bass. Mark has released 3 solo albums with many famous guests appearing on those, including of course Tony and Virgil. He has performed tours all over the world and recorded with with Uli Jon Roth of The Scorpions for his latest symphonic rock album, Under A Dark Sky Mark also recorded and toured worldwide with Danish progressive metal band Royal Hunt, for the albums Paradox 2 and X. He now has a new band with a new album out called Seven The Hardway which members include Mark, Tony MacAlpine, Virgil Donati, Nili Brosh and Andreas Geck. He also likes to sing record and study classical music and has performed with a local symphony in Los Angeles and various choral groups as a section leader and soloist.

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LISTEN TO MY VOICE
You Dont Remember Malmsteen Leonardo Malmsteen Circle Of Time Ring Of Fire

Broken Heart Mark Boals - Ignition

Im Sorry Mark Boals Ignition

Liar Seven The Hardway

Nessun Dorma Puccini

Shine Official Japan Relief

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