Ashen Reign is One Vision, One Purpose, One Goal. Music played with emotion, passion and integrity.
What do you get when you take the smooth vocal style of David Paich, singer of the 80’s band Toto and mix it over top heavy music from Iced Earth? The ground work for Ashen Reign. “I have always loved smooth vocals over top heavy, hard-hitting music. Not mainstream type pop vocals, but an easy calming voice contrasting the metal mayhem underneath. I understand this is a trend out of sync with most of today's metal music but I've always taken my own path anyway.”
Ashen Reign is a one-man metal act hailing from Atlanta GA, USA where Brent McDaniel is the force behind the music performing all instruments, mixing, and engineering. The musical direction can be described as modern, dark and brooding. Influenced by bands like Falconer and Porcupine Tree, throw in a pinch of Opeth and Paul Gilbert and you have the basic influences that inspired the birth of Ashen Reign.
Brent McDaniel wants to beat the odds and show that a one-man band can create great music and share that music with you. Nothing more, nothing less. Being a self taught musician across guitar, bass, keys, vocals and drums then self taught recording, mixing and engineering from the ground up, there are about a million barriers to realizing this goal. But none of that matters if the music reaches the ears of one person who simply enjoys the tunes.
Ashen Reign is: Brent McDaniel - All Guitars, Drums, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards and other effects.
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