{"id":64986,"date":"2018-09-12T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=64986"},"modified":"2018-09-14T21:40:15","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T21:40:15","slug":"news-mike-leponds-silent-assassins-release-second-studio-album-pawn-and-prophecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-mike-leponds-silent-assassins-release-second-studio-album-pawn-and-prophecy\/","title":{"rendered":"MIKE LEPOND\u2019S SILENT ASSASSINS Premiere \u2018Black Legend\u2019 Music Video (September 12th, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIKE LEPOND\u2019S SILENT ASSASSINS Premiere \u2018Black Legend\u2019 Music Video<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 12th, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Jersey-based metal group Mike LePond\u2019s Silent Assassins, featuring namesake Symphony X bassist Mike LePond, have filmed a music video for the track \u2018Black Legend\u2019, which can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Mike LePond\u2019s Silent Assassins issued second full-length studio album Pawn And Prophecy<\/em> on January 26th, 2018 through Frontiers Music Srl.<\/p>\n

The outing\u2019s title track is a 21-minute opus based on William Shakespeare\u2019s Macbeth<\/em>. A raft of musicians make guest appearances, including Symphony X members Michael Romeo and Michael Pinella.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Masters Of The Hall\u2019
\n02. \u2018Black Legend\u2019
\n03. \u2018Antichrist\u2019
\n04. \u2018I Am The Bull\u2019
\n05. \u2018Avengers Of Eden\u2019
\n06. \u2018Hordes Of Fire\u2019
\n07. \u2018The Mulberry Tree\u2019
\n08. \u2018Pawn And Prophecy\u2019<\/p>\n

Mike LePond\u2019s Silent Assassins\u2019 line-up is as follows;<\/p>\n

Mike LePond (bass, rhythm guitars, and backing vocals)
\nAlan Tecchio (lead vocals)<\/p>\n

Pawn And Prophecy<\/em>\u2019s guest musicians are as follows;<\/p>\n

Michael Romeo (drum programming, keyboards, and lead guitar on track 8)
\nMichael Pinella (backing vocals, piano and organ on track 8)
\nLance Barnewold (lead guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3 and 5)
\nRod Rivera (lead guitars on 5, 6 amd 7)
\nAndry Lagiou (lead vocals on track 8)
\nNoa Gruman (lead vocals on track 8)
\nVeronica Freeman (lead vocals on track 8)
\nPhyllis Rutter (lead vocals on track 8)<\/p>\n

A self-titled debut studio record was independently released in September 2014.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Jatzi Nieto Photography.<\/em><\/p>\n