Los Angeles-based Desert Dragon releases their new album “This Side of Heaven” on all digital and retail platforms. Along with the album release the band is also premiering the video for the song “Lock And Load.” Watch the official video through the YouTube player below:
Desert Dragon vocalist St John is well known in the Rock world for his time in Montrose, Lynch Mob, and currently, Kingdom Come, Burning Rain, and the Raiding the Rock Vault production on the Las Vegas strip. Making up the rest of the band is Greg Patnode and Brent Barker on guitar, Rick Brandt on bass, Lenny Roberto on drums, and Michael Smith on keyboards. St John cowrote and coproduced “This Side of Heaven” with Patnode and Smith.
“This Side of Heaven” features ten new songs that highlight a different side of the band’s talents on every track. From the arrangements and instrumentation to the subtle sound effects, to the killer riffs, “This Side of Heaven” has everything you want in a Hard Rock/Progressive album.
Since their debut in 2011, the band has independently released the EP “Desolation” which was produced by the legendary Ron Nevison (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, The Faces, Heart, Lynyrd Skynyrd) and featured Billboard charting singles “Darkness Shines” and “Miles Away.” For their album “Before The Storm,” the band collaborated with Producer/Mixer James “Jimbo” Barton (Queensrÿche, Rush, Metallica) with the song “Save My World” garnering Best Rock Song at the Malibu Music Awards.
Purchase the album here: https://desertdragonofficial.com/