![]() Right out of the Malmsteen playbook, Boals belts out operatic ear piercing shrieks while George Bellas whizzes up and down the guitar scales at blitzkrieg speeds. Somewhat of a hybrid between power metal and progressive metal, THE ORACLE debuted in 2002 and featured twelve tracks that challenges the listener with over 61 minutes of playing time. While RING OF FIRE became a band project rather than a solo one, the style of music was virtually the same with high energy technical workouts that showcased the virtuosic chops of all the musicians on board. After releasing his second album RING OF FIRE, Boals decided to start a band with the same name with keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij and drummer Virgil Donati staying on from the solo albums while George Bellas replaced Tony Macalpine and former Steve Vai bassist Philip Bynoe joining in on bass. In the the late 90s Boals started releasing solo albums much in the vein of the neoclassical metal that Malmsteen brought to the world in the 80s. After leaving Malmsteen he started his own band Billionaires Boyz Club which was a short-lived supergroup which set the tone for Boals’ affinity for gathering virtuoso musicians together to craft super technical metal music. RING OF FIRE has been the project of Mark Boals who first appeared as a lead singer / frontman on Yngwie Malmsteen’s third album “Trilogy” in 1986 and although Boals wouldn’t stick around for more than a single album, the experience left a long lasting impression.
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