Magenta signs with The Laser's Edge

The Laser's Edge has announced the signing of popular Welsh progressive rock group Magenta. The label will release the band's fourth album, titled Metamorphosis, on May 6th in North America.

Magenta was formed in 2001 by keyboardist Rob Reed, formerly of the band Cyan. After working with Christina Booth on a project called Trippa, he recruited the talented vocalist for a prog-rock project that he was working on that became Magenta. The band released its debut album, Revolutions, in 2001 and has since become a favorite with prog-minded audiences worldwide. In 2004 the band received Classic Rock Society awards for "Best Female Vocalist" and "Best Live Band," placing Magenta among other prog stalwarts as IQ, the Flower Kings, Pallas and Spock's Beard that have received CRS honors. Magenta released its previous studio album, Home, in 2006 and a collection of re-recorded tracks called Magenta: The Singles during the summer of 2007.

"I think this album is going to surprise a lot of people," says Reed of Metamorphosis. "It will challenge many people's preconceptions of what Magenta are, and what we are capable of musically. Most of it was written on guitar, so some of the material is heavier than before, whilst retaining most of the elements of the Magenta sound."