(Heavy Metal Progressive) The Loving Tongue - Shadows Of Innocence ( Like Dio ) - 2009, MP3 (tracks), VBR 192-320 kbps

Welcome to the Loving Tongue. Life started back in 1994 in Adelaide, South Australia. The Band's first two CD's "Is Anyone Listening" from 1995 and "Sea of Lights" from 1997 touched on Blues, Rock, Funk, Metal, Ambient and Progressive styles. This was followed by a short tour of America's West coast in March and April of 1999 for interest generated from it's "Sea of Lights" EP, which also scored airplay on American college and Alternative radio and was syndicated across 20 states. The Band has also had airplay in Brazil and Europe. The original Loving Tongue trio of Honey Boy Jim (guitar/Vox) Big Tom (bass/vox) and Paul Deeble recorded it's first two releases. Christian Jones joined in 1998 and was part of the Tongue's 1999 tour of America. Paul Deeble returned to record the Loving Tongue's 3rd CD "Distand Dreams" in late 1999-2000. The Band changed direction incorporating a classic hard rock progressive metal sound with doses of world music. After the band changed studios in late 2000, they began work with Gavin O'Loghlen at Banjo Frog studios (Locrian Records) set in the mystical valleys of the Adelaide Hills with much soul searching and abundance of material, the band recorded a double CD "Distant Dreams" the cd recived fantastic reveiws and sales in europe,u.s.a,south america,asia and australia,in 2007 guitarist/vocalis jim petkoff and bass player/vocalist tom petkoff played a loving tongue set after jims raven black night tour that year with specail guest dimitirios of zemail,agatus,and alpha centuari on drums at hells pleasure festival possneck germany and hard and heavy summer nights festival in euskchrichin germany where the band won over many new fans with their epic rock metal sound played with heart and soul. three years in the making jim and tom petkoff with joe toscano on drums completed the loving tongues new album,shadows of innocence a epic/rock metal journey with progresive and world music influences delivered with a classic hard rock and true metal attitude.the band hopes to hit the road to promote the shadows of innocence and spread its music far and beyond as it can to all our rock and roll and metal brothers and sisters worldwide