Help Gravity celebrate the beginning of summer the right way as we perform at Jocko’s Bar & Grill! The band will hit the stage at 10 PM with two exciting and unique sets, including some brand-new originals and cover songs. This concert will also feature a special guest performance, so you definitely don’t want to miss out! Also performing will be TBA.

Gravity will be opening for legendary symphonic metal band Rhapsody of Fire at Peabody’s Concert Club as they visit Cleveland during their North American tour. European metal band Voyager will also be performing. The amount of tickets Gravity sells determines whether or not the band will play the main stage or the side stage. If you are interested in attending, please send an email at gravity33@myspace.com), a Facebook message, or a tweet to get your tickets from Gravity directly.

We hope your New Year has been been fulflilling and as warm as possible. We’d like to share with you a wonderful review of our new CD “Midnight Sonata” posted by Allen Thompson, a Cleveland indie music examiner. We are extremely appreciative of Allen for his kind words about our new CD. We hope you enjoy them just as much as we do!

http://www.examiner.com/indie-music-in-cleveland/record-review-gravity-midnight-sonata-review

Be sure to check back for spring shows!

Thanks to the votes and support shown by our amazing fans, Gravity has been selected as a band featured on an exclusive TV commercial by Metro Toyota, as part of their “Metro Toyota Rocks” campaign! Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible with their votes!

The commercial will be aired the last two weeks of January on the following channels: BRAVO, Big Ten, Comedy, ESAPN, ESPN 2, FX, MTV, TBS and USA. More specific times and information may be revealed soon. We had an amazing time filming the commercial at the world-famous AGORA THEATER in Cleveland, and we hope you enjoy it too.

Thanks and rock on!

The band is currently participating in the Metro Toyota Rocks competition. Bands submit their video onto the event’s website, where their fans can then “like” it via their Facebook pages. The band with the most votes by November 30th will be picked as the band featured for Metro Toyota’s December commercial!

Consequently, WE NEED YOUR HELP! If you have a Facebook page, sign in and then please go to www.metrotoyota.com/rocks/war-drums to “like” our video for “War Drums.” It only takes seconds of your time and hopefully it will help us get TV exposure.

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT! we look forward to seeing you at our Christmas show on December 30!

Hope you are all enjoying the final weeks of summer. These past few months have certainly been an exciting time for us, particularly with the release of our second full-length CD “Midnight Sonata.”

We are thrilled to announce that we have ended our summer shows in Cleveland on a high note. On August 4, 2010, we took FIRST PLACE at the Medina County Fair in their annual Battle of the Bands! Besides winning an excellent cash prize, we had an amazing time playing at this large event in incredibly humid conditions!

Thank you to everyone who watched, listened, and had a great time with us – we could not have won this prize without your intense enthusiasm! Thanks also the many great bands that we were lucky to share the stage with, particularly Oh the Humanity!, Trancemitter, Stefani Reeder, and of course our fellow prog-rock brethren Cheyne-Stokes.

We look forward to ending our summer shows in Pittsburgh next Saturday, where we will be one of four headlining bands at the “Day of Prog” coordinated by 3RP Productions.

Thanks and keep rockin’!

- Gravity

For Immediate Release

CLEVELAND, OH (June 21, 2010) – Instrumental progressive rock band Gravity (www.myspace.com/gravity33) announces the release of their second full-length album Midnight Sonata. This 8-song CD is the band’s follow-up to their 2007 debut Into Oblivion, which continues to receive rave reviews from the progressive rock community.

In celebration of the new release, Gravity will be having a CD Release Party on July 16^th at the Powerhouse Pub in downtown Cleveland.  Opening will be progressive rock quintet Cheyne-Stokes. Admission will be free and open to the public.

Formed in 2006, Gravity has achieved numerous successes in the Cleveland area – finishing first out of over 200 bands at the Live Nation High School Rock Off and appearing with national acts Dream Theater, Kamelot and Symphony X. They see the release of Midnight Sonata as yet another step in their musical journey. Drummer Matt Kerschner says: “This CD is the culmination of two years of hard work, and we feel it really showcases what we’re trying to accomplish musically along with some of the new directions we’re taking.”

Engineered at Mercinary Studios by Jason Vanek, (engineer and songwriter for Auburn Records band Eternal Legacy), Midnight Sonata crosses a broader spectrum than the band’s debut release. While some songs like “The Darkest Hour” and “Burning Sky” are some of the band’s heaviest offerings yet, other songs like “Serenity” and “Beyond the Horizon” showcase the band’s melodic sensitivity and emotional songwriting.

“With this new CD, we wanted to show the band’s many faces,” says Kerschner. “When we started writing, Eric utilized his 7-string and other down-tuned guitars so we came up with really aggressive, energetic material. But then as we continued in pre-production, we tried to complement the heavier songs with some softer ones. We love the early Genesis and Yes material that is dynamic, acoustic and melodic, and I think those influences can definitely be seen in some of the lighter songs.”

Guitarist Eric Potapenko agrees and highlights the vast diversity of ideas on the CD. “The main melody of ‘Beyond the Horizon’ was actually written over five years ago, when I was in the eighth grade,” he says with a laugh. “The ideas that we used for this CD came from all over the place. Some songs were written in an afternoon and were really experimental, while others took some time to fully create.” Keyboardist Joe Capka adds, “the title Midnight Sonata is meant to reflect the different sides of Gravity: the dark and light, the heavy and soft. It also brings the whole collection together by combining the titles of the first and last tracks.”

After their CD Release Party, the band will be continuing to make its way around the Midwest. Most notably, they will be a featured group at the “Day of Prog” on August 14^th, an event in Pittsburgh organized by Three Rivers Progressive Rock Festival (3RP) coordinator Howard Levy.

“We’re really excited about performing a lot this summer,” says Gravity bassist Brian Craft. “We’re looking to get to as many new cities and new venues as possible as we promote  our new release.”

GRAVITY – Midnight Sonata (2010)

TRACK LISTING:

1. Prelude to Midnight
2. The Darkest Hour
3. Chasing the Sun
4. Burning Sky
5. Serenity
6. Taken
7. Beyond the Horizon
8. Nightmare Sonata

GRAVITY is:

• Eric Potapenko – Lead & Rhythm Guitar
• Joe Capka – Keyboards
• Brian Craft – Bass Guitar
• Matt Kerschner – Drums & Percussion

Find GRAVITY online at:

www.gravity33.com

www.facebook.com/gravity33

www.myspace.com/gravity33

http://twitter.com/gravity33

gravity33@myspace.com

For those of you who use the latest fad Twitter, you can now follow Gravity! Check out out athttp://www.twitter.com/gravity33. You will be able to get updates about upcoming shows, as well as progress on our second full-length CD that’ll be released next summer! Thanks and see you soon!

- Gravity