A Rising Force is an all-original Minnesota rock act that signed their initial record deal with the HighVolMusic label in December of 2020 in the middle of the Covid pandemic. Their debut CD ‘Undertow’ was originally released in May of 2021, and spawned three singles including “Love and War”, “Crushed” and “Yesterdaze Hell”

Minnesota, USA rockers A Rising Force consisting of lead vocalist David Reed Watson, guitarists Leni DiMancari and Billy Schlump, bassist Brian Lorenson and drummer Lane Allen.

The band then signed a new two plus album deal with Dark Star Records/SONY/Universal and re-released the first album, Undertow, after the first of the year along with the video that has a memorial to their late record company president and friend Bill Chavis. In May 2022, the band released their follow up album, Eclipse, and toured briefly in support of Warrant, KIX, Tesla and FireHouse. The song “Believe” spent eight weeks on the Billboard rock charts.

After a successful run in 2022, the band was thrown a curve ball by their singer, and parted ways with David Reed Watson over “musical differences and direction”. Original bass player Brian Lorenson retired from performing live, and guitarist Billy Schlump joined forces with Legacy of The Loud. Their second drummer Petar Pouki returned to his Led Zeppelin tribute band.

After a few months off, Leni DiMancari was approached by his good friend Steve Philbrook from Platinum Overdose, to start writing and recording a new album together, with Matt Jacobs on bass and Michael Scott on drums. On the advice of the label, the band exercised their option album, and decided to call it “A Rising Force” instead of doing it as a solo effort between DiMancari and Philbrook.

A Rising Force, now consisting of frontman Steve Philbrook (Platinum Overdose), bassist Matt Jacobs, guitarist Michael Scott and drummer Leni DiMancari will be releasing their third album 'Truth' on August 9, 2024. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.