Deen Castronovo(JOURNEY,OZZY OSBOURNE,BAD ENGLISH,HARDLINE),Jack Blades(NIGHT RANGER,DAMN YANKEES,SHAW/BLADES) andDoug Aldrich(WHITESNAKE,DIO,BURNING RAIN) have joined forces in a new project which is currently recording its debut album for a 2015 release viaFrontiers. The CD, which is being produced byAlessandro Del Vecchio(HARDLINE), will featureCastronovoon lead vocals and drums,Bladeson bass and vocals, andAldrichon guitar.

AldrichleftWHITESNAKEon May 7, explaining in a statement that he "had several recording and live commitments, so [he] needed a more flexible schedule to conclude these before going full force as normal." He added: "Unfortunately, my schedule was not workable."

Aldrichplayed on the last twoWHITESNAKEstudio albums, 2008's"Good To Be Bad"and 2011's"Forevermore", and appeared on several live releases, including last year's"Made In Japan"and"Made In Britain/The World Records".

NIGHT RANGER's latest studio album,"High Road", came out on June 10 in North America viaFrontiers.

JOURNEY's most recent studio album,"Eclipse", was released in May 2011. TheWalmartexclusive debuted on The Billboard 200 album chart at No. 13 - eight spots lower than the band's previous album, 2008's"Revelation"- which also went on to hit No. 1 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.