THE CODEX is a brand new project which marks the return to recording - after a 3 years hiatus - for Mark Boals, known as one of the best singers ever to work with Yngwie Malmsteen and first class vocalist, awarded in 1999 by BURRN! Magazinereaders in Japan as Best Overall singer of the year. Mark also released 3 successful solo albums and fronted the Power-Prog Metal bandRing Of Fire (which such musical giants as Virgil Donati, Tony MacAlpine and Vitalij Kuprij), with whom he released another 3 studio albums and one live cd / dvd. THE CODEX is the start of Boals' collaboration with another Swedish guitar-wizard, Magnus Karlsson, a super-talented and busyguy actually, since he is the mastermind behind Starbreaker (with Tony Harnell) and the recent very successful Allen / Lande collaboration.Completing the line-up are Linus Abrahamson on bass and Daniel Flores (Mind's Eye) on drums. THE CODEX is truly a creative and diverse album which shows a very different side of Karlsson songwriting and gives Boals the chance to showcase some of his most aggressive and heaviest vocals ever. It is probably the heaviest cd where the two artists have ever been involved with, still keeping intact the trademarks of a Melodic Metal album.