as well as three studio albums and one live DVD with his own band, Ring Of Fire. The project album called The Codex Boals recorded with Magnus Karlsson in 2007. The album project marks the return to recording after a 3 years hiatus for Boals. In 2007 Boals started looking for a serious, permanent band situation and Royal Hunt became a perfect opportunity for a singer to exploit and expand his vocal abilities. In 2008 Boals appeared on his first Royal Hunt album Collision Course... Paradox 2. Boals also appeared on Uli Jon Roth's album titled Under A Dark Sky on which he shared vocal duties with Liz Vandall. The band with Boals toured the world from July – December 2008. In 2009, he also worked with such bands like Vindictiv and Wolf, and completed work on the latest Royal Hunt album X which was released in January 2010. Mark is also currently handling vocal duties in the band Seven The Hardway featuring guitarist Tony MacAlpine which released a self-titled album in August 2010. A press release dated June 19, 2011, announced that Boals would be recording vocals for the Wagnerian opera metal project Lyraka. In 2012, he sang lead vocals for Joshua Perahia's band and their album, "Resurrection". Since 2013, he performed with Dio Disciples, replacing former Judas Priest singer Tim "Ripper" Owens. After singing backing vocals on Dokken's 2012 album Broken Bones and performing acoustic shows with Don Dokken for the past couple of years, Boals was announced as the new full-time Dokken bass player in November 2014 replacing Sean McNabb. Boals also appears on an EP project from the band Metal Hell called Decadence, which includes Mark Zonder from Fates Warning 2014 he started performing in the Las Vegas show, "Raiding the Rock Vault", as lead vocalists, and also plays guitar and bass. 2019 Boals started performing with other Las Vegas show called "Tenors of Rock". Boals also now sings with the rock band Foundry whom are actively producing and performing concerts to audiences worldwide. Foundry is currently working with producer Colin Brittain. Discography Solo albums Ignition (1998) Ring of Fire (2000) Edge of the World (2002) All The Best! (2020) Yngwie J. Malmsteen Trilogy (1986) Inspiration (1996) Alchemy (1999) War to End All Wars (2000) Foundry Single – THUNDER ROLLS (2019) Single – INTOXICATE (2019) Single – NOT THIS TIME (2019) Single – ANOTHER WAY (2021)