Krypteria

Band Name: Krypteria
Status: Active
Genre: Symphonic-Metal
City: Aachen
Country: Germany
Label: ONFIRE / ROADRUNNER

KRYPTERIA is a German-Korean four piece, fronted by leadsinger Ji-In Cho.
Ji-In, who studied vocals and piano at the renowned Musikhochschule/Cologne, and her trio of band mates form one of Europe's hottest new live acts.

KRYPTERIA have a knack for dramatic punch-you-in-the-face songs with sizzling melodies all spiced up with mysterious atmospheres and classical elements such as their trademark Gregorian chants.

But who are KRYPTERIA ?

After teaming up at the end of 2004 the cosmopolitan foursome has left amazed audiences in its wake ever since: Not only because they deliver high class power hymns that effortlessly crossover to the melodic genre, but also because they stage a remarkably energetic and entertaining live performance that will rock your socks off.

Bewitching Ji-In, guitar/producer-ace Chris Siemons, and the thunderous grooves of human dynamo Frank Stumvoll on bass and showboating drummer deluxe S.C. Kuschnerus provide an epic feast for the ears, a killer show, plus infectious enthusiasm to boot all rolled into one.

Backed by a spectacular and celebrated promotional trip to Korea back in February 2006 KRYPTERIA are in especially hot demand in the Land of the Morning Calm, as documented by No.1 positions in the Hottracks international rock album charts, the video charts as well as the airplay charts.

During the second half of 2006 the band had been writing and recording their 2007 release "Bloodangel's Cry" with a vengeance, interrupted only by their Vietnamese concert debut, a set of tour dates with the legendary Deep Purple and their successful Wacken debut during the summer before enjoying a sold-out German tour alongside Subway to Sally and another blockbuster performance in front of 15.000 enthused Asian fans in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ready, willing, hungry and dangerous the eclectic foursome hit stages all over the world full-throttle again in 2007 and 2008 - to further introduce themselves and to present the explosive array of hot tracks off "Bloodangel's Cry".

And they will continue to do so with new songs fresh off their highly anticipated upcoming album MY FATAL KISS, which has been released August 28th, 2009.

This record features new material that elevates KRYPTERIA's sonic intensity and lyrical identity to a whole new level...needless to say that they can't wait to return to the stage and bring the hammer down again live just like they did last summer in front of 30.000 metal heads at Europe's biggest hard & heavy festival, the legendary Wacken Open Air.

That's when Ji-In will again paint sensually on the canvas of emotion, while six-stringer Chris, bassist Frank and drummer Kuschi will work their rears off to rock the living daylight out of the audience.

Max Raymond

Ji-In Cho / vocals
Chris Siemons / guitars
Frank Stumvoll / bass
Michael S.C. Kuschnerus / drums

In medias res 25.07.2005 A
Bloodangel`s cry 19.01.2007 A
My fatal kiss 28.08.2009 A

LISTEN THEIR MUSIC AT :
Krypteria - Official Homepage: http://www.krypteria.de/
Krypteria - Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/krypteria


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Tristania

Band Name: Tristania
Status: Active
Genre: Gothic Metal
City: Stavanger
Country: Norway
Label: Napalm Records, SPV

Tristania was formed at the end of 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson from the remains of their previous band Uzi Suicide. Later, Anders H. Hidle and Vibeke Stene joined the band, along with bassist Rune Østerhus. In May 1997 their first EP, Tristania, was released. The same year Tristania released its first full length album, Widow's Weeds. A year later, following the Angina single, they recorded their second full length album, titled Beyond the Veil, which is thought by many fans to be not only the finest Tristania project but also the album which best represents the band's sound. The music is considered very atmospheric and full of deep melodic passion. Veland composed most of their works, wrote lyrics, played guitar and sang growling vocals. He was fired (according to his version of events) from the band after the release of Beyond the Veil due to what the remaining members refer to only as "musical and social differences".
In 2001 their third album, World of Glass was released. The absence of Veland was significant, and consequently this album was a departure from their previous sound. The growling vocals on this album were sung by Ronny Thorsen, a member of Trail of Tears, and the clean vocals were sung by Jan Kenneth Barkved and Østen Bergøy. Bergøy then joined the band as a permanent member, and so did Kjetil Ingebrethsen, who was in charge of singing death vocals.

The band's fourth album â€" Ashes (2005) â€" was the first of Tristania's albums on the SPV label after their contract with Napalm Records expired. The choirs are gone, as are the more challenging vocal parts reminiscent of World of Glass and Beyond the Veil. Hidle and Einar Moen add their vocals to certain tracks on the album. Two of the songs were actually written by the Tristania.com webmaster, Kjartan Hermansen ("Libre" and "Circus") while the song "The Wretched" is based on "Ascending: Descending" â€" a poem by Hermansen. Also on Ashes, the violins of Pete Johansen â€" which so often accompanied the previous Tristania albums â€" were replaced by the cello melodies of Hans Josef Groh. The album marked a lyrical and musical simplification of the band from the days of Morten Veland, more so than the first album without Veland, World of Glass.

The Ashes Tour in Europe (minus Einar Moen, who remained at home to work on more material for the band, but is still an active member) brought about another change for the band, the addition of a second guitarist â€" Svein Terje Solvang â€" who previously played with the band for touring purposes. His addition to the band as a permanent member in May 2005 marked the first time Tristania has had a two-guitarist team since Beyond the Veil.

In April 2006, Kjetil Ingebrethsen left Tristania to embark on a lower level musical career.

On February 27 2007, Vibeke Stene left the band to teach singing.

On October 19 2007, Italian singer Mariangela Demurtas (ex-Reel Fiction, Alight) was announced as the new female singer.

In May 2008, Svein Terje Solvang left the band.

On February 22 2009, Rune Østerhus left the band and Ole Vistnes is the new bassist

On September 1 2009, Gyri Losnegaard was announced as a permenant guitarist after playing live for Tristania since June 2009

Østen Bergøy - clean vocals
Mariangela Demurtas - female vocals
Anders Høyvik Hidle - guitars, growling vocals
Gyri Losnegaard - guitar
Ole Vistnes - bass guitar
Einar Moen - keyboards, programming
Kenneth Olsson - drums

Widow's Weeds (1998)
Beyond the Veil (1999)
World of Glass (2001)
Ashes (2005)
Illumination (2007)

LISTEN THEIR MUSIC AT :
Tristania - Official Homepage: http://www.tristania.com/
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Visions of Atlantis

Band Name: Visions of Atlantis
Status: Active
Genre: Symphonic Power Metal
City: Styria
Country: Austria
Napalm Records

A first demo, Morning In Atlantis was released in 2000. In 2001 they signed with TTS Media Music/Black Arrow Productions, and in 2002 their first album, Eternal Endless Infinity was released. 2003 saw a change in line-up, replacing Christian Stani with Mario Plank and Chris Kamper with Miro Holly. Now with Napalm Records, Visions of Atlantis released their second album Cast Away in 2004.
In 2005 Nicole Bogner was replaced by Melissa Ferlaak (formerly with Aesma Daeva) and Wolfgang Koch replaced Werner Fiedler. In 2006 Martin Harb, who already played with VoA on their tour in Mexico in 2003, replaced Miro Holly.

In May 2007, VoA released their 3rd album Trinity, mastered at Finnvox studios and recorded at Bavarian Dreamscape Studios).

In September 2007, the band began their first North American tour with Epica.

On November 28th, 2007, a message was posted on the official VoA website saying that Melissa Ferlaak and Wolfgang Koch had left the band, both citing personal reasons (Ferlaak and Koch were married in May 2008).

Following this Visions of Atlantis announced a few days later that their ex guitarist, Werner Fiedler, had rejoined the band. They were advertising on their website the position for a female vocalist for several months, and on September 3rd, 2008, they finally announced that they had found a new female singer; however, her identity wasn't revealed until February 1st, 2009, as the 20-year old Austrian soprano vocalist Joanna Nieniewska.

The band also posted that they were already working on their fourth studio album, to be released sometime in 2009.

Maxi Nil - Female Vocals
Mario Plank - Male Vocals
Werner Fiedler - Guitar
Michael Koren - Bass
Martin Harb - Synthesizer
Thomas Caser - Drums

Morning in Atlantis (2000)
Eternal Endless Infinity (2002, and re-released 2004)
Cast Away (2004)
Trinity (2007)

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Visions of Atlantis - Official Homepage: http://www.visionsofatlantis.com/
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Aesma Daeva

Aesma Daeva
Band Name: Aesma Daeva
Status: Active
Genre: Operatic Symphonic Metal
City: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Country: United States

Aesma Daeva formed out of the early collaboration of Nick Copernicus (production) and John Prassas (guitars, composition) in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, circa 1998. They worked together on a remix of an original work, "Darkness", for COP International compilation disc Diva-X-Machina II. As their project began taking shape, a second new track "Stay," caught the eye of Adrian Hates (Diary Of Dreams) at Accession records Germany, who published their first full length album: "Here Lies One Whose Name Is Written In Water”.
At this point, Aesma Daeva, the operatic, symphonic, metal band, took official shape. Rebecca Cords performed the operatic vocals, John Prassas composed and performed all guitar parts, and N Copernicus helped with production and sampling.

After the release of their first album, Rebecca Cords departed from the band and Melissa Ferlaak (along with two other female vocalists) began recording with Aesma Daeva for their second album, The Eros of Frigid Beauty, which was released in 2002 on Root of All Evil records. After the release of this album, demand for live music soon compelled John Prassas to find musicians capable of portraying the complex music on-stage. In January 2002, John Prassas asked Earl Root to play guitar, Craig Ohren to offer drum assistance and Melissa Ferlaak to sing for live performances.

Aesma Daeva played Metalfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which established them as an original voice in the world of metal. Such popular metal magazines as Unrestrained!, Terrorizer, and Metal Maniacs deemed Aesma Daeva, "One of the Highlights of Metalfest 2002." Later, in August 2002, Aesma Daeva journeyed to Mexico for Festival Obscuro IV (presented by Dilemma Entertainment) to play along such acts as Tristania, Maldorar, and HIM.

In 2003, John decided it was time for the band to move to a new level. Writing began for a new album to be produced by Grammy award-winning producer Neil Kernon (Nevermore, Hall and Oates, Queensreich). Many setbacks and line up changes happened during this period. In October, 2005, Melissa Ferlaak announced she was leaving to join the Austrian band Visions of Atlantis. Her final show with Aesma Daeva was in December 2005 at the Star Central club in Minnesota. The concert was filmed for the internet DVD Last Rites.

After the Departure of Melissa Ferlaak, the search for a new vocalist began. Within a few months, Lori Lewis proved to be the best compliment to the band. With her knowledge of many different styles of music and her ability to sing different genres, Aesma Daeva has risen to a new level of professionalism and ability.

Aesma Daeva's new album, Dawn of the New Athens, was released in March 2007 followed in the fall by a full U.S. and Candian tour with Therion. This album marks a new era for Aesma Daeva in their quest for high quality, original material.

Lori Lewis - Vocals
John Prassas - Composition, Guitar
Chris Quinn - Bass, Cello
Tim Klatt - Drums

This band don't have a video yet.

Here Lies One Whose Name Was Written In Water 1999 (A)
The Eros of Frigid Beauty 2002 (A)
The New Athens Ethos 2003 (A)
Ex Libris 2005 (D)
Dawn of the New Athens 2007 (A)
The Thalassa Mixes 2008 (D)

LISTEN THEIR MUSIC AT :
Aesma Daeva - Official Homepage: http://www.symphonicmetalband.com/
Aesma Daeva - Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/aesmadaeva


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Magica

Band Name: Magica
Status: Active
Genre: Gothic Metal
City:
Country: Romania
Label: AFM Records

Magica started in February 2002 as a project of Bogdan Costea, directly with the recordings for the 1st album "The Scroll of Stone" (having more of a demo purpose). After 2 months of intense work, the material was ready! 12 power melodic heavy metal songs, in the vein of Rhapsody, Nightwish, and Helloween, which show the high potential of the band. After the songs were ready Bogdan recruited the members of the band.
The second album, "Lightseeker", has been launched in October 2004 in France through Underclass Music .
Magica's first video, "Bittersweet Nightshade", was ready on February 10, 2005. Magica has been featured in the famous "Metallian" and "Rock Hard Magazine".
In 2006 the band had the pleasure of touring Europe opening for After Forever and Nightmare, Apocalyptica and Leaves Eyes .

Ana Mladinovici/ vocals
Bogdan Costea/ guitar
6Fingers/ keyboards
Sorin Vlad/ Bass guitar
Herman Heidel/ Drums

The Scroll of Stone/ 2003
Lightseeker/ 2004
Hereafter/ 2006
Wolves and Witches/ 2008

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Magica - Official Homepage: www.magicaband.com
Magica - Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/magicaband


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Kittie

Band Name: Kittie
Status: Active
Genre: Alt. Metal
City: Ontario
Country: Canada
Label: E1 Music Label

Kittie formed in 1996, original bassist Tanya Candler left the band in 99 to finish high school, gaining Talena Atfield as the new bassist.
In 2001, guitarist Fallon Bowman left the band and ultimately started a new project. Guitar tech Jeff Phillips filled the touring postion.

In 2002, Talena left and Jennifer Arroyo was added to the band, also a 4th member, Lisa Marx was added on guitar so that Jeff could work full time with his band.

In 2005, it was cited that both Lisa and Jennifer had left the band. Tara McLeod and Trish Doan were added in 2005. Morgan and Mercedes also started a clothing line, Poisoned Black.

In 2008 Trish Doan left the band. Ivy Vujic replaced her.

Morgan Lander- Vocals/Guitar
Mercedes Lander- Drums
Tara McLeod- Guitar
Ivy Vujic- Bass

Spit- 1999 (A)
Oracle- 2001 (A)
Until the End- 2004 (A)
Funeral for Yesterday- 2007 (A)
In the Black- 2009 (A)

LISTEN THEIR MUSIC AT :
Kittie - Official Homepage: http://www.kittierocks.com/
Kittie - Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/officialkittie

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Otep

Band Name: Otep
Status: Active
Genre: Metal
City: Los Angeles
Country: United States
Label: Victory Records

Otep formed in late 2000,seven months later Otep earned a record deal without a demo, solely on the strength of the line-up's live show.
In 2001 the group recorded the 5-song EP "Jihad" and performed on the third stage at Ozzfest tour.

In June 2002 they released their Capitol debut, "Sevas Tra". The disc hit #2 on the Billboard's Top Heatseekers Albums chart and reached the #145 position on The Billboard 200.

Two years later, founding members Otep and eViL j were joined by guitarist Lee Rios, drummer Doug Pellerin plus guest drummer Joey Jordison from Slipknot to record the band's sophomore effort "House Of Secrets", it climbed into the top 100 of The Billboard 200 sales chart.


Otep's third full-length album, "the_Ascension", was recorded in New Orleans and released in March 2007. The disc debuted at #6 on The Top Independent Albums chart and reached #81 on The Billboard 200; it included two powerful Metal radio hits: "Ghostflowers" and "Breed".

In the spring of 2009 Victory Records signed the group. Shamaya and eViL j reunited with former band members Rob Patterson and 'Moke' then recorded Otep's fourth full-length disc, "Smash The Control Machine".

Otep Shamaya- Vocals
Evil J- Bass
Rob Patterson- Guitar
Moke- Drums

This band don't have a video yet.

Jihad- 2001 (D)
Sevas Tra- 2002 (A)
House of Secrets- 2004 (A)
The Ascension- 2007 (A)
Smash the Control Machine- 2009 (A)

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Amberian Dawn

Band Name: Amberian Dawn
Status: Active
Genre: Symphonic power metal
City:
Country: Finland
Label: www.suomenmusiikki.fi

Amberian Dawn is a Finnish metal band which combines bravely many different kinds of styles in their music with high skilled playing. During their existence, Amberian Dawn has honed their trademark sound with expert precision, making highly polished albums of symphonic metal that are sure to be heralded as future classics by fans of the genre.
Amberian Dawn is musically lead by keyboardist/guitarist Tuomas Seppälä, who exclusively composes all music for AD. Vocalist Heidi Parviainen adds the finishing touch to the songs with her lyrics.

The story of AD began in the summer 2006 when the founder members, Tuomas Seppälä and Tommi Kuri decided to put together a new band when their former band Virtuocity was disbanding. Tuomas and Tommi recruited Virtuocity drummer Heikki Saari (Norther, Force Majeure, Tuoni), keyboardist Tom Sagar, and guitarist Sampo Seppälä to join the new band. After a fairly short search they found the classical soprano Heidi Parviainen (Iconofear) who turned out to be a perfect match - not only can she sing, she can also write intriguing lyrics and performs her craft effortlessly both on the stage in the studio. Amberian Dawn was finally born! After a while Sampo Seppälä (guitar) decided to leave the band due to personal reasons. His replacement came in the shape of the powerful guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen (Iconofear, Merging Flare , Guardians of Mankind, Elenium) and the band grew even stronger. Heikki Saari moved soon to Norther and his replacement was another young crazy drummer Joonas Pykälä-Aho (Thaurorod& Lathspell).

This first lineup recorded the debut album “River of Tuoni” which was released in Europe and parts of Asia in 2008. River of Tuoni Tour took Amberian Dawn on the road with a Dutch symphonic metal band Epica and together they treated their European fans with 22 shows in 8 countries across Europe.

The year 2009 sees the release of AD's second masterpiece "The Clouds of Northland Thunder" and a change in the line-up. Emil Pohjalainen (Thaurorod) recently joined on second guitar with Tuomas moving to keyboards permanently for the live shows, thus replacing Tom Sagar. Tuomas will remain active on guitar for his writing and for future recordings. As one of the most technically advanced metal bands today, Amberian Dawn is fully armed and operational to continue their epic journey throughout the globe. First in line are the clubs (London, Helsinki) and festivals (Sweden Rock , Metal Female Voices) in Europe with more dates to follow. Stay tuned and follow the clouds.

Heidi Parviainen - vocals
Tuomas Seppälä - lead guitar and keyboards
Tommi Kuri - bass
Emil Pohjalainen - guitar
Joonas Pykälä-Aho - drums
Kasperi Heikkinen -guitar

This band don't have a video yet.

2008: River of Tuoni
2009: The Clouds of Northland Thunder

LISTEN THEIR MUSIC AT :
Amberian Dawn - Official Homepage: http://www.amberiandawn.com
Amberian Dawn - Official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/amberiandawn


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Light this City

Band Name: Light this City
Status: Active
Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore
City:
Country: United States
Label: Prosthetic

Light this City is from the Bay Area, formed in 2002 while most of them were still in high school. Their debut led to a deal with Prosthetic. Remains of The Gods earned the band a spot on Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles' best of 2005 list. Facing the Thousands took the bands melody-driven death metal sound to the next level. Frontwoman Laura Nichol even graced Revolver's pages of "Hottest Chicks in Metal" in 2008.

Laura Nichol - Vocals
Brian Forbes - Guitar
Ryan Hansen - Guitar
Jon Frost - Bass
Ben Murray - Drums

This band don't have a video yet.

The Hero Cycle 2003
Remains of The Gods 2005
Facing the Thousands 2006
Stormchaser 2008

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