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Magnisphyricon
''Magnisphyricon'' is the second studio album by the German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons, released in 2011. The album title, cover art and track list was revealed through Myspace on January 22, 2011. Track listing All lyrics by Oliver Palotai, music as indicated # "Magnisphyricon: Temperance" (Palotai) – 2:03 # "Bubonic Waltz" (Palotai) – 5:47 # "Soul Symmetry" (Pepe Pierez) – 5:01 # "Sanctuary" (Palotai) – 5:56 # "Casus Belli I: Guilt's Mirror" (Pierez, Henning Basse, Palotai) – 6:01 # "Magnisphyricon: Adjustment" (Palotai) – 0:41 # "Into the Void" (Basse, Palotai) – 5:07 # "A Nightbird's Gospel" (Palotai) – 7:03 # "Tales of Greed" (Palotai) – 4:56 # "Lilith" (Pierez, Basse, Palotai) – 5:30 # "Casus Belli II: Necrologue to the Unborn" (Pierez, Basse, Palotai) – 5:26 # "Magnisphyricon: The Aeon" (Palotai) – 0:23 # "1413" (Pierez, Basse, Palotai) – 6:53 # "Yesteryears" (Palotai) – 5:06 Personnel ;Band members * Henning Basse – lead and bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of Seasons
Sons of Seasons is a German symphonic metal band formed by Kamelot keyboardist Oliver Palotai. Their debut album '' Gods of Vermin'' was released in 2009, and their second album ''Magnisphyricon'' was released on April 1, 2011. Biography Gods of Vermin (2007-2010) The band was founded in January 2007. Up to that point, Oliver Palotai, Daniel Schild and Luca Princiotta were still members of BLAZE, the band of Iron Maiden's former singer Blaze Bayley. Disagreeing with the methods of BLAZE's new management, the whole line-up decided to quit. That was the perfect moment for Oliver Palotai to lay the foundations of his new project. He aimed at a line-up that consisted of great musicians, who would work as a team for many upcoming years. The first two members to join were Princiotta and Schild, in spring 2007. The following summer, bass player Jürgen Steinmetz joined the trio. The biggest challenge during the initial songwriting process was to bring that special craft o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Simons
Simone Johanna Maria Simons (born 17 January 1985) is a Dutch singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, which she joined at the age of seventeen, releasing eight studio albums and touring the world. In her singing career, she has also collaborated with bands such as Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes, Primal Fear, Ayreon, and Angra. She also has a side pursuit as a lifestyle blogger, via her website SmoonStyle. Early life Simons was born in Hoensbroek, Netherlands. She has a younger sister named Janneke who was born on Simone's second birthday. Simons cited her musical influences as Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Tristania, Kamelot, Within Temptation, Dimmu Borgir, Tiamat, and some classical music such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Simons started playing flute for two years after joining music school at the age of 12. At 14, she had one year of pop singing lessons, and at 15, she switched to classical singing after listening to Nightwish's ''Oceanb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gods Of Vermin
''Gods of Vermin'' is the first studio album by the German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons, released in 2009. The album features as guests Epica's members Simone Simons and Mark Jansen and former member Luca Princiotta. Track listing All music by Oliver Palotai, except "Sanatorium Song" by Palotai and Henning Basse. All vocal lines by Basse and Palotai, except where indicated # "The Place Where I Hide" (instrumental) - 1:10 # "Gods of Vermin" ''(Basse, Palotai, Tijs Vanneste)'' - 6:00 # "A Blind Man's Resolution" ''(Basse, Palotai, Vanneste)'' - 4:38 # "Fallen Family" ''(Basse, Palotai, Simons)'' - 5:11 # "The Piper" ''(Basse, Palotai, Vanneste)'' - 4:55 # "Wheel of Guilt" - 7:59 # "Belial's Tower" - 6:21 # "Fall of Byzanz" - 6:33 # "Wintersmith" ''(Basse, Palotai, Simons)'' - 5:24 # "Dead Man's Shadows" - 3:48 # "Sanatorium Song" ''(Basse, Palotai, Vanneste)'' - 5:43 # "Third Moon Rising" - 7:11 # "Melanchorium" (limited edition bonustrack) - 7:06 Personnel ;Band members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Steinmetz
Juergen Steinmetz is the bass player for Rock Ignition, Silent Force, Sons of Seasons, Lima and ex-member of Headstone Epitaph. Biography Juergen Steinmetz founded his first band Headstone Epitaph in 1987. They recorded their first longplayer "Without The Slightest Qualm" in 1996, signed a record deal with Noise Records and released the following albums ''Wings of Eternity'' (1998) and ''Powergames'' (1999). For lack of activity of the band he decided to join Silent Force in the year 2000. With them he released three albums, ''Infatuator'' (Massacre Records), ''Worlds Apart'' and ''Walk the Earth'' (Noise Records), touring all over Europe, America and Japan. In 2013, it was announced a new line-up for the band with Mat Sinner replacing Jurgen as their bass player. In 2006 he founded with singer Heather Shockley the hard rock band Rock Ignition and released through Rockinc. Netherlands the EP "I Can't Resist" which received excellent reviews from magazines and radios all over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic guitar exist). It uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals, which ultimately are reproduced as sound by loudspeakers. The sound is sometimes shaped or electronically altered to achieve different timbres or tonal qualities on the amplifier settings or the knobs on the guitar from that of an acoustic guitar. Often, this is done through the use of effects such as reverb, distortion and "overdrive"; the latter is considered to be a key element of electric blues guitar music and jazz and rock guitar playing. Invented in 1932, the electric guitar was adopted by jazz guitar players, who wanted to play single-note guitar solos in large big band ensembles. Early proponents of the electric guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Ward (musician)
Dennis Ward is an American bass player and music producer, founder of the bands Pink Cream 69 and Unisonic. He also performs lead vocals for the AOR studio project Khymera. Biography Starting play in 1985, in 2015 left the Unisonic and 2017, he joined a new band called Panorama. The same year he also joined Firewind and former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Gus G to produce his solo album ''Fearless'' and be part of his supporting band as the bass player and vocalist. In June 2019, Ward was announced as the new bassist of heavy metal British band Magnum. Discography with Pink Cream 69 * 1989: ''Pink Cream 69'' * 1991: '' One Size Fits All'' * 1993: '' Games People Play'' * 1995: ''Change'' * 1997: '' Food for Thought'' * 1998: ''Electrified'' * 2000: '' Sonic Dynamite'' * 2000: ''Mixery'' (EP) * 2001: ''Endangered'' * 2003: ''Live'' * 2004: '' Thunderdome'' * 2007: '' In10sity'' * 2009: ''Live in Karlsruhe'' * 2013: ''Ceremonial'' * 2017: ''Headstrong'' with D.C. Coo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epica (band)
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band, founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever. Formed as a symphonic metal band with gothic tendencies, later Epica have incorporated into their sound strong death metal influences. Starting from the third album, progressive metal influences have also become evident. In addition, the band often uses thrash metal and groove metal riffs, black metal passages (mostly in the drum technique), power metal moments and references to Arabic music. Some songs also have electronic shades, djent transitions and folk metal melodies derived from Middle Eastern, Chinese and Celtic traditions. Epica is also known for the attention to the vocal lines that, in contrast to the heavy context, weave very catchy, easy to hold, sophisticated and emotional melodies. The use of mezzo-soprano vocals and growled vocals, performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen respectively, is fundamental to the band's sound. They prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percussion Instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excluding zoomusicological instruments and the human voice, the percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments.'' The Oxford Companion to Music'', 10th edition, p.775, In spite of being a very common term to designate instruments, and to relate them to their players, the percussionists, percussion is not a systematic classificatory category of instruments, as described by the scientific field of organology. It is shown below that percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of ideophone, membranophone, aerophone and cordophone. The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, belonging to the membranophones, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drum Kit
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks, one in each hand, and uses their feet to operate a foot-controlled hi-hat and bass drum pedal. A standard kit may contain: * A snare drum, mounted on a stand * A bass drum, played with a beater moved by a foot-operated pedal * One or more tom-toms, including rack toms and/or floor toms * One or more cymbals, including a ride cymbal and crash cymbal * Hi-hat cymbals, a pair of cymbals that can be manipulated by a foot-operated pedal The drum kit is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz. __TOC__ History Early development Before the development of the drum set, drums and cymbals used in military and orchestral mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has largely replaced the double bass in popular music. The four-string bass is usually tuned the same as the double bass, which corresponds to pitches one octave lower than the four lowest-pitched strings of a guitar (typically E, A, D, and G). It is played primarily with the fingers or thumb, or with a pick. To be heard at normal performance volumes, electric basses require external amplification. Terminology According to the ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', an "Electric bass guitar sa Guitar, usually with four heavy strings tuned E1'–A1'–D2–G2." It also defines ''bass'' as "Bass (iv). A contraction of Double bass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backing Vocals
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music, traditional music, and world music styles. Solo artists may employ professional backing vocalists in studio recording sessions as well as during concerts. In many rock and metal bands (e.g., the power trio), the musicians doing backing vocals also play instruments, such as guitar, electric bass, drums or keyboards. In Latin or Afro-Cuban groups, backing singers may play percussion instruments or shakers while singing. In some pop and hip hop groups and in musical theater, they may be required to perform dance routines while singing through headset microphones. Styles of background vocals vary according to the type of song and genre of music. In pop and country songs, backing vocalists may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Keyboard
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the interval of an octave. Pressing a key on the keyboard makes the instrument produce sounds—either by mechanically striking a string or tine ( acoustic and electric piano, clavichord), plucking a string (harpsichord), causing air to flow through a pipe organ, striking a bell (carillon), or, on electric and electronic keyboards, completing a circuit ( Hammond organ, digital piano, synthesizer). Since the most commonly encountered keyboard instrument is the piano, the keyboard layout is often referred to as the ''piano keyboard''. Description The twelve notes of the Western musical scale are laid out with the lowest note on the left. The longer keys (for the seven "natural" notes of the C major scale: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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