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Melissa Bonny
Melissa Bonny (born 23 January 1993) is a Swiss heavy metal singer. She is best known for being the founder and vocalist of Ad Infinitum and former vocalist of Evenmore and Rage of Light. She also gained some popularity by recording music as well as touring with various bands such as Kamelot, Feuerschwanz, Rock Meets Classic and more. Bonny possesses a mezzo-soprano voice. She also masters guttural singing, to which she switches within songs. Career After graduating from school, Bonny was active in a cover band in the area around her hometown. She left in 2012 to join the symphonic folk metal band Evenmore as a singer. Evenmore (2012–2018) In 2012, Bonny joined the Swiss Symphonic Folk Metal band Evenmore. She released one EP and one studio album with them. After the band went on their first European tour which followed the release of their debut album, the band became dormant and Bonny officially left in 2018. Rage of Light (2015–2021) Bonny joined the then-stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad Infinitum (Swiss Band)
Ad Infinitum (stylised as AD IИFINITUM) is a Swiss symphonic metal band. Originally a solo project of Swiss singer Melissa Bonny, it turned into a full band with arrival of drummer Niklas Müller, bassist Jonas Asplind and guitarist Adrian Theßenvitz. The band signed a deal with Napalm Records in July 2019 and released a debut album, ''Chapter I: Monarchy'', in April 2020. In December 2020, Asplind announced he was leaving the band due to health issues, to be replaced by Korbinian Benedict as the new bassist. History Ad Infinitum began as a solo project of Rage of Light vocalist Melissa Bonny. In November 2018, she released a debut single, "I Am the Storm", recorded with guest musicians including former Delain guitarist Timo Somers, and launched a crowdfunding campaign to help her finance the production of an upcoming album. The campaign was a success, and during 2019 the project expanded to include drummer Niklas Müller and guitarist Adrian Theßenvitz from Germany, and Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage Of Light
Rage may refer to: * Rage (emotion), an intense form of anger Games * Rage (collectible card game), a collectible card game * Rage (trick-taking card game), a commercial variant of the card game Oh Hell * ''Rage'' (video game), a 2011 first-person shooter and racing video game ** ''Rage 2'', a 2019 open world first-person shooter and racing video game and a sequel to the first game * Rage Games, a defunct game developer * Rockstar Advanced Game Engine, a game engine developed by Rockstar San Diego * Rage quitting, when players quit a video game for reasons often related to frustration * R.A.G.E., the engine used to make Combat Assault Vehicle Film and television * ''Rage'' (1966 film), starring Glenn Ford and directed by Gilberto Gazcón * ''Rage'' (1972 film), directed by and starring George C. Scott * ''Rage!'', 1980 made-for-television film directed by William A. Graham and starring David Soul and James Whitmore * ''Rage'', 1993 action film directed by Anthony Maharaj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Cooper
Vincent Damon Furnier (born February 4, 1948), known by his stage name Alice Cooper, is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock". He has drawn from horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock audiences. Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964, Alice Cooper was originally a band consisting of Furnier, guitarists Glen Buxton and Michael Bruce, bassist Dennis Dunaway, and drummer Neal Smith. The band released seven albums from 1969 to 1973 and broke up in 1975. Having legally changed his name to Alice Cooper, Furnier began a solo career that year with the concept album '' Welcome to My Nightmare''. During his career he has sold over 50 million records. Cooper has experimented with various musical styles, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avantasia
Avantasia is a German Supergroup (music), supergroup rock opera, metal opera project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. It has been characterized as a rock opera, as it features the contributions of various vocalists and musicians and it consists of concept albums. The name is a Blend word, blend of the words ''Avalon'' and ''fantasia'' ('fantasy') and describes "a world beyond human imagination" (a quotation from the booklet of the debut album). Conceived in 1999 as studio-only, two-album project, Avantasia has since released seven other studio albums and has toured the world multiple times. It can be divided into five periods of activity. The first, 1999–2002, saw the release of a self-titled single and the full-length albums ''The Metal Opera'' and ''The Metal Opera Part II''. The second, 2006–2011, consists of the EPs ''Lost in Space Part I & II, Lost in Space Part 1 & 2'' and The Wicked Trilogy, composed of the albums ''The Scarecrow (album), The Scare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evergrey
Evergrey is a Swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg. History Evergrey was formed in 1993 in Gothenburg by guitarist/vocalist Tom S. Englund as a progressive power metal band, in contrast to the melodic death metal that Gothenburg is known for. Since then, the band's lyrics have always been of the darker sort, and the same can be said of the band's imagery. After finding a stable lineup, ''The Dark Discovery'' was recorded in 1996 and released in 1998, and '' Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy'' was recorded and released in 1999. While those two albums dealt with a variety of ideas, '' In Search of Truth'' (2001) and '' Recreation Day'' (2003) are concept albums, the latter album dealing with issues such as contemplating suicide ("As I Lie Here Bleeding"), mourners after a funeral ("I'm Sorry", a cover of Dilba Demirbag's hit), and dying people looking back on their "unforgivable" sins ("Unforgivable"). "Unforgivable" also acted as a catalyst for the next album, '' The Inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom S
Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name. Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film * ''Tom'' (2002 film), a documentary film * ''Tom'' (American TV series), 1994 * ''Tom'' (Spanish TV series), 2003 Music * ''Tom'', a 1970 album by Tom Jones * Tom drum, a musical drum with no snares * Tom (Ethiopian instrument), a plucked lamellophone thumb piano * Tune-o-matic, a guitar bridge design Places * Tom, Oklahoma, US * Tom (Amur Oblast), a river in Russia * Tom (river), in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob Science and technology * A male cat * A male wild turkey * Tom (pattern matching language), a programming language * TOM (psychedelic), a hallucinogen * Text Object Model, a Microsoft Windows programming interface * Theory of mind (ToM), in psychology * Translocase of the outer membrane, a complex of proteins Transportation * ''Tom' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illumishade
Illumishade is a Swiss progressive metal band. The band was founded in 2019 by Eluveitie band members Fabienne Erni and Jonas Wolf and makes cinematic and fantasy music, combined with rock and heavy metal. They are currently signed to Napalm Records. The band's name is a combination of the English words illumination and shade and refers to the contrast between light and darkness that emerges in the songs, as well as the contrast between quiet and heavy songs. History Illumishade was created because Erni had to put together a music concept and band to obtain her master's degree in September 2018. Afterwards, all band members decided to continue the band and record an album. The first single "World's End" was released on 5 February 2020, followed just over a week later by the second single "Rise". On 15 May 2020, the band self-released their debut studio album ''Eclyptic: Wake of Shadows''. The album was well received. On 14 and 15 April 2023, Illumishade played a concert in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eluveitie
Eluveitie ( ; )Chrigel Glanzmann: "Eluveitie is a name in Gaulish language, which is an ancient Celtic language. Since it's not a living language anymore, nobody really knows how it's pronounced like. All we have today of this language is scientific reconstruction and in today's science it's pronounced as "El-Vey-Ti", but really, it's hard to know.:: Metalist Magazine :: Interviews :: Eluveitie is a Swiss folk metal band from Winterthur, Zürich, founded in 2002 by Chrigel Glanzmann. The project's first demo, ''Vên'', was released in 2003. ''Vên'' was a studio project of Glanzmann's, but its success led to the recruitment of a full band, and the re-release of '' Vên'' as an EP in 2004. The band then released a full-length album, '' Spirit'', in June 2006. In November 2007, Eluveitie was signed by Nuclear Blast. The group rose to fame following the release of their first major-label album, '' Slania'', in February 2008. The album peaked at number 35 in the Swiss charts and nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Wessels
Johanna Charlotte Wessels (born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch singer and songwriter. She is best known as the former lead vocalist for the symphonic metal band Delain. Background Wessels has been trained in both jazz singing and classical singing. She was first trained in jazz, but later, her instructor suggested classical singing to her. However, Wessels has stated that she found classical training to be very restrictive, and so she likes to do something "in between the classical and the jazz stuff, and if you look at classical music with high vocal lines, then you kind of get to gothic very soon!" Career To Elysium (2000–2005) She joined a gothic metal band named To Elysium around the age of fifteen or sixteen. She mentioned in an interview that her parents had to sign a contract because she was still underage. Delain (2004–2021) Wessels became involved with Delain in 2004 when she met Martijn Westerholt formerly of Within Temptation. Since the band was meant to be a studio p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napalm Records
Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later expanded its roster by adding gothic metal, symphonic metal, power metal, doom metal, metalcore and nu metal bands, as well as stoner rock acts Monster Magnet, Karma to Burn and Brant Bjork, and even folk bands like Ye Banished Privateers. Napalm has its own publishing house named Iron Avantgarde Publishing. In November 2020, Napalm acquired the German record label SPV GmbH. Roster * 1914 * Æther Realm * Accept * Ad Infinitum * Adept * Agathodaimon * Ahab * Alestorm * Alien Weaponry * Alissa * Alter Bridge * Amberian Dawn *Ambush * Andrew W.K. * Angus McSix * Arkona * As I Lay Dying * Audrey Horne * Be'lakor * Before the Dawn * Black Mirrors *Bloodbath * Bodom After Midnight *Bomber *Bornholm * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaranthe
Amaranthe is a Swedish heavy metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formation, self-titled debut album and ''The Nexus'' (2008–2013) Formed by Olof Mörck ( Dragonland, Nightrage) and Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg (Dreamland, Dream Evil) in 2008, the project began taking shape when singers Elize Ryd (toured with Kamelot) and Andreas Solveström ( Cipher System, Within Y) signed on, as did drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (The Cleansing, Koldborn, Mercenary). Bassist Johan Andreassen ( Engel) joined after the photoshoot for the '' Leave Everything Behind'' demo but before the recording of the first album '' Amaranthe''. The band was originally called Avalanche until May 2009, when they were forced to change their name due to legal issues. The members chose to rename the band Amaranthe. They later released their first demo, ''Leave Everything Behind''. The band's debut al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abyss (Ad Infinitum Album)
''Abyss'' is the fourth studio album by Swiss/German symphonic metal band Ad Infinitum (Swiss band), Ad Infinitum, released by Napalm Records on 11 October 2024. Reception The album received largely positive reviews from critics, but was polarising among fans due to its movement away from the style of the band's previous albums. Distorted Sound Magazine commented on this, saying "Abyss needs to be judged as the album it is, rather than the album people thought it should be. And on that basis, it would be tough to feel disappointed". Track listing Personnel Band members * Melissa Bonny – vocals * Adrian Thessenvitz – guitar * Korbinian Benedict – bass guitar * Niklas Müller – drums Additional personnel * Jacob Hansen – producer * Christoffer Stjerne – producer * Stefan Heilemann – cover artwork Charts References External links''Abyss'' by Ad Infinitum on Discogs {{Authority control 2024 albums Ad Infinitum (Swiss band) albums Napalm Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
