power metal
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band formed in 1991 in
Massa
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Places
*Massa, Tuscany, the administrative seat of the Italian province of Massa-Carrara.
*Massa (river), river in Switzerland
* Massa (Tanzanian ward), administrative ward in the Mpwapwa district of the Dodoma Region of Ta ...
,
Italy
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. The band underwent a change in style and themes after the departure of Olaf Thorsen in 2002.
History
1990s
Labyrinth formed in 1991 with a lineup of Franco Rubulotta (Frank Andiver-drums), Luca Contini (Ken Taylor-keyboards), Andrea Bartoletti (bass guitar), Andrea Cantarelli (Anders Rain-lead guitar), Carlo Andrea Magnani (Olaf Thorsen-lead guitar), Fabio Tordiglione (Joe Terry-vocals).
The band released their first demo "Midnight Resistance". The demo got enthusiastic reviews in major metal magazines in Italy and Germany and that gave them the chance to sign with Underground Symphony, a new indie record label. Andrea Bartoletti left the band and was replaced by Chris Breeze (Cristiano Bertocchi). ''"Piece of Time"'', their first EP, marked the direction the band was taking: pure melodic speed metal with a keyboards-background.
In 1995, ''"No Limits"'' was released and the interest in the band grew among metal fans and independent labels. The popularity of the band increased not only in the Italy and in Europe, but also overseas where some labels (
Teichiku Records
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in Japan) offered to distribute the album. The band was in the metal magazine '' Burrn!s top ten charts for almost six months. Joe Terry (Fabio Tordiglione) left the band and later becoming the frontman with
Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre.
Since forming in 1993 as Thundercross, the band ...
.
In 1997, Frank Andiver (Franco Rubulotta) and Ken Taylor (Luca Contini) left the band (however they took part in the composing of "Return to Heaven Denied"); and Rob Tyrant (Roberto Tiranti), Mat Stancioiu (Mattia Stancioiu) and Andrew McPauls (Andrea De Paoli) were brought in as their replacements. All the while, some of the big metal labels showed an interest on the band's new demo and finally
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distr ...
made an offer and the band joined the label. It took six months to record the second album ''Return To Heaven Denied'' and before its release the band took part in that summer's metal main event: " Gods of Metal", together with some of heavy metal's biggest acts such as
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped de ...
,
Pantera
Pantera () is an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas formed in 1981, and currently comprised of vocalist Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante. The group's best-known lineup consist ...
,
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael W ...
,
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres.Domine who was with Labyrinth throughout the whole European tour as supporting act with Pegazus of the most popular bands
HammerFall
HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg. The band was formed in 1993 by ex- Ceremonial Oath guitarist Oscar Dronjak.
History
Early days (1993–1996)
HammerFall was formed when rhythm guitarist Oscar Dronjak quit Cere ...
and
Primal Fear Primal Fear may refer to:
* Primal Fear (band)
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. After a few months, it followed an Italian tour with Heimdall. Then, Rob Tyrant returned to the band. After a short break the band entered the recording studio to release the new Mini CD ''Timeless Crime'', containing new and old tracks from the first demotape ''Midnight Resistance'' to LPs ''No Limits'' and ''Return to Heaven Denied''.
2000s
After these festivals, the band entered the recording studio again to release the new full-length album ''Sons Of Thunder''. As a showcase for the new album, the band played at important European festivals, like WACKEN 2000 and Rock Machina 2000 in Spain. At the end of August 2000, ''Sons Of Thunder'' went to No. 52 on the Japanese charts and at No. 26 on the Italian charts. The band then toured
South America
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with
Vision Divine
Vision Divine is an Italian power/ progressive metal band formed in 1998.
History
Originally a solo project from Olaf Thörsen (born Carlo Andrea Magnani). Soon, Fabio Lione rejoined him after the first Labyrinth period ("No Limits"), and t ...
.
The band organized an Italian tour first, in February 2001, with supporting band Sigma (ex Love Machine), and then a European tour, supporting Helloween first and then with Nocturnal Rites supporting Iron Savior.
The band organized, in March 2002, a tour called "Italian Attack". A festival in which Domine,
White Skull
White Skull is an Italian power/ heavy metal band formed in 1988.
They became known in America with their 1999 release ''Tales from the North''.
Band members
The line-up of the band did not change until 1998 when Nick Savio replaced Max Facc ...
,
Skylark
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,
Novembre
Novembre (Italian language, Italian, 'November') is an Italian doom metal band, formed in Rome in 1990.
Biography
Starting out in 1990 as a death metal band (then called Catacomb), Novembre grew to develop a unique, atmospheric sound. Although ...
, and Centurion appeared. Their participation in these tours help raise the popularity of Labyrinth. In May of that year, the band began writing new material.
In the meantime, Olaf Thorsen left the band to join Vision Divine, whereas Mat Stancioiu and Andrew McPauls left Vision Divine to dedicate all their attention to Labyrinth. In July the first demo of the new Labyrinth album appeared. For the first time, the members decided to use their Italian names: Andrea Cantarelli, Roberto Tiranti, Andrea De Paoli, Cristiano Bertocchi, and Mattia Stancioiu.
The clear and sharp recording of the new demo procured them three of the most important deals of their career:
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...
for Europe and Americas, V2 for Italy and King Records for Japan.
In January, Labyrinth began recording the new self-titled album, with the band self-producing again. It was recorded at the Noise Factory in
Milan
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, Italy, and it was mastered at House of Audio in Germany.
On April 24, 2003 Labyrinth signed a record deal with Century Media Records. The release date for their next album was set for June 30, 2003. The release of ''Labyrinth'' originally set for June 30, was postponed in Italy to July 4.
On August 9, 2003, Labyrinth performed at the 9th Agglutination Metal Festival in Chiaromonte, Italy. Other bands set to appear at the event included Vader,
Virgin Steele
Virgin Steele is an American heavy metal band from New York, originally formed in 1981.
The band released a few career highlights albums (''Noble Savage'', ''The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I'', '' The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part II' ...
and Elvenking.
Roberto Tiranti took part in the musical "The Ten Commandments" until the beginning of the year 2004.
The next step was finding another good guitarist for the live dates. The band found in
Pier Gonella
Pier Gonella (born Pierangelo Gonella) is an Italian guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Mastercastle and the black metal band Necrodeath.
Biography
Pier Gonella began playing guitar at the age ...
, Roberto and Andrea De Paoli. The first show with Pier was the IX Agglutination Metal Festival in Chiaromonte (PZ), where Labyrinth would have been the third band, before Vader and Virgin Steele.
After the summer, the band began preparations for the live shows to support the new album. It was a tour out of the usual standard, without an estimated end: The Maze On Tour 2003/2004. From December 2003, with the tour, also began the work on the new album foreseen for Fall 2004, during which the band celebrated 10 years together. The new work was a prosecution of the way begun with ''Labyrinth'', with songs of deep atmosphere and tracks like "Just Soldier", but with a deeper introspection. Taking part with good and dense ideas to the writing of the new tracks,
Pier Gonella
Pier Gonella (born Pierangelo Gonella) is an Italian guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Mastercastle and the black metal band Necrodeath.
Biography
Pier Gonella began playing guitar at the age ...
with the beginning of 2004 joined the band as sixth official member. Also in December, Rob Tyrant (Roberto Trianti) recorded guest vocals on the rock opera "Genius 'Episode II'" along with people such as Eric Martin (formerly of
Mr. Big
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* ''Mister Big'' (1943 film), a 1943 musical
* ''Mr. Big'' (2007 film), a 2007 documentary
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Jeff Martin Jeff Martin may refer to:
* Jeff Martin (American musician) (born 1957), lead vocalist for the bands Surgical Steel and Racer X; drummer for Badlands
*Jeff Martin (Canadian musician) (born 1969), guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the Tea Party
...
Pain of Salvation
Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, o ...
),
Liv Kristine
Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career in the music industry as a vocalist for the gothic metal band T ...
(formerly of
Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which influenced the gothic metal genre.
History Formation (1993)
Theatre of Tragedy was founded on 2 October 1 ...
), and Edu Falaschi (of Angra).
''Labyrinth'' put the band to work one more time, with big support of Century Media, in Japan good sales with King Records and then in the month of May a tour in
Asia
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called "Banzai Tour" in
Tokyo
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and
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
, Japan,
Taipei
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,
Taichung
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,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...
, and
Beijing
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Hong Kong
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.
After some shows in Italy, Labyrinth played in
Slovakia
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at More Than Festival 2004 with bands like
Lost Horizon
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s,
Destruction
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, and Freedom Call.
On December 9, 2004, they performed a show in
London
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at Underworld Cadmen together with
Dream Evil
Dream Evil is a Swedish heavy metal band, assembled by producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999.
History
Producer Fredrik Nordström had the ambition of creating a power metal band of his own for a long time, but had difficulty finding anyone w ...
. One week later Labyrinth signed a deal with the label Arise records.
With ''Freeman'', there was a new look with strength-jackets and more wish of freedom in the lyrics; both for Italian and Japanese releases, there is a normal version and one with a bonus
DVD
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.
On February 22, 2005, Labyrinth announced the dates of an Italian tour in support of their upcoming album, ''Freeman''. The tour would consist of, seven total shows, ranging from March 25, 2005 through and including April 16, 2005. The follow-up to 2003's ''Labyrinth'', ''Freeman'' was recorded at Elnor Studios and scheduled for release on March 4, 2005 by Arise Records. ''Freeman'' was released in March 2005, in which the band showed more aggressive riffs and melodic parts at the same time. The album, was released in 2005 through Arise Records. The Italian version of the album contained the exclusive bonus DVD with a Tokyo show (Banzai Tour 2004), "best of" London Cadmen Underworld (from November 13, 2004), the "L.Y.A.F.H." and "Freeman" videos, pictures and discography.
Later that month on March 21, 2005, Headrush, an Italian hard rock band featuring ex-
Dokken
Dokken is an American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as "Alone Again (Dokken song), Alone Again", " ...
guitarist Alex De Rosso and Labyrinth singer Roberto Tiranti, released their debut album in Europe via
Frontiers Records
Frontiers Music – formerly Frontiers Records – is an Italian record label, predominantly producing hard rock. It was founded in 1996 by Serafino Perugino and is based in Naples.
History
In 1996, Serafino Perugino started working in the ...
(and in Japan via King Records). Also, in March 2005 singer Roberto Tiranti appeared on Secret Sphere album ''"Heart & Anger"''.
That summer after the Lorca Rock Festival, Labyrinth played a tour in Italy (a total of 17 shows) and supported
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of the ...
and Angra in Italy for three shows (June 21–23), in Italy (June 21, 2005 in
Florence
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, on June 22, 2005 in
Ascoli Piceno
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Geo ...
, and on June 23 in
Padova
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) with Angra. Later, on August 14, 2005, Labyrinth took part in the Metalway Festival in
Gernika
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Manowar
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,
Saxon
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country ( Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the No ...
Motörhead
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, W.A.S.P. and more.
2006 started with bad news, Cristiano Bertocchi left the band, to pursue a solo career. After few days of Mattia suggested Roberto to become the new bass player. They played only two shows with this new line up, one at Mesiano in
Trento
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and another at the Evolution Festival, then spent the rest of the year writing and recording '' 6 Days to Nowhere''.
In December Heraldry released their album ''Delirium'', which featured guest vocals by Roberto Tiranti.
In late 2006, Labyrinth signed a record deal with Scarlet Records, to release ''6 Days to Nowhere''. Between February 26, and March 9, the album ''6 Days To Nowhere'' was released worldwide. The album's mastering took place at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London. Following the album's release the band announced a tour of Europe (only one date in Sweden and the rest in Italy) and Japan, between October 27, 2007 and March 2, 2008.
On November 3, 2007 Labyrinth appeared at the Växjö Metal Festival III, in Växjö, Sweden. Also scheduled to appear were Jorn,
Grave
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Pier Gonella
Pier Gonella (born Pierangelo Gonella) is an Italian guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Mastercastle and the black metal band Necrodeath.
Biography
Pier Gonella began playing guitar at the age ...
handled the guitar duties, on the Necrodeath album ''" Draculea"'' While Pier performed on that album, Roberto Tiranti appeared on Ranfa's album ''Little Hard Blues''. Tiranti appeared on the album's fifth track entitled ''"It Will Be Not This Blues"''.
On January 22, 2008, it was announced that Andrea De Paoli would be making a guest appearance on the debut album of Expedition Delta, which is being released by ProgRock Records.
In summer 2008
Pier Gonella
Pier Gonella (born Pierangelo Gonella) is an Italian guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Mastercastle and the black metal band Necrodeath.
Biography
Pier Gonella began playing guitar at the age ...
left the band to dedicate himself totally to Necrodeath and his new heavy metal band Mastercastle.
On September 11, 2009 Olaf reunited with Labyrinth to record '' Return to Heaven Denied Pt. II: "A Midnight Autumn's Dream"'', a follower of their successful album from 1998. In October 2009 was also announced the new bassist Sergio Pagnacco (with courtesy of Vanexa historical italian metal band)). Also, drummer Mattia Stancioiu left the band to be a full-time sound engineer and producer and be a part-time drummer.
2010s
In 2011 they toured with
Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup ...
.
In 2014, Roberto Tiranti announced that he was leaving the band to embark on a solo career, but the new announced vocalist Mark Boals never joined the band.
In 2016, the band announced they are working on a new album which is planned for release with record company
Frontiers Music Srl
Frontiers Music – formerly Frontiers Records – is an Italian record label, predominantly producing hard rock. It was founded in 1996 by Serafino Perugino and is based in Naples.
History
In 1996, Serafino Perugino started working in the m ...
in 2017. It was also announced the band's line-up reunion of founding members Olaf Thorsen and Andrea Cantarelli on guitars with Roberto Tiranti on lead vocals, along with John Macaluso (former Ark,
Yngwie Malmsteen
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Riot
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Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property target ...
Vision Divine
Vision Divine is an Italian power/ progressive metal band formed in 1998.
History
Originally a solo project from Olaf Thörsen (born Carlo Andrea Magnani). Soon, Fabio Lione rejoined him after the first Labyrinth period ("No Limits"), and t ...
,
Eldritch
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* Eldritch (band), an Italian heavy metal band
* ''Eldritch'' (video game), a 2013 first-person shooter based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft
* Andrew Eld ...
,
Death SS
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Biography
Death SS was formed in 1977 in Pesaro by Steve Sylvester (born Stefano Silvestri), a future member of the Ordo Templi Ori ...
) on keyboards and Nik Mazzucconi on bass. In February 2017, the album' title (''
Architecture of a God
''Architecture of a God'' is Italian power metal band Labyrinth's eighth album, released on 21 April 2017 via Frontiers Records. It is their first album since 2010's '' Return to Heaven Denied Pt. II: "A Midnight Autumn's Dream"'', marking their l ...
''), track-list and cover were revealed.
In 2019, the drummer Matt Peruzzi joined the band.
In January 2021, they released their ninth studio album, ''
Welcome to the Absurd Circus
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It was announced in October 2020. On 3 November 2020 ...
''.
Discography
EP
*''Midnight Resistance'' (1994)
*''Piece of Time'' (1995)
*''Timeless Crime'' (1999)
Labyrinth
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'' (2003)
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Freeman
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* Freeman, an apprentice who has been granted freedom of the company, was a rank within Livery companies
* Free ...
Architecture of a God
''Architecture of a God'' is Italian power metal band Labyrinth's eighth album, released on 21 April 2017 via Frontiers Records. It is their first album since 2010's '' Return to Heaven Denied Pt. II: "A Midnight Autumn's Dream"'', marking their l ...
'' (2017)
*''
Welcome to the Absurd Circus
''Welcome to the Absurd Circus'' is the ninth album by Italian power metal band Labyrinth, released on 22 January 2021 via Frontiers Records. It is their first album with drummer Mattia Peruzzi.
It was announced in October 2020. On 3 November 2020 ...
'' (2021)
Other albums/collaborations
*''Metal For The Masses Volume II (Disc 2)'' (2003)
*'' As Time Goes By...'' (2011)
Pier Gonella
Pier Gonella (born Pierangelo Gonella) is an Italian guitarist, composer, arranger, producer and founding member of the heavy metal band Mastercastle and the black metal band Necrodeath.
Biography
Pier Gonella began playing guitar at the age ...