Mystic Prophecy is a

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band from

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. Their sound is described as hard and melodic, similar to American

bands such as

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, due to their melodic

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ing and powerful drumming.

History

The band was formed in 2000 by Valley's Eve bandmates R.D. Liapakis and Martin Albrecht.

Gus G Kostas Karamitroudis (born 12 September 1980), better known as Gus G, is a Greek heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind. He has also played in Mystic Prophecy, Nightrage, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil and Ozzy Osb ...

was recommended to them by

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and played all guitars on the three first albums, but left in 2005 in order to spend more time on his own band

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. Since then the band had several changes in its line-up with singer R.D. Liapakis and guitarist Markus Pohl who has joined the band in 2005, being the only long-time members. The band's latest line-up includes bass player Joey Roxx and drummer Hanno Kerstan. In August 2017 the band announced new guitar player

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. Since 2001 the band has released 11 albums. Their 9th album '' War Brigade'', released in 2016 with

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was up to that time the best selling album of the band, containing some of their best known songs like 'Metal Brigade', 'The Crucifix', 'Burning Out' and 'War Panzer'. In January 2018 the band released ''

Monuments Uncovered ''Monuments Uncovered'' is the tenth studio album by the German power metal band Mystic Prophecy. It was released by Massacre Records on the 12 January 2018 and contains 11 metal cover tracks of famous rock hits primarily from the 1970s and 198 ...

'', an album containing metal covers of famous rock hits of the 70s and 80s like 'You keep me hanging on' (

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), 'Shadow on the Wall' (

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), 'I'm Still Standing' (

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), 'Because The Night' (

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) etc. In January 2020 Mystic Prophecy released its 11th album ''Metal Division''. The album reached after few days of its release #20 in the German Charts and became a hit in the metal genre in iTunes Charts, in countries like Germany (#7), US (#23), Canada (#11), as well as an Amazon bestseller. The album release was accompanied with the singles and video clip
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and was followed by a tour.

Members

Timeline

Discography

* ''

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'' (2001) * ''

Regressus ''Regressus'' is the second studio album by Germany, German Power metal group Mystic Prophecy. Track listing ''All lyrics by:'' R.D Liapakis ''All music by:'' R.D. Liapakis ''&'' Gus G., ''except track 6 by:'' Albrecht ''All songs arranged by:'' ...

'' (2003) * ''

Never-Ending ''Never-Ending'' is the third studio album by German power metal group Mystic Prophecy, released in October 2004. This is the last album of a trilogy and also the last to feature Gus G and Dennis Ekdahl. Track listing # "Burning Bridges" (''Li ...

'' (2004) * '' Savage Souls'' (2006) * '' Satanic Curses'' (2007) * '' Fireangel'' (2009) * ''Ravenlord'' (2011) * ''Killhammer'' (2013) * '' War Brigade'' (2016) * ''

'' (2018) *'' Metal Division '' (2020)

References

External links

Official homepage
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