Metal Epic Eneas: Epysode

jueves, 2 de enero de 2014

Epysode - Fantasmagoria (2013)

Progressive / Power Metal from Belgium

@ 320 Kbps

[Mp3]

Line Up:

Samuel Arkan - Guitars, Music, Arrangements (ex-Virus IV)

Vocalists:

Tom S. Englund - Vocals (Evergrey, ex-Caedes)

Henning Basse - Vocals (Hypnoside, Melium, Uli Jon Roth, Mayan (live), ex-Errantry, ex-Metalium, ex-Bourbon Street, ex-Brainstorm, ex-Sons of Seasons, ex-Firewind (live), ex-Gamma Ray (live))

Ida Haukland - Vocals (Triosphere, ex-Dominion Red, ex-Draw the Curtains, ex-Cat Eye, ex-Griffin)

Matt Marinelli - Vocals (Borealis)

Tezzi Persson - Vocals (Between The Silence)

Musicians:

Simone Mularoni - Guitars (DGM, Empyrios, Lalu, Martyr Lucifer, Hortus Animae (live))

Mike LePond - Bass (Symphony X, Affector, Fatal Array, Holy Force, Rivera/Bomma, Stygia, Helstar (live), Distant Thunder, ex-Brute Force, ex-Heathen's Rage, Ango Tasso's Air Force, ex-Ashenveil, ex-Jack Frost, ex-Painmuseum, ex-Seven Witches, ex-Sleepy Hollow, ex-MindMaze (live), ex-Operatika Element (live), ex-Malakis Reign)

Julien Spreutels - Keyboards (Ethernity, Sapphire, ex-Magic Kingdom)

Léo Margarit - Drums (Pain Of Salvation, Wardanz, Zubrowska (live), ex-Latin Jam, ex-Virtual Realm)

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EPYSODE, the melodic progressive metal project lead by Samuel Arkan (VIRUS IV) − released their second full-length album entitled "Fantasmagoria", on October 11th via AFM Records.

The follow-up to "Obsessions" (2011) was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen studio in Denmark. Beside band leader Samuel Arkan, the following vocalists and musicians contributed to "Fantasmagoria": Tom S. Englund (EVERYGREY), Henning Basse (MELIUM, ULI JON ROTH), Ida Haukland (TRIOSPHERE), Matt Marinelli (BOREALIS), Tezzi Persson (BETWEEN THE SILENCE), Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X), Léo Margarit (PAIN OF SALVATION), Julien Spreutels (ETHERNITY), Simone Mularoni (DGM).

The quite unusual thing is that all these guests came to the Noise Factory studio (Belgium) to track down their parts. Nobody recorded his/her parts at home, like with many other projects.

“I wanted the whole thing to get a real “band” feeling”, Arkan says. “Therefore having all vocalists and musicians here was very important to me. We got to know each other better and better while spending time together. The new material sounds very fresh, dark, heavy, modern and "true" with "straight in the face" guitar riffs, intense voices and melodies, massive work on progressive atmospheres and orchestral parts. All the artists who participated in this album gave their soul to it, gave their best, they travelled deeper into sensitivity and sincerity. That's probably the best words which define "Fantasmagoria"... sincerity and spontaneity! This album comes from the heart of each musician and vocalist who worked on it, and you can feel it when you listen to this new EPYSODE album.”

The official lyric video for the songs "The Arch", "Venom" and "Fantasmagoria" from EPYSODE, can be streamed in the YouTube clips below.

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Tracklist:

1. File-41-80-2

2. The Arch

3. Morning Rose

4. Venom

5. The Black Parade

6. T.H.O.R.N.S.

7. Garden Of Exile

8. Raven’s Curse

9. Living Fortress

10. Fantasmagoria