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French symphonic operatic metallers Avaland welcome you to their world with their "Theater of Sorcery" music video

18/1/2021

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Grenoble, France's Avaland welcomes fans to their symphonic and operatic metal world with their debut music video "Theater Of Sorcery". The song is the title track from their forthcoming debut album due out April 2021 via Rockshots Records. The full length was directed, written, and composed by 22-year-old prodigy Adrien G. Gzagg.


Adrien G. Gzagg admits:


     "This song is a great introduction to the world of Avaland, like a kind of hymn. It teases what’s gonna happen throughout the album, it's an invitation for an epic and magical journey. Adam, the main character is about to share his story. The song also introduces the character The Master Of Sorcery performed by Emmanuelson (Rising Steel, Ellipsis…), who helped me a lot with this album and coached me to do my best. He is a mentor to me so it was obvious to have him as the Sorcerer who will teach Adam to control his power. He and I share a great passion for music and I’m really proud to open the Avaland story with him. For the title track's guitar solo, I asked Ricky Marx (Now Or Never, ex-Pretty Maids), because after seeing him play with Now Or Never, I noticed something mystical in his guitar feelings that I found really cool, he's got this old school touch that I admire. I really love the magic of his solo on this track!"


Enter the world of Avaland by exploring their debut music video "Theater Of Sorcery" via:

  • Rockshots Records' YouTube channel HERE
  • Spotify playlist add HERE


Inspired by heroic fantasy, history, mythologies, and esoterism, Gzagg decided to create an epic story album with 8 characters. Entitled "Theater Of Sorcery", the debut will be a theatrical metal adventure that tells the story of a young sorcerer Adam Wilstorm who could be the salvation of bringing back the light to the kingdom of Avaland and during his journey, he must learn to control his powers linked to the Storm. 

For Avaland, Gzagg reunited with four musician friends Camille Souffron (Bass), Christophe Feutrier (Guitars), Lucas Martinez (Guitars), and Léo Mouchonay (Drums) that he has performed with in the past to help him to record the metal opera's debut full-length. The record also includes talented guests for vocals and guitars with Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Zak Stevens (Savatage / TSO), Zaher Zorgati (Myrath), Emmanuelson (Rising Steel), Stéphan Forté (Adagio), Madie (Nightmare) among many other great musicians. 


Gzagg adds:

     "I started my heavy metal life as a great fan of Avantasia and Ayreon. I was impressed by those big teams Tobias Sammet and Arjen Lucassen could create. I quickly knew I would make something like this in my life! It wasn’t easy to find musicians who were crazy enough to follow me in this adventure, and I thank them so much for their trust in this project, especially guitarist Christophe Feutrier (guitars) my partner in crime for Avaland for 5 years now.

     I like to also add that Avaland is not a “classic” band, it’s a Metal-Opera and when Covid is over, I plan to take it the stage with many vocalists to perform this theatrical tale of an epic and magical story. To sum it up, Avaland is a modern-age opera to not just fans of metal, but beyond!"

The debut album "Theater of Sorcery" will be released on April 2, 2021.

  • Digital Album Pre Save: https://backl.ink/143916904 
  • Physical Album Pre Order: http://bit.ly/TheaterOfSorcery_CD

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1. Theater Of Sorcery - feat. Emmanuelson
2. Gypsum Flower - feat. Scheepers / Emmanuelson / Zorgati

3. Let the Wind Blow - feat. Zorgati / Heli / Kanji
4. Storyteller - feat. Zak Stevens
5. Escape To Paradise - feat. Zorgati / Kanji
6. Holy Kingdom Of Fools - feat. Jeff Kanji
7. Never Let Me Walk Alone - feat. Madie
8. Deja-Vu - feat. Emmanuelson
9. I’ll Be Ready For Your Love - feat. Heli Andrea
10. War Of Minds - feat. Zorgati / Madie
11. Rise From The Ashes - feat. Zorgati / Madie / Stevens / Heli / Kanji / Emmanuelson / Scheepers  



Avaland is :

  • Adrien G. Gzagg: Composer, Writer, Lead Singer, Keyboards and Orchestrations
  • Christophe Feutrier: Guitars
  • Lucas Martinez: Guitars
  • Camille Souffron: Bass, Double-Bass
  • Léo Mouchonay: Drums


Guests / Characters:

  • Adrien G. Gzagg is Adam Wilstorm
  • Zaher Zorgati (Myrath) is Adam’s Inner Voice
  • Jeff Kanji is Jacob Reiser, Adam’s Best Friend
  • Heli Andrea (Mobius / Olane) is Solveig Elweiss, Adam’s Beloved Emmanuelson (Rising Steel  / Ellipsis) is The Master Of Sorcery
 
  • Zak Stevens (Ex-Savatage / TSO / Archon Angel) is The Storyteller, appearing from the past
  • Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear / ex-Gamma Ray) is Aloïsius Jestens, King Of Avaland
  • Madie (Nightmare / Faith In Agony) is The Guardian Angel


Guests Guitars:

  • Ricky Marx (Ex-Pretty Maids / Now Or Never) on 1. Theater Of Sorcery
  • Stephan Forté (Adagio) on 2. Gypsum Flower
  • Ayman Mokdad (Venus Syndrome / Alien Encounters) on 7. Never Let Me Walk Alone
  • Virgile (ex-Rising Steel / Schräpnel) on 11. Deja-Vu


Choirs and Back Vocals:

Adrien G. Gzagg, Chris Feutrier, Leo Mouchonay, Emmanuelson, Jeff Kanji, Heli Andrea, Yves Campion (Nightmare), Cara (Eltharia)



Rockshots.eu 
Avaland-themetalopera.com

Facebook.com/avaland.metal.opera
Instagram.com/avaland_metal_opera
Twitter.com/AvalandMetal 


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French operatic symphonic metallers Avaland sign with Rockshots Records; debut album "Theater Of Sorcery" out April 2021

16/12/2020

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Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of Grenoble, France's Avaland, an epic and symphonic metal opera, directed, written, and composed by young 22-year-old prodigy Adrien G. Gzagg.

Inspired by heroic fantasy, history, mythologies, and the esoteric, Gzagg decided to create an epic story with 8 characters. Entitled "Theater Of Sorcery", the debut will be a theatrical metal adventure that tells the story of a young sorcerer Adam Wilstorm who could be the salvation of bringing back the light to the kingdom of Avaland and during his journey, he must learn to control his powers linked to the Storm.

For Avaland, Gzagg reunited with four musician friends Camille Souffron (Bass), Christophe Feutrier (Guitars), Lucas Martinez (Guitars), and Léo Mouchonay (Drums) that he has performed with in the past to help him to record the metal opera's debut full-length. The record also includes talented guests for vocals and guitars with Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Zak Stevens (Savatage/TSO), Zaher Zorgati (Myrath), Emmanuelson (Rising Steel), Stéphan Forté (Adagio), Madie (Nightmare) among many other great musicians. 

Gzagg adds:

     "I started my heavy metal life as a great fan of Avantasia and Ayreon. I was impressed by those big teams Tobias Sammet and Arjen Lucassen could create. I quickly knew I would make something like this in my life! It wasn’t easy to find musicians who were crazy enough to follow me in this adventure, and I thank them so much for their trust in this project, especially guitarist Christophe Feutrier (guitars) my partner in crime for Avaland for 5 years now.

     I like to also add that Avaland is not a “classic” band, it’s a Metal-Opera and when Covid is over, I plan to take it the stage with many vocalists to perform this theatrical tale of an epic and magical story. To sum it up, Avaland is a modern-age opera to not just fans of metal, but beyond!"


"Theater Of Sorcery" album will be released in April 2021, while first single is expected in January 2021!

An album teaser can be heard and viewed on YouTube:- https://youtu.be/yoynEMnaAPI


Avaland is :

  • Adrien G. Gzagg: Composer, Writer, Lead Singer, Keyboards and Orchestrations
  • Christophe Feutrier: Guitars
  • Lucas Martinez: Guitars
  • Camille Souffron: Bass, Double-Bass
  • Léo Mouchonay: Drums

Rockshots.eu 

https://www.facebook.com/avaland.metal.opera 
https://www.instagram.com/avaland_metal_opera

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France's Melted Space unveils Darkening Light details; album due out February via Sensory Records

11/12/2017

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As Sensory Records prepares for the February release of Darkening Light, the latest full-length opus by French metal opera collective, Melted Space, the album's track listing and cover art has been posted.
 
Melted Space's Darkening Light features very immersive artwork, perfectly reflecting the atmosphere of this new opus, centred on the creation of the world and the rejection of the gods by Man, created by Adrien Bousson. Darkening Light was recorded and mixed in France by François-Maxime Boutault and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in New York, with additional contributions recorded abroad in Czech Republic, Sweden, Norway, Greece, and the United States between June and September 2017.
 
Darkening Light Track Listing: 

1. The Void Before
2. Newborns
3. The Meaning of this Place
4. From the Beginning to the End
5. The Dawn of Man (I'm Alive!)
6. Trust in Me
7. Regrets
8. Man and Future
9. Missing Creed
10. Fallen World
 
Darkening Light will see worldwide release through Laser's Edge division Sensory Records, on February 16th, 2018. The album will be issued on all digital platforms, on CD, and with an extended double-LP pressing which features exclusive bonus material, which will be disclosed in the days ahead.
 
Stand by for the list of all-star album guests, audio samples, videos, pre-orders, and more on Darkening Light to be released in January.
 
While remaining in the realm of the symphonic metal opera that defined the band's sound on their 2015-released The Great Lie, Melted Spaces Darkening Light delivers ten new movements which culminate into an even more powerful and catchier opus. Mastermind and creator of the group, French composer/musician Pierre Le Pape, pulls the listener into the depths of his imagination where tone and rhythms are envisioned as cascading shadows and light. Darkening Light sees Le Pape once again joined by an extensive cast of guest vocalists and musicians hailing from a wide array of bands and musical entities from across the genres of metal, classical, jazz, and more. The album also sees Melted Space once again collaborating with the City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra as heard on The Great Lie.
 
https://www.facebook.com/meltedspace
https://twitter.com/meltedspace
https://www.instagram.com/meltedspace
https://www.youtube.com/user/MELTEDSPACE
http://www.lasersedgegroup.com
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http://www.twitter.com/thelasersedge

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Italy's Elegy Of Madness releases brand new music video

28/5/2017

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Opera core metallers Elegy Of Madness are proud to announce that their video for the song “Apokalypsis” is out today via VEVO. The video, directed by Cesare Bignotti (Eves Vision) for Opera Core / Wormholedeath, will launch the band’s third album “New Era” with the following release dates:


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Digital: 16/06/2017
(Wormholedeath/The Orchard)

USA:   14/07/2017  
(Wormholedeath U.S.A.)

Aural: 22/09/2017  
(Aural Music Group)
 
Japan : TBA
(Wormholedeath Japan/DiskUnion) 

www.elegyofmadness.com

twitter.com/elegyofmadness
www.facebook.com/elegyofmadness
www.youtube.com/user/elegyofmadness



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French Opera Metal outfit Melted Space issues remix tracks & official video for "Titania"

12/11/2016

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Following the 2015 Sensory Records release of their debut album, The Great Lie, France's epic metal opera collective, Melted Space, has issued special remixed versions of several tracks from the album through a new digital EP, titled Remix Remodel, which is now streaming Additionally, an official video for the revamped version of the track "Titania" has been completed, and is playing.
 
Melted Space is the ambitious venture forged by French composer PierreLe Pape. After the outfit's European tour with Symphony X and Myrath, the live line-up of Melted Space decided to reconstruct and remix several songs with vocal contributions from the live crew from the venture. These three new versions have been collected in Remix Remodel, with new track versions as remixed by Beau Hill (producer, Europe, Alice Cooper, Ratt) on "No Need To Fear", After Forever's Joost Van Den Broeck for "Lost Souls From The Other Side", and François-Maxime Boutault (producer, Dagoba, others) for "Titania", with mastering handled at Fascination Street Studio by Tony Lindgren.
 
Simultaneously, Melted Space announces the completion of the act's first official video for the song "Titania" - the remixed version of the track, found on Remix Remodel. The video was directed by Rusty J. Matalou in a German Expressionism style, bringing a new visual dimension to to Melted Space, and extending Pierre Le Pape's musical universe to the outfit's fanbase.
 
See Melted Space's video for "Titania" RIGHT HERE, and stream/purchase the entire Remix Remodel EP HERE.
 
Melted Space's The Great Lie was entirely written and conducted by founder Le Pape. An incredibly powerful, layered masterwork, the album features an intense storyline with a wide cast of characters performed by guest vocalists, including David Vincent (Morbid Angel), Attila Csihar (Sunn O))), Mayhem), Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity), Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon), Ailyn Gimenéz (Sirenia), Kobi Fahri (Orphaned Land), Mariangela Demurtas (Tristania) and other vocalists, as well as music by an all-star cast of musicians and the entire City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
 
 
http://www.facebook.com/meltedspace
http://www.lasersedgegroup.com/labels/sensory-records
http://www.facebook.com/TheLasersEdge
http://www.twitter.com/thelasersedge

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Finnish Theatrical Metallers Lost In Grey announce album details

6/11/2016

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The Finnish theatrical metal newcomers Lost In Grey shied the public so far. Founded back in 2013, the Finnish sextet around front man Harri Koskela entrenched themselves over the course of the last years to give their debut album "The Grey Realms“ the final polishing.

But who are the people entering the stage? It is time to introduce the cast. No need to fear, have a peek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo1WHCKV4Dc

Lost In Grey states:

"Greetings all thee! Now listen carefully, and you will see. Let us introduce ourselves: we’re Lost in Grey. Our entourage is here portrayed. This time on stage undisguised, hoping that you feel surprised. However, gentle, do not reprehend. If you pardon, we will mend. As this may seem quite distorted eventually you’ll be rewarded. Just stay out of quarrel and of fray,

Yours sincerely, Lost In Grey"

The debut album will be released March 03rd, 2017 via NoiseArt.

www.lostingrey.fi
www.facebook.com/Lostingrey
www.noiseart.eu

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