Sons of Seasons
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Sons of Seasons is a German symphonic metal
band formed by Kamelot
keyboardist Oliver Palotai
. Their debut album Gods of Vermin
was released in 2009, and their second album Magnisphyricon
was released on April 1, 2011.
, Daniel Schild and Luca Princiotta
were still members of BLAZE, the band of Iron Maiden
's former singer Blaze Bayley
. Disagreeing with the methods of BLAZE's new management, the whole line-up decided to quit.
That was the perfect moment for Oliver Palotai to lay the foundations of his new project. He aimed at a line-up that consisted of great musicians, who would work as a team for many upcoming years. The first two members to join were Princiotta and Schild, in spring 2007. The following summer, bass player Jürgen Steinmetz
joined the trio.
The biggest challenge during the initial songwriting process was to bring that special craft of metal
, jazz
and classical music
together.
Later that summer, Tijs Vanneste joined as a singer. However, the bands' future touring plans didn't fit his tight working schedule, thus he left.
The new and final vocalist, Henning Basse, met with Oliver Palotai
during Kamelot
's tour in Japan. Palotai got in contact with Basse at the end of 2007 and introduced the song material. Basse immediately saw common musical ground and started adding his ideas to the material. The band aims at blending its own, special style, using symphonic
and progressive metal
elements. Luca Princiotta] left the band in November 2008 following a meeting with Oliver Palotai where both parties agreed that it was in the best interest of all concerned that they'd part ways due to schedule problems. He was replaced by Pepe Pierez.
The band started touring in 2009 and released their debut album Gods of Vermin
in the same year, and spent 2010 and 2011 touring with bands such as Kamelot
and Rage
.
and website that they were to release a new album on April 1. The new album is to be called Magnisphyricon
, and is according to the band "not a mere continuation of [the] chosen path, but rather a bold step into unexplored musical territories". The album will feature a guest appearance Simone Simons
(Epica
), who also appeared on Gods of Vermin
.
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
band formed by Kamelot
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
keyboardist Oliver Palotai
Oliver Palotai
Oliver Palotai is a heavy metal musician.-Career:He made his name playing keyboards and guitar for Doro and keyboards for Circle II Circle before joining Blaze Bayley's BLAZE as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004...
. Their debut album Gods of Vermin
Gods of Vermin
Gods of Vermin is the first studio album by German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons.-Track listing:# The Place Where I Hide - 1:10# Gods of Vermin - 6:00# A Blind Man's Resolution - 4:38# Fallen Family - 5:11...
was released in 2009, and their second album Magnisphyricon
Magnisphyricon
Magnisphyricon is the second studio album by German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons.- Production :The album title, cover art and tracklist was revealed through Myspace on January 22, 2011.-Track listing:# Magnisphyricon: Temperance...
was released on April 1, 2011.
Gods of Vermin (2007 - 2010)
The band was founded in January 2007. Up to that point, Oliver PalotaiOliver Palotai
Oliver Palotai is a heavy metal musician.-Career:He made his name playing keyboards and guitar for Doro and keyboards for Circle II Circle before joining Blaze Bayley's BLAZE as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004...
, Daniel Schild and Luca Princiotta
Luca Princiotta
Luca Princiotta, born July 12, 1982 in Como, is an Italian guitarist. He began his career playing in the thrash metal band Deathector between 1996 and 1998, before joining the Iron Maiden tribute band The Clairvoyants. His most prominent role to date has been in BLAZE as a replacement for their...
were still members of BLAZE, the band of Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
's former singer Blaze Bayley
Blaze Bayley
Blaze Bayley is an English singer and songwriter. He has been the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994, and nowadays since their recent reunion. Blaze is however world-known for having been the lead singer of British metal band Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999...
. Disagreeing with the methods of BLAZE's new management, the whole line-up decided to quit.
That was the perfect moment for Oliver Palotai to lay the foundations of his new project. He aimed at a line-up that consisted of great musicians, who would work as a team for many upcoming years. The first two members to join were Princiotta and Schild, in spring 2007. The following summer, bass player Jürgen Steinmetz
Jürgen Steinmetz
Juergen Steinmetz is the bass player for Rock Ignition, Silent Force, Sons of Seasons, Lima and ex-member of Headstone Epitaph.- Biography :Juergen Steinmetz founded his first band Headstone in 1987...
joined the trio.
The biggest challenge during the initial songwriting process was to bring that special craft of metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
together.
Later that summer, Tijs Vanneste joined as a singer. However, the bands' future touring plans didn't fit his tight working schedule, thus he left.
The new and final vocalist, Henning Basse, met with Oliver Palotai
Oliver Palotai
Oliver Palotai is a heavy metal musician.-Career:He made his name playing keyboards and guitar for Doro and keyboards for Circle II Circle before joining Blaze Bayley's BLAZE as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004...
during Kamelot
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
's tour in Japan. Palotai got in contact with Basse at the end of 2007 and introduced the song material. Basse immediately saw common musical ground and started adding his ideas to the material. The band aims at blending its own, special style, using symphonic
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
and progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
elements. Luca Princiotta] left the band in November 2008 following a meeting with Oliver Palotai where both parties agreed that it was in the best interest of all concerned that they'd part ways due to schedule problems. He was replaced by Pepe Pierez.
The band started touring in 2009 and released their debut album Gods of Vermin
Gods of Vermin
Gods of Vermin is the first studio album by German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons.-Track listing:# The Place Where I Hide - 1:10# Gods of Vermin - 6:00# A Blind Man's Resolution - 4:38# Fallen Family - 5:11...
in the same year, and spent 2010 and 2011 touring with bands such as Kamelot
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
and Rage
Rage (band)
Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...
.
Magnisphyricon
On January 22, 2011, the band announced on their MySpaceMySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
and website that they were to release a new album on April 1. The new album is to be called Magnisphyricon
Magnisphyricon
Magnisphyricon is the second studio album by German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons.- Production :The album title, cover art and tracklist was revealed through Myspace on January 22, 2011.-Track listing:# Magnisphyricon: Temperance...
, and is according to the band "not a mere continuation of [the] chosen path, but rather a bold step into unexplored musical territories". The album will feature a guest appearance Simone Simons
Simone Simons
Simone Johanna Maria Simons is a Dutch coloratura mezzo-soprano singer who is the lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Epica.-Biography:...
(Epica
Epica (band)
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen subsequent to his departure from After Forever. They are known for their symphonic sound and the use of female vocals and male growls performed by Simone Simons and Mark Jansen, respectively. All six members write...
), who also appeared on Gods of Vermin
Gods of Vermin
Gods of Vermin is the first studio album by German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons.-Track listing:# The Place Where I Hide - 1:10# Gods of Vermin - 6:00# A Blind Man's Resolution - 4:38# Fallen Family - 5:11...
.
Current members
- Henning Basse - lead vocals (2007 -)
- Oliver PalotaiOliver PalotaiOliver Palotai is a heavy metal musician.-Career:He made his name playing keyboards and guitar for Doro and keyboards for Circle II Circle before joining Blaze Bayley's BLAZE as a replacement for founding guitarist John Slater in 2004...
- keyboardsMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
, guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(2007 -) - Pepe Pierez - guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(2009 -) - Jürgen SteinmetzJürgen SteinmetzJuergen Steinmetz is the bass player for Rock Ignition, Silent Force, Sons of Seasons, Lima and ex-member of Headstone Epitaph.- Biography :Juergen Steinmetz founded his first band Headstone in 1987...
- bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2007 -) - Daniel Schild - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(2007 -)
Former members
- Tijs Vanneste - lead vocals (2007)
- Luca PrinciottaLuca PrinciottaLuca Princiotta, born July 12, 1982 in Como, is an Italian guitarist. He began his career playing in the thrash metal band Deathector between 1996 and 1998, before joining the Iron Maiden tribute band The Clairvoyants. His most prominent role to date has been in BLAZE as a replacement for their...
- guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(2007–2008)