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PYRAMAZE
LEGEND OF THE BONE CARVER
(2006 Nightmare Records)
EPIC
/ MELODIC / SPEED / POWER METAL ALBUM WITH SYMPHONIC
AND PROGRESSIVE ELEMENTS, ALL SUPPORTING A FANTASTIC
EPIC TALE
THE
FOLLOW UP TO THEY'RE IMPRESSIVE DEBUT IN 2004
ENTITLED "MELANCHOLY BEAST" IS ABOUT
TO BE UNLEASHED UPON THE WORLD. Close your
eyes and picture an epic tale from this albums
beginning
to it's final close... A tale of the worlds
evil consuming all that is good, and a prayer
that
brings a young hope of unknown origin to the
world. Will this young innocent be able to
help against the massive upheaval and chaos?
You'll
have to hear the album in it's entirety to
know the whole story and find out what the
LEGEND
OF THE BONE CARVER....is all about!
REVIEWS: POWERMETAL.dk (90/100), Hardrock80.com
Rating 85/100, Antenna Magazine (Rating 5/6),
Metalstorm Rating 8,5/10,
Antithetik online zine (France) Ratings 8/10,
Arisingrealm Rating 5/5
Tracklist:
01. Era Of Chaos
02. The Birth
03. What Lies Beyond
04. Ancient Words Within
05. Souls In Pain
06. She Who Summoned Me
07. The Bone Carver
08. Bring Back Life
09. Blood Red Skies
10. Tears Of Hate
11. Flame And Retribution (bonus track Japan)
MORE
ON THIS BAND:
In
the Beginning
In it's early stages PYRAMAZE began in the winter
of 2001/2002, when then 24 year old guitarist Michael
Kammeyer left his former band, Damion, with whom,
Michael had played for almost three years. After
the split, Michael took a short break from music,
to clear his mind, gathering new inspiration. After
a few months, the idea of writing a complete self
financed album of his own material formed in his
mind. The following months were spent in intensive
song writing mode, and by the summer of 2002 Michael
found himself with enough material for a complete
album. The time had now come, to find a name and
the ideal musicians for this new band, it was then
that Pyramaze began to take form.
The line-up
He didn't have to look far to find the first 2
musicians, as local drummer Morten Gade Sørensen
and bassist Niels Kvist immediately jumped on
the opportunity to join Michael in his quest.
The next person to sign on was American keyboardist
Jonah Weingarten, whom Michael had met over the
internet. The newborn band began rehearsing the
written material on both sides of the Atlantic
Ocean, the Danish guys on one side, and Jonah
in the US . They sent demo's back and forth combined
with many phone conferences as part of the creative
process. With a core band around him, Michael
then booked the studio to record the debut album.
He hired on the well-known producer Jacob Hansen,
a man with a long list of fantastic productions
behind him, ranging from Hatesphere and Mercenary
to Manticora and Falconer to name a few.
The debut album
In January 2003, Jonah flew to Denmark and the
band began recording the CD in Jacob's studio
in a small town called Ribe. After having laid
down all the tracks besides the vocals, producer
Jacob decided to send a couple of MP3's to his
long time friends at Intromental Management -
a Danish metal agency, who already had worked
together with Jacob on numerous recordings. The
guys at Intromental fell totally in love with
the Pyramaze material, and gave Michael a call.
After a couple of phone conversations, the two
parties, Pyramaze and Intromental, decided to
join forces, and the band suddenly found themselves
being promoted professionally. One of the things
that came with the signing to Intromental, was
the decision of finding a really fantastic pro-singer.
Someone who not only would fit the material,
but also be able to lift it to even higher levels.
Michael agreed to the idea, and Intromental sent
him a bunch of CD's with different vocalists
doing their stuff. After listening carefully
to everything, Michael found that only one singer
truly stood out, and that man was Lance King,
known from such great power and progressive metal
acts as Balance Of Power, Mattson, King's Machine
and Gemini. Lance was approached with the material,
and he agreed to become the new vocalist for
Pyramaze. The already finished music was sent
to Lance, along with all the lyrics, and Lance
commenced the recording of the vocals in his
own studio in Minneapolis. A few months later
the vocals were finished, and the material was
sent to Denmark again, where it was finally mixed
and mastered back in Jacob's studio in Ribe.
Getting the band signed
The time had now come, to find a record company
that would publish PYRAMAZE's debut album 'Melancholy
Beast'. Fortunately the reactions to the album
were extremely positive, and offers began coming
in right away. After negotiations were concluded,
the band signed with the following labels: NTS
Records (Now known as REPLICA Records) for Europe
and Canada , TOSHIBA-EMI for Japan and NIGHTMARE
Records for USA . A common Release date was set
and the album was available in all regions by
the end of May 2004. PYRAMAZE had gained exceptional
reviews from the media all over the world, and
in 2005 a deal for the Asian market (outside
of Japan ) was also inked with Melodic Heaven
in Korea.
On the road
The band had a run of live shows in the summer
of 2004 in North America, Denmark , Germany and
France to support their debut album MELANCHOLY
BEAST. Danish Guitarist Toke Skjønnemand
was added to these shows, and soon after the
touring was completed, Toke was asked to join
the band as a permanent member.
The follow up album
Michael began composing what was to be the second
Pyramaze release in the winter months of 2004/2005,
a concept album entitled "Legend Of The
Bone Carver" that has a unique story flowing
from beginning to end. Once again recorded with
Jacob Hansen at the helm, this new opus was completed
in the summer of 2005. Immediately upon completion
Intromental Management followed up with all the
bands record companies, and in addition to Replica
Records (formerly NTS) for France , Nightmare
Records for USA and Melodic Heaven for Asia,
new labels were found for Japan and Europe with
King Records, and Massacre Records respectively.
A unified release date has been set for the end
of February 2006. In January of 2006, PYRAMAZE
had already been scheduled for several highly
sought after festivals (Kløften Fest in
Denmark (June 23)/ Bloodstock Open Air in England
(July 14th) / Headbangers Open Air in Germany
(July 15th)/ and a highly coveted spot at Prog-Power
fest in the U.S on Sept 15th).
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