Symphonic melodic progressive power metal band MELODIUS DEITE announced that they will release their fifth album “Demonology” on April 26th, 2024 via their label Art Gates Records.
The album cover artwork was designed by Thai artist Sirayu Kanuchdit.
“This magically fantastic oil painting artwork shows all the main characters involving in this mysterious big story. It’s also represents our musical direction and moods of the album perfectly.”
The band to explain with their own words about the sound of this new album:
“Demonology, our 5th full-length album, is an epic fantasy power metal album with fascinating marvelous fairy tales kind of story. This time time we go deep down into the darkness as the album title tells it all. We will take you to the accustomed dark side of well-known folk tales of mysterious characters like Lucifer, Watchers, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches and Banshees. We tell the story from different perspective and metaphor. Well folks, be prepared for magnificent powerful metal stuff presented in the form of Metal Opera with great talented quest vocalists!”
Tracklist:
01 Prologue of the Devil
02 Lucifer (The Fallen Star) [feat. Jinn]
03 Knights of Heaven
04 Prince of the Nightfall [feat. Petter Hjerpe]
05 Warrior’s Heart and Soul [feat. Raphael Dantas]
06 Full Moon Howls [feat. Raphael Dantas]
07 Heroes Strike Back
08 Witchery [feat. Anira]
09 March of the Empire [feat. Raphael Dantas]
10 Overture of Silence [feat. Petter Hjerpe]
11 Prepare for Battle
12 Lament of the Banshee [feat. María Cobos]
13 Infinite Battle Cry
14 After the Rain (new version) [feat. Jinn]
Line Up:
Max Cruz – Vocals (as Lucifer)
Biggie Phanrath – Guitars, Keyboards, Orchestras, Drums
Diego Zapatero – Piano, Keyboard Solos
Chanin Shinken – Bass
Guest Vocalists:
Jinn (ILLUSION FORCE, IRON ATTACK) – as The Watcher
Petter Hjerpe (MORNING DWELL, MAD HATTER) – as The Vampire
Raphael Dantas (EGO ABSENCE, GATES OF PARIS, SOULSPELL) – as The Werewolf
Anira – as The Witch
María Cobos (THE THIRD GRADE) – as The Banshee
This new album was produced by Biggie Phanrath and mixed and mastered by Raúl Abellán at The Mixtery studio in Spain.
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