Flaming Row - Biography
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Biography
FLAMING ROW is a band-project formed by the german musician Martin Schnella (Steel Protector, Cast In Silence) in 2008. His initial idea was creating a concept album with many different musicians, especially singers, both female and male. Schnella wrote quite a bit of music for FLAMING ROW and put it together to form complete songs. Because of his diverse influence from many different styles of music, FLAMING ROW does not contest just one genre. So there is a mixture of Prog Metal/Rock, Mainstream, Metal and powerful ballads contained within FLAMING ROW.
To complete the idea, Schnella asked his dear friend Kiri Geile (Steel Protector) to join the band. Kiri's task was writing a story for the concept.
Within months both completed the story "Elinoire", a drama about a young British family and wrote lyrics for different characters in the story.
The recording sessions started in late 2008. Most of the music was recorded through the end of 2009. Many friends and local musicians supported Geile and Schnella by joining the band. Solidifying the core-team of FLAMING ROW, drummer Niklas Kahl (My Inner Burning, Cast In Silence) and Keyboardist/Saxophonist Marek Arnold (Toxic Smile, 7 Steps To The Green Door, Stern Combo Meissen) were added. Schnella played Guitars, most of the Bass Guitars, some Keyboards, as well as Lead and Backingvocals.
In late 2010 Schnella got in contact with Gary Wehrkamp and Brendt Allman from the American Progressive-Metal Band SHADOW GALLERY and asked them to add some additional guitar/keyboard work. Both were captivated by the music and are now a big part of FLAMING ROW. Wehrkamp also added significant lead vocals and became one of the characters. Together with Brendt Allman, he added additional backing vocals. Also Billy Sherwood (Circa, Yoso, Ex-Yes) provided some lead and backing vocals.
The German guitar player Ali Neander (founding member of the RODGAU MONOTONES, session guitar player for Xavier Naidoo, Sabrina Setlur ?) added additional guitar solos.
To take over the last free character role, Jimmy Keegan who is the tour drummer/backing-singer for SPOCK'S BEARD (also Kenny Loggins, Santana?) joined FLAMING ROW by adding some vocals.
Schnella is very proud of this because all these musicians have been his idols since childhood!
And thus FLAMING ROW became an international band project.
The first concept album "Elinoire" was released in the summer 2011.
The Story behind "Elinoire": "Elinoire" is about a young British family, Lea and Adam Baltwin, who are in the prime of their life. Both have great jobs and live in relative prosperity. However, such as life goes, Lea became pregnant. During the birth of their daughter, Elinoire, Lea unexpectedly died due to medical complications. Adam never overcame the untimely death of his beloved wife and laid the blame directly on Elinoire. Within the following years Adam could not build the fatherly relationship with Elinoire. Adam's father Cyrus Baltwin subsequently took on the role as the father figure. As the years passed, some important true facts about the previous life of Lea were revealed. Was Lea's death really an accident?
The story is told/sung throughout the music by the characters, and conveyed by their emotions; Love, Pain, Rage. Virtual characters such as Time, Destiny, Death, and character Spirits are heard throughout Elinore as well. There are some 15 different singers performing the various roles of the story.
How does the story end? Listen and find out.......
Source: Facebook
To complete the idea, Schnella asked his dear friend Kiri Geile (Steel Protector) to join the band. Kiri's task was writing a story for the concept.
Within months both completed the story "Elinoire", a drama about a young British family and wrote lyrics for different characters in the story.
The recording sessions started in late 2008. Most of the music was recorded through the end of 2009. Many friends and local musicians supported Geile and Schnella by joining the band. Solidifying the core-team of FLAMING ROW, drummer Niklas Kahl (My Inner Burning, Cast In Silence) and Keyboardist/Saxophonist Marek Arnold (Toxic Smile, 7 Steps To The Green Door, Stern Combo Meissen) were added. Schnella played Guitars, most of the Bass Guitars, some Keyboards, as well as Lead and Backingvocals.
In late 2010 Schnella got in contact with Gary Wehrkamp and Brendt Allman from the American Progressive-Metal Band SHADOW GALLERY and asked them to add some additional guitar/keyboard work. Both were captivated by the music and are now a big part of FLAMING ROW. Wehrkamp also added significant lead vocals and became one of the characters. Together with Brendt Allman, he added additional backing vocals. Also Billy Sherwood (Circa, Yoso, Ex-Yes) provided some lead and backing vocals.
The German guitar player Ali Neander (founding member of the RODGAU MONOTONES, session guitar player for Xavier Naidoo, Sabrina Setlur ?) added additional guitar solos.
To take over the last free character role, Jimmy Keegan who is the tour drummer/backing-singer for SPOCK'S BEARD (also Kenny Loggins, Santana?) joined FLAMING ROW by adding some vocals.
Schnella is very proud of this because all these musicians have been his idols since childhood!
And thus FLAMING ROW became an international band project.
The first concept album "Elinoire" was released in the summer 2011.
The Story behind "Elinoire": "Elinoire" is about a young British family, Lea and Adam Baltwin, who are in the prime of their life. Both have great jobs and live in relative prosperity. However, such as life goes, Lea became pregnant. During the birth of their daughter, Elinoire, Lea unexpectedly died due to medical complications. Adam never overcame the untimely death of his beloved wife and laid the blame directly on Elinoire. Within the following years Adam could not build the fatherly relationship with Elinoire. Adam's father Cyrus Baltwin subsequently took on the role as the father figure. As the years passed, some important true facts about the previous life of Lea were revealed. Was Lea's death really an accident?
The story is told/sung throughout the music by the characters, and conveyed by their emotions; Love, Pain, Rage. Virtual characters such as Time, Destiny, Death, and character Spirits are heard throughout Elinore as well. There are some 15 different singers performing the various roles of the story.
How does the story end? Listen and find out.......
Source: Facebook