Galloglass - Biography
Biography
20 years after the first big successes of bands like Scorpions, MSG or Victory, Galloglass (consisting partially of remainders of the local heroes Serpent Moves) pop out of their rehearsal room and into daylight to put the focus of the international Metal scene once again on Hanover. With their demo CD which had been recorded in just two weeks, Carsten Frank (vocals), Dirk Zelmer (bass), Arnd Lorenz (drums), Kai Mühlenbruch (guitar, ex-Desolation) and Norbert Geiseler (guitar, ex-Progeria) managed a bull´s eye shot directly into the hearts of both fans and press in 1999. No wonder, because Galloglass´s fast, melodic Power Metal with a leaning to the epic is a perfect symbiosis of the early works of German Speed Metal à la Blind Guardian or Kai Hansen and the effortless elegance of old Helstar- or Fates Warning-releases. Nobby Among serveral good offers made by the record industry (which had become attentive in the meantime), the band decided in favor of a cooperation with Limb Music Products - the debut Legends From Now And Nevermore was finally released by that company in 2003. The album was recorded under the skilful direction of Olaf Reitmeier (Luca Turilli, Gun Barrel, Kamelot) - and met all high expectations, being showered with praise of fans and press in Germany and abroad alike. Above all, the fantastic guitar playing of the 6-string duo Mühlenbruch/Geiseler and the outstanding voice of frontman Carsten Frank made Legends From Now And Nevermore one of the Power Metal-highlights of that year and catapulted the young band to the helm of German Metal-hopefuls.Arnie No reason for them to rest on their laurels. After some memorable gigs with -among others- Wizard, Goddess Of Desire, Mob Rules, Domain, Eternal Reign, etc., the band started immediately with the songwriting for the current album "Heavenseeker". And "Heavenseeker" shows the band even more mature, tougher, more direct and with even more intuition for hymn-like catchy tunes. While Metal violinist Hartmut Richter and a female choir provide the additional melodic spots in some songs, even Curran Murphy (ex-Nevermore, Annihilator) and Jeff Waters (Annihilator), being enthusiastic about the song material, were keen to appear on "Heavenseeker" with one guest solo respectively.