ROGER STAFFELBACH – The Quest

Release date: May 12, 2023

Swiss guitar artist Roger Staffelbach (Artension) has been one of the respected exponents of neoclassical power guitar since the mid-1990s. Over the years, he has worked together with various greats of his guild, including vocalist John West (Artension, Royal Hunt), Keyboarder Vitalij Kuprij (Artension, TSO), bassist John Onder (Michael Schenker), guitarist Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) and drummers Mike Terrana (Rage, Tarja) and Dani Löble (Helloween) to name a few.

As with all his band releases since the strong 1996 Artension debut „Into the Eye of the Storm“, Roger is on par with his idols with his first instrumental album „The Quest“ (May 12, 2023) – from precise shred riffing and seamless melodic leads to soulful concert guitar passages. In doing so, he develops his very own stylistic touch.

„The Quest“ was created with the support of a top team, namely Ariel Perchuk on keyboard, Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Artension, Sadus) on bass and drummer John Macaluso (Michael Romeo, Ark, TNT, Yngwie). Guitars were recorded with Roland Grapow (Masterplan ex-Helloween) the album was mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni (Michael Romeo, Ancient Bards, Rhapsody, DGM, Labyrinth).

Offering eight classy, colorful original compositions as well as two vivid interpretations of great compositions (Antonio Vivaldi’s „Summer Presto“ from the „Four Seasons“ and the Aria from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major), „The Quest“ is a virtuously played, melodically stirring solo work for lovers of melodic and neo-classical electric guitar art.

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SYMPHONITY „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“ PRE-ORDER up now!

The upcoming SYMPHONITY album „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“ (May 20th) can now be pre-ordered via the band’s webshop or bandcamp! The special edition jewelcase CD comes in slipcase with 2-sided poster, artwork sticker and CD only bonus tracks.

Look for audio samples, videos and pre-order here:

This is the official „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“ tracklist:

Part 1: Venezia
Part 2: Crimson Silk
Part 3: The Plague
Part 4: Love Theme
Part 5: Mongols
Part 6: Dreaming of Home
Part 7: I Found My Way Back Home
Part 8: Prisoner
Part 9: Venezia Finale

Bonus Tracks (CD version only):
Part 5: Mongols (orchestral version)
Part 6: Dreaming of Home (orchestral version)
Part 7: I Found My Way Back Home (orchestral version)

SYMPHONITY releases new video!

This is the brand new lyric video for Symphonity’s new single „Marco Polo Part 3: The Plague“ from the upcoming album „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“, out on May 20th!

SYMPHONITY reveals artwork for „Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack“

This is the front cover artwork from the upcoming SYMPHONITY conceptual album “Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack” (out on May 20th), created by Dušan Marković (Dragony, FireWölfe, Jag Panzer) and showing a battle-ready and fierce horde of mongolian warriors on horseback.

MEMORIES OF OLD – The Land Of Xia (Performance Video)

On this day 3 years ago, MEMORIES OF OLD released their very first single to the world, which went on to become one of their most popular and well known tracks „The Land of Xia“, the worlds first taste of MEMORIES OF OLD and the groundwork for what was and still is to come!

You may remember a while back, „The Land of Xia“ was also voted for the track you all most wanted to see them make a performance video of, and with that in mind they figured today would be the perfect day to release this video for you to all enjoy. 😉

So here it is, please like, share, and most importantly, rock out with us, as we celebrate this special day in style! 😎🤘

Audio samples & Videos: HERE

CD & Streaming/Download: HERE