WONDERS – Beyond The Mirage

Release date: June 16, 2023

„The Fragments of Wonder”, WONDERS’ 2021 debut album, enlightened our world with outstanding, sensational pieces of work. A catchy record, seamlessly crafted on the Greek/Italian precious metal workbench, instantly demanding a strong follow-up. Here they are: “Beyond The Mirage” brings back powerful anthems, skillful guitar play, progressive patterns, and a great voice.

The WONDERS side-project profits from a perfect line-up: these guys are real characters with attitude. Listen to any of Bob Katsionis’ collaborations and you will experience exceptionally designed soundscapes. Same happens if you dig into the musical worlds of brothers Pietro Paulo Lunesu (guitar) and Giorgio Lunesu (drums), hailing from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Back in 1999 they started their band EVEN FLOW. Since 2017, WONDERS frontman Marco Pastorino from Northern Italy has been a member of EVEN FLOW’s line-up. Marco’s principal band TEMPERANCE, featuring his skills as lead guitarist and lead singer alike, delivered six stylistically widespread progressive long play albums in less than a decade.

The compositions of WONDERS work out great, thanks to the Lunesu brothers’ fluent play with Bob, Marco and TEMPERANCE bassist Luca Negro. Working duties were strictly shared: Pietro Paolo delivered songwriting and guitar play, Marco left his axe in its case, concentrating on lead vocals, and Bob orchestrated a multi-tasking job, playing the keyboards, arranging songs, managing the studio production, and also taking care of the album’s cover artwork.

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WONDERS – new single & video out now!

Today LIMB MUSIC is thrilled to announce the release of a new video & single by WONDERS „Breaking The Chains“. Brace yourself for an incredible musical journey from their upcoming album „Beyond The Mirage“ (June 16, 2023)!

Don’t miss out on this captivating track that showcases WONDERS‘ immense talent. Experience their soul-stirring melodies, profound lyrics, and impeccable musicianship firsthand. „Breaking The Chains“ sets the stage for what promises to be a monumental album.

Quote from Pietro Paolo Lunesu (guitars):
„Breaking The Chains“ represents the song where the man breaks his old mental patterns, breaks the chains that imprison him in his sad reality, but at the same time with the hope of becoming a man with positive thoughts and concrete life goals, I think the song has one of the most beautiful refrains ever for the music of the Wonders!

Quote from Bob Katsionis (keyboards, production, mix):
„Breaking The Chains“ is one of my favorite songs of the album, combining my own Greek Power Metal elements with the Italian Hard Rock/AOR finezza of the band! The video was once again made both real footage of the band and AI generated landscapes and animation to fit the whole traveling beyond space and time concept of the album. I love it!

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WONDERS announces new single & video!

Get ready for the release of WONDERS‘ new single & video „Breaking The Chains“ on Friday, June 9, 2023. This incredible track is another sneak peek into their upcoming album „Beyond The Mirage“. Don’t miss out on the mesmerizing sound of WONDERS!

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PRYDAIN – album out today!

Today another Metal Masterpiece sees the light of day on LIMB MUSIC: Austin Dixon, guitarist and founding member of US Power Metallers SONIC PROPHECY, fulfills a lifelong dream with PRYDAIN’s debut album ‚The Gates of Aramore‘.

Produced & mixed by Bob Katsionis (Firewind, Serious Black, Wonders, Outloud, Stray Gods, Warrior Path).
Cover artwork by Uwe Jarling (Heavens Gate, Roger Staffelbach, Grave Digger, Stray Gods).

Quote from Austin:
„I’m so proud today for the release of the debut album ‚The Gates of Aramore‘!
The music on this album has been a passion of mine that I’ve been working on for some years and it’s amazing to see it finally in the hands and ears of metal fans all over the world. The reception so far has been great and I’m thankful for the chance to make this contribution to the Power Metal World, a genre that means so much to me. This album has it all, including famous Power Metal guests that you know and love and support from a timeless and important record label, LIMB MUSIC!
If you’re a fan of the Classic Power Metal sound of early bands like Avantasia, Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Edguy, Blind Guardian, etc., please give our album a listen and CRANK IT UP! I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed working on it.
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PRYDAIN – The Gates Of Aramore

Release date: June 2, 2023

Austin Dixon, former guitarist and founding member of US power metallers Sonic Prophecy, is fulfilling a lifelong dream with Prydain. He has always been fascinated by the idea of artist projects such as the albums by Avantasia, the Aina rock opera „Days of Rising Doom“ or Arjen Lucassen’s „Star One“. Thanks to the support of Greek multi-talent Bob Katsionis, Austin’s compositions were put into practice with great musicians.

The music teacher hailing from Farr West, north of Salt Lake City in the state of Utah, has developed the song ideas for Prydain over several years. The path he has taken is amazing because in his part of the world, it has never been easy to find like-minded power metal lovers.

„The Gates of Aramore“ is an epitome of Epic Power Metal: vibrating guitar duels, virtuoso keyboard parts, awesome vocals, driving grooves, catchy melodies – and a storyline consisting of an ancient kingdom beyond space and time.

With „The Gates of Aramore“, Austin Dixon and his comrades-in-arms have succeeded in creating some work that once again puts Utah on the map of epic power metal, certainly not for the last time …

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ROGER STAFFELBACH – new videoclip ‚Summer Presto‘ out now!

Taken from Antonio Vivaldi’s ‚Four Seasons – Summer in G Minor‘.

Experience the ultimate fusion of classical and metal as guitar solo artist ROGER STAFFELBACH unleashes his electrifying Heavy Metal version of Vivaldi’s ‚Summer Presto‘ from his recent album ‚The Quest‘ as video today! Get ready for a mind-blowing musical and visual adventure, combining blistering guitar riffs, thunderous drums, and pure metal intensity. ROGER STAFFELBACH, renowned for his virtuosic guitar skills, has ingeniously transformed ‚Summer Presto‘ into a symphony of metal mastery and a headbanger’s dream come true.

Quote by Roger:
„I’m a big admirer of Antonio Vivaldi’s music. I used to listen endless times to Nigel Kennedy’s version of the 4 Seasons. I also love Uli Jon Roth’s version on his ‚Metamorphosis‘ record, it was very inspiring to see what he did with it. I still listen to this album, especially to the second part, where he performs the pieces written by him as he was working on the 4 Seasons, his work of inspiration so to speak.
I always wanted to master and record the ‚Summer Presto‘. Now I did it, and I hope you enjoy my rendition of it, as much as I enjoyed working on this beautiful piece of music.“

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ROGER STAFFELBACH – teaser for new videoclip

This Friday will see a second video from ROGER STAFFELBACH’s shortly released instrumental album ‚The Quest‘, visualizing Roger’s version of ‚Summer Presto‘ from Antonio Vivaldi’s ‚Four Seasons‘.

YouTube Video Premiere

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