Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Hard Rock
Country : Hungary
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 140 mb
Bio:
The band was formed by Guitarist Peter Szehoffner and Guitarist/Vocalist Arpie Gamson in Hungary in the summer of 2012.Initially they started to create music on their own as they got on well from the beginning, both having similar backgrounds, musical ideas and influences ( Masterplan, Jorn Lande, Y.J.Malmsteen and Iron Maiden etc)A few months later they had enough material written for a full album and with the help of a lyricist (Zoltan Bako) the songs reached their final form.Soon after Peter and Arpie moved to the UK, they got together in Arpie's flat and recorded the basic tracks for the first album. It was named after their most epic song 'Mortal Price'. The tracks were then sent to Denever studios in Hungary for final mixing, it also helped as the studio owners were also huge Maiden fans..This line up was Arpie, Peter, Pete Jean (drums) and Zoltan Meszaros (bass).The music has mainly Hard Rock and Heavy Metal elements with some classical music influences. All of this combined with keyboard arrangements and melodies makes this music unique and different to most of the current metal bands.The album received very positive reviews from the music press, including an amazing review in Hammerworld Hungary, which included the album as a cover mount cd and sold nearly 10,000 copies across Europe which led to the band playing the prestigious FEZEN festival (Hungary) in 2014 alongside Skid Row, Europe and Tarja Turunen among others.After a further line up change Arpie and Peter met up with bassist and drummer Michal, .. A few gigs in the UK followed and then Michal announced his intention to leave the band, this left a gap on the drum stool which was filled soon after by UK music scene veteran Rob Leech.The band have many years playing experience having played in many bands between them.Gigs across the UK and Europe will see the band taking their music and spreading the word to wider audiences
Album:
Avenford is an Hungarian Melodic Metal band that was formed back in 2012 by guitarist Peter Szehoffner and guitarist/vocalist Arpie Gamson. The idea was to create a project based on their music influences (Malmsteen, Lande and Iron Maiden to name a few) but also to put their own identity.The result was a debut record with the title "Mortal Price”. Since then and after a couple of line-up changes the band is ready to unleash its brand new 'baby' which is entitled "New Beginning". The new record features some special guests such as Apollo Papathanasio (Majestic, ex-Firewind), Roland Grapow (Masterplan), Piotr Sikora (Exlibis), Zoltan Marothy (Kiss Forever band) and Zoltan Kiss (Iron Maidnem).The sound of Avenford can be described as Melodic Metal with a strong emphasis on melodies, the heavy riffing and the very good performances. All of the songs here are well-performed and there are plenty of guitar solos enough to attract each and every guitar maniac out there."Back In Time" is the first big moment out of "New Beginning". This excellent melodic metal slice grabbed my attention at once. It's heavy, melodic, technical and with a catchy enough chorus line. What else do I ask? In "Assassin" the band delivers a heavier and more progressive metal hymn while in the beautiful instrumental "Maze Of Visions" Avenford shows its sensitive side. "New Beginning" is yet another killer tune. Extremely technical song with some brilliant guitar lines this song is the absolute highlight here. The variety of tempos is givin' to the final result an extra flavor. The band 'speeds up' with the rather average, imho, and much heavier "Overlord" and with "Dark Angel" we have another killer and more up-tempo metal hymn that sticks in your mind.
Line Up:
Arpie Gamson - Guitars, Vocals (2012-present)
Peter Szehoffner - Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2012-present)
Tom Longbottom - Bass (2016-present)
Jivodar Dimitrov - Drums (2016-present) - See also: John Steel, ex-Rampart, ex-EagleHart, ex-Ellenium, ex-Full Circle, ex-Sheky
+ guests:
Apollo Papathanasio (v on tr. 1) Zoltan Marothy (g on tr. 2) Roland Grapow (g on tr. 4) Zoltan Kiss (v on tr. 8) Bodor Mate (g on tr. 9) Piotr Sikora (k on tr. 10)
Tracklist:
01. Dead or Alive 04:22
02. Back in Time 03:50
03. Assassin 04:30
04. Fury Road 04:32
05. Maze of Visions 01:21
06. New Beginning 07:13
07. Overlord 05:41
08. Dark Angel 03:43
09. Mask 03:56
10. Return from the Land of Emeralds 05:49
11. Unholy Game 03:48
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