International symphonic epic power metal band Symphonity announce their third studio album called “Marco Polo: The Metal Soundtrack”, which will be released on May 20th 2022 on Limb Music. The album will also be released in Japan (May 18th, Marquee/Avalon) and USA (June 24th, eOne/Amped).
The first single “Marco Polo Part 3: The Plague”, which was released for digital streaming last week, accompanied by a video which was reeased oncan be seen below.
This new conceptual album, which tells the life story of Marco Polo, was mixed and mastered in the famous Finnvox Studios, namely by MikkoKarmila and Mika Jusilla, some of the most experienced men in their field who worked with such great names like Nightwish, Stratovarius, Children Of Bodom and many others.
The guitar player andband’s main composer Libor Křiváksays:
“The new album is something like a soundtrack of the life of Venetian merchant Marco Polo, whose travels to the Far East became legendary. From the musical side, it´s our hardest, fastest and the most symphonic album so far, moreover, it is spiced with many ethnic instruments from the Middle and Far East which gives a specific sound to each of the songs. On the other hand, there are also some ballads on the album, so as a whole, it sounds balanced and colorful.”
There are some special guests who contributed to the album, such as Marek “Ashok” Šmerda (Cradle Of Filth), Herbie Langhans (Avantasia, Firewind,…), Jana Hrochová (National Theatre Brno), Billy Jeffs (Memories Of Old).
The cover artwork was made by famous fantasy artist Dušan Marković (Dragony,FireWölfe, A Sound Of Thunder, Death Dealer).
You may remember Martin “Marthus” Škaroupka (Cradle of Filth) and Olaf Hayer (Luca Turilli, Dionysus) asformer Symphonity members who recorded the previous studio albums (“Voice From The Silence” in 2008, “King Of Persia” in 2016). The album will be released ten years after the sudden death of the former band’s bass player Tomáš Čelechovský.
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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 are:
Konstantin Naumenko (UKR) – vocals
Mayo Petranin (SVK) – vocals
Libor Křivák (CZE) – guitar
Tomáš Sklenář (CZE) – bass
Josef Cigánek (CZE) – drums
Johannes Frykholm (SWE) – keyboards
