Edguy

Edguy Is A Power Metal Band From Fulda Germany That Was Formed In 1992. Biography
Demos AFM Years 1992-2003 Edguy Was Founded In 1992 By 14-Year-Old Students Tobias Sammet Jens Ludwig Dominik Storch And Dirk Sauer. The Name "Edguy" Was An Affectionate Epithet For Their Math Teacher At The Time. In 1994 The Band Released Two Demos Evil Minded And Children Of Steel. These Tapes Were Sent To Many Record Labels All Of Whom Rejected The Band Believing They Would Be Unsuccessful In The Music Business. Undeterred They Self Released Their ‘unofficial' Debut Album Savage Poetry In 1995. They Signed With AFM Records Shortly After Who Offered To Re-Release Savage Poetry With More Widespread Distribution. The Band Rejected This Proposal In Favour Of Recording A New Album Kingdom Of Madness Which Was Released In 1997 But Drummer Dominik Storch Left The Band Shortly After. 1998 Saw The Release Of Their Second Album Vain Glory Opera With Friend Frank Lindenthal Filling In On Drums. This Album Helped Expose Edguy To A Wider Audience Thanks In Part To Guest Appearances From Timo Tolkki Stratovarius And Hansi Kürsch Blind Guardian . The Band Was Joined By New Drummer Felix Bohnke And Bassist Tobias ‘Eggi' Exxel Later That Year Allowing Tobias Sammet To Solely Focus On Vocals He Had Previously Played Bass As Well Handling Vocal Duties . In 1999 Theater Of Salvation Was Released. That Same Year Frontman Tobias Sammet Conceived The Idea For The Avantasia Project A Metal Opera Featuring Well Known Vocalists And Musicians From The Rock And Metal Scene. Whilst Tobias Focused On Avantasia The Band Took The Opportunity To Re-Record Savage Poetry To Make It Widely Available To Newer Fans As The Original Had Become A Much Sought After Rarity. Following The Savage Poetry Re-Recording Was The Band's Fifth Album Mandrake In 2001. The Album Was Accompanied By Their First Promo Video For The Track “All The Clowns” As Well As The Painting On The Wall Single. The Mandrake Album Also Led To The Band's First Headlining Tour. Three Shows Were Recorded In Europe And Were The Basis For Edguy's First Live Album Burning Down The Opera. The Band's Contract With AFM Had Expired By This Point Which Led To Them Signing With Nuclear Blast Records In Late 2003. Nuclear Blast Years 2004-Present Edguy's First Release For Nuclear Blast Was The King Of Fools EP In 2004. This Preceded The Hellfire Club Album Released Shortly After. The Song "Lavatory Love Machine" Was Also Released As A Single. The Band's Productivity Continued Into 2005 With The Superheroes EP And DVD The Latter Featuring Footage Of The Band Live And In The Studio As Well As A Making Of Documentary For The Video Of The Title Track. This Was Followed By The Full-Length Album Rocket Ride In January 2006. Sammet Spent Much Of 2007 Relaunching The Avantasia Project. Edguy Returned To The Studio In 2008 And Recorded Tinnitus Sanctus With A Video Being Shot For The Track “Ministry Of Saints” In Belgrade Serbia. After A Contract Renewal With Nuclear Blast In Late 2008 The Band Released Their First Live DVD Fucking With F*** In 2009. This Featured Live Footage Of The Band Shot In São Paulo Brazil On Their Rocket Ride World Tour In 2006. The Band Supported Scorpions On The German Dates Of Their Farewell Tour In 2010. Edguy Released Their Ninth Studio Album Age Of The Joker In August 2011. The Band Toured Europe And South America In Support Of The Record Including Dates With Slash And Deep Purple As Well As An Appearance On The 70000 Tons Of Metal Cruise. In A Recent Interview Promoting The Latest Release From His Avantasia Project Sammet Revealed That A New Edguy Album Will Be Worked On In The Summer Of 2013 With A Release Tentatively Scheduled For Mid-2014. On January 28 2014 Edguy Revealed That The Album Would Be Titled Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown And Released On April 18. Style
Edguy's Lyrics Are Often Metaphorical Alluding To Metaphysical Or Social Themes Conformity "The Headless Game" "Mysteria" "King Of Fools" Dictation By The Church "The Kingdom" "The Pride Of Creation" "Theater Of Salvation" And Dangers Of Modern Civilization "Navigator" "The Devil And The Savant" . To Express Such Themes Edguy Sometimes Use Esoteric And Hermetic Expressions. Yet Some Of Their Songs Are Light-Hearted Or Comedic "Das Reh" "Save Us Now" "Lavatory Love Machine" "Life And Times Of A Bonus Track" "Trinidad" . Edguy Does Not Claim To Represent Any Ideology Tobias Sammet Claimed " The Band Is Not Political And We Are Not Religious At Least There Is No Key Message In Our Songs Telling You What To Think In Terms Of Anything". Edguy Also Employs Lengthy And Epic Sections In Almost Every Album. Hellfire Club Revealed Edguy's Interest In Experimenting Within Music By Integrating An Orchestra Into The Production. The Album Featured A Variation On Edguy's Style With A Less Grandiose More Progressive Metal Approach Being Embraced. The Band's Album Rocket Ride Features Even Less Power Metal Elements And Is Arguably More Oriented Towards Hard Rock. Their Next Album Tinnitus Sanctus Contains Even More Hard Rock Oriented Songs A Large Reduction Of Double Bass Drumming Is Evident In Contrast To Edguy's Older Albums Such As Vain Glory Opera Where There Is Very Fast Double Bass Which Is Common In The Power Metal Genre. When Asked If The Term "happy Heavy Metal Band" Applies To The Band Tobias Rejected It And Added We Are A Heavy Metal Band. We Play Angry Powerful Sometimes Tongue-In-Cheek Metal. We Are Flamboyant And We Don't Take Ourselves Too Seriously But That Goes For Van Halen Too Right? Are They Happy Rock? No They Have A Sense Of Humor And Kick Ass! Just Like We Do... Studio Albums
Savage Poetry 1995 Kingdom Of Madness 1997 Vain Glory Opera 1998 Theater Of Salvation 1999 The Savage Poetry 2000 Mandrake 2001 Hellfire Club 2004 Rocket Ride 2006 Tinnitus Sanctus 2008 Age Of The Joker 2011 Space Police - Defenders Of The Crown 2014 read less