SYMPHORCE
When
singer Andy B. Franck formed SYMPHORCE in October
1998 to write songs which are "straight, melodic
and full of energy" no one would have guessed
how long the way was for the band to get established
and how many nerves it would take. The goals were
clear, the way to achieve them was long and hard,
but with "Twice Second", the band is ready
for the big thing to come up!
With
the album "Truth To Promises" (1999) the
band got fantastic reception and great reviews to
SYMPHORCE´s first release on Noise Records.
"Truth To Promises" brought them on a support
tour as special guests for MERCYFUL FATE. Right after
the tour Andy had to replace two members of the band.
The arrival of guitarist Cedric "Cede" Dupont
(in the meantime also rocking with FREEDOM CALL!)
and bassist Dennis Wohlbold in 2000 heralded the band's
most important step! Cede's razor-sharp leads, catchy
melodies contrasted to Dennis´ heavy and deep
growling bass grooves made SYMPHORCE unique and perfect!
Andy, Cede and Dennis became also a real songwriter
team and one year later, the follow-up "Sinctuary"
became one of the most important releases in 2000.
Fans and magazines quoted SYMPHORCE as one of the
most promising acts of the future. At the same time,
Andy also became a member of Germanys well known power
metal band BRAINSTORM.
After
"Truth to Promises" and "Sinctuary"
the new members Sascha Sauer (drums) and rhythm guitarist
Markus Pohl finally finished the great SYMPHORCE-puzzle
and the band is stronger than ever! "Finally!"
says Andy "even in the first rehearsal together,
we could feel the strong energy and how the band is
going to be from then was clear! Absolutely great!
Now
working with Metal Blade as new partner, the band
was recording their third album "phorcefulAhead"
in August 2002 with the help of Achim Köhler
(Primal Fear, Sinner, Brainstorm, etc.) behind the
mixing desk in the famous House of Music Studios in
Winterbach. "phorcefulAhead" (2002) is a
result of pure energy and ferocity!
Amazing and absolutely fantastic reactions on the
KAMELOT Tour in early 2003 and at the well known bigger
metal festivals (Wacken Open Air, Metal Dayz, Summerbreeze)
showed, that the band is also able to convince live
on stage! Their performances are pure energy and it
gets hotter and hotter every minute! Directly after
those fantastic live experiences the band packed their
equipment and headed directly off to the House of
Music studios again, to record the 4th album "Twice
Second" together with Achim Köhler. The
energy and power, gained from the live activities,
makes it possible to describe the new album with just
one sentence: "What a blast!!!" People will
be very surprised with "Twice Second", as
no matter which style of metal you like, you'll find
everything on this album! The band has recorded its
most powerful and aggressive album ever.
Straight
next to the release of "Twice Second" in
January (12th January 2004), SYMPHORCE will be on
the road with GRAVE DIGGER from 6th January until
18th January. SYMPHORCE is now ready to open another
chapter in their career. Without any compromises,
timeless, melodic, and riff-oriented SYMPHORCE will
rock every stereo in the future!
