Kymera
Kymera was a German hard rock band.
history
In 1984 the two brothers Bruno and Oscar Di Blasio (Di Blasio Bros) founded the band "Dragon" in Karlsruhe together with Bernd and Stefan Lüddemann (former musicians of the teeny band Hot Legs ) . The quartet was completed with the singer Andi Deris ( Helloween , ex- Pink Cream 69 ). After a few concerts in southern Germany, the band went to Edo Zanki's studio in Karlsdorf and immediately afterwards to the Arco studio in Munich to make their first recordings with producer Anthony Monn .
The following songs were recorded: I Was Made to Be with You , Call me up , Woman , I Hear the Angels Singing , Ballad of Glory and Rock Your Body Down . Some drum parts were recorded by Bodo Schopf (ex- Michael Schenker Group ). In 1986 bassist Daniel De Niro and drummer Ralf Maurer alias "Ralph Mason" joined the band.
Shortly thereafter, Kymera went to the Katapult sound studio in Karlsruhe and recorded new songs: Hello USA , Hot Looking Romeo , Send Me a Letter and newly arranged versions of I Was Made to Be With You , Call Me Up and Woman . Kymera signed a contract with the publisher Francis, Day & Hunter in Hamburg and replaced Ralf Maurer with Kosta Zafiriou ( Pink Cream 69 ). Shadows Are Falling , Lonely Would Be Loving You and a new version of Ballad of Glory were recorded in a Mainz studio . After numerous concerts all over Germany, Andi Deris and Kosta Zafiriou left Kymera in early 1987 and founded Pink Cream 69.
The debut EP Animality was recorded in 1988 with the new singer Michael Moretto and drummer André Simon and released in 1989.
Shortly before the start of the “Animality Tour”, drummer André Simon died and was replaced by Dominik Hülshorst (ex- Bonfire ). In February 1990 Kymera played live for the last time in the music club "Garage" in Rastatt , together with Pink Cream 69.
Members
- Bruno Di Blasio - guitar (1986–1990)
- Oscar Di Blasio - guitar (1986–1990)
- Andi Deris - vocals (1986–1987)
- Daniel De Niro - bass (1986-1990)
- Ralf "Mason" Maurer - drums (1986)
- Kosta Zafiriou - drums (1986-1987)
- Michael Moretto - vocals (1987–1990)
- André Simon † - drums (1987-1989)
- Dominik Hülshorst - drums (1989–1990)
Discography
- 1986–1987: Kymera Tape (Francis, Day & Hunter)
- 1989: Animality (EP, Rockwerk Records LC 8248)
Reviews
Excerpts from some reviews:
- ".. Power melodic Metallers with a helium fired vocalist ...." (Derek Oliver, KERRANG)
- "... among insiders KYMERA is the secret No.1 of the German commercial rock scene ...." ( Götz Kühnemund , METAL HAMMER)
- "The guitar work of the DiBlasio brothers Oscar and Bruno is definitely one of the best that the German scene has to offer ..... (Thomas Kupfer, ROCK HARD)
- "..extremely melodic hard rock ...." (Alex Gernandt, BRAVO )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thomas Kupfer: Review. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 27, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
