Sanvoisen
| Sanvoisen | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Pforzheim , Baden-Württemberg , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Progressive metal , power metal |
| founding | 1990 |
| resolution | 2000 |
| Last occupation | |
| Angel Schönbrunn | |
| Carsten "Lizard" Schulz | |
| Danny Wetzel | |
| Achim Keller | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Ulf S. Gokeler |
Electric bass |
Horst-Christian "Gamo" Andree |
Electric guitar |
Hendrik Boettcher |
singing |
Vagelis Maranis |
Electric bass |
Danny Wetzel |
Drums |
Achim Keller |
Drums |
Marco Leva |
Electric guitar, vocals |
Joachim Gassmann |
singing |
Francis Paramore |
Drums, vocals |
Terry choice |
Keyboard, vocals |
Peter Hartung |
singing |
Francis Soto |
singing |
Reinhard Lehmann aka Jacky Lee Man |
Sanvoisen was a Pforzheim power and progressive metal band that was founded in 1990 and disbanded in 2000.
history
The band was formed in 1990. The band name goes back to the band's pub crawl through the Netherlands , where they named “Dr. Sanvoisen ”on a large gold sign that was attached to a house. A permanent line-up had formed by 1992, before the Exotic Ways demo appeared in 1993 . Thereupon the singer Francis Soto was replaced by the Greek Vagelis Maranis. Due to the positive response to the demo, the band decided to hold gigs in Germany. In the summer of the same year, the group recorded a four-song demo in Cologne's White House Studios with producer and Scorpions keyboarder Luke Herzog , which led to a contract with Noise Records . In the summer of 1994 work began on the debut album. In the same studio with the same producer, the group recorded the sound carrier before the resulting material was mixed by Tommy Newton in the Stairway to Heavy Studios in Hanover . The band had taken this step themselves, as they did not agree with the original keyboard-heavy and for the band too commercial mix Herzogs and they would have refused to release the album in this form. In addition, the band did not use any keyboards live. None of the founding members was now still active in the band. The album was released in 1994 under the name Exotic Ways . The release was followed by other appearances, with the group playing at various festivals together with bands such as Saxon , Uriah Heep and Deep Purple . At the end of 1995, Sanvoisen began work on the follow-up album, before it was recorded in the spring of 1996 with Tommy Newton at Stairway to Heaven Studios. The album with the name Soul Seasons was released in January 1997. The release took place first in Japan and only later the album was also released in Europe . The line-up on this album was unchanged compared to its predecessor and consisted of singer Vagelis Maranis, guitarists Angel Schönbrunn and Hendrik Böttcher, bassist Horst-Christian “Gamo” Andree and drummer Ulf S. Gokeler. However, after the release of the second album, the line-up of the band changed significantly. So Gokeler left the band in 1997 and was replaced by Marco Leva before Achim Keller replaced him. When recording another demo in 1999 and 2000, only Schönbrunn was the only member who had previously been heard on both albums. The demo was never released and the band broke up in 2000.
style
Aapatsos from progarchives.com found the band to represent the typical German power and progressive metal sound of the 1990s. The music shows influences from Queensrÿche and there are also similarities to Conception . In his review of the Exotic Ways demo, Stefan Glas from Metal Hammer especially praised the singing of the new member Vagelis Maranis, who is "[a] crobatic, filigree and yet full of emotions". The group play progressive and metallic rock . Tim Wölke found in his review of the debut album that the band was now, after groups like Letter X and Glenmore , the Teutonic counterpart to progressive metal bands like Queensrÿche and Dream Theater . He also described the band as a promising newcomer in the field of melodic power metal. Particularly important in the songs is the vocals of Maranis and the varied guitar riffs and the powerful power chords . Matthias Mineur from the same magazine described the band's music on Soul Seasons as “lightning-fast, progressive Power Metal” that “does not lack sharpness or depth”. The singing of Maranis prevents the songs from sliding into the pop music area. According to Mike Seifert from Rock Hard , the band initially played melodic poser - hard rock , before the music became more complex and progressive. In an interview with Seiter, bassist Andree stated that every member is involved in the writing of the songs.
Discography
- 1990: First Demo (demo, self-published)
- 1993: Exotic Ways (demo, self-published)
- 1993: Demo (demo, self-published)
- 1994: Exotic Ways (Album, Noise Records )
- 1997: Soul Seasons (Album, Noise Records)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Aapatsos: Sanvoisen biography. progarchives.com, accessed January 9, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c Mike Seifert: Sanvoisen . Kind of cool. In: Rock Hard . No. 95 , April 1995, pp. 72 f .
- ↑ a b c d Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on January 10, 2015 ; accessed on January 10, 2015 . 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.
- ↑ Sanvoisen - Exotic Ways. Discogs , accessed January 9, 2014 .
- ^ Garry Sharpe-Young , Horst Odermatt & Friends: The Ultimate Hard Rock Guide Vol I - Europe . Bang Your Head Enterprises Ltd, 1997, p. 481 .
- ↑ Stefan Glass: Sanvoisen . Exotic Ways. In: Metal Hammer . November 1993, p. 119 .
- ↑ Tim Wölke: Sanvoisen . Exotic Ways. In: Metal Hammer . February 1995, p. 56 .
- ↑ Matthias Mineur: Sanvoisen . Soul Seasons. In: Metal Hammer . February 1997, p. 53 .
