Subsignal

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Subsignal
General information
origin Idstein - Wörsdorf , Germany
Genre (s) Progressive rock
founding 2007
Website http://www.subsignalband.com
Founding members
Markus Steffen
Arno Menses
Current occupation
guitar
 Markus Steffen
singing
 Arno Menses
Keyboards
 Markus Maichel
bass
 Ralf Schwager
Drums
 Dirk Brand
former members
Drums
 Roel van Helden
Drums
 Danilo Batdorf
Keyboards
 David Bertok

Subsignal is a progressive rock - band in 2007 by the (former) victory-even -members Markus Steffen and Arno Menses was founded.

Band history

Subsignal was founded in 2007 by Markus Steffen and Arno Menses, initially as a side project. After Sieges Even broke up, Subsignal became the main band and expanded to include Roel van Helden ( Sun Caged ) and Ralf Schwager and David Bertok (both Dreamscape ). The debut album Beautiful & Monstrous , released in September 2009 , was recorded and produced in the Kohlkeller studio with the help of Kristian Kohlmannslehner , who had already produced for Sieges Even. It was praised by the trade press. It was featured on the Night of the Prog before it was released, and after the release the band toured with Jane and Saga .

On September 30, 2011, the second album, entitled Touchstones , was released, which was again positively discussed by the trade press and entered the German album charts at number 53. The band did a European tour in the release week, which took them to the ProgPower Europe and Progressive Promotion festivals, among others . In the spring of 2012, Roel Van Helden was replaced by Dreamscape drummer Danilo Batdorf. The band completed a successful European tour, which culminated in a live recording of the concert in Mannheim. The live DVD Out There Must Be Something was released in December 2012 and contains over two and a half hours of live and bonus material.

On October 30, 2013, the third album entitled Paraiso was released , again praised by the trade press. It entered the German album charts at number 74. The band did another European tour after the release as well as an appearance in Gettysburg, USA (Rights of Spring Festival). After the Paraiso tour, Danilo Batdorf and David Bertok were replaced by Dirk Brand (drums) and Luca Di Gennaro ( Soul Secret , keyboards).

At the end of October 2015, the fourth studio album entitled The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime was released , which entered the German album charts at number 64. The release of the new CD was accompanied by a tour of Germany and festival appearances in Nuremberg (Generation Prog) and Essen (1st Space Prog Rock Night). In July 2016, the band could also be seen for the second time at the Night of The Prog Festival . In January 2017 a double headliner tour with the German band Blind Ego followed . Markus Maichel from the German progressive rock band Dante has been the keyboardist at Subsignal since 2015 .

In 2017 Subsignal signed a record deal with the German label Gentle Art of Music , which is operated by the two RPWL musicians Kalle Wallner and Yogi Lang. Subsignal's fifth studio album, La Muerta , was released on May 25, 2018 and entered the German charts at number 51 in the week of its release. The publication was followed by a European tour and appearances at the renowned festivals ProgPower Europe and ProgPower USA . According to a report by the German magazine Break Out , a live album by Subsignal with the title A Song for the Homeless - Live in Rüsselsheim 2019 will be released in spring 2020 .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Touchstones
  DE 53 10/14/2011 (1 week)
Paraíso
  DE 74 10/11/2013 (1 week)
The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime
  DE 64 11/06/2015 (1 week)
La muerta
  DE 51 06/01/2018 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2009: Beautiful & Monstrous (ZYX / Golden Core Records)
  • 2011: Touchstones (ZYX / Golden Core Records)
  • 2012: Out There Must Be Something - Live DVD (ZYX / Golden Core Records)
  • 2013: The Blueprint of a Winter (CD Single) (ZYX / Golden Core Records)
  • 2013: Paraíso (ZYX / Golden Core Records)
  • 2015: The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime (ZYX / Golden Core Records)
  • 2018: La Muerta (Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood)
  • 2018: A Canopy of Stars - The Best of Subsignal 2009-2015 (ZYX / Golden Core Records)
  • 2020: A Song for the Homeless - Live in Rüsselsheim 2019 (Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood)

Contributions to compilations

  • 2010: Progressive Rock Anthems (ZYX / Golden Core Records), a song by Subsignal (The Sea)
  • 2018: Symphonic & Opera Metal Vol. 4 (ZYX / Golden Core Records), a song by Subsignal (A Myth Written On Water)

Music videos

  • 2013: Paraíso (published on YouTube )
  • 2018: Even Though The Stars Don't Shine (single version, released on YouTube)
  • 2018: La Muerta (single version, release on YouTube)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 16, 2016
  2. ↑ http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/album_10167.html
  3. ↑ http://powermetal.de/review/review-Subsignal/Beautiful__Monstrous,14402.html
  4. ↑ SUBSIGNAL - The Official Website. Retrieved February 3, 2018 (American English).
  5. ↑ Chart sources: DE