Vote (band)

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Vote in 2008
Vote in 2008
General information
origin Warsaw , Poland
Genre (s) Heavy metal (initially), progressive rock , progressive metal
founding 2002
Website www.votumband.pl
Current occupation
Bartek Turkowski
Adam Łukaszek
Zbigniew Szatkowski
Adam Kaczmarek
Electric guitar
 Piotr Lniany
Bartosz Sobieraj
former members
Drums
 Piotr Umiński
Electric guitar
 Aleksander Salamonik
singing
 Maciej Kosiński

Votum is a Polish progressive rock and progressive metal band from Warsaw that was founded in 2002.

history

The band was formed in 2002. The demo Bow to the Sound was released that same year . In 2006 the single Jestern was released , which was included in Heavy Metal Pages magazine . Later that year the line-up of the band changed. In 2008 the debut album Time Must Have a Stop was released . The publication took place via ProgRock Records . The albums Metafiction (2009) and Harvest (2013) were released via Mystic Production . In 2014 Votum replaced the band Headspace at ProgPower Europe .

Current album is : Ktonik: which was released in February 2016 on Inner Wound Recordings (Alive).

style

According to progarchives.com, you can still hear classic heavy metal on Bow to the Sound . The group is heavily influenced by bands like Riverside , Porcupine Tree , Pink Floyd and Opeth . In an interview with Detlef Dengler from Metal Hammer , singer Maciej Kosiński stated that the group did not focus on the technical playing skills of the band members, but rather wanted to emphasize the music itself. According to Dengler, the focus was initially on bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden and later on Porcupine Tree and Anathema . Kosiński justified this change of style with the fact that the band wanted to process their individual influences, which would not have worked in heavy metal. Kosiński was influenced by soundtracks from films such as Mr. Brooks - The Murderer in You , The Fountain , Sling Blade - On a Knife's Edge , Gran Torino , Stay or The Libertine . Dengler wrote in his review of Metafiction in the same issue that the band plays progressive and modern music and is in the slipstream of Riverside. The songs are complex and reserved, arranged carefully, atmospherically and without unnecessary ballast. The music is comparable to that of groups like Anathema, Porcupine Tree and Riverside.

Discography

  • 2002: Bow to the Sound (demo, self-release)
  • 2006: Jestem (single, self-published)
  • 2008: Time Must Have a Stop (Album, ProgRock Records )
  • 2009: Metafiction (Album, Mystic Production )
  • 2013: Harvest Moon (Album, Mystic Production)
  • 2016 :: Ktonik: (Album, Inner Wound Recordings (Alive))

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Votum biography. progarchives.com, accessed November 15, 2014 .
  2. ^ Vote. Discogs , accessed November 15, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Susanne: ProgPower Europe 2014 replaces Headspace by VOTUM. dprp.net, accessed November 15, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Inner Wound Recordings: Votum -: KTONIK :. In: Inner Wound Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Detlef Dengler: Vote . Modest. In: Metal Hammer . May 2010, p. 57 .
  6. ↑ Detlef Dengler: Vote . Metafiction. In: Metal Hammer . May 2010, p. 103 .