ALMANAC – Tsar 2016
After 15 years and 10 CDs as guitarist, producer and composer for the German heavy metal institution RAGE, and with hits penned by him like “Down”, “Soundchaser”, “War Of Worlds”, “Straight To Hell” (well known from the German blockbuster movie “Manitou’s Shoe”), “Carved In Stone”, “Forever Dead”, “Empty Hollow” and “Cleansed By Fire”, Victor Smolski now continues his musical career with his new group ALMANAC.
The guitar virtuoso’s composition “Suite Lingua Mortis” was first released on the successful 2006 RAGE record “Speak Of The Dead”, and it helped build the classical foundation for the new, more versatile yet even playful LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA sound. Their “LMO” release in 2013 scored them a big success by outselling RAGE’s most releases and charted in Germany at #24 on the official album charts. In comparison to RAGE, “LMO” offered fresh song material entirely composed by Smolski, a new musical concept combining heavy metal with classical music, songs written especially for a band and orchestra plus several male and female singers sharing the lead vocal job.
01. Tsar
02. Self Blinded Eyes
03. Darkness
04. Hands Are Tied
05. Children Of The Future
06. No More Shadows
07. Nevermore
08. Reign Of Madness
09. Flames Of Fate
Andy B. Franck – vocals
David Readman – vocals
Jeannette Marchewka – vocals
Victor Smolski – guitars
Armin Alić – bass, fretless bass
Michael Kolar – drums
Enric Garcia – keyboards, piano
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ALMANAC – Tsar 2016