Artist: GALLOGLASS
Album: HEAVENSEEKER (CD+DVD DIGI)

Release date: 2005
Media type: CD

"Heavenseeker" shows the band even more mature, tougher, more direct and with even more intuition for hymn-like catchy tunes. While Metal violinist Hartmut Richter and a female choir provide the additional melodic spots in some songs, even Curran Murphy (ex-Nevermore, Annihilator) and Jeff Waters (Annihilator), being enthusiastic about the song material, were keen to appear on "Heavenseeker" with one guest solo respectively. The sheer bright talent of the GALLOGLASS-musicians and their extremeley fresh song ideas additionally cater to the fact that "Heavenseeker", in spite of its unmistakeable traditional direction, works like an infusion of fresh blood into the fossilized veins of the German Power Metal scene.

20 years after the first big successes of bands like Scorpions, MSG or Victory GALLOGLASS (consisting partially of remainders of the local heroes Serpent Moves) pop out of their rehearsal room and into daylight to put the focus of the international Metal scene once again on Hanover. With their demo CD which had been recorded in just two weeks, Carsten Frank (vocals), Dirk Zelmer (bass), Arnd Lorenz (drums), Kai Muhlenbruch (guitar, ex-Desolation) and Norbert Geiseler (guitar, ex-Progeria) managed a bull?s eye shot directly into the hearts of both fans and press in 1999. No wonder, because GALLOGLASS?s fast, melodic Power Metal with a leaning to the epic is a perfect symbiosis of the early works of German Speed Metal a la Blind Guardian or Kai Hansen and the effortless elegance of old Helstar- or Fates Warning-releases.
Among serveral good offers made by the record industry (which had become attentive in the meantime), the band decided in favor of a cooperation with Limb Music Products - the debut ?Legends From Now And Nevermore was finally released by that company in 2003. The album was recorded under the skilful direction of Olaf Reitmeier (Luca Turilli, Gun Barrel, Kamelot) - and met all high expectations, being showered with praise of fans and press in Germany and abroad alike. Above all, the fantastic guitar playing of the 6-string duo Muhlenbruch/Geiseler and the outstanding voice of frontman Carsten Frank made ?Legends From Now And Nevermore one of the Power Metal-highlights of that year and catapulted the young band to the helm of German Metal-hopefuls. No reason for them to rest on their laurels. After some memorable gigs with -among others- Wizard, Goddess Of Desire, Mob Rules, Domain, Eternal Reign, etc., the band started immediately with the songwriting for the current album "Heavenseeker".
The Limited Edition also includes a 100 minutes-long DVD (contents among others: a "Making of"-video clip, live footage etc.) - due to this, "Heavenseeker" will certainly be on top of the shopping list of the Metal fans very soon.

Tracklisting:

01. Burden Of Grief 4:12
02. After Forever 5:39
03. Perished In Flames 4:34
04. Dawn Of A New Age 4:14
05. Banished From Eternity 4:45
06. At The Shadowcross 4:42
07. To Kneel Is To Suffer 4:52
08. Heavenseeker 4:44
09. Signs 3:51
10. Beyond The Mirror 5:07
11. Kings Who Die 5:14

Total playing time: 51:54

Ltd. Edition Bonus Tracks:
12. Golden Years 3:49
13. Fragments 3:47

Total audio playing time: 59:30

Ltd. Edition DVD:
Live 2004 / The Making Of "Heavenseeker"

Live at Pumpwerk, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 2 004
01. Intro 1:16
02. Legends From Now And Nevermore 4:58
03. Eye To Eye 4:20
04. Burden Of Grief 4:28
05. A Wintertale 5:47
06. Dawn Of A New Age 4:33
07. Dragons Revenge 5:36
08. Ancient Times 4:57
09. To Kneel is To Suffer 4:58
10. Remember The Fire 6:34
11. The Last Stand 5:36
12. Outro 1:57

Studio Report:
The Making Of "Heavenseeker" 33:20
Photoshooting:
Impressions Of "Heavenseeker" 10:45
Slideshow:
Images Of "Heavenseeker" 4:13

Line-Up:

Carsten Frank - vocals
Nobby Geiseler - guitar
Kai Muhlenbruch - guitar
Dirk Zelmer - bass
Arnie Lorenz - drums