As we all know, music is at its best when it addresses its listeners at a number of levels. And that’s precisely what Edenbridge do: the Austrian melodic metal act’s material always features – along with its symphonic qualities – an important emotional-spiritual side. This applies not only to the band’s thirteen recordings to date, but also to their latest album Dynamind, scheduled for release on Steamhammer/SPV on 25 October 2019. The atmospherically dense compositions, directed once again mainly by creative mastermind/multi-instrumentalist Lanvall and vocalist Sabine Edelsbacher, combine melodies and grooves, toughness and sensitivity, emotions and intellect, spirit and the subconscious mind. Which better way to document this talent than with a programmatic play on words such as Dynamind? “There’s an interesting quote which summarises the deeper meaning of the album title,” Sabine Edelsbacher explains. “It says: ‘The muscle of consciousness develops through the stress ratio of opposites.’” You should allow this thesis to work on you because it perfectly describes Edenbridge’s holistic approach on Dynamind.

There can be no doubt: Dynamind sees Lanvall succeed once again in lending a clear, comprehensible structure to his ten new compositions, despite their complexity. At the same time, Edenbridge have created a homogeneous, self-contained offering from the different temperaments on their toughest album to date (Lanvall: “Even the comparatively quiet number ‘Tauerngold’ has a doom-laden central part”), which seems destined for a dynamic live presentation.

Dynamind will be available on double CD, vinyl double album and for digital download. Like its predecessors The Grand Design (2006), Myearthdream (2008), Solitaire (2010) The Bonding (2013) and The Great Momentum (2017, the new album was mixed by Karl Groom (Threshold). “Karl and I complement each other perfectly,” comments Lanvall, who spent two weeks with Groom at the British Thin Ice Studios, applying the final touches to the album. “While I always have a very clear idea of the sound of a new Edenbridge album, he has the necessary expertise as a sound engineer.” Talking of expertise: Mika Jussila (Stratovarius, among others) mastered the recording at the renowned Finnvox Studios once again, and guest vocalist Thomas Strübler contributed the haunting choir parts and part singing. The latest addition to the Edenbridge fold is bassist Stefan Gimpl, who is also a member of Bavarian act Crystallion and completes, together with Dominik Sebastian (lead & rhythm guitars) and Johannes Jungreithmeier (drums), the current Edenbridge line-up. A very lively line-up, as it happens, perfectly described by the term “Dynamind”.


CD 1:

1. THE MEMORY HUNTER 5:02
2. LIVE AND LET GO 4:28
3. WHERE OCEANS COLLIDE 4:07
4. ON THE OTHER SIDE 4:48
5. ALL OUR YESTERDAYS 4:56
6. THE EDGE OF YOUR WORLD 5:50
7. TAUERNGOLD 5:34
8. WHAT DREAMS MAY COME 5:58
9. THE LAST OF HIS KIND 12:11
10. DYNAMIND 2:11

CD 2:

1. THE MEMORY HUNTER (Instrumental) 5:02
2. LIVE AND LET GO (Instrumental) 4:28
3. WHERE OCEANS COLLIDE (Instrumental) 4:07
4. ON THE OTHER SIDE (Instrumental) 4:48
5. ALL OUR YESTERDAYS (Instrumental) 4:56
6. THE EDGE OF YOUR WORLD (Instrumental) 5:50
7. TAUERNGOLD (Instrumental) 5:34
8. WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (Instrumental) 5:58
9. THE LAST OF HIS KIND (Instrumental) 12.11
10. DYNAMIND (Instrumental) 2:11


LINE-UP:

Sabine Edelsbacher: Lead vocals

Lanvall: Lead- & rhythm guitars, bass, 6 & 12 string acoustic guitars, piano, keyboards, orchestration, Hammered Dulcimer, Kacapi, Bouzouki, Mandolin

Dominik Sebastian: Lead- & Rhythm guitars

Johannes Jungreithmeier: drums

Stefan Gimpl: bass