Benighted Soul started its french tour (Paris, Tours, Nancy, Metz…) to promote Kenotic, ending in Thionville where they had the opportunity to open for Evergrey (June 21st). Each chapter of this great story has been set to music to create Kenotic.Įarly 2015, the band produced a two-parts music video: Halcyon Days and Martingale. This concept album, released on 2014, October 27th ( Savage Prod/Season of Mist), deals with the writings from modern religions and ancient myths, that all attempt to answer the universal questionings, and invariably lay out the same story in different ways. Guillaume Bergiron joined Benighted Soul just before the recording of its second album, Kenotic.
Kenotic: 2014-2020Įarly 2013, while working on its new album, the band decided to end its collaboration with Nicolas Adam, drummer since 2007. Īt the end of the year, Benighted Soul played at the famous Metal Female Voices Fest 2012 in Belgium, alongside Lacuna Coil, Arch Enemy and Delain. This new tour took them to Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and ended in France, at the legendary venue "le Bataclan" for a memorable and sold out show which has been fully shot on cameras ( watch the video on Youtube). But above all, in February, the band has been invited by Tarja to be her main support in Europe for 10 shows. In 2012, Benighted Soul won 4 categories out of 7 at the Metal Sympho Awards 2012 hosted by (best album, best music video, best french band.). The band also produced and released its first music video " Edge of Insanity" which has already been seen more than 98,000 times on YouTube. Building on this success, Benighted Soul kicked off their french "Start From Scratch Tour 2011" as headliner to meet a growing number of fans everywhere they played (Lyon, Brest, Nantes, Montpellier, Marseille, Nancy, Paris, Lille.). This debut album was hailed by the music press and directly reached 1st rank in the FNAC music store Hard/Metal charts, and the 54th position all genres combined.
#Benighted soul anesidora full#
In February 2011, the band released their first full length album " Start From Scratch" on SAVAGE PROD / SEASON OF MIST, an ambitious project including philharmonic orchestrations and a 20 people choir. Finally, after 2 years of concerts in France, Benighted Soul took over the European roads supporting Tarja (ex-Nightwish) during the What Lies Beneath Tour 2010 (Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Italy). The band's furious energy allowed them to achieve 2nd position at the 2008 Wacken Metal Battle. The band also proved their talent live, opening for such acts as Delain, Vader, Belphegor, Ayin Aleph, MyPollux, Elis, Fairyland or Kells, everywhere throughout France. webzine readers elected Anesidora " best EP of the year" and at the time, many reviewers agreed to say Benighted Soul is one of the most promising bands belonging to the french Metal Scene. The progressive elements could already be heard in the Symphonic Metal, triggering very enthusiastic reactions among the press. The new line-up decided to record an EP called "Anesidora" (2008).
Anesidora: 2008-2011Īlthough created in 2003, Benighted Soul took a brand new start in 2007 when a few members changed.
With two albums and two European tours supporting Tarja Turunen, Benighted Soul is definitely one of the rising forces of the symphonic metal scene. At the crossroads of rock, progressive metal and symphonic metal, its music creates the perfect alchemy between effectiveness of melodies, complexity of compositions and power of riffs.
#Benighted soul anesidora series#
Soul of Anesidora is the second book in the series The Sorcerer’s Guide.ġ.) Paperback Copy of Soul of Anesidora – LinkĢ.Benighted Soul is a metal band from France. The reality of his breakthroughs will be life-shattering, and the battles ahead require that he be unbroken. To make matters worse, Chadwicks Boarding School is under attack, and Jet doesn’t know if he is strong enough to survive. Plagued with roadblocks, dissension, and something far more sinister, he must achieve the impossible.Īcquiring the second tablet piece is vital for their success but can Jet and his friends beat Shane Fallon to the location? The journey will be as unexpected as it will be dangerous. War is on the horizon, but his promising development is about to come to a screeching halt. Jet has only scratched the surface of the new magical world around him. Since Jet Black discovered The Sorcerer’s Guide, a book with a mind of its own, he has uncovered Elemental magic, clashed with mythological creatures, and obtained the first tablet piece of the Phoenix. A Mysterious Predator Hunts for Those with Magic.
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