Forever Slave
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Forever Slave is a Spanish
symphonic
-gothic metal
band founded by Servalath (Sergio) and vocalist Lady Angellyca in 2000.
They recorded two demos, "Hate" and "Schwarzer Engel", in 2000 and 2001 respectively, returning with another demo in 2004, "Resurrection".
In September 2005 they released their first full length album, Alice's Inferno
, produced by Lars Ratz and released by Armageddon Music. The group released a second album, Tales for Bad Girls
, in April 2008.
Their upcoming album will be released on 2011.
This album became top 9 in metal French Underclass sales, top 27 in Tipo's Sales (Spain) and it was album of the Month in Metal Hammer (Spain).
Thanks to this release, Forever Slave could play in important festivals: Wacken Open Air Fest (Germany), Metal Female Voices Fest (Belgium), Rock Stars Festival (Spain) where they shared the stage with bands like Amon Amarth
, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
, Arch Enemy, Battlelore
, Carnivore
, Celtic Frost
, Children of Bodom
, The Dogma
, Ektomorf
, Emperor
, Fear Factory
, Finntroll
, Gamma Ray
, In Extremo
, Korpiklaani
, Michael Schenker Group
, Ministry
, Morbid Angel
, Motörhead, Mystic Circle
, Nevermore
, Opeth
, Primal Fear
, The Scorpions
, Six Feet Under
, Soilwork
, Soulfly
, Subway To Sally
, Victory
, Whitesnake
, Wintersun
, and gothic metal bands with female singers, for example, Tristania
, Xandria
, Midnattsol
, Visions of Atlantis
, Theatre of Vampires, and Naio Saion.
Forever Slave recorded their second album in May-August 2007. The title of this album is Tales of Bad Girls and it was released in April 2008 in Europe by Wacken Records/SPV and in October in the U.S. The promotion of this album was supported with an European tour with Kamelot
and Firewind
.
In October of 2009, Sergio and Lady Angellyca start composing new songs. And two new members enter in the band: Sento (drums) and Azrhael (bass). The band announce that Lady Darkness (ex-keyboard player and backing vocals of Forever Slave between 2001 and 2002) collaborates with some lyrics. At present, the band is working in their new album which is scheduled to be released at the end of 2011.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
symphonic
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
-gothic metal
Gothic metal
Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
band founded by Servalath (Sergio) and vocalist Lady Angellyca in 2000.
They recorded two demos, "Hate" and "Schwarzer Engel", in 2000 and 2001 respectively, returning with another demo in 2004, "Resurrection".
In September 2005 they released their first full length album, Alice's Inferno
Alice's Inferno
Alice's Inferno is the debut album by the Spanish band Forever Slave, released on September 26, 2005. It followed three demos; Hate , Schwarzer Engel and Resurrection . It is a concept album, dealing with the life of Alice, after the death of her parents...
, produced by Lars Ratz and released by Armageddon Music. The group released a second album, Tales for Bad Girls
Tales for Bad Girls
Tales for Bad Girls is the second album by the Spanish band Forever Slave, released on April 4, 2008. It followed three demos; Hate , Schwarzer Engel and Resurrection , and one studio album Alice's Inferno. The band returns with a "Gothic Soul" style. The lyrics include the following languages:...
, in April 2008.
Their upcoming album will be released on 2011.
Biography
The symphonic gothic metal band Forever Slave was founded in 2000 by Sergio and Lady Angellyca. After three demos, "Hate" (2000), "Schwarzer Engel" (2001) and "Resurrection" (2003), the band record their first album Alice's Inferno (2005) with Armageddon Music (Germany), which it was produced by Lars Ratz.This album became top 9 in metal French Underclass sales, top 27 in Tipo's Sales (Spain) and it was album of the Month in Metal Hammer (Spain).
Thanks to this release, Forever Slave could play in important festivals: Wacken Open Air Fest (Germany), Metal Female Voices Fest (Belgium), Rock Stars Festival (Spain) where they shared the stage with bands like Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth is a Swedish viking metal band from Tumba, Sweden founded in 1992, and takes its name from the Sindarin translation of Mount Doom, a location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. The band comprises vocalist Johan Hegg, guitarists Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Söderberg, bassist Ted Lundström...
, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter is a Weimar, Germany based heavy metal band signed to Nuclear Blast in Europe and The End Records in North America...
, Arch Enemy, Battlelore
Battlelore
Battlelore is a metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland. All of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.-Style:Battlelore mixes female vocals with harsh male growling in "beauty and the beast" duet, backed by heavy guitar riffing and occasional keyboard interludes. The band's...
, Carnivore
Carnivore
A carnivore meaning 'meat eater' is an organism that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging...
, Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost was a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal genres. The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again...
, Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho , Roope Latvala , Janne Wirman , Henkka Seppälä , and Jaska Raatikainen...
, The Dogma
The Dogma
The Dogma is a progressive metal/power metal band from Ancona, Italy.- Current members :* Daniele Santori - Vocals* Cosimo Binetti - Guitars* Stefano Smeriglio - Keyboards and piano* Marco Bianchella - Drums* Giacomo Astorri - Bass- Studio albums :...
, Ektomorf
Ektomorf
- Biography :Ektomorf was founded in 1993 in Mezőkovácsháza, Hungary, a small city near the Romanian border, by Zoltán "Zoli" Farkas. In the actual line-up Zoli - songwriter and mastermind of the band - is the only remaining founder member...
, Emperor
Emperor
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, Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American industrial metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal,...
, Finntroll
Finntroll
Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on Visor Om Slutet...
, Gamma Ray
Gamma ray
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, In Extremo
In Extremo
In Extremo is a German medieval metal band originating from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instruments with historical instruments...
, Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani is a folk metal band from Finland who were formerly known as Shaman.-Biography:While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani started with folk music before turning metal...
, Michael Schenker Group
Michael Schenker Group
The Michael Schenker Group is a guitar-oriented hard rock band formed in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist, Michael Schenker. In 1986, Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Schenker Group, which lasted until 1992. After that, the Michael Schenker Group was reformed.The...
, Ministry
Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
, Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
, Motörhead, Mystic Circle
Mystic Circle
- History:Mystic Circle was formed in 1992 in Ludwigshafen. They released several EPs before their debut LP was issued in 1997. Following their 1998 release they toured with Marduk and Old Man's Child and played several large rock festivals...
, Nevermore
Nevermore
Nevermore is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1991, they are known to incorporate elements from styles such as thrash, power, progressive, and neo-classical metal into their songs, and also makes use of acoustic guitars and a wide range of vocal styles.-Early years...
, Opeth
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
, Primal Fear
Primal Fear (band)
Primal Fear is a German power metal and speed metal band formed in 1997 by Ralf Scheepers and Mat Sinner . Sinner & Scheepers formed the band after Ralf was not hired as Rob Halford's replacement in Judas Priest...
, The Scorpions
Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...
, Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under (band)
Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary...
, Soilwork
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
, Soulfly
Soulfly
Soulfly is a heavy metal band formed in 1997 based in Phoenix, Arizona. The original lyrical content revolved around spirituality and religious themes, with later albums encompassing other themes including war, violence, aggression, hatred and anger. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max...
, Subway To Sally
Subway to Sally
Subway to Sally was founded in Potsdam, Germany, in the early 1990s. It is a rock band with clear folk and medieval influences, later also with gothic and metal elements added to the mix...
, Victory
Victory
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, Whitesnake
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...
, Wintersun
Wintersun
Wintersun is an extreme metal band from Helsinki, Finland.Wintersun was originally created by guitarist Jari Mäenpää as a side project to folk metal band Ensiferum, for whom he was lead singer and guitarist. In 2003, Mäenpää began culling together songs that he'd been working on since 1995. These...
, and gothic metal bands with female singers, for example, Tristania
Tristania (band)
Tristania is a band from Norway, formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson. Tristania's music is usually classified as symphonic gothic metal with doom/death metal influences , due to its strong ties with the goth metal's history...
, Xandria
Xandria
Xandria is a German symphonic metal band, founded by Marco Heubaum in 1997. The band's music combines elements of symphonic metal with light electronic elements and rock....
, Midnattsol
Midnattsol
Midnattsol is a Symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway, The band was formed in 2002 by singer Carmen Elise Espenæs and guitarist Christian Hector.- History :...
, Visions of Atlantis
Visions of Atlantis
Visions of Atlantis is a symphonic power metal band from Styria, Austria, founded in 2000. The original line-up consisted of Werner Fiedler , Mike Koren , Christian Stani , Chris Kamper , Nicole Bogner and Thomas Caser...
, Theatre of Vampires, and Naio Saion.
Forever Slave recorded their second album in May-August 2007. The title of this album is Tales of Bad Girls and it was released in April 2008 in Europe by Wacken Records/SPV and in October in the U.S. The promotion of this album was supported with an European tour with Kamelot
Kamelot
Kamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
and Firewind
Firewind
Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...
.
In October of 2009, Sergio and Lady Angellyca start composing new songs. And two new members enter in the band: Sento (drums) and Azrhael (bass). The band announce that Lady Darkness (ex-keyboard player and backing vocals of Forever Slave between 2001 and 2002) collaborates with some lyrics. At present, the band is working in their new album which is scheduled to be released at the end of 2011.
Discography
- Hate (demo, 2000)
- Schwarzer Engel (demo, 2001) ("Black Angel" in German)
- Resurrection (demo, 2004)
- Alice's InfernoAlice's InfernoAlice's Inferno is the debut album by the Spanish band Forever Slave, released on September 26, 2005. It followed three demos; Hate , Schwarzer Engel and Resurrection . It is a concept album, dealing with the life of Alice, after the death of her parents...
(2005) - Tales for Bad GirlsTales for Bad GirlsTales for Bad Girls is the second album by the Spanish band Forever Slave, released on April 4, 2008. It followed three demos; Hate , Schwarzer Engel and Resurrection , and one studio album Alice's Inferno. The band returns with a "Gothic Soul" style. The lyrics include the following languages:...
(2008)