Liquid Sky (band)
Encyclopedia
Liquid Sky are an English
progressive metal
band from Manchester
, UK. Their music combines progressive and symphonic elements, drawing influences from a wide variety of bands like Lacuna Coil
, Paradise Lost
, Dream Theater
and Soilwork
.
Festival. Following this performance, the band parted company with vocalist Fiona Creaby, to be replaced by Hecate Taglietti.
The band toured extensively for several years while honing their material and commenced work on their next album in 2006. In December 2007, Liquid Sky recruited guitarist Andy Midgley as a permanent member of the band. The album - entitled "Identity" - was finally released in February 2008 on new label Insomnia Media, having taken over 2 years to complete (due to technical issues and line-up changes). "Identity" received rave reviews, due to the strong song-writing and the stand-out vocal performance of Hecate. The band completed their first UK headlining tour to promote the album early in 2008.
Soon after the tour, Hecate Taglietti and Anthony Marginson (drums) left the band to focus on their musical careers outside of the metal scene. Liquid Sky replaced them with Tiffeny Joyce (vocals) and Stuart Wright (drums) and began to write and record new material immediately. Following a storming set headlining the Lava Stage at Bloodstock Open Air 2008, the band completed several headline UK tours in late-2008, as well as appearances at the Rock Of Ages Festival in Birmingham and the Metieval Festival in Hull. The band parted company with Stuart Wright in December 2008, replacing him in January 2009 with Alex Goodwin of Into The Woods. In September 2009 it was announced that the band had also parted company with vocalist Tiffeny Joyce and were seeking a replacement.
Liquid Sky issued a statement on 12 December 2009 via a Myspace blog stating they have found a new vocalist, more details shall be revealed early in 2010. The band is also in pre-production stages for the forthcoming, as-yet-untitled studio album - the follow-up to "Identity" - due for release in late 2010.
On 13 March 2010, it was announced that guitarist Andy Midgley had departed from the band to focus on his tenure with Power Quest. At the same time, Leann Baines was announced as the new lead vocalist of LIQUID SKY.
The band intends to play selected gigs during spring and summer 2010 previewing material from the forthcoming album.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band from Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, UK. Their music combines progressive and symphonic elements, drawing influences from a wide variety of bands like Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Formed in 1994, the group has had two name changes since being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal and was inspired by the combination of gothic imagery and music...
, Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost (band)
Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
, Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
and 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...
.
History
In early 2000 Emily Garrard brought together musicians Jonathan Craven, Audie Lewis, James Ward and Den Constable, to form the band Liquid Sky. Their first release was the EP "Adrenochrome" in 2001. In 2002, Emily was replaced by Fiona Creaby and the band subsequently released another EP, entitled “Nightfall” (2003). The record "Bloodline” was released in 2004, which combined these two EPs along with some previously unreleased tracks. In 2004, the band performed at BloodstockBloodstock
Bloodstock was an annual metal music festival held from 2001 to 2006 over two days in The Assembly Rooms, Derby, England. The event featured big-name mainstream, underground and new bands split between two stages, as well as a 'Metal Market' offering general genre merchandise and CDs...
Festival. Following this performance, the band parted company with vocalist Fiona Creaby, to be replaced by Hecate Taglietti.
The band toured extensively for several years while honing their material and commenced work on their next album in 2006. In December 2007, Liquid Sky recruited guitarist Andy Midgley as a permanent member of the band. The album - entitled "Identity" - was finally released in February 2008 on new label Insomnia Media, having taken over 2 years to complete (due to technical issues and line-up changes). "Identity" received rave reviews, due to the strong song-writing and the stand-out vocal performance of Hecate. The band completed their first UK headlining tour to promote the album early in 2008.
Soon after the tour, Hecate Taglietti and Anthony Marginson (drums) left the band to focus on their musical careers outside of the metal scene. Liquid Sky replaced them with Tiffeny Joyce (vocals) and Stuart Wright (drums) and began to write and record new material immediately. Following a storming set headlining the Lava Stage at Bloodstock Open Air 2008, the band completed several headline UK tours in late-2008, as well as appearances at the Rock Of Ages Festival in Birmingham and the Metieval Festival in Hull. The band parted company with Stuart Wright in December 2008, replacing him in January 2009 with Alex Goodwin of Into The Woods. In September 2009 it was announced that the band had also parted company with vocalist Tiffeny Joyce and were seeking a replacement.
Liquid Sky issued a statement on 12 December 2009 via a Myspace blog stating they have found a new vocalist, more details shall be revealed early in 2010. The band is also in pre-production stages for the forthcoming, as-yet-untitled studio album - the follow-up to "Identity" - due for release in late 2010.
On 13 March 2010, it was announced that guitarist Andy Midgley had departed from the band to focus on his tenure with Power Quest. At the same time, Leann Baines was announced as the new lead vocalist of LIQUID SKY.
The band intends to play selected gigs during spring and summer 2010 previewing material from the forthcoming album.
Albums
- Identity (2008) (Hecate Taglietti - Vocals)
- Bloodline (2004) (Emily Garrard/Fiona Creaby - Vocals)
EPs
- Nightfall (2003) (Fiona Creaby - Vocals)
- Adrenochrome (2001) (Emily Garrard - Vocals)