Seraphim (band)
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History
Formed in 2001 in the City of TaipeiTaipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan Province
Taiwan Province is one of the two administrative divisions referred to as provinces and is controlled by the Republic of China . The province covers approximately 73% of the territory controlled by the Republic of China...
, they recorded their first song "Love Hate" for a demo weeks later, gaining notice and eventually a contract from Magnum Music (Taiwan
Taiwan Province
Taiwan Province is one of the two administrative divisions referred to as provinces and is controlled by the Republic of China . The province covers approximately 73% of the territory controlled by the Republic of China...
) in April. Within a month they recorded their first album The Soul That Never Dies (不死魂), which was released in August.
Following the album's release they did a few shows to help promote it, and by November they started writing new material for a second album. In January 2002 they were invited to perform at the Kung-Ming music festival in China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. Soon afterwards they began recording their second album, The Equal Spirit (平等精靈). Their debut album also gained a European release through the independent label Arise.
The second album was released in Taiwan on the 10th of September 2002.
After doing one show to promote the album guitarist Dan Chang left the band, and was replaced by Lucas Huang in December. An English
English language
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version of The Equal Spirit was released on January 2003, and after a European release they participated in Taiwan's Midsummer Night Tour later that year. They released the Chinese Edition of Ai (愛), their third album, by February.
Quinn Weng
Quinn Weng
Quinn Weng is a Taiwanese mezzo-soprano singer and is the lead vocalist of the power metal band Seraphim. She joined the band replacing the singer Pay Lee in 2004.-External links:***...
replaced vocalist Pay Lee on March 14, 2004. By that time they were invited to several more festivals in the summer for their first world tour, including Savage Metal Fest in Russia
Russia
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, Dong open air in Germany
Germany
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, Metal Kingdom in Japan
Japan
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, Asian Rock Festival in Seoul
Seoul
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, South Korea
South Korea
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, and others around Taiwan and China. On July 2 they released Ai in Europe.
By June 2005 they had new drummer Van Shaw, and performed with a popular German Power metal band Edguy
Edguy
-Demos, AFM years :Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate epithet for Mr. Edgar Siedschlag, their math teacher at the time. In 1994, the band released two demos, Evil Minded and Children of...
in Taipei and Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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by March 2006. In the same year, Quinn Weng was featured as a guest on Beto Vázquez Infinity
Beto Vázquez Infinity
Beto Vázquez Infinity is an Argentine metal band from Buenos Aires, formed in 2001.-Biography:After the split-up of Nepal, the Argentinean bass player and songwriter Beto Vazquez continued enlarging his musical horizons, always accumulating new ideas, and with the hope of finally making a group of...
's Flying Towards the New Horizon
Flying Towards the New Horizon
Flying Towards the New Horizon is the second full-length album by Beto Vázquez Infinity, released the 24 of October 2006.-Track listing:# "Cardassia and Bajor" - 1:30# "After the Tempest" - 6:37...
album. By August 2007, Seraphim spread their second world tour in Europe.
Seraphim released their fourth album, Rising (日出東方) in June 2007. An English version of the album was released in 2008. Rising is the first album to feature vocalist Quinn Weng.
Current members
- Quinn WengQuinn WengQuinn Weng is a Taiwanese mezzo-soprano singer and is the lead vocalist of the power metal band Seraphim. She joined the band replacing the singer Pay Lee in 2004.-External links:***...
- Vocals - Kessier Hsu - Guitar, Vocals
- Van Shaw - Drums
- Mars Liu - Bass
- Thiago Trinsi - Guitar
Former members
- Pay Lee (1977-2011) - Vocals
- Jax Yeh - Bass/Vocals
- Lucas Huang - Guitar
- Simon Lin - Drums
Discography
- The Soul That Never Dies (不死魂)The Soul That Never DiesThe Soul That Never Dies is the debut album by Taiwanese metal band Seraphim. It was released in Taiwan in 2001 and an English Version in 2002.-Track listing :# "Prelude" - 0:59# "Love Hate" - 5:25# "Emptiness" - 5:45...
(2001) - The Equal Spirit (平等精靈)The Equal SpiritThe Equal Spirit is the second album by Taiwanese power metal band Seraphim. Released in Taiwan 2002 and 2003. This album is available in both Chinese and English.-Track listing :# "Deep" - 6:00# "Think This World" - 5:55...
(2003) - Ai (愛) (2004)
- Rising (日出東方)Rising (Seraphim album)Rising is the fourth album by Taiwanese power metal band Seraphim. Released in Taiwan on June, 2007. This album is available in both Chinese & English.-Track listing :# "Betray" - 6:43# "Hope" - 6:00# "Permanence" - 5:27...
(2007)