Artist description The expression "Progressive Metal Orchestra" is a pretty good description for the style of Sunblaze. Throughout the 10-15 minutes of playing time the songs are complex and versatile. They reveal the power and heaviness of a metal band in combination with soothing piano and string sections. The use of classical instruments (e.g. violin, clarinet, flute) and polyphonic choirs is a typical element for the sound of Sunblaze. These will be involved even more in forthcoming studio and live productions.

Music Style Progressive Metal Orchestra

Musical Influences Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Rush, Iron Maiden

Similar Artists Shadow Gallery, Fates Warning

Artist History Sunblaze was founded in 1994 by Michèl Kalifa (bass), Martin Enke (guitar) and Jörg Enke (keyboards). Later Elisabeth Ramirez (violin), Matthias Pfaff (vocals) and Roland Weimer (drums) joined in to complete the line-up. The band was helped out during their first recordings by drummer Jochen Donauer. In autumn 1997 the band released the EP 'Illuminating Heights' with a playing time of 25 minutes to present an excerpt of their work so far. For this purpose the songs "Sunblaze" and "Distant Reaches" were recorded and mixed in the band's own studio. The CD is completely self-produced.

Group Members Jörg Enke, Martin Enke, Michèl Kalifa, Matthias Pfaff, Elisabeth Ramirez, Roland Weimer

Instruments Vocals, guitar, keyboard, drums, bass, violin, clarinet, flute and more...

Albums CD Illuminating Heights

Press Reviews "beautiful, majestic, what I like to refer to as "regal-like" prog metal" "this sound is so clean and crisp it is astounding.... every instrument, and there are tons of them, can be heard with crystal clarity...." "This is an outstanding piece of work, and I cannot wait to see what these guys will come up with in the future ..... with bands like this around, that future for prog metal looks awesome......""This is excellent stuff that left me begging for more." "I can't say that I have heard anything sound quite so orchestral in a long time." "I almost made one of the bigger prog mistakes of my life by not getting this…."

Location 67655 Kaiserslautern - Germany

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