Karelia first released a self-titled demo in 2000.
Their first full-length album Usual Tragedy was released in 2004 on the German label Drakkar Records. The orchestral arrangements give it its symphonic heavy metal (or simply symphonic metal) tag.[citation needed] Lyricwise, Usual Tragedy is a concept album about a man who crossed both World Wars, lost his father during the first one, lost his beloved one during the second one, witnessed the violence and the madness of men, eventually lost his own sanity and died alone and anonymous in an hospital.[citation needed]
Their second studio album, Raise, released in 2005 on Drakkar Records as well, is not as orchestral as Usual Tragedy but has dark, melancholic atmospheres that could already be heard on the first album as well and that seem to be the band's trademark; that's why Karelia's music is also sometimes called gothic metal.[citation needed] The lyrics deal with various themes such as blinding and misleading of people by a charismatic leader ("Raise"), religion wars ("Cross and Crescent"), childhood ("Child Has Gone", "Unbreakable Cordon"), depression ("Breakdown").[citation needed]
In January 2007 keyboardist Bertrand Maillot left the band, and Jack Ruesch joined the band as second guitarist.
In June 2007 the band finished the recording of its third album Restless. It was first expected to be released in September/October 2007 (as stated in January 2007 on their still-working then website), but Karelia later announced on its MySpace that it would be released through the French label Season Of Mist; the label's website displays 21 April 2008 as the release date. The cover artwork hasn't been revealed yet.[when?]Restless will show new musical orientations, featuring industrial elements.[citation needed]
In autumn November 2007 Karelia opened for the well-known German hard rock band Scorpions for three of their shows in France.
Finally, on 26 August 2011, the album Golden Decadence was released, with the guest Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions playing guitar on two songs and Keep Watching Me The Way Across The Hills and 3 bonus tracks, including the resumption of Queen The Show Must Go On.
On 2 June 2012 the group were back on the stage with Scorpions for their last day in France at the outdoor amphitheater at the Zenith of Nancy Nancy Festival On The Rocks. In this concert, Lex, singer and leader of Koritni came to sing with the band the title of Misfits Attitude.
In May 2013 the band finally decided to stop.
Influencesedit
According to Karelia's frontman Matthieu Kleiber, the band members have various influences, citing, among others, classical music as well as hard rock bands like Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith for himself and ex-keyboardist Bertrand Maillot, hard rock such as Whitesnake for bassist Gilles Thiebaut, symphonicheavy metal bands for guitarist Erwan Morice and drummer Loïc Jenn.[1]
karelia, band, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, karelia, band, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jsto. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Karelia band news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Karelia is a French heavy metal band created in 2000 by Lionel Vest and Matthieu Kleiber KareliaBackground informationOriginGuebwiller FranceGenresSymphonic power metalYears active2000 2013LabelsDrakkar Productions Season of MistMembersMatthieu KleiberErwan MoriceGilles ThiebautLoic JennJack RueschPast membersChris SavoureyClaude GaspariniLionel VestBertrand MaillotSebastien FellmannWebsitewww karelia fr Contents 1 Biography 2 Influences 3 Members 3 1 Current members 3 2 Former members 4 Discography 4 1 Studio albums 4 2 Demo albums 5 References 6 External linksBiography editKarelia first released a self titled demo in 2000 Their first full length album Usual Tragedy was released in 2004 on the German label Drakkar Records The orchestral arrangements give it its symphonic heavy metal or simply symphonic metal tag citation needed Lyricwise Usual Tragedy is a concept album about a man who crossed both World Wars lost his father during the first one lost his beloved one during the second one witnessed the violence and the madness of men eventually lost his own sanity and died alone and anonymous in an hospital citation needed Their second studio album Raise released in 2005 on Drakkar Records as well is not as orchestral as Usual Tragedy but has dark melancholic atmospheres that could already be heard on the first album as well and that seem to be the band s trademark that s why Karelia s music is also sometimes called gothic metal citation needed The lyrics deal with various themes such as blinding and misleading of people by a charismatic leader Raise religion wars Cross and Crescent childhood Child Has Gone Unbreakable Cordon depression Breakdown citation needed In January 2007 keyboardist Bertrand Maillot left the band and Jack Ruesch joined the band as second guitarist In June 2007 the band finished the recording of its third album Restless It was first expected to be released in September October 2007 as stated in January 2007 on their still working then website but Karelia later announced on its MySpace that it would be released through the French label Season Of Mist the label s website displays 21 April 2008 as the release date The cover artwork hasn t been revealed yet when Restless will show new musical orientations featuring industrial elements citation needed In autumn November 2007 Karelia opened for the well known German hard rock band Scorpions for three of their shows in France Finally on 26 August 2011 the album Golden Decadence was released with the guest Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions playing guitar on two songs and Keep Watching Me The Way Across The Hills and 3 bonus tracks including the resumption of Queen The Show Must Go On On 2 June 2012 the group were back on the stage with Scorpions for their last day in France at the outdoor amphitheater at the Zenith of Nancy Nancy Festival On The Rocks In this concert Lex singer and leader of Koritni came to sing with the band the title of Misfits Attitude In May 2013 the band finally decided to stop Influences editAccording to Karelia s frontman Matthieu Kleiber the band members have various influences citing among others classical music as well as hard rock bands like Guns N Roses and Aerosmith for himself and ex keyboardist Bertrand Maillot hard rock such as Whitesnake for bassist Gilles Thiebaut symphonic heavy metal bands for guitarist Erwan Morice and drummer Loic Jenn 1 Members editCurrent members edit Matthieu Kleiber backing vocals vocals Erwan Morice guitar Jack Ruesch guitar Gilles Thiebaut bass Loic Jenn drums Bobby Gu record producerFormer members edit Bertrand Maillot keyboard Chris Savourey guitar Claude Gasparini bass Lionel Vest guitar keyboard Sebastien Fellmann guitarDiscography editStudio albums edit Usual Tragedy 2004 Raise 2005 Restless 2008 Golden Decadence 2011 Demo albums edit Karelia 2000 References edit Interview Obskure com in French Archived 2008 11 16 at the Wayback MachineExternal links edit 1 http www karelia fr Official Site Karelia at MySpace Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karelia band amp oldid 1179570863, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
