Angeldark

Santi Fano: Vocals & guitars
Marcos Cuadrado: Guitars
Anita Jones: Keyboards
José Ornia: Drums
ANGELDARK was born in 2007, when members of The Stormrider decide to start a new dark/melodic metal oriented project, based on full creative independence. Their first full-length, Angélique (Montsacrum Media, 2008), is an ambitious conceptual album which builds bridges between modern avant-garde metal and the musical romanticism of the 18th-19th centuries. Produced by Santi Fano, the album features the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and Choir and was mastered by George Marino (‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’, ‘Master of Puppets’, ‘X&Y’, ‘Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory’, …) y UE Nastasi (‘In Requiem’, ‘Once Was Not’, ‘One Nation Underground’ …) at Sterling Sound, New York.

Coherently with their philosophy of total independence and free artistic development, ANGELDARK decide to release their album online for free since the first day the CD is launched.

It’s hard to describe the music of Angélique in a few words, you just must listen to it. Gothic, symphonic, power, death, electronica… A multi-layered soundscape made of apparent opposites. And the plot of this elaborate concept album is just as complex: Angélique is a 21th century Metal Opera about the arcane writing process of a homonym and fictitious 19th century classical opera. Thus, ANGELDARK build bridges between the European musical romanticism and the avant-garde of melodic metal, featuring soprano Berenice Musa and the whole Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and Choir.