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Loucifer
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Edguy are a fantastic Power Metal band... they're also awesome live! (I was lucky enough to catch them headlining the Friday at Bloodstock Open Air this year). Well worth checking out if you like metal and you're capable of having a bit of a laugh!
Biography
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Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dirk Sauer, and Dominik Storch. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate epithet for Mr. Edgar, their math teacher at the time [1]. Until 1998, when Tobias Exxel joined the band, they had no bassist; Sammet having played the bass tunes on a keyboard.
After two demos they got a contract with AFM Records in 1995. Their first two albums were not very successful, but with Vain Glory Opera in 1998 they achieved a breakthrough. After another two albums they received a contract with the German label Nuclear Blast, in 2004.
In 2001/2002 Tobias Sammet's released the first album of his side project Avantasia, a wide-scope metal opera including the participation of many famous musicians and achieving a fair amount of success.
Style
With their uncomplicated easygoing melodies and Sammet's high voice, Edguy is representative of typical European power metal. Their lyrics are often metaphorical, alluding to metaphysical or social themes: conformity (The Headless Game, Mysteria, King of Fools), dictation by the church (The Kingdom, Theater of Salvation), and dangers of modern civilization (Navigator, The Devil and the Savant). To express such themes, Edguy sometimes use esoteric and hermetic expressions. Yet some of their songs are light-hearted or comedic (Das Reh, Save Us Now, Lavatory Love Machine). Edguy does not claim to represent any ideology; Tobias Sammet claimed "We are not political and we are not religious; at least there is no key message in our songs telling you what to think in terms of anything". Edguy also employs lengthy and epic sections in almost every album.
Hellfire Club revealed Edguy's interest in experimenting within music by integrating an orchestra into the production. Their latest album, Rocket Ride, features less symphonic and speed metal elements, and is arguably more orientated towards hard rock.
Edguy played a surpise set with metal legends Metallica in 2004 at JB's, Dudley and toured with the well known power metal band Dragonforce in early 2006 after the release of the Inhuman Rampage album.
In July 2006, Edguy played at the Metalcamp festival in Slovenia, where they played a joke on fellow Germans Kreator, who played next. Tobias asked the audience to do him a favour: Once Kreator came on stage and played one song, the crowd was to start singing "Oh lay, oh lay". Not only did the crowd do this, but they continued to sing this following almost every song played by Kreator, prompting the singer of Kreator to stop and ask, "Is this STILL about the Edguy thing?"
Discography
Demos
Evil Minded (1994)
Children of Steel (1994)
Studio albums
Savage Poetry (1995)
Kingdom of Madness (1997)
Vain Glory Opera (1998)
Theater of Salvation (1999)
The Savage Poetry (2000) (re-recorded Savage Poetry album)
Mandrake (2001)
Painting on the Wall (EP, 2001)
Hellfire Club (2004)
King of Fools (EP, 2004)
Lavatory Love Machine (EP, 2004)
Rocket Ride (2006)
Superheroes (EP, 2005)
Live albums
Burning Down the Opera (2003)
Members
Felix Bohnke
Tobias Exxel
Jens Ludwig
Tobias Sammet
Dirk Sauer
Any fans here?
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El Soddo
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| Even if they only did crap and came out with the song Land of a Miracle Id love em - but they are a consitantly great band! I love em! |
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Loucifer
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| El Soddo wrote: | | Even if they only did crap and came out with the song Land of a Miracle Id love em - but they are a consitantly great band! I love em! |
Agreed! ...and incredibly entertaining live!
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El Soddo
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Its refreshing to see a band who are taking the piss out of themselves without turning into jokes... genuinly funny guys!!
'You all ssay we are nancy boy swedes eh?? well we are german so there!' classic |
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Loucifer
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| El Soddo wrote: | Its refreshing to see a band who are taking the piss out of themselves without turning into jokes... genuinly funny guys!!
'You all ssay we are nancy boy swedes eh?? well we are german so there!' classic |
Do you ever read "Metal Maniacs"? There was a really interview with them in there recently...
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Yup - funny bastards the lot of them... really I find it great that there are bands who are funny - now cos they are all moody and think being twats somehow makes them cool
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