Biography 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 April 21, 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 fall November 2007, Karelia opened for the well-known German hard rock band Scorpions for three of their shows in France. Influences 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, symphonic heavy metal bands for guitarist Erwan Morice and drummer Loïc Jenn.[1] Members Current members Matthieu Kleiber – backing vocals, vocals Erwan Morice – guitar Jack Ruesch – guitar Gilles Thiebaut – bass Loïc Jenn – drums Bobby Gu - record producer Former members Bertrand Maillot – keyboard Chris Savourey – guitar Claude Gasparini – bass Lionel Vest – guitar, keyboard Sébastien Fellmann – guitar Discography Studio albums Usual Tragedy (2004) Raise (2005) Restless (2008) Golden Decadence (2011) Demo albums Karelia (2000) |
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