Concordea
Before the Sunrise
Rocío Echávarri (Deuzzy)
This time I have the pleasure of introducing you to this Russian band,
with a style that they define as Melodic Power Metal: Concordea.
This band was founded by the guitarists Daria Piankova and Alexey
Raskovalov in 2011, later the bassist Nikolay Konstantinov joined
them. By mid-2012 the lineup was completed with the incorporation of
Roman Doronin in the drums, Dimitri Ostapchenko in the voice and the
keyboardist Alexey Turestskov. During this year they recorded their first
demo and gave their first concert.
By the end of 2012 the vocalist abandons the band and that
represented a problem for Concordea given that the “soul” of their
music should be personified by a masculine voice with great capacity
to interpret the different moods and the feelings put in it. Such
characteristics were found in the voice of Andrea Bicego, leader and
vocalist of the Italian band 4th Dimension. The result succeeded the
expectative, the melodic heavy metal of Concordea and the expressive
and unusual voice of Andrea complemented each other, and in this way
they recorded their first EP entitled: Before The Sunrise.
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