Simon Oberender Discography of CDs

Simon Oberender music CDs Dutch pomp-metal band Epica, fronted by classically trained mezzo-soprano Simone Simons, released their second album for Nuclear Blast only a year after their label debut, the more unique The Classical Conspiracy. That two-disc live set found them performing a mix of classical works and their own songs with backing by a full orchestra and choir. This album offers more of their bombastic goth metal songs, with Simons' vocals floating atop an ever flowing stream of complicated drumming, epic riffs, and shredtastic solos. The use of orchestral instruments to add John Williams-like climaxes is intermittently successful, but the music is just as frequently stripped down to an ...

Simon Oberender CD discography Lyricist: Amanda Somerville. Personnel: Laura Macrì, Floor Jansen, Simone Simons (soprano); Simon Oberender, Henning Basse (tenor, bass voice); Ariën Van Weesenbeek (spoken vocals, drums); Frank Schiphorst (guitar); Jack Driessen (piano, synthesizer); Jeroen Paul Thesseling (bass guitar). Audio Mixer: Sascha Paeth. Recording information: The Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany (10/18/2010-01/15/2011). Editor: Simon Oberender. Arrangers: Miro Rodenberg; Mark Jansen.

Simon Oberender albums On their ninth studio album, Kamelot once again bring their epic sound to bear on unsuspecting ears with Poetry for the Poisoned. Like their other albums, Poetry is a kind of sweeping prog metal symphony, taking heavy metal into the majestic and wide-open spaces of classical music. While Kamelot haven't done much to innovate on their sound, they certainly haven't lost a step, delivering track after ...

Simon Oberender discography On their ninth studio album, Kamelot once again bring their epic sound to bear on unsuspecting ears with Poetry for the Poisoned. Like their other albums, Poetry is a kind of sweeping prog metal symphony, taking heavy metal into the majestic and wide-open spaces of classical music. While Kamelot haven't done much to innovate on their sound, they certainly haven't lost a step, delivering track after ...

Simon Oberender songs After completing his side project Avantasia's ambitious Wicked Trilogy, Tobias Sammet returns to his main role as frontman of German power metal outfit Edguy for their ninth studio album, Age of the Joker. As its title and front cover (featuring a rather sinister court jester) suggest, his extracurricular rock opera activities haven't resulted in any delusions of grandeur, with the humorous theatrics of eight-minute Iron Maiden-esque ...

Simon Oberender CD discography Composers: Simon Oberender; Christopher Tarnow. Personnel: Herbie Langhans, Dilenya Mar (vocals); Janet Collins, Charles Groundwater (spoken vocals); Simon Oberender (guitar, keyboards); Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg (guitar); Christopher Tarnow (keyboards); Fabian Maier (drums). Audio Mixer: Simon Oberender. Recording information: Gatestudio, Wolfsburg, Germany. Photographer: Zoltán Nagy.