Fantasmagoriᴧ

I had never paid attention for the previous Samuel Arkan projects, but this one, at the first listening I really love it. He managed to gather many great names of prog power metal scene: Tom Englund (Evergrey), Mike Lepond (Symphony X). Leo Margarit (Pain of Salvation), Simone Mularoni (DGM), Ida Haukland (Triosphere), Mathi Marinelli, Tezzi Persson, and They created an epic album, fucking great!


Epysod3 - Fantasmagoriᴧ



01. File - 4180-2 
02. The Arch 
03. Morning Rose 
04. Venom 
05. The Black Parade 
06. T.H.O.R.N.S. 
07. Garden Of Exile 
08. Raven’s Curse 
09. Living Fortress 
10. Fantasmagoria 
11. The Inheritance 
12. Now And Forever 
13. Forgotten Symphony 
14. Unreal 

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Samuel Arkan statement

The quite unusual thing is that all these guests came to the Noise Factory studio (Belgium) to track down their parts. Nobody recorded his/her parts at home, like with some many other projects.
“I wanted the whole thing to get a real “band” feeling”, Arkan says. “Therefore having all vocalists and musicians here was very important to me. We got to know each other better and better while spending time together. The new material sounds very fresh, dark, heavy, modern and "true" with "straight in the face" guitar riffs, intense voices and melodies, massive work on progressive atmospheres and orchestral parts. All the artists who participated in this album gave their soul to it, gave their best, they travelled deeper into sensitivity and sincerity. That's probably the best words which define this next album... sincerity & spontaneity! This album comes from the heart of each musician and vocalist who worked on it, and you can feel it when you listen to this new EPYSODE album.”