The creation of the band is a doozy, two one of the founding members of this band were supposed to join SAHARA DUST, the band that would become EPICA. IMPERIA is a Symphonic Metal band from various parts of Europe including Germany, Finland, Norway and Belgium. The album is full of emotions and musical styles, a true musical adventure! Vocal-wise Helena goes beyond the usual and you can even hear heavy grunts on some songs. There are flutes and whistles, bagpipes, bozouki, acoustic guitars, violins and also a Russian choir on the album. You can also hear a lot of acoustic instruments next to traditional metal this time. The songs are straight epic metal songs combined with folk-elements, huge orchestrations and very varied. This time band went for a more straight forward approach with the song material. The title “Tears Of Silence” was chosen as a title for the new album. In April 2015 IMPERIA entered the Spacelab studio in Germany once more and recorded 13 tracks for the new album. The band played gigs in several countries and festivals like Metal Female Voices XI in Belgium and Magic Circle Festival in Helsinki.In 2014 preparations of the next album started to take place. “Secret Passion” was released in 2011 and it received excellent reviews in the metal press. The recordings took place in different studios and countries this time. Imperia was also featured on the MCM festival DVD with two live-tracks.In the autumn of 2010 IMPERIA started recording their third album titled as “Secret Passion”. The second IMPERIA album was titled as “Queen of Light” and it was released in the early 2007.To support the album IMPERIA toured European festivals like TUSKA in Finland, Battle Of Metal in Germany and Magic Circle Festival II in Germany. The band teamed up with the German Massacre Records. Though the style of the album was very varied and less metal the band succeeded to demonstrate their versatility and musicianship.Towards the end of 2005 IMPERIA had written enough new material for the second full length. The album “A Woman’s Diary – Chapter I” was released by Black Lotus Records in the spring of 2005. In the summer of 2004 IMPERIA played their first gigs and also recorded their debut album “The Ancient Dance of Qetesh”, which was released in autumn of 2004.In 2005 the band recorded another project of Helena called Angel. The band is a true cross-border unit of musicians originating from different countries: Norway, Finland, Germany and Belgium.The first release of IMPERIA was a cover-song “Lotus Eaters” for a Dead Can Dance tribute album which was released in the spring of 2004. IMPERIA is an atmospheric metal band who’s sound is especially evident by the distinguished voice of Helena Iren Michaelsen who sings in a variety of styles from deep emotional feelings to extreme operatic expressions and grunts.IMPERIA’s music is full of vivacity, it is heavy, bombastic and orchestral, but it also contains elements of pure metal. Style : Symphonic Metal, Gothic Metal, Female vocals
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