Kaledon (ITALY)

Power Metal , Symphonic Metal , Opera Metal
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Kaledon (ITALY)

Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 09 Feb 2014, 19:00

Kaledon - Mightiest Hits (2CD) (2012)

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Year : 2012
Style : Power Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 292 mb


Bio:

Kaledon was born in the second part of 1998 after the split between the lead guitarist Alex Mele and his band "River of change". After the spilt Alex Mele called immediately the bass player Paolo Lezziroli and the rhythm guitarist Tommaso Nemesio. After many line-up problems, the band started to play live in the big Roman theatres. Kaledon replace the original drummer "Daniele Staccini" for technical problems with Dario Sacco" Kaledon's first release was in autumn of 1999. The band produced their first demo cd, "Spirit of the dragon" without keyboard. With this cd started the collaboration with "Metal Massacre on stagte production". Fabio Bernardi also in "River of change" join the band like a guest for six months. Kaledon played like opening act in Ronnie James Dio Show, in june 16 2000. Kaledon open on the web their page. Kaledon replaced the drummer (Dario Sacco) for personal problems with "David Folchitto", and the singer (Anthony Drago) with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon recorded one other promo cd with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon found in Daniele Fuligni their new keyboardist ex keyboard player of "Ghost Rider". In october 2001 kaledon heve signed a record deal with the Italian SteelBorn Rec. (division of Northwind Records). Between November 2001 and March 2002 kaledon was in studio for the recording session of their debut album. "legend of the forgotten reign". During the recording sessions of the debut album Alex Mele started to write the songs for the second album with the singer Claudio Conti. In April 07 2003 Kaledon started the recording session of their second album called Chapter 2: The king’s rescue. At the end of the recording sessions Kaledon have recorded their “FATHER TIME” version for one Stratovarius tribute album named Within Infinity. The band find in Dario Annibali their new manager. During the 2004 the band worked on the third chapter of the legend of the forgotten reign saga, but unfortunately, during this period the drummer David Folchitto decided to leave Kaledon for personal problems! He wants to dedicate much time to his other projects, but he'll work with the band untill kaledon find a new drummer. In the third Kaledon’s album the drum parts were played by Jorg Michael (Stratovarius). Kaledon started the recording sessions of the drums in july 7th 2004 in Como. The recording studio was in Inverigo near Como, and the rest of the album was recorded in Rome between October and december in The Outer Sound Studios. The recording sessions of chapter 3 was very long and hard... Giuseppe Orlando was a very good and impressive teacher for the band.... and chapter 3 was a very masterpice. During the chapter 3 recording sessions Kaledon have been rejoined by drummer David Folchitto. The third Chapter’s name is : THE WAY OF THE LIGHT. After Chapter 3 release date, the band made a lot of promotion with live dates, with gadgets, and many other ways, The band with Kick Promotion Agency of Rome made tons of interviews and received tons of reviews from all the world! Kaledon began one big reality in the heavy metal world and without vacation started to work on the next album... Chapter 4... At the beginning of the recording sessions of Chapter 4 the band broken up the recording deal with their record company SteelBorn records because they was absolutely not able to follow the band in their way... The closure of the contract foresees the transfer of the whole contract to another famous, important Italian label. With the new label we had lots of e-mail and phone calls to discuss the fact that never on earth they would have worked in a negligent way as the last label did. Their behaviour was worse than the previous one and they told us to find a new label... they never sent us a new contract, and when we had to pay the studios they disappeared. Obviously we found another company... Universal Metal Production... This new company gave to the band a support and of course the great possibility to share Kaledon's music in the United States of America! After that, Kaledon has signed also for a great european record company! Hellion Records from Germany! They will work for kaledon in all europe Chapter 4 name is : TWILIGHT OF THE GODS and it was released on December 2006 in USA, on December 8 in Europe and april 2007 in Japan for Hot-Rockin/DiskHeaven!After this release Kaledon played live in many situation and during these days, something has begun to happend between the band and singer Claudio Conti! There was a lot of fights for personal reasons... and all these problems are finished with the split between Claudio and the band!After a little time Kaledon found a new singer in Marco Palazzi, a young singer and immediately they started to work on the new Chapter of the saga... Chapter 5... Chapter 5 was released via hellion records in Europe, in Asia via hot-rockin and was distributed in usa and canada via nightmare records in july 2008 With the new singer the band started a new period of their musical life, Palazzi gave to the band new power and new strenght. The X Anniversary Concert was a great opportunity to re-join for a day the former singer Anthony Drago and to gave to the fans a very great show. Immediately after the show, Kaledon started to work to the DVD Roaming in The Land... Their first live album! The DVD release was temporary stopped because the band started to work on the new album Chapter 6. The last Chapter of the Alex Mele's saga.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.In December 2010 Kaledon went in European Tour with LORDI and THE DOGMA.In May 2011 Kaledon entered the studio for their first best of album, named MIGHTIEST HITS. In this album Kaledon have recorded new version of their most important songs. The result was tunning.Unfortunately after the recording sessions of this album, David Folchitto left the band for personal reasons. After some months and many auditions, Kaledon have confirmed Luca Marini as new drummer on January 1st 2012. With him Kaledon made an european tour with Rhapsody of fire and several show during the year. Luca Marini drummed also the album "Altor: The King's Blacksmith" but immediately after the recording sessions he left the band for personal reasons. The band found in Massimiliano Santori the new drummer. In 2013 also Daniele Fuligni left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Paolo Campitelli.

Album:

The Italian Power Metal band KALEDON needs no introduction anymore. But I’ll go through it all again, though. I got to know about them about 8 years ago or so, at which time I purchased their first two albums, “Chapter 1: The Destruction” (2002) and “Chapter 2: The King’s Rescue” (2003). These were part of a 6-chapters long story, sort of like, for example, RHAPSODY has done (only longer) and ANCIENT BARDS is doing (not yet completed). Of course the production on those first two albums was poor compared to how the guys worked on “Chapter 3: The Way Of The Light” (2005), for which they hired Jörg Michael (STRATOVARIUS) to do the drums, since long-time drummer David Folchitto had left the band, but not without first playing the parts that Jörg needed to record. Everything improved with that third album: the music, the production, the musicianship, and yes, Claudio Conti’s vocals.Then came “Chapter 4: Twilight Of The Gods” (2006), probably KALEDON’s fastest album and somehow their strongest at that time. Fans of fast Power Metal had a real treat here. But this also meant the last stop for vocalist Claudio Conti, due to various differences, of which the musical ones probably also played a role. In any case, I don’t know what happened and that’s not important in the story. Only in the band’s biography, if their ever wish to, say, publish a book about it. In came Marco Palazzi. He has a lower voice with a rough edge. Perfect for Hard Rock and (depending on the music) Heavy/Power Metal too. This in contrast to Claudio’s high-pitched singing, which was a sort of black spot. “Chapter 5: A New Era Begins” (2008) was the perfect title for this new start. The style also changed a bit, more Hard Rock oriented, though the band didn’t forget to add the obligatory Power Metal tracks here and there.“Chapter 6: The Last Night On The Battlefield” was released in 2010 and concluded the story. This is perhaps (yes, perhaps, as it is also subject to taste) the best KALEDON album to date, on all levels. Plus, it brought back the Power Metal that made KALEDON a band to check out. Prior to this release however, there was the live release “Roaming The Land” (2009), which hasn’t seen the light yet (certainly not on DVD – still in the fridge), save as mp3 on iTunes, if I recall correctly.So far I’ve had the pleasure and honour to review each KALEDON album over the years and this also had an influence on my writings, of course. The band grew and so did the length of the reviews. See here (“Chapter 1”), here (“Chapter 2”), here (“Chapter 3”), here (“Chapter 4”), here (“Chapter 5”), here (“Roaming The Land”) and here (“Chapter 6”).Before offering new on a new album, the guys wanted to provide old and new fans with a summary of the past six albums. “Mightiest Hits” is the title of the double CD that was released in January 2012. The first disc features one previously unreleased track (track 1), re-recordings (entirely or just the vocals) of songs off the first 4 albums (two per album, tracks 2 till 9) and two songs off “Chapter 5” (tracks 10 and 11) and “Chapter 6” (tracks 12 and 13) respectively. The second disc is filled with the demos that preceded the studio albums.The first of the hits is the unreleased “Steel Maker”. A left-over from the “Chapter 6” sessions? It begins with melodic building and you can sense that a speedier part is to follow. So it happens. Catchy melodies, fast double-bass Power Metal, … typical KALEDON. Instant effect! The verses are firm and this goes well with the low, dark voice of Marco. Full melodicness, with a hymnic feel, can be heard in the chorus. The solos come from the guitar and keyboards, taking turns. Why wasn’t this song on the band’s last album? This is very good. And so the journey to the past begins. “In Search Of Kaledon”. It’s a fast track, obviously, and everything was re-recorded, music and vocals. This gives the song a more mature sound, feel and character. The arrangements are also better worked out and this has mainly an effect on the keyboards.“Desert Land Of Warrios” is also a high tempo song. It’s a dark one and with the re-recording the keyboards come out more, are more prominent. To the point they can be annoying after a while, because they linger between the riffs and vocals. The chorus is fast, with David’s typical drumming. But somehow this re-recording sounds forced, or like the band is playing on automatic pilot. Maybe because the guys have played so many times. Still, the production helps make it all sound better and (especially, in my humble opinion) David’s drumming stands out, not in the least the kickdrums.Several years ago, KALEDON shot a video for “The New Kingdom”, a fast and catchy song. But since it was a low budget video, and due to the nature of the video itself, it did get the name KALEDON out, no matter how much growth there still was in the band’s music. This re-recorded version with Marco’s vocals sounds better, more mature. The redone keyboards also are an improvement over the original. Another job well done, if you ask me. “The Frozen Dawn” is a ballad and better than the original, it’s sounds smoother. “Mighty Son Of The Great Lord” was not re-recorded, if my ears didn’t fool me. Except perhaps the drums, for they sound different than Jörg’s recordings. So either David re-recorded those parts, or his original parts were used, the ones he recorded before he left the band a first time. About the song: it’s one of the best songs the band has written and hearing with Marco’s voice… it fits. It’s not that Marco’s singing contrasts with the music, which was the case with Claudio’s high-pitched voice, which also was quite good on the original.Since “Great Night In The Land” also comes off “Chapter 3”, the same drum remarks apply here. The song is built first, then the uptempo stuff kicks in. Marco does a good job here and fit very well because of the rough edge, something Claudio didn’t have. But to each his style, of course. “Clash Of The Titans”, one of the fast tracks on “Chapter 4”, was not re-recorded. Only Marco’s input was recorded. The result is good, no real complaints from my part. The same for “New King Of Kaledon”. The last four tracks come directly off “Chapter 5” and “Chapter 6”. See the reviews for more info.Since “Chapter 1: The Destruction” the curve in terms of quality has only gone up for KALEDON. Or was it a straight line going upwards? Over the years I’ve heard the band improve on all levels, getting stronger with each release and it made me happy, as cheesy as it may sound. For fans of the band, “Mightiest Hits” is, all in all, a very nice overview of the past six albums. For people new to KALEDON, this is actually an interesting release to start with. You can complain about the chosen tracks, but it’s not a coincidence the band titled this release with the word hits, also to attract possible new fans. With the story finished and a new drummer in the line-up, Luca Marini, KALEDON is ready for new adventures, but first they have to play several more gigs before planning those adventures.

Line Up:

Marco Palazzi - Vocals
Paolo Lezziroli - Bass, Vocals (1998-present)
Alex Mele - Guitars (lead) (1998-present) - See also: ex-Prayers, ex-River of Change
Tommaso Nemesio - Guitars (rhythm) (1998-present)
Daniel Fuligni - Keyboards (2001-present)
Luca Marini - Drums (2012-present) - See also: Mysterhydden, ex-Aurion, ex-Enemynside, ex-Chthonian Nemeton

Tracklist:

CD1:

01. Steel Maker (Previously Unreleased) 04:28
02. In Search of Kaledon 03:38
03. Desert Land of Warriors 05:34
04. The New Kingdom 04:30
05. A Frozen Dawn 04:54
06. Mighty Son of the Great Lord 05:41
07. Great Night in the Land 04:00
08. Clash of the Titans 04:34
09. New King of Kaledon 03:31
10. The End of the Green Power 04:19
11. The God Beyond the Man 04:54
12. Surprise Impact 04:20
13. Demons Away 05:42

CD2:

01. In Search of Kaledon (Demo) (04:29)
02. Spirit of the Dragon (Demo) (04:07)
03. Thunder in the Sky (Demo) (04:15)
04. God Says Yes (Demo) (04:35)
05. Army of the Undead King (Demo) (04:17)
06. Desert Land of Warriors (Demo) (05:31)
07. God Says Yes (Demo) (04:34)
08. Thunder in the Sky (Demo) (04:04)
09. Desert Land of Warriors (Demo) (05:31)
10. Home (Demo) (06:21)
11. New Soldiers for a New Army (Demo) (04:39)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 11 Feb 2023, 07:35

Kaledon - Antillius The King Of The Light (Digipak Edition) (2014)

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Year : 2014
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 135 mb


Info:

Kaledon was born in the second part of 1998 after the split between the lead guitarist Alex Mele and his band "River of change". After the spilt Alex Mele called immediately the bass player Paolo Lezziroli and the rhythm guitarist Tommaso Nemesio. After many line-up problems, the band started to play live in the big Roman theatres. Kaledon replace the original drummer "Daniele Staccini" for technical problems with Dario Sacco" Kaledon's first release was in autumn of 1999. The band produced their first demo cd, "Spirit of the dragon" without keyboard. With this cd started the collaboration with "Metal Massacre on stagte production". Fabio Bernardi also in "River of change" join the band like a guest for six months. Kaledon played like opening act in Ronnie James Dio Show, in june 16 2000. Kaledon open on the web their page. Kaledon replaced the drummer (Dario Sacco) for personal problems with "David Folchitto", and the singer (Anthony Drago) with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon recorded one other promo cd with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon found in Daniele Fuligni their new keyboardist ex keyboard player of "Ghost Rider". In october 2001 kaledon heve signed a record deal with the Italian SteelBorn Rec. (division of Northwind Records). Between November 2001 and March 2002 kaledon was in studio for the recording session of their debut album. "legend of the forgotten reign". During the recording sessions of the debut album Alex Mele started to write the songs for the second album with the singer Claudio Conti. In April 07 2003 Kaledon started the recording session of their second album called Chapter 2: The king’s rescue. At the end of the recording sessions Kaledon have recorded their “FATHER TIME” version for one Stratovarius tribute album named Within Infinity. The band find in Dario Annibali their new manager. During the 2004 the band worked on the third chapter of the legend of the forgotten reign saga, but unfortunately, during this period the drummer David Folchitto decided to leave Kaledon for personal problems! He wants to dedicate much time to his other projects, but he'll work with the band untill kaledon find a new drummer. In the third Kaledon’s album the drum parts were played by Jorg Michael (Stratovarius). Kaledon started the recording sessions of the drums in july 7th 2004 in Como. The recording studio was in Inverigo near Como, and the rest of the album was recorded in Rome between October and december in The Outer Sound Studios. The recording sessions of chapter 3 was very long and hard... Giuseppe Orlando was a very good and impressive teacher for the band.... and chapter 3 was a very masterpice. During the chapter 3 recording sessions Kaledon have been rejoined by drummer David Folchitto. The third Chapter’s name is : THE WAY OF THE LIGHT. After Chapter 3 release date, the band made a lot of promotion with live dates, with gadgets, and many other ways, The band with Kick Promotion Agency of Rome made tons of interviews and received tons of reviews from all the world! Kaledon began one big reality in the heavy metal world and without vacation started to work on the next album... Chapter 4... At the beginning of the recording sessions of Chapter 4 the band broken up the recording deal with their record company SteelBorn records because they was absolutely not able to follow the band in their way... The closure of the contract foresees the transfer of the whole contract to another famous, important Italian label. With the new label we had lots of e-mail and phone calls to discuss the fact that never on earth they would have worked in a negligent way as the last label did. Their behaviour was worse than the previous one and they told us to find a new label... they never sent us a new contract, and when we had to pay the studios they disappeared. Obviously we found another company... Universal Metal Production... This new company gave to the band a support and of course the great possibility to share Kaledon's music in the United States of America! After that, Kaledon has signed also for a great european record company! Hellion Records from Germany! They will work for kaledon in all europe Chapter 4 name is : TWILIGHT OF THE GODS and it was released on December 2006 in USA, on December 8 in Europe and april 2007 in Japan for Hot-Rockin/DiskHeaven!After this release Kaledon played live in many situation and during these days, something has begun to happend between the band and singer Claudio Conti! There was a lot of fights for personal reasons... and all these problems are finished with the split between Claudio and the band!After a little time Kaledon found a new singer in Marco Palazzi, a young singer and immediately they started to work on the new Chapter of the saga... Chapter 5... Chapter 5 was released via hellion records in Europe, in Asia via hot-rockin and was distributed in usa and canada via nightmare records in july 2008 With the new singer the band started a new period of their musical life, Palazzi gave to the band new power and new strenght. The X Anniversary Concert was a great opportunity to re-join for a day the former singer Anthony Drago and to gave to the fans a very great show. Immediately after the show, Kaledon started to work to the DVD Roaming in The Land... Their first live album! The DVD release was temporary stopped because the band started to work on the new album Chapter 6. The last Chapter of the Alex Mele's saga.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.In December 2010 Kaledon went in European Tour with LORDI and THE DOGMA.In May 2011 Kaledon entered the studio for their first best of album, named MIGHTIEST HITS. In this album Kaledon have recorded new version of their most important songs. The result was stunning.Unfortunately after the recording sessions of this album, David Folchitto left the band for personal reasons. After some months and many auditions, Kaledon have confirmed Luca Marini as new drummer on January 1st 2012. With him Kaledon made an european tour with Rhapsody of fire and several show during the year. Luca Marini drummed also the album "Altor: The King's Blacksmith" but immediately after the recording sessions he left the band for personal reasons. The band found in Massimiliano Santori the new drummer. In 2013 also Daniele Fuligni left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Paolo Campitelli.

Album:

“Antillius: The King of the Light” is a slab of pure Melodic Power Metal with Operatic/Epic/Tragic flavored accent and a strong propensity to be at the edge of the style, between ultra flamboyant and cheesy jubilation (of Steel), with an ambitious arsenal of elements set in the pure Germanic & Scandinavian Method and its spaghetti replica: KALEDON holds a special rank in the Italian underground scene and in this specific hierarchic Metallic aristocracy, they are respected as true pioneers or even survivors but mostly as guardians of the tradition, their admirable dedication is unquestionable.After many average releases, the successful album “Altor: The King's Blacksmith” (2013) was the long awaited revelation for the more mainstream Metal world, today with the conceptual album “Antillius: The King of the Light” following the long saga of “Legend of the Forgotten Reign”, this is an even stronger confirmation of this fact: KALEDON are at their absolute best, clearly reaching the top of this highly tagged genre!After the mandatory ambient introduction, “The Calm Before the Storm” reveal a new tendency based on a syncopated warrior pace, a virginal mystical mode in the glorious heroic fantasy theme, with a new found mode of twilight harmonization. The most impressive moment is “The Angry Vengeance” in this particular cut Mr Marco Palazzi seconded by a powerful choir, sounds like an incredible valid Timo Kotipelto clone with maybe a better mastery of his tone and a damn great range.“The Fallen King” is also adventurous and particularly interesting, thanks to a structure in the shape of a labyrinth and many unexpected twist, very progressive in the shape, enhanced with many subtle polyphonic arrangments. Obviously in numbers like “Elisabeth” -with Angela Di Vincenzo as guest vocalist- or “The Glorious Blessing” it brings to mind some well known compatriot comparisons in a burning rhapsody of sound with fighting Anthems, Symphonic overtones, Neo Classical ecstasy and bombastic arrangments (of fire). Not easy to catch in its plenitude at first but definitely a grower…The battle against Evil has begun…The crusader ships are awaiting for you (in the night)!

Line-Up:

Marco Palazzi - Vocals (2007-present)
Paolo Lezziroli - Bass, Vocals (1998-present)
Alex Mele - Guitars (lead) (1998-present) - See also: ex-Prayers, ex-River of Change
Tommaso Nemesio - Guitars (rhythm) (1998-present)
Paolo Campitelli - Keyboards (2013-present)
Massimiliano Santori - Drums (2013-present) - See also: Il Grande Scisma d'Oriente, ex-Dragonhammer

Tracklist:

01. In Aeternum
02. The Calm Before the Storm
03. Friends Will Be Enemies
04. Elisabeth
05. New Glory for the Kingdom
06. The Party
07. The Evil Conquest
08. Light After Darkness
09. The Angry Vengeance
10. My Will
11. The Glorious Blessing
12. The Fallen King (Bonus Track)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 11 Feb 2023, 07:36

Kaledon - Chapter IV - Twilight Of The Gods (2006) (Scarlet Records Reissue 2015)

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Year : 2006 (Reissue 2015)
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 165 mb


Bio:

Kaledon was born in the second part of 1998 after the split between the lead guitarist Alex Mele and his band "River of change". After the spilt Alex Mele called immediately the bass player Paolo Lezziroli and the rhythm guitarist Tommaso Nemesio. After many line-up problems, the band started to play live in the big Roman theatres. Kaledon replace the original drummer "Daniele Staccini" for technical problems with Dario Sacco" Kaledon's first release was in autumn of 1999. The band produced their first demo cd, "Spirit of the dragon" without keyboard. With this cd started the collaboration with "Metal Massacre on stagte production". Fabio Bernardi also in "River of change" join the band like a guest for six months. Kaledon played like opening act in Ronnie James Dio Show, in june 16 2000. Kaledon open on the web their page. Kaledon replaced the drummer (Dario Sacco) for personal problems with "David Folchitto", and the singer (Anthony Drago) with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon recorded one other promo cd with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon found in Daniele Fuligni their new keyboardist ex keyboard player of "Ghost Rider". In october 2001 kaledon heve signed a record deal with the Italian SteelBorn Rec. (division of Northwind Records). Between November 2001 and March 2002 kaledon was in studio for the recording session of their debut album. "legend of the forgotten reign". During the recording sessions of the debut album Alex Mele started to write the songs for the second album with the singer Claudio Conti. In April 07 2003 Kaledon started the recording session of their second album called Chapter 2: The king’s rescue. At the end of the recording sessions Kaledon have recorded their “FATHER TIME” version for one Stratovarius tribute album named Within Infinity. The band find in Dario Annibali their new manager. During the 2004 the band worked on the third chapter of the legend of the forgotten reign saga, but unfortunately, during this period the drummer David Folchitto decided to leave Kaledon for personal problems! He wants to dedicate much time to his other projects, but he'll work with the band untill kaledon find a new drummer. In the third Kaledon’s album the drum parts were played by Jorg Michael (Stratovarius). Kaledon started the recording sessions of the drums in july 7th 2004 in Como. The recording studio was in Inverigo near Como, and the rest of the album was recorded in Rome between October and december in The Outer Sound Studios. The recording sessions of chapter 3 was very long and hard... Giuseppe Orlando was a very good and impressive teacher for the band.... and chapter 3 was a very masterpice. During the chapter 3 recording sessions Kaledon have been rejoined by drummer David Folchitto. The third Chapter’s name is : THE WAY OF THE LIGHT. After Chapter 3 release date, the band made a lot of promotion with live dates, with gadgets, and many other ways, The band with Kick Promotion Agency of Rome made tons of interviews and received tons of reviews from all the world! Kaledon began one big reality in the heavy metal world and without vacation started to work on the next album... Chapter 4... At the beginning of the recording sessions of Chapter 4 the band broken up the recording deal with their record company SteelBorn records because they was absolutely not able to follow the band in their way... The closure of the contract foresees the transfer of the whole contract to another famous, important Italian label. With the new label we had lots of e-mail and phone calls to discuss the fact that never on earth they would have worked in a negligent way as the last label did. Their behaviour was worse than the previous one and they told us to find a new label... they never sent us a new contract, and when we had to pay the studios they disappeared. Obviously we found another company... Universal Metal Production... This new company gave to the band a support and of course the great possibility to share Kaledon's music in the United States of America! After that, Kaledon has signed also for a great european record company! Hellion Records from Germany! They will work for kaledon in all europe Chapter 4 name is : TWILIGHT OF THE GODS and it was released on December 2006 in USA, on December 8 in Europe and april 2007 in Japan for Hot-Rockin/DiskHeaven!After this release Kaledon played live in many situation and during these days, something has begun to happend between the band and singer Claudio Conti! There was a lot of fights for personal reasons... and all these problems are finished with the split between Claudio and the band!After a little time Kaledon found a new singer in Marco Palazzi, a young singer and immediately they started to work on the new Chapter of the saga... Chapter 5... Chapter 5 was released via hellion records in Europe, in Asia via hot-rockin and was distributed in usa and canada via nightmare records in july 2008 With the new singer the band started a new period of their musical life, Palazzi gave to the band new power and new strenght. The X Anniversary Concert was a great opportunity to re-join for a day the former singer Anthony Drago and to gave to the fans a very great show. Immediately after the show, Kaledon started to work to the DVD Roaming in The Land... Their first live album! The DVD release was temporary stopped because the band started to work on the new album Chapter 6. The last Chapter of the Alex Mele's saga.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.In December 2010 Kaledon went in European Tour with LORDI and THE DOGMA.In May 2011 Kaledon entered the studio for their first best of album, named MIGHTIEST HITS. In this album Kaledon have recorded new version of their most important songs. The result was stunning.Unfortunately after the recording sessions of this album, David Folchitto left the band for personal reasons. After some months and many auditions, Kaledon have confirmed Luca Marini as new drummer on January 1st 2012. With him Kaledon made an european tour with Rhapsody of fire and several show during the year. Luca Marini drummed also the album "Altor: The King's Blacksmith" but immediately after the recording sessions he left the band for personal reasons. The band found in Massimiliano Santori the new drummer. In 2013 also Daniele Fuligni left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Paolo Campitelli.

Album:

Okay here's the skinny on this album, Kaledon's Twilight Of The Gods. First, it's proper title is Legend Of The Forgotten Reign - Chapter 4: Twilight Of The Gods. Yeah. It's that long, and I bet you couldn't guess this is a power metal band. Second, the album was originally released in 2006, so this makes the 2015 addition a mere reissue. Or not.Label promotion calls Twilight Of The Gods Kaledon's "best known" album. With a title that long, it's a wonder if anybody would remember it. Nevertheless, this is the album in the Legend Of The Forgotten Reign mythology that gets to be remastered by Giuseppe Orlando, who did the original recording. Now this poses a problem. If you have the original album, do want to drop the coin to discover whether the new version is different or better. A diehard fan might. In my case I would have to buy the original. Not happening. Suffice to say, whether you have the first or not or you're merely a epic power metal, this remastered version sound pretty darn, well, epic. Epic and bombastic. Like power metal outrageous as only the Italian bands seem to do. Best cuts: Goodbye My Friend, The Holy Water, The Fury, and The Prophecy.Additionally, the current Kaledon, with new singer Michele Guaitoli, re-recorded two songs from the album, The Holy Water and Into The Fog. Is there any difference? Not really. New singer, of course. He sounds fine, a good fit for the band. They also dropped the slight spoken narration from both, but what does that matter if you're only hand-picking two songs to record.I think the best thing for the band would have been to package all six discs of the Legend Of The Forgotten Reign chronicles, remastered if they wished, into one gigantic specially priced box set with all the trimmings, like a special booklet and such. That would have been impressive.The bottom line is a question, especially for the Kaledon fan: Is this album significant enough to require a remaster and the re-recording of two songs, and therefore your purchase? I'll leave you to your thoughts. But my score is for the content of the power metal, not so much the reissue.

Line-Up:

Claudio Conti Vocals
Paolo Lezziroli - Bass, Vocals (1998-present)
Alex Mele - Guitars (lead) (1998-present) - See also: ex-Prayers, ex-River of Change
Tommaso Nemesio - Guitars (rhythm) (1998-present)
David Folchitto - Drums
Daniel Fuligni - Keyboards, Harpsichord

Tracklist:

01. The Holy Water 05:33
02. Hell on Earth 04:01
03. War Plans 03:37
04. Goodbye My Friend 04:57
05. Clash of the Titans 04:31
06. Into the Fog 06:13
07. Eyes of Fire 04:39
08. The Fury 06:42
09. New King of Kaledon 03:36
10. The Prophecy 03:15
11. Out of the Ground 04:36
12. The Holy Water (2015 Version) (Bonus Track) 05:13
13. Into the Fog (2015 Version) (Bonus Track) 06:25


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 11 Feb 2023, 07:36

Kaledon - Carnagus: Emperor Of The Darkness (2017)

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Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 165 mb


Bio:

Kaledon was born in the second part of 1998 after the split between the lead guitarist Alex Mele and his band "River of change". After the spilt Alex Mele called immediately the bass player Paolo Lezziroli and the rhythm guitarist Tommaso Nemesio. After many line-up problems, the band started to play live in the big Roman theatres. Kaledon replace the original drummer "Daniele Staccini" for technical problems with Dario Sacco" Kaledon's first release was in autumn of 1999. The band produced their first demo cd, "Spirit of the dragon" without keyboard. With this cd started the collaboration with "Metal Massacre on stagte production". Fabio Bernardi also in "River of change" join the band like a guest for six months. Kaledon played like opening act in Ronnie James Dio Show, in june 16 2000. Kaledon open on the web their page. Kaledon replaced the drummer (Dario Sacco) for personal problems with "David Folchitto", and the singer (Anthony Drago) with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon recorded one other promo cd with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon found in Daniele Fuligni their new keyboardist ex keyboard player of "Ghost Rider". In october 2001 kaledon heve signed a record deal with the Italian SteelBorn Rec. (division of Northwind Records). Between November 2001 and March 2002 kaledon was in studio for the recording session of their debut album. "legend of the forgotten reign". During the recording sessions of the debut album Alex Mele started to write the songs for the second album with the singer Claudio Conti. In April 07 2003 Kaledon started the recording session of their second album called Chapter 2: The king’s rescue. At the end of the recording sessions Kaledon have recorded their “FATHER TIME” version for one Stratovarius tribute album named Within Infinity. The band find in Dario Annibali their new manager. During the 2004 the band worked on the third chapter of the legend of the forgotten reign saga, but unfortunately, during this period the drummer David Folchitto decided to leave Kaledon for personal problems! He wants to dedicate much time to his other projects, but he'll work with the band untill kaledon find a new drummer. In the third Kaledon’s album the drum parts were played by Jorg Michael (Stratovarius). Kaledon started the recording sessions of the drums in july 7th 2004 in Como. The recording studio was in Inverigo near Como, and the rest of the album was recorded in Rome between October and december in The Outer Sound Studios. The recording sessions of chapter 3 was very long and hard... Giuseppe Orlando was a very good and impressive teacher for the band.... and chapter 3 was a very masterpice. During the chapter 3 recording sessions Kaledon have been rejoined by drummer David Folchitto. The third Chapter’s name is : THE WAY OF THE LIGHT. After Chapter 3 release date, the band made a lot of promotion with live dates, with gadgets, and many other ways, The band with Kick Promotion Agency of Rome made tons of interviews and received tons of reviews from all the world! Kaledon began one big reality in the heavy metal world and without vacation started to work on the next album... Chapter 4... At the beginning of the recording sessions of Chapter 4 the band broken up the recording deal with their record company SteelBorn records because they was absolutely not able to follow the band in their way... The closure of the contract foresees the transfer of the whole contract to another famous, important Italian label. With the new label we had lots of e-mail and phone calls to discuss the fact that never on earth they would have worked in a negligent way as the last label did. Their behaviour was worse than the previous one and they told us to find a new label... they never sent us a new contract, and when we had to pay the studios they disappeared. Obviously we found another company... Universal Metal Production... This new company gave to the band a support and of course the great possibility to share Kaledon's music in the United States of America! After that, Kaledon has signed also for a great european record company! Hellion Records from Germany! They will work for kaledon in all europe Chapter 4 name is : TWILIGHT OF THE GODS and it was released on December 2006 in USA, on December 8 in Europe and april 2007 in Japan for Hot-Rockin/DiskHeaven!After this release Kaledon played live in many situation and during these days, something has begun to happend between the band and singer Claudio Conti! There was a lot of fights for personal reasons... and all these problems are finished with the split between Claudio and the band!After a little time Kaledon found a new singer in Marco Palazzi, a young singer and immediately they started to work on the new Chapter of the saga... Chapter 5... Chapter 5 was released via hellion records in Europe, in Asia via hot-rockin and was distributed in usa and canada via nightmare records in july 2008 With the new singer the band started a new period of their musical life, Palazzi gave to the band new power and new strenght. The X Anniversary Concert was a great opportunity to re-join for a day the former singer Anthony Drago and to gave to the fans a very great show. Immediately after the show, Kaledon started to work to the DVD Roaming in The Land... Their first live album! The DVD release was temporary stopped because the band started to work on the new album Chapter 6. The last Chapter of the Alex Mele's saga.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.In December 2010 Kaledon went in European Tour with LORDI and THE DOGMA.In May 2011 Kaledon entered the studio for their first best of album, named MIGHTIEST HITS. In this album Kaledon have recorded new version of their most important songs. The result was stunning.Unfortunately after the recording sessions of this album, David Folchitto left the band for personal reasons. After some months and many auditions, Kaledon have confirmed Luca Marini as new drummer on January 1st 2012. With him Kaledon made an european tour with Rhapsody of fire and several show during the year. Luca Marini drummed also the album "Altor: The King's Blacksmith" but immediately after the recording sessions he left the band for personal reasons. The band found in Massimiliano Santori the new drummer. In 2013 also Daniele Fuligni left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Paolo Campitelli.

Album:

Italy is practically mother of epic symphonic power metal in the European theater. One of its most consistent and prolific producers of the genre has been Rome's Kaledon. And you thought I was going to say, Rhapsody Of Fire. Same lake, just a different boat.Founded by lead guitarist Alex Mele, Kaledon's albums revolve around the telling of his tale of the fictional kingdom of Kaledon in the Legend of the Forgotten Reign series, in six chapters. Of late, Mele and Kaledon have been telling stories of individual characters within the Kaledon mythology. This time it's Carnagus - Emperor Of The Darkness. Though I know of the series, I don't know much of the story or individual characters. I'm guessing this Carnagus fellow, being the Emperor of Darkness, is pivotal evil bad guy in the legend. So it's probably best I speak to the music.Musically speaking, and without being dismissive, Kaledon delivers quintessential European epic and symphonic power metal. To do so, the band works all the proper genre elements together with some creativity and skill. Of course, the foundation of power metal is classic melodic heavy metal. Then Kaledon drops in the swiftness of speed to ramp up to power metal. Additionally, and essential, is twin guitar harmony in the riffage followed by epic and soaring guitar solos.The keyboard layer is notable in a Kaledon song arrangement. The synth layers add both atmosphere and color, the former in orchestration, the latter in solos. Most every song has a generous synth solo to compliment the guitar solos. As for the vocal arrangements, new vocalist Michele Guaitoli (Overtures, ex-Future is Tomorrow) sings clean, melodic, and strong. Often, to compliment both his vocals and the symphonic layer, the larger vocal arrangements are choral in nature.Fundamentally, these elements blend to create the perfect storm of epic and melodic, symphonic and melodic, power metal. It's what Kaledon does best and, if you love the genre, you will not be disappointed with Carnagus - Emperor Of The Darkness. The only disappointment I found was the use of dirty vocals within Telepathic Messages. But, if Carnagus is the creepy evil dude I expect him to be, then certainly if he's sending telepathic messages, they might sound like a growling devil in one's mind. Nevertheless, as I said earlier, if you like the description of Kaledon's epic power metal, you will like this album. Fans of the band will dig it first, and newcomers will be satisfied as well. Recommended.

Line-Up:

Michele Guaitoli - Vocals (lead) (2015-present) - See also: Future Is Tomorrow, Overtures, ex-Hammered
Paolo Lezziroli - Bass, Vocals (1998-present)
Alex Mele - Guitars (lead) (1998-present) - See also: ex-Prayers, ex-River of Change
Tommaso Nemesio - Guitars (rhythm) (1998-present)
Paolo Campitelli - Keyboards (2013-present)
Manuele Di Ascenzo - Drums

Tracklist:

01. Tenebrae Venture Sunt
02. The Beginning Of The Night
03. Eyes without Life
04. The Evil Witch
05. Dark Reality
06. The Two Bailouts
07. Trapped On The Throne
08. Telepathic Messages
09. Evil Beheaded
10. The End Of The Undead

+ Video "The Evil Witch" (Official Video)


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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 11 Feb 2023, 07:38

Kaledon - Legend Of The Forgotten Reign - Chapter VII: Evil Awakens (Digipak Edition) (2022)

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Year : 2022
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 122 mb


Bio:

Kaledon was born in the second part of 1998 after the split between the lead guitarist Alex Mele and his band "River of change". After the spilt Alex Mele called immediately the bass player Paolo Lezziroli and the rhythm guitarist Tommaso Nemesio. After many line-up problems, the band started to play live in the big Roman theatres. Kaledon replace the original drummer "Daniele Staccini" for technical problems with Dario Sacco" Kaledon's first release was in autumn of 1999. The band produced their first demo cd, "Spirit of the dragon" without keyboard. With this cd started the collaboration with "Metal Massacre on stagte production". Fabio Bernardi also in "River of change" join the band like a guest for six months. Kaledon played like opening act in Ronnie James Dio Show, in june 16 2000. Kaledon open on the web their page. Kaledon replaced the drummer (Dario Sacco) for personal problems with "David Folchitto", and the singer (Anthony Drago) with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon recorded one other promo cd with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon found in Daniele Fuligni their new keyboardist ex keyboard player of "Ghost Rider". In october 2001 kaledon heve signed a record deal with the Italian SteelBorn Rec. (division of Northwind Records). Between November 2001 and March 2002 kaledon was in studio for the recording session of their debut album. "legend of the forgotten reign". During the recording sessions of the debut album Alex Mele started to write the songs for the second album with the singer Claudio Conti. In April 07 2003 Kaledon started the recording session of their second album called Chapter 2: The king’s rescue. At the end of the recording sessions Kaledon have recorded their “FATHER TIME” version for one Stratovarius tribute album named Within Infinity. The band find in Dario Annibali their new manager. During the 2004 the band worked on the third chapter of the legend of the forgotten reign saga, but unfortunately, during this period the drummer David Folchitto decided to leave Kaledon for personal problems! He wants to dedicate much time to his other projects, but he'll work with the band untill kaledon find a new drummer. In the third Kaledon’s album the drum parts were played by Jorg Michael (Stratovarius). Kaledon started the recording sessions of the drums in july 7th 2004 in Como. The recording studio was in Inverigo near Como, and the rest of the album was recorded in Rome between October and december in The Outer Sound Studios. The recording sessions of chapter 3 was very long and hard... Giuseppe Orlando was a very good and impressive teacher for the band.... and chapter 3 was a very masterpice. During the chapter 3 recording sessions Kaledon have been rejoined by drummer David Folchitto. The third Chapter’s name is : THE WAY OF THE LIGHT. After Chapter 3 release date, the band made a lot of promotion with live dates, with gadgets, and many other ways, The band with Kick Promotion Agency of Rome made tons of interviews and received tons of reviews from all the world! Kaledon began one big reality in the heavy metal world and without vacation started to work on the next album... Chapter 4... At the beginning of the recording sessions of Chapter 4 the band broken up the recording deal with their record company SteelBorn records because they was absolutely not able to follow the band in their way... The closure of the contract foresees the transfer of the whole contract to another famous, important Italian label. With the new label we had lots of e-mail and phone calls to discuss the fact that never on earth they would have worked in a negligent way as the last label did. Their behaviour was worse than the previous one and they told us to find a new label... they never sent us a new contract, and when we had to pay the studios they disappeared. Obviously we found another company... Universal Metal Production... This new company gave to the band a support and of course the great possibility to share Kaledon's music in the United States of America! After that, Kaledon has signed also for a great european record company! Hellion Records from Germany! They will work for kaledon in all europe Chapter 4 name is : TWILIGHT OF THE GODS and it was released on December 2006 in USA, on December 8 in Europe and april 2007 in Japan for Hot-Rockin/DiskHeaven!After this release Kaledon played live in many situation and during these days, something has begun to happend between the band and singer Claudio Conti! There was a lot of fights for personal reasons... and all these problems are finished with the split between Claudio and the band!After a little time Kaledon found a new singer in Marco Palazzi, a young singer and immediately they started to work on the new Chapter of the saga... Chapter 5... Chapter 5 was released via hellion records in Europe, in Asia via hot-rockin and was distributed in usa and canada via nightmare records in july 2008 With the new singer the band started a new period of their musical life, Palazzi gave to the band new power and new strenght. The X Anniversary Concert was a great opportunity to re-join for a day the former singer Anthony Drago and to gave to the fans a very great show. Immediately after the show, Kaledon started to work to the DVD Roaming in The Land... Their first live album! The DVD release was temporary stopped because the band started to work on the new album Chapter 6. The last Chapter of the Alex Mele's saga.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.In December 2010 Kaledon went in European Tour with LORDI and THE DOGMA.In May 2011 Kaledon entered the studio for their first best of album, named MIGHTIEST HITS. In this album Kaledon have recorded new version of their most important songs. The result was tunning.Unfortunately after the recording sessions of this album, David Folchitto left the band for personal reasons. After some months and many auditions, Kaledon have confirmed Luca Marini as new drummer on January 1st 2012. With him Kaledon made an european tour with Rhapsody of fire and several show during the year. Luca Marini drummed also the album "Altor: The King's Blacksmith" but immediately after the recording sessions he left the band for personal reasons. The band found in Massimiliano Santori the new drummer. In 2013 also Daniele Fuligni left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Paolo Campitelli.

Album:

After five years of hard and dedicated work, Kaledon is ready to come back onto the market and release their new album: "Chapter VII: Evil Awakens". This album marks the first chapter of a new trilogy based on "The Legend of the Forgotten Reign Saga".The album contains powerful and fast songs, dynamic and energetic guitar riffs, new modern sounding keyboards, and much more. The album features special guests like Nicoletta Rosellini (Kalidia, Walk in Darkness) and James Mills (Hostile), respectively on "The Story Comes to an End?" and "A Strike from the Unknown"."Chapter VII: Evil Awakens" was mixed and mastered by Michele Guaitoli at Groove Factory Studio and the production is a mix of modernity and power. The epic cover artwork was created by Oleg Shcherbakov.Don't miss out on "Chapter VII: Evil Awakens", a perfect album for fans of melodic and fast power metal and bands like Helloween, Stratovarius, and Manowar!The album will be released on September 23rd by Beyond the Storm Productions under exclusive license from Kaledon.

Line-Up:

Michele "Meek" Guaitoli - Vocals (lead) (2015-present) - See also: Future Is Tomorrow, Overtures, Temperance, Visions of Atlantis, ex-Ship of Theseus, Era, ex-Hammered
Alex Mele - Guitars (lead) (1998-present) - See also: Alex Mele, ex-Prayers, ex-ScreaMachine, ex-River of Change
Tommaso Nemesio - Guitars (rhythm) (1998-present)
Paolo Campitelli - Keyboards (2013-present) - See also: Alex Mele, ScreaMachine, Kalidia (live), ex-Noveria (live)
Enrico Sandri - Bass (2017-present) - See also: Alex Mele, Nanga Parbat, Setanera, The Prowlers, Utopia, ex-Karnya
Manuele Di Ascenzo - Drums - See also: Age of Arcadia, Alex Mele, Heroes of Forgotten Kingdoms (live), Imperial Age (live)

Production:

Mixed and mastered by Michele Guaitoli (Temperance, Visions of Atlantis) at Groove Factory Studio
Artwork by Oleg Shcherbakov
Pictures by Kinorama Studio
Epic Choir by Ottava Pop Choir

Tracklist:

01. Renascentia Noctis 01:44 instrumental
02. At the Gates of the Realms 04:09
03. A Strike from the Unknown 04:45
04. The Eye of the Storm 04:47
05. Emperor of the Night 07:24
06. The Dawn of Dawns 05:31
07. Life or Death 04:07
08. The End of Time 03:34
09. Blessed with Glory 04:17
10. The Sacrifice of the King 04:59
11. The Story Comes to an End? 04:58


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Kaledon - Altor: The King's Blacksmith (2013)

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Year : 2013
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Italy
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 108 mb


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Kaledon was born in the second part of 1998 after the split between the lead guitarist Alex Mele and his band "River of change". After the spilt Alex Mele called immediately the bass player Paolo Lezziroli and the rhythm guitarist Tommaso Nemesio. After many line-up problems, the band started to play live in the big Roman theatres. Kaledon replace the original drummer "Daniele Staccini" for technical problems with Dario Sacco" Kaledon's first release was in autumn of 1999. The band produced their first demo cd, "Spirit of the dragon" without keyboard. With this cd started the collaboration with "Metal Massacre on stagte production". Fabio Bernardi also in "River of change" join the band like a guest for six months. Kaledon played like opening act in Ronnie James Dio Show, in june 16 2000. Kaledon open on the web their page. Kaledon replaced the drummer (Dario Sacco) for personal problems with "David Folchitto", and the singer (Anthony Drago) with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon recorded one other promo cd with "Claudio Conti". Kaledon found in Daniele Fuligni their new keyboardist ex keyboard player of "Ghost Rider". In october 2001 kaledon heve signed a record deal with the Italian SteelBorn Rec. (division of Northwind Records). Between November 2001 and March 2002 kaledon was in studio for the recording session of their debut album. "legend of the forgotten reign". During the recording sessions of the debut album Alex Mele started to write the songs for the second album with the singer Claudio Conti. In April 07 2003 Kaledon started the recording session of their second album called Chapter 2: The king’s rescue. At the end of the recording sessions Kaledon have recorded their “FATHER TIME” version for one Stratovarius tribute album named Within Infinity. The band find in Dario Annibali their new manager. During the 2004 the band worked on the third chapter of the legend of the forgotten reign saga, but unfortunately, during this period the drummer David Folchitto decided to leave Kaledon for personal problems! He wants to dedicate much time to his other projects, but he'll work with the band untill kaledon find a new drummer. In the third Kaledon’s album the drum parts were played by Jorg Michael (Stratovarius). Kaledon started the recording sessions of the drums in july 7th 2004 in Como. The recording studio was in Inverigo near Como, and the rest of the album was recorded in Rome between October and december in The Outer Sound Studios. The recording sessions of chapter 3 was very long and hard... Giuseppe Orlando was a very good and impressive teacher for the band.... and chapter 3 was a very masterpice. During the chapter 3 recording sessions Kaledon have been rejoined by drummer David Folchitto. The third Chapter’s name is : THE WAY OF THE LIGHT. After Chapter 3 release date, the band made a lot of promotion with live dates, with gadgets, and many other ways, The band with Kick Promotion Agency of Rome made tons of interviews and received tons of reviews from all the world! Kaledon began one big reality in the heavy metal world and without vacation started to work on the next album... Chapter 4... At the beginning of the recording sessions of Chapter 4 the band broken up the recording deal with their record company SteelBorn records because they was absolutely not able to follow the band in their way... The closure of the contract foresees the transfer of the whole contract to another famous, important Italian label. With the new label we had lots of e-mail and phone calls to discuss the fact that never on earth they would have worked in a negligent way as the last label did. Their behaviour was worse than the previous one and they told us to find a new label... they never sent us a new contract, and when we had to pay the studios they disappeared. Obviously we found another company... Universal Metal Production... This new company gave to the band a support and of course the great possibility to share Kaledon's music in the United States of America! After that, Kaledon has signed also for a great european record company! Hellion Records from Germany! They will work for kaledon in all europe Chapter 4 name is : TWILIGHT OF THE GODS and it was released on December 2006 in USA, on December 8 in Europe and april 2007 in Japan for Hot-Rockin/DiskHeaven!After this release Kaledon played live in many situation and during these days, something has begun to happend between the band and singer Claudio Conti! There was a lot of fights for personal reasons... and all these problems are finished with the split between Claudio and the band!After a little time Kaledon found a new singer in Marco Palazzi, a young singer and immediately they started to work on the new Chapter of the saga... Chapter 5... Chapter 5 was released via hellion records in Europe, in Asia via hot-rockin and was distributed in usa and canada via nightmare records in july 2008 With the new singer the band started a new period of their musical life, Palazzi gave to the band new power and new strenght. The X Anniversary Concert was a great opportunity to re-join for a day the former singer Anthony Drago and to gave to the fans a very great show. Immediately after the show, Kaledon started to work to the DVD Roaming in The Land... Their first live album! The DVD release was temporary stopped because the band started to work on the new album Chapter 6. The last Chapter of the Alex Mele's saga.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.Kaledon have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their next studio album 'Legend Of The Forgotten Reign Chapter VI: The Last Night On The Battlefield', the sixth installment of the saga started in 2002 in July 2010.In December 2010 Kaledon went in European Tour with LORDI and THE DOGMA.In May 2011 Kaledon entered the studio for their first best of album, named MIGHTIEST HITS. In this album Kaledon have recorded new version of their most important songs. The result was stunning.Unfortunately after the recording sessions of this album, David Folchitto left the band for personal reasons. After some months and many auditions, Kaledon have confirmed Luca Marini as new drummer on January 1st 2012. With him Kaledon made an european tour with Rhapsody of fire and several show during the year. Luca Marini drummed also the album "Altor: The King's Blacksmith" but immediately after the recording sessions he left the band for personal reasons. The band found in Massimiliano Santori the new drummer. In 2013 also Daniele Fuligni left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Paolo Campitelli.

Album:

Light, airy Italian power metal is easy to come across. In some cases it is venerated (Rhapsody [Of Fire]), and in some cases it is reviled (Skylark). In part, this is because of its oft-wide eyed nature, obsession with superficial fantasy, and a blatant lack of lyrical subtlety. Kaledon has been a band that, in years past, has definitely found itself wrapped up in all three of these typical Italian drawbacks, and unlike some of their countrymen, were lacking enough true musical skill to garner themselves more than a cult following. I’ve enjoyed past works, as each chapter of their story, though not progressing in terms of lyricism, has grown more and more consistently enjoyable from a musical perspective. The band’s prior album, Chapter VI…, was *almost* something that I could see myself spinning occasionally and justifying a purchase for myself.Well, despite the silly story and laborious title, Altor: The King’s Blacksmith may at last be the Kaledon album that I’ve been waiting for. Despite its drawbacks, this album is quite thoroughly listenable, and for several reasons. The first of these is diction. I know that I, personally, have been criticized for myself criticizing vocalist’s accents and deliveries, but what a difference an improvement makes. I don’t know if Marco Palazzi has worked on his English, or if it’s just the improved clarity of the recording, but I find most of Altor much more vocally gripping, despite the band’s usual heavy-handedness in the lyrical realm (Imagine super-pulpy wording around blacksmithing, love for family, and friends, and generally doing glorious things).Secondly, this album has melody in spades. Despite being as drenched as ever before in awkwardness and sappiness, the choruses of songs like “Childhood” and “My Personal Hero” are hookier than in years past, and the guitarists offers up better solo work than I’ve come to expect from the band. In some ways, this album reminds me of a pointedly fantasy-oriented version of something like Holy Knights’ Beyond Daylight And Pain or a lighter, less-involved take of early/mid Rhapsody (catchier, to my ears, but less varied and with less potency).Finally, Kaledon seems to have generally stepped up its game in the production department, along with many of its countrymen. I might tie this in general to the perceived “upgrade” that seems to be taking place in Italian power metal. The sound here comes across as a little less “buried”, as I feel occurs in the band’s older albums. Vocals stand out a bit more, the rat-tat-tatting rhythm guitars are less smashed into the background, and the keys are bright and uplifting.A Kaledon album is, when all is said and done, still a Kaledon album, and therefore unlikely to raise too much interest in those who generally don’t care for fruity power metal, but Altor: The King’s Blacksmith is the most competent, polished, and memorable album that the band has recorded. I definitely recommend it to those who haven’t *quite* been captured by the band’s past work, and anyone wishing to cast an eye on the national scene. Solid and quite enjoyable for those of us who enjoy this facet of the genre.

Line-Up:

Marco Palazzi - Vocals (2007-present)
Paolo Lezziroli - Bass, Vocals (1998-present)
Alex Mele - Guitars (lead) (1998-present) - See also: ex-Prayers, ex-River of Change
Tommaso Nemesio - Guitars (rhythm) (1998-present)
Daniele Fuligni - Keyboards
Luca Marini - Drums

Tracklist:

01. Innocence 01:05
02. Childhood 05:12
03. Between the Hammer and the Anvil 04:35
04. My Personal Hero 03:52
05. Lilibeth 05:21
06. A New Beginning 05:06
07. Kephren 03:27
08. Screams in the Wind 05:05
09. A Dark Prison 06:19


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