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Almanac
12+ albums
Power metalsymphonic metalsymphonic power metalheavy metalmetal
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After 15 years and 10 CD’s as guitarist, producer and composer for the German Heavy Metal institution RAGE and with hits penned by him like Down, Soundchaser, War of Worlds, Straight to Hell (well-known from the German blockbuster movie “Manitou’s Shoe”), Carved in Stone, Forever Dead, Empty Hollow and Cleansed by Fire, Victor Smolski now continues his musical career with his new group ALMANAC. The guitar virtuoso’s composition “Suite Lingua Mortis”, released first on the successful 2006 RAGE record Speak Of The Dead, built the Classical foundation for the new, more versatile yet even playful LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA sound and their LMO release in 2013, which scored a big success by outselling all most recent RAGE releases and charted in Germany at #24 on the official album charts. In comparison to RAGE, LMO offered fresh song material entirely composed by Smolski, a new musical concept combining Heavy Metal with Classical music, songs written especially for band & orchestra plus several male and female singers sharing the lead vocal job. This successful story now continues with ALMANAC who add a powerful touch of heaviness to LMO’s unique sound. The Belarus-born guitarist with this new group is joined by former LMO band members Jeannette Marchewka (vocals), the “Orquestra Barcelona Filharmonia” with Enric Garcia on keyboards and “White Russian Symphony Orchestra”. New members are Tim Rashid on bass and Athanasios "Zacky" Tsoukas on drums. The two singers David Rea
