UNISONIC : Unisonic are : Michael Kiske - lead vocals (2009–present) Mandy Meyer - lead & rhythm guitars (2009–present) Dennis Ward - bass, backing vocals (2009–present) Kosta Zafiriou - drums, percussion (2009–present) Kai Hansen - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (2011–present) Unisonic is a German heavy metal/hard rock supergroup, founded in November 10, 2009 by former Helloween singerMichael Kiske alongside Dennis Ward and Kosta Zafiriou from Pink Cream 69. Mandy Meyer, formerly in Asia and Gotthardwas soon added to the line-up, while in 2011 the band was joined by Gamma Ray leader and one of Helloween founders,Kai Hansen. The band released the EP Ignition and their first studio album Unisonic in 2012. Unisonic is the first full studio collaboration between Kiske and Hansen since Helloweens seminal albums Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. I and Pt. II. The EP For The Kingdom came out in May 2014 and the second album Light of Dawn was released on 1 August 2014. Vocalist Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween), bassist Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69) and drummer Kosta Zafiriou (ex-Pink Cream 69) had already worked together in the AOR project Place Vendome. After the release of Place Vendomes second album,Streets of Fire in 2009, the aforementioned musicians decided to work together and form a new band. Dennis Ward suggested the recruitment of Swiss guitarist Mandy Meyer (Krokus). Unisonic began their first tour in June 2010, playing some warm-up shows in Germany and performing at Sweden Rock Festival and Masters of Rock Festival in the Czech Republic as well. Another former Helloween member, guitarist Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray), joined the band in March 2011. The new line-up performed its first show in Loud Park Festival(Japan) on October 15, 2011. In January 2012, the band released its first EP titled Ignition, through EarMusic (Edel AG), together with a video for the song Unisonic. The bands self-titled debut albumwas released on 30 March 2012 and entered several international music charts, scoring the highest points on the Finnish albums chart, Japanese albums chart, German albums chart and Swedish albums chart. Mandy Meyer commented on the bands name: There were so many ideas for a name and everybody liked Unisonic at the end. It fits to our band. United musicians from different backgrounds and countries. Michael Kiske (left) and Kai Hansen(right) live during an Avantasia show in 2010. Unisonic embarked on their first world tour in May 2012 playing in South America and in various European music festivals, such as Masters of Rock, Hellfest, Rock Hard and Gods of Metal among others. The second half of the tour included concerts in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Russia, Spain and Germany.[20] The bands second EP, For the Kingdom, came out in May 2014, the video for the song Exceptional followed in July, while their sophomore album, Light of Dawn, was released on 1 August 2014. Light of Dawn entered several international music charts, scoring the highest entries on the Finnish albums chart, German albums chart, Swiss albums chart and Japanese albums chart. The band embarked on a summer festival tour in July 2014, performing at Masters Of Rock, Leyendas del Rock, Moscow Metal Meeting, Bang Your Head, Skogsrojet and Rock Pod Kamenom. Unisonic have also announced several dates for their autumn tour withEdguy. ~ Dany - Admin - 4mRW ~ ~ Unisonic - Light of Dawn - 06 Night Of The Long Knives ~ youtu.be/bYYscDjfMkk
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