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In 2005 the name Emergency Gate was heard for the first time.
Not long after that the young band, with high musical potential, produced their first professional album "Nightly Ray" together with Spike Streefkerk (Mellissa Etheridge, Def Leppard, Phil Collins etc.). Metal Heart Magazine titled even the roughmix itself as "Album of the month". That way no less label than TEC/Universal became attentive to Emergency Gate, got in touch with them and took them under contract.
At first "Nightly Ray" has been released in the middle of 2006 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and the U.S.A. And it was possible for the five musicians to climb the top of the heavy-radio-charts in Benelux for one time!
Certainly, short after the release of "Nightly Ray", drummer Stefan Paster left the band. However the missing piece of that puzzle was soon replaced by ex-Stormhammer drummer Chris "the machine" Widmann.
Soon after that, Emergency Gate went on tour with the Danish-Combo "Mercenary" and closed endorsement contracts among others with names like: Ernie Ball, SAD, Schecter Guitar Research and Agner Drumsticks.
At the end of 2007, the band received a call from their label, in which they let them know, it won't be possible for TEC to release with Universal anymore and therefore the band is free from their contract.
After really good cooperation with this label, it was really a hard hit for Emergency Gate.
Founder member, singer and guitarist Fabian "Cem" Kießling also quit because of private matters. Now it was unclear, how the band should go on.
The remaining musicians broke their heads by thinking about a resolution of this situation. It was obvious, every member was more than crazy about reaching new horizons and to create something new and different. Guitarist Vlad worked madly, day and night, on new material in agreement with Mario. Even without a singer and without knowing how everything will go on, the band booked time in Munich's Dreamscape-Studios, to record and work on new material.
Almost by completing the instrumental part, Mario went as a FOH-Engineer of the supports for the Symphony X "Paradise Lost"-Tour on the road. This way it happened on the second tour-day in Cologne: Mario met Matthias Kupka (ex Suidakra). Right in the first moment it was absolutely clear, the last missing piece needed to create something very magnificent, so important for the rising of the band, was found! The final recordings with Matthias started even in the beginning of March 2008.
Not long after searching for a new label, the band chose a young upcoming one, Silverwolf Productions, to make their “Rewake” album public and released it on the 23rd January 2009. Their official videotrack for “Gold and Glass” was very well received by their fans and was also played on TV music channels worldwide. After a fantastic year, about 70 concerts in 24 countries and a European tour with Kreator,Caliban and Eluveitie they signed a new record deal with Twilight Zone Records (Endstille, Eluveitie etc.). They entered the Dreamscape Studios in Munich on the 22nd December 2009 to record their next powerful album "The Nemesis Construct".
This album was the next logical step after the former works: Catchy melodies, progressive song structures, a bit similar to "Rewake", mixed with brutal power and a complexly arranged, electronic soundscape. For the first time with the new line-up, Emergency Gate could exhaust their full musical potential! The Coverartwork for "The Nemesis Construct" was done by Raf W. (Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Soulfly etc.) Also they found a magnificent voice with Tom Englund (Evergrey) as a guest vocalist on the song “Darkside of the Sun”.
The Album “The Nemesis Construct” was released on the 30th April 2010 and several Magazines entiteled it “Suprise of the Year 2010”.
In the middle of 2011 the band started to write songs for their upcoming album which is set to be released in spring 2012. During a break of the songwriting process in the Dreamsound Studios in Munich, Vlad suddently played an old, which never was released on a record. Mario jumped up and said something like: “You still remember this song? It was really great live and the people liked it a lot. We are here in the studio, why don’t we record an additional EP as a Christmas present for all our fans. Let’s rearrange the 6 best songs, that were never recorded. Are you ready for something crazy?” After a short discussion about the idea, all agreed – short talk during the night with the label and the studio, and the band started recording their EP with 6 powerful tracks from the past a few hours later.
This EP “Remembrance – The Early Days” will be released on the 9th December 2011 through Twilight Zone Records.
Be excited… and stay tuned!
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BAND CONTACT |
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Emergency Gate
P.O. Box 12 37
85611 Kirchseeon
Germany
contact[at]emergency-gate.com |
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BAND BOOKING |
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Worldwide Booking
Twisted Talent Concerts
Schloss Str. 93
D - 44357 Dortmund
Phn: +49 231 35 777 12
Fax: +49 231 35 777 13
Email: info[at]twisted-talent.com
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LABEL CONTACT |
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Twilight-Vertrieb GbR
Am Neuhof 3
D-23558 Lübeck
Germany
Tel. ++49 (O) 451 - 480 992 0
Fax ++49 (O) 451 - 480 992 20 |
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PROMOTION |
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Europe:
Dagmar Graessle
Press Promotion Manager
+49 (O) 30 284 960 27
dagmar(at)gordeonmusic.de
Worldwide:ML- Productions
ml-productions (at) web.de |
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