Magica (band)
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Magica | |
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Constanţa, Romania | |
| Genres | Power metal, symphonic metal, gothic metal |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Labels | Sigma, Bestial, Underclass-music France, AFM |
| Members | Ana Mladinovici Bogdan "Bat" Costea Cristian "Baronu" Popescu Theo Scrioșteanu Radu Mihai |
| Past members | Viorel Raileanu Adrian Mihai Valentin "ÎngerAlb" Zechiu Cristi "Beavis" Bârlă Sixfingers Sorin Vlad Herman "Hertz" Heidel Bogdan Avrigeanu Sebastian Natas Emilian Burcea Tibi Dutu |
Magica is a Romanian power metal band.
History
Magica started in February 2002 as a project of Bogdan Costea, guitarist (at that time) of a local gothic metal band, Interitus Dei. The reason for starting this band was Bogdan's desire to play the music that he likes:
The recordings for the first album started in spring 2002. After two months of work, the material was ready. The album, entitled
The third album is called Hereafter and was released at 19 October 2007 via AFM Records Germany. 2 videos were shot for this album, "All waters have the colour of drowning" and "Entangled". In November 2007, Ana was invited to take part in the huge Hellish Rock tour alongside Helloween, Gamma Ray and Axxis for 3 months of intense touring.
The band's follow-up release was called Wolves and Witches and was released through AFM Records in October 2008. In 2010 the band recorded and released their follow-up, Dark Diary, through AFM.
In August 2012, Magica announced on their Facebook page that the next album will be called Center of The Great Unknown, still through AFM Records.[1]
Band members
- Current members
- Ana Mladinovici – vocals (2002–present)
- Bogdan Costea – guitar (2002–present)
- Cristian "Baronu" Popescu - bass (2016-present)
- Alex "Gomez" Dascaloiu - drums (2021-present)
- Former members
- Valentin "ÎngerAlb" Zechiu – bass (2002–2008)
- Cristi "Beavis" Bârlă – drums (2003–2008)
- Sixfingers – keyboards (2003–2010)
- Sorin Vlad – bass (2008–2010)
- Herman "Hertz" Heidel – drums (2008–2011)
- Bogdan Avrigeanu – bass (2010–2011)
- Sebastian Natas – drums (2011–2013)
- Emilian Burcea – guitar (2007–2008, 2010–2012)
- Tibi Dutu – bass (2011–2012)
- Radu Mihai - keyboard (2016-2019)
Discography
Studio albums
- The Scroll of Stone (2002)
- Lightseeker (2004)
- Hereafter (2007)
- Wolves and Witches (2008)
- Dark Diary (2010)
- Center of the Great Unknown (2012)[2]
VHS
- Live in Paris (2005)
References
- ^ "Magica New Song Available for Streaming". Blabbermouth.net. October 2012. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ "Magica - Reveal Upcoming Album Tracklist". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
External links
- Magica at AllMusic
- Magica at Rockdetector
- Magica at AFM Records
- Magica at Encyclopaedia Metallum
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