Biography: Alkemyst
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Biography:
France`s Alkemyst spent most of the nineties struggling to make a go of it with unstable membership and the oft-used name Endless, but by 1998, both they`d settled on a somewhat stable line-up and their eventual name. Singer Fabrice Sollier, guitarists Séverin Bonneville and Arnaud Ménard, bassist Denis Mellion and a drummer simply called Ramon recorded their A Path to Heaven demo in 1999, then began work on their first album Meeting in the Mist with new, Italian-bred singer Ramon Messina (ex-Secret Sphere) a year later. Tragically, a studio hardware meltdown resulted in the loss of the entire session, barring two salvaged tracks which the band decided to promote as another demo, eventually gaining excellent exposure via France`s Rock Hard magazine. All this was small consolation for the band members, who then had to turn around and re-record their melodic speed metal debut album Meeting in the Mist between June and August 2002 -- this time, thankfully, without further incident.
Discography: Alkemyst Discography
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