The early beginning of Pyramaze took form in the winter of 2001/2002, when the 24 year old guitarist Michael Kammeyer left his former band, Damion. With Pyramaze, Michael had the idea of writing own material in Melodic Power Metal-style. In the summer of 2002 Michael found himself with enough material for the debut album. That’s when local drummer Morten Gade and bassist Niels Kvist immediately jumped on the opportunity to join Michael in his quest. The next person to be enrolled in the Pyramaze line-up, was the American keyboardist Jonah Weingarten, who Michael had met over the internet.
With a band around him, Michael booked the studio for the recordings of the debut album. To take care of the sound, the well-known producer Jacob Hansen [Withering Surface, Illdisposed, Manticora, Ancient] was chosen. In January 2003, Jonah flew to Denmark and the band began recording the CD. After having laid down all the tracks besides the vocals, the guys at Intromental Mgmt. fell totally in love with the Pyramaze material, and gave Michael a call. After a couple of phone conversations, the two parties, Pyramaze and Intromental, decided to join forces, and the band suddenly found themselves being promoted professionally, with all it encloses.
One of the things that came with the signing to Massacre Records, was the decision of finding a singer, who not only would fit the material, but also be able to lift it to even higher levels. And that singer was soon found in American vocalist extraordinaire Lance King, known from such great power and progressive metal acts as Balance Of Power, Mattson, King's Machine and Gemini.
During May '04 the debut-album “Melancholy Beast” was released to great reviews and media feedback, as well as incredible support from the fans worldwide. The first couple of gigs took place in USA in April 2004, followed by some incredible gigs in September '04 throughout selected European countries (Denmark, Germany and France). Now integrated in the band is additional lead guitarist Toke Skjønneman.
In 2005 the band recorded their new disc – “Legend Of The Bone Carver”, a conceptual disc of epic proportions. And so Pyramaze became the band you have now - a fantastic unit of professional musicians, creating some of the best melodic power metal these days. A beautiful blend of bands like Iced Earth, Kamelot and Iron Maiden, with a nice progressive edge to it, and a bunch of really talented musicians.
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Massacre Releases:
» Legend of the Bone Carver
Discography:
2004 Melancholy Beast
2006 Legend of the bone carver
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