#Christian Münzner (Obscura)

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LUNAR Announces Progressive New Album “The Illusionist” And Single “Juggling Chainsaws” Ft. Obscura's Christian Münzner

ft. members from Witherfall, Helion Prime, Planeswalker, Novareign. Mokili, Nordic Frost, Outloud, Double Vision Album Guests Jørgen Munkeby (Shining), Christian Münzner (Obscura), Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est),Taylor Washington (Paladin), Sam Vallen (Caligula’s Horse), Ben Karas (Thank You Scientist), Gleb Kanasevich, Patrick Corona Top – L- R – Ryan Price – Bass, Alex Nasla – Keyboards &…

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HYPERSPACE METALFEST Announces 2025 Lineup

w/ ENFORCER, PLANESWALKER, GLYPH, LUNAR, SOLARUS, TYLOR DORY TRIO and More!

April 10th - 12th - Vancouver

HMF 2025 Lineup Spotify Playlist

Canada's premier melodic and power metal festival HYPERSPACE Metal Fest returns for its 6th edition after another year of crowd-pleasing epic fun in Vancouver, BC. Being hosted at The Cobalt (April 10 &11th) and The Rickshaw Theatre (April 12th), the 2025 lineup will feature headliners ENFORCER, PLANESWALKER, GLYPH along with Lunar, Solarus, Tower Hill, Luminator, Tylor Dory Trio, Heyoka's Mirror with more to be announced.

Festival organizer Joey Hockin of Journeyman Productions adds:

"It's finally time to reveal Hyperspace Metal Festival VI! We were a little later announcing this year because we want to make sure we're bringing you the same quality you've come to expect. And on that, I think we've delivered! The full lineup will be announced in the fall. Hope to see you next April!"

Headlining Saturday, April 12th at The Rickshaw Theatre, Sweden's ENFORCER have proved themselves both live and on record, they stake their place amongst the world’s most renowned heavy metal bands since first forming in 2005. They have toured the world over, playing the biggest festivals and garnering a global fanbase. Their latest sixth studio album Nostalgia (released May 2023 - Nuclear Blast), features 13 heavy metal anthems and throws ENFORCER back to their speed metal roots. Fusing extreme guitar riffing with catchy stadium choruses, ENFORCER is out to conquer the world.

Music Video - Nostalgia

Headlining Friday, April 11th, and returning for their second time at HMF, the duo known as PLANESWALKER features Jason Ashcraft (Helion Prime) and Sozos Michael (Gloryhammer, ex-Helion Prime) present Magic the Gathering-inspired Power Metal. They recently released their latest single "Compleated" and were joined by Carlos Alvarez (ex-Power Theory, Behölder, Shadowdance) on bass and Stefanos Meletiou (The Zilla Project, Private Garden).

Music Video - "Compleated"

Headlining Thursday, April 10th, the Pacific Northwest's Glyph, is not just a heavy metal band, they are a crew of intergalactic mercenaries escaping a dying planet in their spaceship, the VSS Dragonlord. Clearly, Glyph isn’t just writing songs, they’re building worlds and they bring it forth in their latest album "Honor, Power, Glory" released this past March.

Music Video - Volarad

Also featured on this year's 2025 lineup and making their first HMF appearance and performing for the first time ever, Lunar is a progressive metal project from California that features members from Witherfall, Helion Prime, Planeswalker, Novareign, Mokili Wa, Nordic Frost, Outloud, Double Vision. Their fourth and latest album “The Illusionist” features guests Jørgen Munkeby (Shining), Christian Münzner (Obscura), Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est), Taylor Washington (Paladin), Sam Vallen (Caligula's Horse), Ben Karas (Thank You Scientist), Gleb Kanasevich, and Patrick Corona.

Meant to perform on the 2024 lineup, but forced to cancel, Tylor Dory Trio returns for 2025, they are a monstrous progressive metal unit and beloved by many in Western Canada. This live performance will be their first following a nearly seven-year layoff.

Hailing from London, ON, Solarus, simply put, is a musical vision and ambition to bring musicians together through their shared love for music. They bring forth impressive female-fronted melodic power metal.

Traveling from Edmonton, AB, Tower Hill delivers premium old-school heavy metal inspired by bands like Running Wild, Riot, Judas Priest, early Blind Guardian, and Helloween. Forging the best of the late 80s and early 90s German, British, and US metal scenes into a new blend of shimmering steel, Tower Hill’s riff-driven, hook-laden traditional metal will have you banging your head and singing along.

Luminator is a fantasy power metal band from the Pacific Northwest (Tacoma, WA) and will be supporting their latest EP "On The Clouds".

From Calgary, AB, Heyoka's Mirror is a progressive rock/metal band with international roots that was brought to life in the summer of 2015 by founding members Andrew Balboa and Omar Sultan. Their first music video “Asylum” (directed by Seth Williams), was nominated as Best Music Video by the 2020 YYC Music Awards and was released in support of their debut full-length "The Uninvited King".

Hyperspace Metal Festival VI - April 10th - 12th.

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Over the five editions of Hyperspace Metal Festival, bands from all over the world have come to play power, prog, melodic death, and speed metal on the Canadian West Coast. The festival has presented lineups that have included performances by Týr, Flotsam and Jetsam, Skelator, Trollfest, Aether Realm, Exmortus, Striker, Riot City, Into Eternity, Witherfall, Planeswalker, Iron Kingdom, Helion Prime, Ravenous, Crimson Shadows, West of Hell, Judicator, Odinfist, Tanagra, Scythia, Greyhawk, The Order of Chaos, Red Cain, and many more.

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OBSCURA | "The Beyond" - Official Playthrough by Christian Münzner

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OBSCURA | "Forsaken" - Official Playthrough by Steffen Kummerer & Christian Münzner

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LUNAR Announces Progressive New Album “The Illusionist” And Single “Juggling Chainsaws” Ft. Obscura’s Christian Münzner

LUNAR Announces Progressive New Album “The Illusionist” And Single “Juggling Chainsaws” Ft. Obscura’s Christian Münzner ft. members from Witherfall, Helion Prime, Planeswalker, Novareign. Mokili Wa, Nordic Frost, Outloud, Double Vision Album Guests Jørgen Munkeby (Shining), Christian Münzner (Obscura), Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est), Taylor Washington (Paladin), Sam Vallen (Caligula’s Horse),…

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OBSCURA Complete New Line-Up With Rejoining Guitarist CHRISTIAN MÜNZNER

OBSCURA Complete New Line-Up With Rejoining Guitarist CHRISTIAN MÜNZNER

OBSCURA have completed their new line-up with rejoining guitarist CHRISTIAN MÜNZNER.

After a six-year break, legendary German guitarist Christian Münzner (ETERNITY’S END, PARADOX, ALKALOID, ex-NECROPHAGIST, ex-SPAWN OF POSSESSION) has rejoined the German progressive death metallers OBSCURA as a permanent member. Münzner, known for his virtuoso guitar playing in extreme metal, joined OBSCURA in…

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Megjelent az első Mind’s Mirrors single

Megjelent az első Mind’s Mirrors single - https://metalindex.hu/2021/09/17/megjelent-az-elso-minds-mirrors-single/ -

Megjelent a Mind’s Mirrors projekt első dala egy digitális single formájában Spotify-on, illetve a német Legacy magazinban a H-Music jóvoltából megjelent Hungarian Legacy 2021 című válogatáslemezen. Ezen a CD-n 19 magyar zenekar dalai hallhatók, köztük több exkluzív megjelenés. A Mind’s Mirrors projektet Szabó Dániel gitáros és Purnhauser Pál basszusgitáros (mindketten Divided) hívta életre még 2009-ben Alan Tecchio énekessel (Watchtower, Hades, Seven Withces, Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins) közösen. A dalok azóta sokat pihentek a fiókban, a végső formáját végül 2021 tavaszán nyerte el a 8 számos lemezanyag, amit nemzetközi gárda készített el és a SuperSize Recording stúdióban Horváth Attila kevert és masterelt. A modern amerikai power metalt progresszív és extrém metalos elemekkel ötvöző, Forever Is Not Nearly Long Enough című lemezen a következő zenészek működtek közre:

Michael J. Romeo (Symphony X), Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink, Watchtower, Blotted Science), Steve Smyth (Nevermore, Testament, Vicious Rumors, Forbidden) és Christian Münzner (Obscura, Alkaloid) – gitár

Dave Lescinsky (Hades) – hörgés

Markó Ádám (Special Providence, Useme) – dob

A most megjelenő The Blur című dal átfogó képet ad a lemeztől várható stílusról, amire nagy hatással volt a Nevermore, a Queensryche-Crimson Glory-féle amerikai progresszív power metal és Chuck Schuldiner munkássága, valamint a floridai death és a klasszikus európai doom metal is. A 8 dal közt egy intro és 6 saját szerzemény mellett egy doom metalba oltott Depeche Mode feldolgozás is helyet kapott. Jelenleg egyeztetések folynak a kiadásról, a Facebook oldalunkon folymatosan hírt adunk a fejleményekről. 

Mind’s Mirrors – Forever Is Not Nearly Long Enough tracklist:

Glacial Extinction (intro feat. Christian Münzner)

Mechumanity (feat. Christian Münzner)

Counting On Me

Deadline (feat. Ron Jarzombek)

Eternal Spring Shrine

In Your Room (Depeche Mode cover)

Maenad

The Blur (feat. Michael J. Romeo & Steve Smyth)

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Christian Münzner Rejoins OBSCURA on Guitar

Christian Münzner Rejoins OBSCURA on Guitar

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Everything that is old is new again. After founding guitarist and vocalist Steffen Kummerer announced that he and the rest of the Obscura parted ways over creative differences, he began rebuilding. And, he looked to his past to do so. Obscura already announced David Diepold (Cognizance) as their new drummer, and bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling had rejoined the group. Today,…

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OBSCURA Rejoined By Guitarist CHRISTIAN MÜNZNER

OBSCURA Rejoined By Guitarist CHRISTIAN MÜNZNER

After a six-year break, guitarist Christian Münzner has rejoined German progressive death metallers OBSCURA as a permanent member. Münzner, known for his virtuoso guitar playing in extreme metal, joined OBSCURA in 2008 and recorded the band’s critically acclaimed full-length albums “Cosmogenesis” (2009) and “Omnivium” (2011), both released via Relapse Records. He has toured the world,…

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BURIED REALM Release “Poison Palace” Ft. Christian Münzner (Obscura) and Heikki Saari (Finntroll); New Album Out June

BURIED REALM Release “Poison Palace” Ft. Christian Münzner (Obscura) and Heikki Saari (Finntroll); New Album Out June

Colorado’s Buried Realm has a third album coming out, and like its two predecessors, it is chock full of heavy riffs, whiplash-inducing drums, and solos performed by a multitude of talented guests from around the world. This latest, self-titled offering has a third single entitled “Poison Palace”, which features the furious guitar work of Obscura’s Christian Münzner and drums by Heikki Saari…

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ETERNITY’S END - The Fire Within

　Obscura脱退組と脱退してないベースとのパワーメタル。ヴォーカルの声質はSymphony Xラッセルアレン系のタイプで、クリアさはなく、ひたすらパワフルな感じ。

　若干荒めのギタートーンともまあヴォーカルがマッチしているのでそこはいいと思う。もう少し洗礼されたトーンでクリアな声質のパワーメタルの方がウケはよろしいかと思うけどそこはTwilight Forceの独壇場だ。

　せっかくなのでベースがもっと主張したフレーズやソロ的な何かがあっても良かったかなと思う。ちょっと勿体無い。

　ちなみにギターのプレイスルー動画が上がっているのだが、驚くほど再生回数が少ない。もっとみんな再生してあげて欲しい。Obscuraはあまり聴いていなかったので知らなかったが、このクリスチャン・まーんつぅなー？(Christian Münzner)とかいうギタリスト、レブビーチみたいな運指のタッピングパターンを得意としてるようだし要チェケってわけ。 

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NYN premiere new song "The Hallway" feat. Christian Münzner (Alkaloid, ex-Obscura) NYN have released the video for a new song titled "The Hallway", which features a guest guitar solo by…

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Elkezdte a lemezfelvételeket az Obscura

Elkezdte a lemezfelvételeket az Obscura - http://metalindex.hu/2020/12/30/elkezdte-a-lemezfelveteleket-az-obscura/ -

Fredrik Nordström irányítása alatt megkezdődtek a következő Obscura-korong munkálatai. A régi-új felállásban zakatoló, Stefan Kummerer körül rotáló csapat újra Jeroen Paul Thesseling és Christian Münzner gitárossal és basszerral nyomatja az ipart, melléjük David Diepold szállt be dobosként. A húros szekció ebben az összetételben a Cosmogenesis és az Omnivium lemezeken volt hallható.

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20 Bands You Should Know Featuring Some Big Names In Metal

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Some of your favorite musicians might have a résumé far more extensive than you think. Now that you’re sitting at home self-quarantining, what better time to dig into some of their awesome projects? Alkaloid Alkaloid is guitarist and vocalist Morean (Dark Fortress, Noneuclid), guitarists Christian Münzner (Eternity’s End, ex-Obscura, ex-Spawn of Possession) and Danny Tunker…

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Spectral - "Into The Further" lyric video

Romanian extreme metallers Spectral recently dropped a lyric video for their new track “Into The Further”. Christian Münzner (Alkaloid, ex-Obscura) and Călin Paraschiv (Necrovile) provide guest solos on the song. Their upcoming debut effort Neural Correlates Of Hate is due out later this year. Visit the group’s Bandcamp to purchase “Into The Further” and their previously released track “Nihilist”…