Melissa Ferlaak

Melissa Ferlaak
Birth name	Melissa Marie Ferlaak
Born	April 26, 1979 (1979-04-26) (age 32)
Origin	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Genres	Symphonic metal, Power metal
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002 - present
Labels	Napalm Records
Associated acts	Aesma Daeva Visions of Atlantis

Melissa Marie Ferlaak Koch (born April 26, 1979) is an American soprano, lead singer for Echoterra and former singer of Aesma Daeva (until 2005) and Visions of Atlantis (until 2007). She currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is married to Wolfgang Koch, the former guitarist of Visions of Atlantis. The couple married on May 3, 2008.^[1] She is the main studio vocalist on the EP of Joakim Severinsen's project Adyta. In 2009, she joined Echoterra as their new lead singer.

Personal life

Born in Cottage Grove, MN. Completed Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 2001 in Music and Master's of Music from New England Conservatory in 2003 in Vocal Performance. On February 26, 2009, Koch gave birth their first child, Carmen AnnaRose Koch.

Discography

With Aesma Daeva

• The Eros of Frigid Beauty (2002)
• The New Athens Ethos (2003)

With Visions of Atlantis

• Trinity (2007)

With Adyta

• Rose of Melancholy (2009)
• Katarsis (2011)

With Echoterra

• In Your Eyes EP (2010)
• Land of the Midnight Sun (2011)

References

1. ^ "Melissa Ferlaak's myspace page". http://www.myspace.com/melissadaeva. 

External links

• Melissa Ferlaak's official myspace
• Visions of Atlantis official site
• Adyta official site
• Echoterra Myspace

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