- Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland
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Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland Background information Origin Greece, Turkey Genres Power metal
Symphonic metalYears active 2005–present Labels AFM Records Associated acts Dreamtone
Evergrey
Blind Guardian
Shadow GalleryWebsite Official website Members Oganalp Canatan
Iris Mavraki
Onur Ozkoc
Burak Kahraman
Emrecan Sevdin
Can Dedekarginoglu
Guney OzsanDreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland is a music group, a collaboration between Turkish progressive metal band Dreamtone and Greek singer Iris Mavraki. Commonly abbreviated as "Neverland", their music can be best described as Symphonic power metal.
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History
In 2004, Neverland's former manager Orpheus Spiliotopoulos listened to Dreamtone's first demo, Unforeseen Reflections and later introduced the band and Iris Mavraki to each other.[1] Throughout the writing and composing stages of the songs, Iris was in Greece and Dreamtone were in Turkey. During this time, they recorded a collection of demos (two of which are on the special edition of the band's first CD). On December 2007, Neverland signed their first record contract with AFM Records [2] and set out to record their debut album, Reversing Time.
Teaming up with the guest artists Hansi Kürsch, Tom Englund, Gary Wehrkamp and Mike Baker, they recorded the band's first 12 tracks. The album was released in February 2008 after visiting 8 studios before finalized.[3] Also during Hansi Kürsch's recording sessions, the recordings had to be rescheduled six times and cancelled once due to various reasons, from touring to storms destroying studio rooftops.[4] Mike Baker, the recently deceased singer,[5][6] reserved the track Reversing Time when he first heard it, without a second thought. This track was his final officially released singer appearance and ironically the song is about a person trying to reverse the time and stop his death.[7]
Future
As of February 1, 2009, Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland are recording their second album[8] which is to be released through AFM Records.
Band members
Current members
- Oganalp Canatan - Vocals
- Iris Mavraki - Vocals
- Onur Ozkoc - Guitars
- Burak Kahraman - Guitars
- Emrecan Sevdin - Drums
- Can Dedekarginoglu - Bass
- Guney Ozsan - Keyboard
Guest Artists
Discography
Studio albums
- Reversing Time (2008)
- Ophidia (2010)
Compilations
- Power And Glory - The Best Power Metal Hymns Vol. 1 (2008)[15]
See also
References
- ^ Band History
- ^ Record deal with AFM
- ^ Album Fact 1
- ^ Album Fact 2
- ^ Mike Baker death news
- ^ Shadow Gallery Press Release
- ^ Album Fact 3
- ^ Neverland 2
- ^ Interview with Hansi Kürsch
- ^ Interview with Tom Englund
- ^ Interview with Gary Wehrkamp
- ^ Interview with Ozan Alparslan
- ^ Interview with Evren Yazgan
- ^ Interview with Erim Arkman
- ^ Power And Glory Compilation
External links
Categories:- Turkish heavy metal musical groups
- Power metal musical groups
- Symphonic metal musical groups
- Musical groups established in 2005
- Musical septets
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