Mystic Prophecy Places ''Satanic Curses'' On Metal Scene
Date: Monday, February 04 @ 05:43:39 UTC
Topic: Album Release News


Another announcement about a Locomotive Music artist: The part German, part Greek combo of Mystic Prophecy has seen the North American release of its fifth album, Satanic Curses, via Locomotive Music.

With a title sure to grab attention in the power metal world, frontman R.D. "Lia" Liapakis explains that it's a reflection of and commentary on the surrounding world.

"Take a look into this world. What will you see?," Liapakis said. "Crime, hate, war, despair, rape, mayhem. Those are true facts and these are the things that I wrote in my lyrics! It's time to speak the truth. We must change something in this world or we will have a total black out in a few years. The world is going down day by day and that's our Satanic Curses."



On a positive front, Mystic Prophecy delivers a strong riff-laden album of pure power metal on Satanic Curses. Written by guitarist Markus Pohl and Liapakis, the pair worked individually at home, making use of mp3s to avoid paying costly gas prices for the 120-mile commute between the cities of Memmingen and Stuttgart. Once finished, the band convened in its rehearsal studio to put the finishing touches on the songs.

"The work was very relaxed," Liapakis said. "The chemistry between Markus and me is very good, and Markus exactly knows what kind of music I need. I think that the new record is a very good trademark for Mystic Prophecy - hard melodic heavy metal with a lot of power."

A career highlight for the group happened in December when they discovered that the "Dark Forces" single, which had limited retail distribution, entered the singles charts in Liapakis' native Greece. "One day I read my mails and I got a message from my parents that we are in the charts in Hellas and that the radio is playing 'Dark Forces,'" he said. "I couldn't believe it and wrote a mail to our distributor in Greece. 'Lia, that's true,' the distributor said. 'The people like "Dark Forces" and you entered the Single Charts at 15!' That was the greatest moment in the history of Mystic Prophecy!"

Released in 2007 by Locomotive Spain; issued November 20, 2007 by Locomotive in the US







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