Cryoshell (band)
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Cryoshell is a Danish rock
band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2006. The line-up currently consists of lead vocalist
Christine Lorentzen - who goes by her stagename/ nickname "Lore", lead guitarist Kasper Søderlund, keyboardist
/ bassist
/ backing vocalist
Mikkel Maltha and unofficial drummer
Jakob Gundel. In the band's early years they recorded several songs that were used as themes for the toy-line of the popular Lego
theme Bionicle
.
Cryoshell's genre of music has usually been classified as alternative rock
or hard rock
, even a crossover
between the two. They have a style similar to that of bands such as Delain
and Evanescence
(both of which are also fronted by a female musician), some fans and reviewers have even considered their sound to be a mix of Evanescence and Linkin Park
.
, a popular Lego
toy theme (which is designed at Advance), as the soundtrack for their commericals and mini-movies in early 2007. The song proved to be very popular, rapidly becoming the most downloaded MP3 from the official Lego website.
Due to the popularity of "Creeping in my Soul", Søderlund and Maltha (the latter beginning to record keyboard in addition to bass) recorded a new song with Danish singer Niels Brinck
called "Face Me", with Simonsen again serving as producer. The song again was used by Bionicle - as the soundtrack for their 2007 summer sets. The four later worked on a third song for Bionicle, which was released in early 2008 and named "Gravity Hurts".
In the summer of 2008, Simonsen and Brinck left the group, the latter being replaced by "Creeping in my Soul" singer Christine Lorentzen. With the release of their newest song for Bionicle, "Closer to the Truth", the newly-formed band began work on their first album under their own record label, Cryoshell I/S; hence the name of the band. Cryoshell later struck a deal with an East-European record label called Voices & Music Entertainment and began recording at Hansen Studios with producer Jacob Hansen. In 2009, the band released their first official single as an independent band, "Bye Bye Babylon". An alternative version of the song was used as the soundtrack for the direct-to-DVD film The Legend Reborn
, the music video for the alternative version of the song is included an extra on the DVD. An extended version of the band version is featured on their self-titled debut album.
In 2010, Cryoshell hired a drummer, Jakob Gundel, released a second single; a re-recorded version of "Creeping in my Soul", and completed and released their long-awaited debut album in their homeland of Denmark on June 7th, which was later released as a digital download worldwide in February 2011. A global CD format release is currently being arranged, along with two new songs currently in production.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2006. The line-up currently consists of lead vocalist
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
Christine Lorentzen - who goes by her stagename/ nickname "Lore", lead guitarist Kasper Søderlund, keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
/ bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...
/ backing vocalist
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
Mikkel Maltha and unofficial drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Jakob Gundel. In the band's early years they recorded several songs that were used as themes for the toy-line of the popular Lego
Lego
Lego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
theme Bionicle
Bionicle
Bionicle is a line of toys by the LEGO Group marketed primarily for 5- to 16-year-olds. The line was launched on December 30, 2000 in Europe and June/July 2001 in Canada and the United States. "Bionicle" is a portmanteau constructed from the words "biological" and "chronicle"...
.
Cryoshell's genre of music has usually been classified as alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
or hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, even a crossover
Crossover (music)
Crossover is a term applied to musical works or performers appearing on two or more of the record charts which track differing musical tastes, or genres...
between the two. They have a style similar to that of bands such as Delain
Delain
Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band. The band was founded by the ex-keyboardist of Within Temptation, Martijn Westerholt.-Founding:Delain was founded by Martijn Westerholt and Charlotte Wessels. Westerholt is the ex-keyboardist and brother of one of the founders of Within Temptation, Robert...
and Evanescence
Evanescence
Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide...
(both of which are also fronted by a female musician), some fans and reviewers have even considered their sound to be a mix of Evanescence and Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
.
History
The band formed in late 2006 when an employee of Advance (a creative agency located in Copenhagen) named Christine Lorentzen was asked to sing vocals for a one-off recording project at Hansen Studios, working alongside guitarist Kasper Søderlund, bassist Mikkel Maltha and keyboardist Søren Bendz, with Eddie Simonsen as the producer. The song recorded for the project was titled "Creeping in my Soul" and was used by BionicleBionicle
Bionicle is a line of toys by the LEGO Group marketed primarily for 5- to 16-year-olds. The line was launched on December 30, 2000 in Europe and June/July 2001 in Canada and the United States. "Bionicle" is a portmanteau constructed from the words "biological" and "chronicle"...
, a popular Lego
Lego
Lego is a line of construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears, minifigures and various other parts...
toy theme (which is designed at Advance), as the soundtrack for their commericals and mini-movies in early 2007. The song proved to be very popular, rapidly becoming the most downloaded MP3 from the official Lego website.
Due to the popularity of "Creeping in my Soul", Søderlund and Maltha (the latter beginning to record keyboard in addition to bass) recorded a new song with Danish singer Niels Brinck
Niels Brinck
Niels Brinck Kristensen is a Danish singer and songwriter.Brinck won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with the song "Believe Again" which was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson Moller and Ronan Keating...
called "Face Me", with Simonsen again serving as producer. The song again was used by Bionicle - as the soundtrack for their 2007 summer sets. The four later worked on a third song for Bionicle, which was released in early 2008 and named "Gravity Hurts".
In the summer of 2008, Simonsen and Brinck left the group, the latter being replaced by "Creeping in my Soul" singer Christine Lorentzen. With the release of their newest song for Bionicle, "Closer to the Truth", the newly-formed band began work on their first album under their own record label, Cryoshell I/S; hence the name of the band. Cryoshell later struck a deal with an East-European record label called Voices & Music Entertainment and began recording at Hansen Studios with producer Jacob Hansen. In 2009, the band released their first official single as an independent band, "Bye Bye Babylon". An alternative version of the song was used as the soundtrack for the direct-to-DVD film The Legend Reborn
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn, also known as Bionicle 4: The Legend Reborn, is a direct-to-DVD sequel to the 3 previous Bionicle films, based on the Bionicle toys. It was released on September 15, 2009 in the United States and Canada, October 5, 2009 in the United Kingdom and September 2, 2009 in...
, the music video for the alternative version of the song is included an extra on the DVD. An extended version of the band version is featured on their self-titled debut album.
In 2010, Cryoshell hired a drummer, Jakob Gundel, released a second single; a re-recorded version of "Creeping in my Soul", and completed and released their long-awaited debut album in their homeland of Denmark on June 7th, which was later released as a digital download worldwide in February 2011. A global CD format release is currently being arranged, along with two new songs currently in production.
Current
- Christine (Lore) Lorentzen - Lead vocals (2006-present)
- Kasper Søderlund - Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
(2006-present) - Mikkel Maltha - KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals (2006-present) - Jakob Gundel - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(unofficial) (2009-present)
Former
- Niels BrinckNiels BrinckNiels Brinck Kristensen is a Danish singer and songwriter.Brinck won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with the song "Believe Again" which was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson Moller and Ronan Keating...
- Lead vocals (2007–2008) - Søren Bendz - Keyboard (2006–2007)
- Marcus Busborg - Drums (single version of "Bye Bye Babylon") (2009)
Songs for "Bionicle"
- "Creeping in my Soul" - 2007 (Original version)
- "Face Me" - 2007 (with Niels BrinckNiels BrinckNiels Brinck Kristensen is a Danish singer and songwriter.Brinck won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with the song "Believe Again" which was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson Moller and Ronan Keating...
) - "Gravity Hurts" - 2008 (with Niels Brinck)
- "Closer to the Truth" - 2008 (Original version)
- "Bye Bye Babylon" - 2009 (Alternative of single version)
Music videos
- "Gravity Hurts" - 2008
- "Closer to the Truth" - 2008
- "Bye Bye Babylon" - 2009
- "Creeping in my Soul" - 2010