Austrian symphonic metallers
Visions Of Atlantis have issued the following update:
"First the bad news: in a mutual agreement with the organisation of
Metal Female Voices Fest [set to take place October 18-19 in Wieze, Belgium], we have come to the point to not play at this year's edition and postpone the appearance to 2009 when we are ready with a new album and have perfectly arranged our show with the new singer. This leads to the good news: We Have Found A New Female Singer! More information will follow quite soon."
Visions Of Atlantis last year parted ways with the group's Minnesota-based vocalist,
Melissa Ferlaak, and her now-husband, guitarist
Wolfgang "Wops" Koch, due to "musical differences." As a result, the band's previously announced participation in the
Kamelot European tour was cancelled.
Koch has since been replaced by the returning guitarist
Werner Fiedler, who was responsible for much of the songwriting on the group's first two records.
Visions Of Atlantis's latest album,
"Trinity", was released in May 2007 via
Napalm Records. The Cd was recorded at
Dreamscape Studios and was mastered at
Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. The CD's cover artwork was created by
Anthony Clarkson, who has previously worked with
Blind Guardian,
Hypocrisy and
Exodus, among others.
Watch fan-filmed video footage of
Visions Of Atlantis performing the song
"Lost" on September 26, 2007 at The Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California:
