After almost 20 years and 10 studio albums MYSTIC PROPHECY finally found in ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records their rightful home, and this long overdue partnership is out for blood! After the success of their latest offering "Monuments Uncovered", one of Germany's finest heavy metal machine, MYSTIC PROPHECY return with a new ground-breaking Heavy Metal masterpiece filled with massive riffs, anthemic hooks and furious melodies! "Metal Division" is definitely the band's heaviest and best work to date and will elevate MYSTIC PROPHECY where they belong: to the HEAVY METAL pantheon!

 

 

. Produced by R.D. Liapakis
. Recorded at the Prophecy Studios Kempten - Hegge, Germany
. Sound Engineering by Christian Schmid
.Pre-production and editing by Evan K at Epsilon Studio, Aschaffenburg, Germany
. Mixed and Mastered by "Best Producer 2017-Heavy Music Award" winner Henrik Udd at Henrik Udd Recording Studios (Architects, Bring Me The Horizon, Hammerfall, Powerwolf etc).
. Cover artwork and layout by Stan- W Decker (Primal Fear, Ten, Ross The Boss, Stryper)
. Band Photos by Nicolai Brunn / Jungbrunn Productions

 

"Metal Division" will be released through ROAR! Rock of Angels Records, physically and digitally worldwide on January 10, 2020.

 

Official track list, available format variations and pre-order links will be announced soon!

 

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Roberto Dimitri Liapakis - Vocals
Markus Pohl - Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Evan K - Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Joey Roxx - Bass
Hanno Kerstan - Drums

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Formed by Valley's Eve bandmates R.D. Liapakis and Martin Albrecht, initially only as a side project. Gus G. was recommended to them as an unknown by David T. Chastain, and brought with him drummer Dennis Ekdahl, who he had been working with on demos for his embryonic Firewind project. The debut album was written mostly by Albrecht and Liapakis in a very short period of time, before all the band members had ever met face-to-face, with songs still being composed while the album was being recorded.

 

The second album was written in similarly compressed conditions, with Gus G. serving as the main writing partner to Liapakis as the members worked the band around their other projects. Following the release of the third album, Albrecht and Liapakis wanted to press ahead with Mystic Prophecy as a full-time band, so Gus G. and Dennis Ekdahl both left to make way for new musicians. Markus Pohl, who had joined as a live member in 2003, was promoted to full-time status, along with new lead guitarist Martin Grimm, taking the band up to a five-piece for the first time. Martin Albrecht stepped down in 2008, leaving R.D. Liapakis as the band's only remaining founding member. Matt C. filled in on drums for Mystic Prophecy for one tour after Stefan Dittrich left. MYSTIC PROPHECY - playing music in the vein of bands like Accept, Judas Priest, Exodus, Forbidden or Testament - has become one of the biggest surprises within the global metal scene in the last years, standing for powerful and dynamic metal at its best.

 

With "Satanic Curses" (2007), MYSTIC PROPHECY stepped out of their power metal comfort zone and delivered "the world's heaviest heavy metal album". MYSTIC PROPHECY confirmed with "Fireangel" (2009) that the band's still standing strong, which was verified live with an European tour with Statovarius as well as numerous festival appearances. Promoting "Ravenlord" (2011), the band topped all expectations as co-headliner of the so-called "Wolfsnächte" tour with Powerwolf and with gigs at festivals such as Metalfest, Summer Breeze, NOAF or Prog Power. 2013 saw the release of "KillHammer", which was accompanied by a tour with Masterplan in autumn as well as an European headliner tour a year later. In 2015, MYSTIC PROPHECY focused on writing new material for the upcoming album "WAR BRIGADE".

 

After a break of nearly 2 years, German power metallers MYSTIC PROPHECY proudly present their 9th studio album "WAR BRIGADE". They once again take no prisoners and deliver mighty hymns like "The Crucifix", "The Devil Is Back" or "Metal Brigade", which should be part of every playlist featuring essential neck-breakers. These songs clearly don’t need to hide behind MYSTIC PROPHECY classics like "Ravenlord" or "KillHammer". MYSTIC PROPHECY’s also known for delivering fast and aggressive tracks and "WAR BRIGADE" offers them as well: look forward to bang your head to "Burning Out" and "Pray For Hell".

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Vengeance - 2001
Regressus - 2003
Never-Ending - 2004
Savage Souls - 2006
Satanic Curses - 2007
Fireangel - 2009
Ravenlord - 2011
Killhammer - 2013
War Brigade - 2016
Monuments Uncovered - 2018
Metal Division - 2020