FADING CIRCLES - SOULBURN - 2010

The band "Fading Circles" was founded in 2002.
In the spring of 2003 they made a demo record which includes 5 songs.
The band had a short period of break until November 2003, since then new songs have been made.

In April 2004 Hunor Nagy won the best bass-player award at the Saint George Rock Night talent-search programme organized on Saint George Days in Sepsiszentgyörgy (Sfântu-Gheorghe). In July they played at the biggest rock festival of Transylvania, the 3rd Rock Marathon - Székelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc - Szejke spa).

In March 2005, the band won the second prize at the first 'Maximum Rock Challenge Festival', which was held in Kolozsvár (Cluj) with the aim to support the Romanian underground community. The guitarist of the band, István Csiszer also won the award 'Guitarist Of The Festival'.

On 14th of July, they could play for the Transylvanian fans at the 4th Rock Marathon, organized at Székelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc - Szejke spa).

In the autumn the band entered for the MediaFame, organized by the Transindex (http://mediabefuto.transindex.ro), where getting through the qualifying round and the regional competition, they won the high prize of the national competition in the best song and music categories, and, as a special award, they could have a concert at the Peninsula Festival (www.felsziget.ro) in 2006, and at the Free Summer University at Bálványos (www.tusvanyos.ro).

Hitherto the biggest concert of the band has been at the Monsters of Transylvania festival which took place in the sports hall in Marosvásárhely (Târgu- Mures) on 26th of November 2005. At that festival bands like ANVIL (Canada), PHANTOM-X (U.S.A.), IRON MASK (Belgium), NORTHERN LIGHTS (Turkey), TŰZMADÁR (Hu), TAINE (Ro), GOTHIC (Ro), iCoRy (Ro) gave concerts. On 10th of December 2005 the Fading Circles had their first separate concert, which took place in the Alcatraz club in Székelyudvarhely (Odorheiu Secuiesc). The boys ended their 2005 tour of concerts as the main band of the RockXMas festival organized on 23 December in Marosvásárhely (Târgu-Mures).

In the spring of 2006 the band went to the studio to record a couple of songs. On 13th May the band participated in the Sting Underground Club -Budapest (Hungary)- and then at the semifinals of the MA-TE-R Search for the Talented Rock Festival organized by the Hungarian Music and Cultural Foundation which took place in Budapest in 2006. They succeeded in entering the final, which was organized on 20th of May 2006. The show brought more success for the boys, as they returned home with the main prize of the festival.

In July the band participated in the most important rock festivals in Transylvania: on the 11th in Tusnad Spa, in the MIÉRT EU camp they played before the Republic, a famous band from Hungary; on the 13th they played before the Hungarian Aurora band at the V. Rock Marathon organized in Transylvania (Székelyudvarhely-Szejke Spa); on the 21st they played in Tusnad Spa again after the Hungarian Karthago and the Transylvanian TransylMania, at the Free Summer University of Tusvanyos; then on the 26th the band opened the programme of the Félsziget Festival on the Weekend stage (Big Stage) before the Altar and Pokolgép. The band ended its 2006 tour of concerts as the guest band of the TAZ-Mania festival (www.peronmusic.hu) organized in Tatabánya (Hungary) on 28th December.

2007: - the recording of the new material wasn't finished yet. Gigs: Budapest (HU) on 18th August; Social Club, Reghin (RO) - 20th October; Nagykanizsa (HU) - 3rd November; Odorheiu-Secuiesc (RO) - 17th November.

2008: - at the beginning of the year the recording sessions continued. The most important show of the year was Félsziget (Peninsula) again, sharing the stage with Subscribe (Hu), Republic (Hu) and Kispál és a Borz.

The spring of 2009 finally brought the result of studio work, the product being Soulburn, the debut album of Fading Circles.

FADING CIRCLES: SOULBURN

OUR OWN WORDS

The Holy Trinity: The opening track is a real metal locomotive in 6/8. It offers an interesting contrast between aggressive verses and church organ as well as a Gregorian-style chorus. The words describe today's people's self-centred mentality: The Holy Trinity is: "I, me and myself".

Kill The Screen: This song has brought the main success so far, first prize at the talent search shows Mediastar 2005 (Târgu Mures-Ro), Mater 2006 (Budapest-Hu). Musically, it is a kind of power metal with great riffs, a friendly and melodic chorus and a `70`s-like ending with an improvisation solo. The title speaks for itself, we can save our own spiritual life only by killing the screen.

My Real Face: The most progressive tune on Soulburn. It has a baroquish beginning, then comes a power metal "song in song" leading us into a world of great solos and strange measures which remind us of Baroque music again. The ending theme of the song turns into thrash metal. What about the lyrics? "The forgotten land is thinking slowly, it is time to show my real face."

Fading Parallels: Psychotic Waltz meats Black Sabbath. It shows the melodic side of the band, a kind of a sad ballad. The middle session is an interesting progressive solution in unison turning into beautiful melodies in guitar lead. The text is about parallel minds, it reminds us that we can find a solution to our problems only together, otherwise "The star of hatred begins to shine".

Attitude: A metal song again. The basic riff is a 2/4 engine. The melodies take us back to the `80`s. Two important quotations: "the river of emptiness is brainwashing all in its way.", "I`m in my world.and don`t let you in, I`m stronger as it seems".

My Restless Soul: This track is the most classical heavy metal song ever written by Fading Circles, catchy tempos, great sounding vocals and a chorus easy to remember. "On the horizon there`s a black hole absorbing dreams, angels fight for us with the sword of peace".

Sad Days Are Over: A sad song again. The track has two major parts, the first one is a slow, moody melodic music based on vocals, the second is a metal orgy based on riffs and a twin guitar lead. What about the lyrics?: "the emtiness you were waiting for is coming soon, sad days are over!"

Between Light And Darkness: As the title shows, there is always a balance between light and darkness, optimism and pessimism, dreams and reality, etc. The music is based on this fact. Two different parts again, the first one is a "fly away" progressive melody, with jazz-like arrangements, the second is full metal in a mid tempo. The end of the song is a great guitar solo turning into an almost Dream Theater homage. An interesting idea from the lyrics: "between light and darkness, where all lost souls search for madness, and I can`t turn away, there`s no place where I could fit myself!".

I Know That Time`ll Come: After eight hard to digest and patience requiring songs, the ninth is a slow ending for the CD. Just to relax and listen to beautiful vocal melodies and guitar solos. The final line of the text summons up the point of the message of the whole album: "Why should I run?".