With soaring vocals, lightning fast guitars and a rock solid backline, Borealis is bringing leather back, and dragging power metal up with it. It's been that way from the start for these 5 Canadian guys: all or nothing, and it shows in their music.
Starting out in 2005, Borealis wasn't supposed to sound as it does today. The first songs and live performances were done with a female opera singer. It was quickly realized that the possibilities were limited following that path, so they set out to find the right sound. During their search, enough songs were written to record an album, but there was no luck finding a singer. However, at some point the band realized that guitarist Matt Marinelli had been holding out on them by not letting them know that he could sing up until that point.
With Matt now stepping in as their new singer and an arsenal of songs, Borealis entered the studio, and after a long and endlessly drawn out time, the debut album was unleashed in 2008 by the band itself. 'World of Silence' has quickly garnered attention from all angles of the industry, and word is just starting to get out.
Having been playing locally with such world-renowned bands as Kamelot, Epica, and Sonata Arctica with nothing to sell, patient fans were elated to finally get their hands on the album, and Borealis played a packed show with Edguy to support it. Suddenly Borealis was a band on everyone's lips in their home-area of Ontario, Canada.
Summer of 2010 was spent recording and mixing the sophomore album, sinisterly titled "Fall From Grace", an album that will bring the band to where they need and deserve to be - as one of the best young bands on a growing metal scene.
Musically Borealis leans towards the classic power metal sound, not too far removed from bands such as Evergrey or even Savatage in their prime, but also the more progressive bands like Vanden Plas or Dream Theater springs to mind here and there. It's all about energy, aggression, melodies and finesse - and Borealis has it all in spades.
With an independently released debut "World Of Silence" safely in the bag, the band took it upon themselves to give ProgPower USA one heck of a kick-start when they visited the world famous festival in September 2010. With a 45 minute set comprised of songs from both the 2011 disc "Fall From Grace" as well as their debut, they made sure all 1,100 people in attendance would leave with a positive memory of BOREALIS.
Produced and mixed by Jordan Valeriote in Ontario, Canada and mastered by Tomas Johansson at the world famous Panic Room Studios in Sweden (known for a.o. Scar Symmetry, Warrior Soul, Miseration), "Fall From Grace" is a sonic masterpiece. And topped by the fantastic artwork by Frank Fiedler, the entire package comes off as one of this year's most impressive power metal releases.
Consisting of Sean Werlick (keys), Michael Briguglio (guitar), Sean Dowell (drums) and Jamie Smith (bass), along with the aformentioned Matt Marinelli, the top of the power metal scene is where these Canadians strive to be, and if there's only one certainty, it's that they won't stop until they're there.
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Matt Marinelli - vocals, guitar
Sean Werlick - keyboard
Michael Briguglio - guitar
Sean Dowell - drums
Jamie Smith - bass
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Japan: Hydrant Music
Rest of the World: Lion Music
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2011 - Fall From Grace
2009 - World Of Silence
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