PROGRESSIVE METAL FROM THE SOUTH OF GERMANY Genre: Progressive metal / heavy metal / hard rock / melodic metal

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With the release of their first album titled "Order & Chaos" in 2017, the German heavy metal band "Road to Exile" took inspiration from the old rock legends as well as from the metal of today. Soft voices and growls, sweet acoustic guitar and howling guitar solos, breakdowns and country rhythms, songs about life and songs about beer. This is how metal should be.

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In need of going back to the roots of heavy metal, guitarists Fabian and Thomas, drummer Johannes and former bassist Steffen met in April 2015 and agreed to rewind metal's history back to the 80s and start over again. For this purpose, they took the best bits of their favorite bands and artists, starting with classics of rock and heavy metal such as Queen, and , and including modern influences from core, black and groove metal.

Because 80s metal is not 80s metal without Iron Maiden and Metallica, they recruited Hamza, who could play all Dave Murray and solos blindfolded. Having now found a capable shredder, they finally met Carl, who after this point never touched his acoustic guitar again. Being so mesmerized by the great singers of Heavy Metal, he began taking inspiration from Ronny James Dio, and Dave Mustaine. They played their debut concert in December 2015 and their first EP titled "We Must Be Reborn" including 3 songs was released in February 2016. After Steffen had left the band, senior bassist and fan Sebastian joined the band in November 2016 and enriched the music with his great technique and his soft background vocals. The six musicians set off on a tour of seven concerts in southern Germany and released their debut album titled "Order & Chaos" in November 2017. This development resulted in what Road to Exile's music is today: a rich sound universe of soft voices and growls, sweet acoustic guitar and howling guitar solos, breakdowns and country rhythms, songs about life and songs about beer. This is how metal should be.

HISTORY • April 2015: Fabian Marquart (guitar), Thomas Schmidt (guitar), Johannes Meßmer (drums) und Steffen Schumm (bass, growls) founded Road to Exile. • August 2015: Hamza Bourouyne (guitar) joined the band. • November 2015: Carl Freise (vocals) completes the lineup. • February 2016: The first EP titled “We Must Be Reborn” is released. The band recorded, mixed and distributed the EP independently. • November 2016: Steffen Schumm leaves the band, Sebastian Harttung, an experienced bass player and background vocalist takes his place. Fabian starts growling. • November 2017: The debut album “Order & Chaos”, again produced independently, is released. • Februar 2018: Road to Exile supports The Hirsch Effekt on their Eskapist-Tour at Kulturladen Konstanz.

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MEMBERS

Fabian Marquart (guitar, Carl Freise Hamza Bourouyne growls) (vocals) (guitar) Thomas Schmidt Johannes Meßmer Sebastian Harttung (bass, (guitar) (drums) background vocals)

CURRENT ALBUM ORDER & CHAOS Release: 04.11.2017 1. Intro 2. Still Rising 3. We Must Be Reborn 4. This Road Smells Like Fire 5. Lifeblood 6. Order & Chaos 7. Seven 8. Road to Exile 9. Laying the Blocks

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