Today is finally the day when our new album Mother Universe sees the light of day! It has been a long and arduous journey, but every single metre has been worth it. The first notes were already written in 2017, Venus was the first song written. With each song that was added, it became clearer how diverse the album would become in terms of mood and orchestration. From a straightforward rock number like Saturn to massive orchestral movements and choirs like Mars. And so we were overjoyed to get Mr. Joost van den Broek, who produces genre greats like Epica, Blind Guardian or Powerwolf, on board. After an intensive pre-production, we were supposed to go into the studio – but the measures to fight the pandemic also affected our production in the Netherlands, not to mention the additional logistical challenges. But in August 2023, the final touches were finally put on the master and today we can proudly present our work to the world
Sun – Journey of Icarus released!
The release of the album “Mother Universe” is drawing closer and to help bridge the time until 25.11.2022, we have another advance taste for you! Unfortunately without a video, but no less cool, we present you the brightest star on the firmament: Sun – Journey of Icarus.
Venus – Storyvideo
We are very proud to present today our 3rd Single – together with a Story video, again created by the one and only Rainer Zipp Fränzen. It’s a very special one: Not only has it no bandplay inside, it is also based on the story of the Great-grandparents of Janika. So this is a very personal video for you to enjoy!
Saturn – 2nd Single is out now!
After the release of our first Single Mars – The Game is Over, we are very proud to present the second one: Saturn – Human Clockwork. It is more raw and guitar focussed than Mars and we created a special more industrial like soundscape for it. It is released on all Streaming platforms, so check it out for yourself!
Video premiere for Mars!
We are super excited, that we are finally able to present you the result of a lot of work, blood, sweat and tears! On 12.08.2022 18:00 GMT+2 we will present the video for Mars – The Game is Over on our YouTube Channel. It’s been such a long and strange journey, that it almost feels surreal that this day finally comes. But here it is and we could not be more happy about it. You can presave the song on your favorite platform
Video shoot Part III
What is a real music video without filming the musicians playing? So we rode into Leipzig’s Hellraiser, where we also host our Winds and Woods meet Metal Festival, fogged up the stage properly and illuminated it atmospherically. We had a bit of fun dressing up as well! So we have all the material ready and are now eagerly awaiting the finished edited result.
Video shoot Part II
This time we shot in Leipzig. The video for the song Venus will be a very personal thing for Janika, as the inspiration for the storyline of the video was her grandmother’s life. So the shoot was also very touching for all involved.
Video shoot Part I
We used the first warm days of the year to shoot the first part of our video shoot in Hilchenbach, the home of our video producer Rainer Fränzen, who also produced the video for Voices of the Dead. We were very lucky with the weather, so that the outdoor shots didn’t end in frostbite and we also had a lot of fun doing it. That’s how it should be!
Now mixing Mother Universe!
We have now completely recorded and performed everything for our new album Mother Universe – and now it’s time for mixing. We are really looking forward to hearing the result of the work of Joost van den Broek, who has also produced Epica and Blind Guardian, among others. Meanwhile, we are preparing a fitting visual presentation: Time for video recording!
Janika-Interview in TV
We wish you a healthy New Year 2022! We hope that finally a common cultural life will be possible again and that we can meet at concerts, in bars and in theatres. Now that all the tracks are in the can, we are in the process of fine-tuning our upcoming album “Mother Universe” together with our producer Joost van den Broek, so that it can finally see the light of day this coming summer.
In the meantime, Janika was a guest of Volly Tanner on Sachsenfernsehen at the turn of the year. You can watch the episode here, it is in German.
https://www.sachsen-fernsehen.de/mediathek/video/tanner-trifft-folge-46-mit-janika-gross/