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The idea of the band came up in Albacete (Spain) in the summer of 2004 from the meeting between Itea Benedicto (vocals and composition) and Jesús Díez (guitars and composition), although it is in the summer of 2005 when the band begins to work and the first concerts happen.

It..s characteristic style put together powerful riffs and drums with an important melodic charge, great orchestration and the versatile voice of the soprano Itea Benedicto, getting influences from several Metal genres (like thrash, progressive, gothic, power...) as well as from Classical Music (specially from Baroque and Romanticism) and, sometimes, from Folk. In their songs it..s usual to find passages of high elegance and with a lot of arrangements, sometimes with some theatricality.

In 2006 they record their first and only demo, under the name "Infinite Ocean Of Stars", including 6 tracks. In the months after the demo was completed, some changes in the formation happen, joining the band Santi (keyboard and violin) and Alberto (drums). From that moment, that participates in several festivals and begins to play in many cities of Spain.

In the begining of 2008 the band temporally stops their live shows to focus in the songs which will compose their first album.

The album, under the name "The Shining Harmony Of Universe" is recorded in August and September 2008 at the Nazgul Sound Studios in Valencia (Spain). Produced by Fernando Asensi and Níobeth, the album is released in Spain in October 2008 under the label Molusco Discos.

The album has a length of 70 minutes and a total of 13 tracks. It includes the cover of The Magic Flute - Queen Of The Night Aria by W.A. Mozart and a bonus track, "Kowasani Furuete", with the lyrics in Japanese languaje, in what suposses a humble homage to the victims of the nuclear attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This album counts with the collaboration of the best coral of Castilla-La Mancha: "El Orfeón de la Mancha", as well as with some guest musicians in instruments like flute, piccolo, ocarina (Lourdes Guillén), whistle, bagpipe, violin, etc. The recording of the bass lines comes by Juanba Nadal.

The album has been licensed in Japan by the label Rubicon Music, with release date in June 2009. The Japanese edition of the album includes an exclusive bonus track, "Dreaming", and a DVD with the videoclip of "The Whisper of Rain" and additional material.

"The Shining Harmony Of Universe" has had a wonderful receivement in the press media both national and international, with reviews like:

The perfect union between metal and classical music. The elegance and pulchritude of classical music hold hands with the strengh, heaviness and power of heavy metal inside of baroque and progressive structures that invite to discover new corners in every listen.

At the same time of the Japanese release, the band presents their first videoclip, of the single "The Whisper Of Rain", which counts with the presence of the television actresses Cristina Alvis and Iris Lezcano.

Among the last concerts of the band we find the albm presentation tour (The Shining Tour), which have taken them to the best venues of Spain, the Viña Rock 2009 festival (with an audience of more than 50.000 people), the concert in the prestigious Circus Theater accompanied live by the choir Orfeón de la Mancha and the Spanish tour with the norwegian band Sirenia, in the next September 2009.

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