History:
Serenity's history has its beginning in January 2001 when the first complete line-up after several personal changes and more than a year of rehearsal started to work hard on writing and performing melodic metal with some progressive influences. Being quite succesful in playing live and receiving fine reviews for the first demo established Serenity as one of the leading metal bands of the region. They seemed to be ready for reaching higher grounds when in late 2003/early 2004 three of the founding members left the band. In February 2004 Serenity got in contact with a guitarist, a singer and a bass player who were in search of musicians to join their metal project.
And so, since March 2004, Serenity consists of Georg Neuhauser (lead vocals), Thomas Buchberger (lead & rhythm guitars), Simon Holzknecht (bass), Mario Hirzinger (keys, vocals) and Andreas Schipflinger (drums, vocals). The new line-up brought some subtle musical changes, too. Besides introducing a new lead voice the songs were now based on a more 'metal' riffing, yet a high demand on melodies, orchestral parts and arrangements for several voices surely remained. 'New' Serenity's crucial test took place on 2nd of August 2004 when they successfully supported Ronnie James Dio facing an unbelievable raging crowd. This first proof of the band's good work was followed by other strong gigs which finally granted Serenity the approving respect by the local metal scene.
In the meantime they had begun to produce the new demo 'Engraved Within' on their own. After being mixed by Jan Vacik at Dreamscape Studios in Munich/Germany 'Engraved Within' was released in spring 2005 and received outstanding reviews all over Europe, among them i.e. 'Demo of the month' in german Rock Hard and Metal Hammer magazines.
Although some labels were interested to work with the band, Serenity decided to produce a self-financed full-length album which would increase the chances for a more valuable deal including touring activities. 'Words Untold & Dreams Unlived' can be called an all-over european project, for it was recorded in Dreamscape Studios/Munich as well as at home in Austria, mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios/Helsinki, orchestral parts were produced in Czech Republic and the whole artwork was done by Seth-Design in Athens/Greece.
In the meantime Serenity published their 2nd foll length release "Fallen Sanctuary" all over the world. The album gained a lot of interest by magazines, fans, companies,... and earned highest ratings! Serenity also did a video shot for the song "Velatum", which can be seen here. The band was also part of the "Kamelot Rule The World Tour 2009" all over Europe! In autumn SERENITY toured with Edenbridge and another european tour with UK Prog Metal heads Threshold! In late 2009 the band will concentrate on writing new songs for the next big release due to be out worldwide somewhen in 2010 via Napalm Records!
Hi ,very thanx for Friendship ! das Konzert am letzten Sonntag (1.November) im Z7 war spitzenmässig , super-genial . Die besten grüsse aus der Schweiz ,cheers....PETE und PADI .
Thank you for a wonderful concert in Wrocław. You are amazing! I love you and your songs. It was great to meet with you and make a photo with you. I hope you will come to Poland again quickly. I will look forward to your next concert in Poland.
I love you all!! I wish you a good luck and I send best wishes from Poland! margaritka
Es war wieder mal total geil mit Euch gestern! Ich glaube, ich habe mit Aschebersch nicht zuviel versprochen. Wenn die Bands einigermassen passen, ist das das beste Publikum weit und breit. Und die Bands haben gestern mehr als gepasst:) Ich bin mir sicher, dass Ihr einige Fans dazu bekommen habt! Bis Montag!
Geil, geil, geil. Danke Jungs für den absolut großartigen Gig in Essen. Aber, jodeln lernen wird dann wohl eher nicht funktionieren bei mir ;-) Viele Grüße Frank
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... looking forward to hear you again this year ... in innsbruck ... 
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