The history of Tragedy Divine started in 1990 with a Progressive Metal band called Variety Of Arts, based out of the area of Ludwigsburg/Germany. The demo tape “Dreams Of Perfection” was released in 1992, and one year later the band made an appearance on Volume III of the “Peace Eater” compilation series, on which they released the song ‘Gardens Of Mischief’. In 1994, the band decided to change name to Tragedy Divine, and become a little straighter and less complicated in their musical style, while still remaining somewhat ‘progressive’.
After one demo, “Apostles Of Deceit”, they got signed to T&T/Noise Records, and their debut album “Visions Of Power” was released in spring 1996 and received high critical acclaim within the underground. Soon after, singer Gerrit P. Mutz and guitarist Joerg M. Knittel found they were no longer content with the whole concept of Tragedy Divine, and instead wanted to return to their roots – classic eighties Power Metal in the vein of such US Metal legends as Omen, Helstar and Agent Steel. This was hour of birth for Sacred Steel, which adopting a full on Metal image and signing a deal with Metal Blade in 1997.
The remaining three members of Tragedy Divine, Altmann, Podgurski and Zube, joined forces with Alex Koch of Powergod to form Spiral Tower, signing a deal with Massacre Records in 1999.
...in diesem Zusammenhang fällt mir wieder "Variety of Arts" ein. Vielleicht hat ja mal irgendwann jemand von euch Zeit, hier ne Gedächtnis-Seite ins Leben zu rufen, dann muss ich auf meinem Dachboden nicht erst gross nach dem "Dreams Of Perfection"-Demo suchen...;-)
Hope to cross your path on the Lividity Europe Tour April 2009
**EUROPE TOUR April 2009** We are a 5 band roster at the moment, we need 1 MORE SUPPORT ACT to complete the package and ready to crush with us!! Please contact Kraftevention Tours (Germany) for inquire of the spots available!!**
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Cheers and support the bands that support the scene!!!
Lividity on tour with Requiem (Ch), Nordor (Gre), Warpath (Ire), Abortification (Fin) + 1 more needed..
Das möcht ich unbedingt unterstreichen...die Scheibe veredelt mir noch heute so manche Metal-Party...war ne gesunde Mischung aus Variety Of Arts- und Sacred Steel-Komponenten und gefällt mir somit nen Tick besser als das heilige Blech...bin sehr froh, damals ein Exemplar erstanden zu haben, gibt doch davon vermutlich keine Exemplare mehr, oder...???
Das war damals tatsächlich ´ne gute Platte! Hör´ich mir immer wieder gern´an. Villeicht können wir ja tatsächlich irgendwann mal irgendwo ein oder zwei Songs im damaligen Line-up spielen. Wäre lustig.
