Defenders Of The Faith, le forum Metal

Hanover label Steamhammer/SPV has announced an exciting new addition to its roster: Alpha Tiger, the melodic metal act from Saxony, have signed a worldwide recording deal (excluding Japan) and are set to release their third album, iDENTITY, via Steamhammer on January 19th (Scandinavia: January 14th, Germany: January 16th, North America: end of January).

The latest recording by the five-piece was cut under the direction of Mirco ‘Godi’ Hildmann (Guano Apes) and Dominik Glöckner at Berlin’s Music Flash Studio. The nine songs plus intro were produced by Alpha Tiger themselves, before being mixed and mastered by Tommy Newton (UFO, Victory, Gamma Ray) at the Area 51 Studio in Celle.

Guitarist Peter Langforth promises a haunting new recording for which Alpha Tiger clearly focussed on their own identity – as the album title hints: “Comparisons with Iron Maiden, Helloween and Queensrӱche, which we used to listen to occasionally, won’t happen with iDENTITY. Our new material relies more on diverse grooves with a musically wider range without losing any of our edge.”

iDENTITY will be available in three formats: as a digipak including DVD featuring recordings from Alpha Tiger’s performance at the Bang Your Head festival in June 2013, as a jewel case and as a gatefold vinyl LP. Following the advance release of "Lady Liberty" (video below) in early summer 2014, Alpha Tiger are set to shoot a video to support their new single, "We Won’t Take It Anymore", in the next few weeks. The band are also planning a number of spectacular release shows to follow the album launch entitled Alpha Tiger & Friends, which are scheduled to feature a number of the group’s pals.

Peter Langforth: “Having signed with Steamhammer, we now have a label on our side with the greatest expertise when it comes to this kind of metal. While we tended to feel a little out of place with previous imprints, we have now joined the right family in every respect.”

Olly Hahn, label boss at Steamhammer/SPV, looks forward to this collaboration: “In Alpha Tiger, we have signed one of Germany’s most promising young melodic power metal bands, who have taken an unmistakable step forward with iDENTITY and who promise great things for the future.”

Psyko Killer a écrit :Yeah sympa pour le DVD bonus! ça va rappeler de bon souvenirs tout ça.

Guix a écrit :Pas fan...

German heavy metal act, Alpha Tiger, have parted ways with vocalist Stephan Dietrich. A message from the band follows:

“Today is the most troubling day in our bands career so far, as we regrettably have to let you know that Stephan, our singer, will no longer perform with us. We have to accept his wish, to withdraw into his private life, to concentrate on his new job, even if this is very difficult to swallow.

Because the band stands for everything we achieved in the last few years, for all the great and sad moments, for friendship and passion and a lot more, the band will not break up in this critical moment.

We will now start looking for a suitable replacement of Stephan and hope that we can present to you good news very soon. Potential singers, who feel they are up to this challenge, my write to us at: info@alphatiger.de.”

Now we are officially complete again! Benjamin Jaino, that's the name of our new likable singer, who is 22 Years old and lives in Karlsruhe. We were convinced of his voice from the first moment, 'cause he is able to perform our songs in a very authentic way, without being a copy of our former singer Stephan. We hope you'll give him a warm welcome as we did!
Now it's time to open a new chapter and to set the course on fire again! In a couple of days we will release a bunch of new live and tour dates for this year... so stay tuned!
Here you can get a impression of the qualities of Benjamin: