Echoes of Bronze released debut album

International Power Metal band Echoes of Bronze released their debut album «Ilium». The album was recorded in various locations around the world, and mixed/mastered at "CFN Recordings Studio" in Athens, Greece. Inspired by Homer’s Iliad and Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Fall of Troy; 'Ilium' retells the Tro-jan War epics as a metal opera, combining melodic storytelling with heavy metal to deliver a dramatic and nostalgic experience about valour, loss, glory and the cost of war. Recorded in various locations around the world, 'Ilium' features guest perfor-mances from Chandler Mogel (Outloud), Revekka Georgiadi (Nochnoy Dozor), Michael Gildner (Hard Riot), Angelina delCarmen (Charetta), César Moreira (Enblood) and Dion Christodoulatos (Sorrowful Angels) with music and lyrics by Carlos A Mondragon.

https://echoesofbronze.bandcamp.com/album/ilium

Echoes of Bronze is a multi national collaboration project founded by Carlos A Mondragon, inspired by the Greek Bronze Age mythos and their legacy. Though the main constituent in the alloy is Epic/Power metal, Echoes of Bronze incorporates elements from other metal genres to convey the stories narrated by their songs.

General Information:

City and Country: International / Queretaro, Mexico

Band: Echoes of Bronze

Album Title: Ilium

Label: Independent

Official Release Date: March 3, 2023

Genre: Epic Metal, Power Metal, Heavy Metal

Album Description (long):

Inspired by Homer’s Iliad and Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Fall of Troy; ‘Ilium’ retells the Trojan War epics as a Metal Opera from the eyes of Goddess Athena, Princess Cassandra and the Achaean and Trojan warriors as they stand their ground throughout the 10 year conflict.

The album forges melodic storytelling with heavy metal to deliver a dramatic and nostalgic experience about valour, loss, glory and the cost of war.

Recorded in various locations around the world, 'Ilium’ features guest performances from Chandler Mogel (Outloud, Pareidolia), Revekka Georgiadi (Nochnoy Dozor), Michael Gildner (Hard Riot, Your Envy), Angelina delCarmen (Charetta), César Moreira (Enblood, Nephilim) and Dion Christodoulatos (Sorrowful Angels, Foray Between Ocean) with music and lyrics by Carlos A Mondragon. Drums and keyboards were performed by Carlos A Mondragon while guitars and bass were performed by Producer Dionisis Christodoulatos. The album was mixed and mastered at CFN Recordings Studio in Athens.

Album Description (short):

Inspired by Homer’s Iliad and Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Fall of Troy; 'Ilium' retells the Trojan War epics as a metal opera, combining melodic storytelling with heavy metal to deliver a dramatic and nostalgic experience about valour, loss, glory and the cost of war. Recorded in various locations around the world, 'Ilium' features guest performances from Chandler Mogel (Outloud), Revekka Georgiadi (Nochnoy Dozor), Michael Gildner (Hard Riot), Angelina delCarmen (Charetta), César Moreira (Enblood) and Dion Christodoulatos (Sorrowful Angels) with music and lyrics by Carlos A Mondragon.

Influences for the album:

Musical influences for the album come from a variety of bands and artists that inspired me throughout my life; though mainly epic/power metal (Lost Horizon, Kamelot, Rhapsody, Angra, Sabaton, Firewind), I also enjoy and learned from progressive rock and metal (Symphony X, Kansas, Transatlantic), groove metal (Trivium, Five Finger Death Punch) and soundtrack composers Nobuo Uematsu and Keiki Kobayashi.

I would say that the metal opera structure and the lyrics were influenced by musicals, especially Jesus Christ Superstar, Jose Fors’ Dr Frankenstein and of course the albums that triggered my passion for rock and metal operas: Ayreon, Leonardo the Absolute Man, Avantasia and Heroes Temporis by Magna Animi Viri.

Track Suggestions for radio:

At the Shores of Ilium

Of Lions and Men I and II

The Fall of Troy

Rage of Diomedes

When Heroes Fall

Bio:

Echoes of Bronze is a multi national collaboration project founded by Carlos A Mondragon, inspired by the Greek Bronze Age mythos and their legacy. Though the main constituent in the alloy is Epic/Power metal, Echoes of Bronze incorporates elements from other metal genres to convey the stories narrated by their songs.

The band released their first album ‘Ilium' on March 3, 2023, a Metal Opera inspired by Homer’s Iliad and Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Fall of Troy, retelling the ancient epic from the eyes of the characters as they stand their ground throughout the 10 year conflict.

Line-Up:

Chandler Mogel - lead vocals as Achilles, Patroclus and Neoptolemus

Michael Gildner - lead vocals as Agamemnon, Hector and Sinon

Dionisis Christodoulatos - lead vocals as Odysseus, Nestor and Diomedes (clean vocals)

Revekka Georgiadi - lead vocals as Athena

Angelina DelCarmen - lead vocals as Andromache and Cassandra

Cesar Moreira - lead vocals as Diomedes (Extreme vocals)

Carlos A Mondragon - music, lyrics, drums, keyboards, orchestral arrangements and programming.

Dionisis Christodoulatos - guitars, bass, production.

CD Track Listing in order:

1.Overture (Cassandra’s Dream) (Instrumental) (05:07)

2.At the Shores of Ilium (05:57)