Sascha Paeth:

Producer & Add'l Arrangements

“Hans van Vuuren of Transmission Records asked me if I would fulfill his dream of producing a metal opera. Once he laid out the details I said yes right away .”

Robert Hunecke-Rizzo:

Producer, Drums, All Guitars & Basses (except where indicated) & Arrangements

“I hope that with this project we've been able to go beyond the boundaries of the genre a little. For us, there was no way of doing it otherwise.”

It began with Sascha telling me about the offer he got from Hans van Vuuren from Transmission records to produce a metal opera that should be different from what has been released so far. Sascha asked me if I could write the music except for one or two songs while Amanda would be responsible for the story and the lyrics. Often working as a team we instantly thought about Miro contributing keyboards and orchestra arrangements.

After sitting together with Sascha and Amanda in may 2002, talking about this new project I started writing the first song “The Flight of Torek” from the lyrics that Amanda had given me. I was so exited, I didn