VIRUS IV - New Track Available Namur, Belgium-based power metal band
VIRUS IV is releasing their debut album, Dark Sun, via Thundering Records later this year. The band - founded by Samuel Arkan in 2006 - features the talents of vocalist Magali Luyten of
BEAUTIFUL SIN (side project of ex-
MASTERPLAN/ex-
HELLOWEEN drummer
Uli Kusch) fame. Luyten also guests on the latest AYREON album, 01011001, and will be featured on the upcoming
FRAMESHIFT album ((in replacement of
JAMES LABRIE and
SEBASTIAN BACH).
According to a press release, Virus IV "has a mega melodic music and atmosphere, sometimes Gothic with supporting keyboard colouring the mood or jazzy schematics with some great percussion work. All with intense power and lots of drama, the music of the band sounds from the school of
RAMMSTEIN with marching riffs over a forceful stomping marching beat, and floating bridge leads powers up the dark and gloomy ambiance."
A full MP3 track from Dark Sun can be heard
here.
Virus IV are confirmed for Namrock Metal Fest 2008, the fourth edition of the annual festival, which is scheduled for March 22nd at Namur Expo in Namur, Belgium.