It was only when we started the recordings that we thought 'Yes, this is Ad Infinitum 2.0.'"
We had to trust our own skills and gut feeling, and to make sure that we didn't drift away from the main Ad Infinitum sound. "When we started on Legacy it was definitely a little bit scary to realize we didn't have someone to watch over the production. He also did some post production, but the main songwriting was just the four of us." We worked with Elias Holmlid, who did all the orchestrations on the album, and we worked with Jacob Hansen for the vocal recordings, mixing and mastering. The new album definitely sounds different because the songs were influenced by four different musicians working together not overseen by a producer. "The guys didn't really have an influence on the first record because we had a producer that made sure that everything was consistent, that the songs didn't change drastically once they came into the picture.
Ad Infinitum now features the permanent line-up of Melissa, Adrian Thessenvitz (guitars), Korbinian Benedict (bass), and Niklas Müller (drums). While Chapter I: Monarchy was envisioned as Melissa's solo project at the start and treated as such, Chapter II: Legacy is a band effort from top to bottom. There was a nice spot for us as a result (laughs)." And the market wasn't saturated because a lot of bands decided to postpone their releases. A lot of people shared our video and spread the word about Ad Infinitum, which really helped. Our Plan B was to release much more online content, and a consequence of that is more people discovered us. It's also amazing since we couldn't tour because of the pandemic. We had so much great feedback, and so many doors opened for us because of it. "We didn't expect to be seen and known by so many people after just one record. The band gained an impressive following with the debut, Chapter I: Monarchy, and those fans have been waiting impatiently for Chapter II: Legacy. So now I don't have the pressure of knowing people are waiting for me, and they don't have the inconvenience of working with someone who has a main band next to theirs."įans of Kamelot-flavoured symphonic metal locked into Ad Infinitum at first listen, as they offer up a similar brand of symphonic metal. It wouldn't have been possible for Rage Of Light to release anything this year, and I felt it was unfair to tell them, 'Sorry, you have to wait until 2022 or 2023.' At that point I decided it might be better if we went our separate ways. The guys were in a better place to do that and wanted to push forward, but I was buried in work with Ad Infinitum because we were preparing a new album. We decided to take things slow, possibly record a single or two and shoot some videos, but one year later Napalm asked if we were ready to record a new album. "When I was on tour with Rock Meets Classic (in March 2020) we had a call, and everyone was at a different place in their lives at the time.
"Because of all the work with Ad Infinitum, we decided it was better for them to have someone who could really focus on Rage Of Light," she says. The resulting success was more than Melissa expected, and it signalled the end of her time with Rage Of Light Melissa released the solo single "I Am The Storm" in 2018, but this quickly evolved into a band dubbed Ad Infinitum, who unleashed their debut album, Chapter I: Monarchy, in 2020. Her true focus, however, was to write and shape her own music.
Sure enough, along with Rage Of Light releasing their Napalm Records debut, Imploder, in 2019, Melissa was hired for guest vocal appearances on songs from Warkings, Feuerschwanz, Beneath My Sins, and was a guest vocalist the 2020 Rock Meets Classic tour through Germany (sadly cut short by a pandemic). Previously unknown trance / melodic death metal outfit Rage Of Light released a cover of the Amon Amarth classic "Twilight Of The Thunder God" independently, with an accompanying video, and her fate was sealed as someone to watch for in the future.
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Vocalist Melissa Bonny officially entered the professional metal scene in 2017 with a roar.
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