Lyriel was formed in autumn of 2003. The music can be defined as dark romantic celtic rock and combines rock with medieval, classic and folk-elements. On top of this Jessicas strong but gentle voice brings a melodic vibe into the music. The band supported artists such as Xandria,Schandmaul, Corvus Corax, Saltatio Mortis, Oomph, Schelmish and Mannfred Manns Earth Band. Lyriels first album Prisonworld was released on January 17, 2005. Whats very individual about the album is, that it contains a song sung in Sindarin, the language of the elves in Lord Of The Rings. A live video of the song called Lind e-huil can be watched below. The video is part of the live-dvd Live auf Burg Greifenstein, recorded at the Celtic Rock Open Air on Greifenstein-castle on July 15, 2005. Soon after Prisonworld was released they supported Elis and Visions of Atlantis on the Dark Clouds In A Perfect Sky-tour, from 2nd to 10th of April 2005. Another tour, the Romantic Darkness Tour with Regicide and Xandria, followed in February 2006. After this tour Lyriel started working on their next album and also formed the side project Lyriel-unplugged. The second album Autumntales was released on September 29, 2006. This page features one song of that album, entitled The Promised Land. The album also contains guest vocals by Sabine Dünser Elis, who died on July 8, 2006 at the age of 29. Lyriel added a dedicated version of the song My Favourite Dream, which only features Sabines vocals and classical instruments. Autumntales has already received some excellent reviews by many scene-magazines. In 2008 Lyriel decided to center more on the rock project, instead of the unplugged project. Beginning of 2009 year Lyriel signed a one album deal with the independent label Femme Metal Records. Because the first albums Prisonworld and Autumntales were sold out and no further pressings were produced, Lyriel released these as a doppel cd which is called The first chapters. Lyriel´s third album PARANOID CIRCUS will be released on 29-Jan-10.
