Stormy Atmosphere

Biography

Founded as a school rock-band in 1999 by Edi Krakov (keyboards, composing) and Teddy Shvets (vocals, lyrics), Stormy Atmosphere stepped into the progressive genre in 2002. Since then it has been self-promoted by the band members, setting shows and festivals with other local bands and several booking agencies. In 2012, Stormy Atmosphere made it to the finals of the Israeli "Metal Battle" contest; the winning band went on to represent Israel that year at the annual Wacken Open Air festival. Later the same year, the band took part in the ProgStage festival in Israel, featuring Pain of Salvation and The Flower Kings, among other progressive bands. In December 2014, Stormy Atmosphere went on tour across Slovakia and Poland, with Mike Terrana and his band as the headliners. The concerts were in Nitra, Warsaw, Domecko and Krosno. In April 2015, the band was invited to Georgia, to perform at Tbilisi Jam!Fest 2015, where they performed alongside Slot, Diary of Dreams, Vader, and many other bands. Stormy Atmosphere members were also asked to be a jury for the local "Metal Battle 2015" contest. In May 2015, Stormy Atmosphere signed up with Metal Scrap Records. The band's second album Pent Letters was released worldwide under the label on September 14, 2015. As a part of a promotion of the new album, Stormy Atmosphere made a tour across Ukraine between 30.09.2015 and 04.10.2015. The concerts occurred in five cities: Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, Kirovograd and Kryvyi Rih. During the tour Stormy Atmosphere was supported by several local bands and a Greek band "Sunlight". In October 2015 Stormy Atmosphere participated in an international festival "Melodic Alliance" in Israel, with Elvenking and "Airborn" from Italy, Winter's Verge from Cyprus and three local bands.

Band members

Colorblind (2006 - 2009)

In 2006, Stormy Atmosphere members decided to record their first album, Colorblind. The main idea of the album is to show that since everyone has different perspectives, the real truth is hidden from the most. Some of the songs the album consists of were written during early years of the band's performances, and some were made specifically for Colorblind. Three years later, in 2009, the band released the album, which was reissued in 2012 by the record label MALS, and has been noted and reviewed by several metal magazines and webzines in Israel and worldwide.

Pent Letters (2009 – 2014)

In 2009, Stormy Atmosphere began working on the second album, Pent Letters. This time it is a conceptual album, which took one story and followed it across all the songs.

The story told inside is quite harsh, but does have a few positive conclusions, and might make people think: A young man is put behind US prison walls for a crime that remains an enigma to the listener, who can just hope to find answers in the band future albums. He has a young woman who stays outside to wait for him, despared and impatient. Being inside the hero has to find a way to survive in a hostile society, and that's when he finds answers in the books from the joint library. When he manages to help himself, he then does everything to save his woman, sending inspiring letters to her (probably the origin of the album's name). Tom Englund appears in the album as a guest star. Pent Letters was finished in October 2014. and was released worldwide under the Metal Scrap Records label in September 2015.