Knight Area

Follow-up to the successful first D-Day album, released in September 2019, to mark the 75th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden. Where that album focussed on the hardship of D-Day and consecutive battles, D-Day II puts the emphasis on the psychological strain the war had on the soldiers upon returning home after the end of World War II. Musically the album continues in the somewhat heavier vein of the previous one featuring new singer Jan Willem Ketelaers (Ayreon). The song 'Peace of Mind' is the second track of the new Knight Area album 'D-Day II - The Final Chapter'. Our intention with D-DAY II - The Final Chapter is to highlight multiple sides of the war and liberation from then until now. We want to emphasize less the war itself with this album, but more the man behind the soldier.

This German Neo Prog act from Bremen begun life in 1993 with its mastermind Dirk Berger on bass and the original crew featuring Willie C. Kimbrough on vocals, Thorsten Klein on guitars, Lars Ebsen on drums and Andreas Meyer on keyboards. Thorsten Klein would quit two years later, he was replaced by Stephan Dinter, and prior to the recordings of their debut Ebsen was replaced by new drummer Erik Pilger and Kimbrough left his place to Malte Twarloh. With this line-up Seasons of Time recorded their debut ''Behind the mirror'' in 1997, a dramatic concept work dealing with a mad woman who killed her children for the sake of her new lover, containing evident hints from the music of GENESIS, PINK FLOYD, MARILLION and PENDRAGON.

Guitar player Mark Bogert (Knight Area, Penny's Twisted Flavour) releases his first solo album. Purely instrumental rock inspired by all his influences in pop, rock and metal. This album is a must for the fans of Joe Satriani or Steve Vai.