Montany

Band Information
Stats
City	Province	Formed	Style(s)	Status
Wassenaar	South Holland	1989	Melodic Power Metal	Active

Biography

Formed as Montani in 1989, the group produced two songs before splitting into two different bands, one of which kept the band name. Montani went through several line-up changes and as only one of the original founding members still remained in 1995, they changed their name to Solid Ground. When Patrick van Maurik joined the band, their style also changed from hard rock to melodic metal. Two years later (1997) they changed the band name again, this time from Solid Ground to Montany. Their style changed again slightly when guitarists Dirk Hoek and Albert Houwaart joined, bringing along speed metal influences. They finally released their debut album in 2002, but in 2004 the band folded, to be resurrected again in 2011 and releasing their second album in 2013.

Discography
Year	Title	Type	Downloadable
2000	The Evermore	Demo	No
2002	New Born Day	Full Length	Yes
2013	Biogenetic	Full Length	No

Current/Last Known Line Up	Former Members
Patrick van Maurik - Vocals (ex-Tragedian, ex-Reviver) Dirk Hoek - Guitars (ex-The Bubonic Plague, ex-Detonator) Stefan Brederode - Bass (ex-Reviver) Arendo Marijnus - Drums (ex-Cardinal, ex-The Bubonic Plague, ex-Carthago)	Michel Zandbergen - Vocals (ex-Masquerade, ex-Picture) Albert Houwart - Guitars (ex-Detonator, ex-Carthago) Stefan de Jong - Keyboards John Brederode - Drums Ed van Wijngaarden - Drums (ex-Eternal Nightmare, ex-Dissect, ex-Carthago) Marcel Chaudron - Drums

Featured Releases
New Born Day
	Release Info
	Type	Full Length
	Carrier	Vinyl, CD
	Recording Year	2002
	Release Year	2002
	Style	Melodic Power Metal
	Label	Limb Music

Tracklist	Release Line Up
01 - Out of the Dark 02 - Back from the Sky 03 - New Born Day 04 - Here in the Light 05 - World of Dreams (The Evermore) 06 - Higher and Higher 07 - Pyramid of Cheops 08 - Sentenced 09 - Chains of Glory 10 - Deep Water Rising 11 - End of the Ride	Patrick van Maurik - Vocals Dirk Hoek - Guitars Albert Houwart - Guitars Stefan Brederode - Bass John Brederode - Drums

Additional Information
All songs written and arranged by Montany. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Black Solaris Studios Frankfurt/Main, Germany. This posted album comes with a complete set of scans of the CD.

File Info and Download
Format	MP3
Bitrate	320 kbps
Filesize	133 MB