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Sakrileg - Live at the WGT 2009
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So Many Clouds - From the album "Silmand"
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Teaser: Five Minutes from "Silmand"
sToa was founded in 1991. Olaf Parusel (composition/arrangement) looked at this time for a new way to connect his musical and philosophical thoughts. He found a voice in Conny Levrow. In the same year the first song "Stoa" was released on the compilation "From Hypnotic ... to Hypersonic" (Hyperium). The CD "Urthona" (Hyperium) followed in 1992.
Olaf was in his childhood a member of the "Stadtsingechor Halle" the oldest chorus of the world. Later he played in many musical projects and bands. He also composes for TV and movie. He studied musicology and philosophy.
In 1994 the second CD "Porta VIII" (Hyperium) was released. This CD is an album with a concept based on the fairy tale "Ariadne et Barbe Bleue" by Maurice Maeterlinck. But Porta VIII is a continuation of the original fairy tale.
1997 Conny left sToa for following her classical career. In 2001 sToa finished their album "Zal". The new singer there was Antje Buchheiser. “Zal” has been released first in Mexico. sToa signed to the german label "Alice in ...".There they released "Zal" for the rest of the world and re-released "Urthona" and "Porta VIII".
sToa performed sporadically at special places or events. They played for example at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen and several times in Mexico (inter alia with the Goethe-Institut).
In 2008 sToa returns with international line-up. The new album "Silmand" was released on September 26th. The word "Silmand" means soul month. With it the month September is titled in an almost forgotten German dialect. The female voices on the album belong to sToas new main-singer Mandy Bernhardt and the Australian multi-instrumentalist Louisa John-Krol. Also the Dutchman Pieter Nooten (Ex-Clan of Xymox) could be engaged as well as the Leipzig-based Ralf Jehnert (Love is Colder than Death). One of the songs on "Silmand" was already used as film score (Tacitum). The title of "Hanuz Nist" song comes from the persian lyrics written by Hassan Dehlawi at the 14th century.
Have to say that meeting you an the band was a pleasure and honor for me. The concert was awesome, one of the best nights in my whole life. Thanks for playing "Autumn", for the dedication of the gig to Fernanda (I´m sure that she listened to your music in a perfect side of the universe.
Thanks for all my dear friend and the great music of sToa, hope to see you soon!
I wish you a good weekend and seal our friendship with great respect, I am grateful to the winds of destiny by providing that it includes you like my friends hugs from brazilian uderground metal scene!!!
Gracias por el maravilloso concierto que dieron el sábado 31, quedé absolutamente cautivada, fascinada con su arte. Su música es tan bella, pura. Fue una noche exquisita. Los amo!.
The pleasure was mine and of course of my girlfriend, Violeta. Take care and I hope you can email me the picture with my german brother, hahaha Take care
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We are glad to inform you that the new "Life's Decay - Dysrieuses" album has just been released ! You can listen to 3 mp3 from this release on our myspace page. You can visit www.lifesdecay.com for more info and/or order the album at www.abstraktsens.com
We hope that you will appreciate the new release ! Thank you for reading and for your support ! All the best.
hola amigos de stoa si fui a verlos en el circo volador estuvieron geniales....muchas gracias por salir 3 veces mas a deleitarnos con su imagen esto nunca lo olvidare.....les mando toda la suerte del mundo y bueno ya que comentaron que seria tal vez su ultimo material...espero que no.....
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