Something before we start: Rumors that EDGUY left the stylistic ways of their successful albums VAIN GLORY OPERA and THEATER OF SALVATION and changed to a more serious or experimental style are not true.

Edguy - 2001

The new EDGUY album MANDRAKE is doubtlessly a typical EDGUY album, plus a few little extras, sound-technical bonbons and liven-up style variants. The song "Pharaoh" covering more than 10 minutes of playing time is the longest track on the album. This song flirts with oriental sound sequences, the opener "Tears of Mandrake" contains the sound of a Hammond organ, while the softer "Wash Away The Poison" and the song "Jerusalem" become special by means of a piano intro or rather by means of an acoustic guitar. Singer Tobias Sammet is absolutely right to say: "Friends of us who already listened to a few of the songs said that the material is absolutely typical for EDGUY without that one gets the feeling that EDGUY repeat themselves or re-recorded songs from former albums in a similar manner. I believe that we never sounded as versatile as on MANDRAKE."

You can check this already at the end of August when the single "Painting On the Wall" will be released, including a few bonus tracks. The complete album will be released approximately 4 weeks later. Responsible for the great strength of the band over the last years is on the one hand the consistent line-up of the band, which consists of Tobias Sammet, furthermore the two guitarists Jens Ludwig and Dirk Sauer, bassist Tobias Exxel and drummer Felix Bohnke. On the other hand, EDGUY again used their production team, sticking to the motto "never change a winning team". The album was recorded at the Rh