Knew about his condition (as far as I remember), in his final months (when he couldn't be an active part of the bandĪnymore and we prepared the release without him), the song lyrically and thematically seemed very linked to himĪnd his situation ? which was basically the main reason that we did not play that song live very often."
"One of the last songs I wrote with him was the song Shores of Time, and although it was written before any of us Have followed the band over the years will know that the last album Berger made with Dante was November Red,Īnd that he died just a couple of weeks before the album's release in 2013. As Markus Maichel points out in that post, probably all who Highly recommended for fans of the genre!Īround 18:00 on Tuesday 4th January 2022, the German band Dante posted on Facebook to mark the ninthĪnniversary of the death of co-founder, Markus Berger. Dante takes influence from bands such as Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Neal Morse and early works of Genesis. The album was self released around 2007 and it managed to acquire great reviews and acceptance amongst fans of the genre. In 2007 the band decided to start working on their debut album entitled The Inner Circle. The band was later joined by drummer Christian Eichlinger who had the same vision of progressive rock as the other members of the band. He joined Dante soon afterward as a regular member. Liking what they had recorded they decided to form a full band, so Alexander Göhs, vocalist of Berger's previous band Twelve was asked to join the recording session to see if he could be interested in their music.
Around 2005, both longtime friends decided to do sessions on Berger's own studio. Dante is a progressive metal band from Germany originated in 2006 by Markus Maichel (keyboards) and Markus Berger (guitar).
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