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MPERIA is an atmospheric metal band who's sound is especially evident by the distinguished and remarkable strong voice of Helena Iren Michaelsen (ex- Trail Of Tears), who sings in a variety of styles from deep emotional feelings to extreme operatic expressions. The music is full of vivacity, it is heavy, bombastic and orchestral, but it also contains elements of pure metal. The band is a true cross-border unit of musicians originating from different countries: Norway, Finland, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. Through hard work and extensive touring the band has earned its reputation as a powerful live band.

Imperia's line up is:

Helena Iren Michaelsen - Vocals and choirs
Steve Wolz - Drums
John Stam - Guitars
Gerry Verstreken - Bass
Jan "Örkki" Yrlund - Guitars
Audun Grønnestad - Orchestrations


myspace link http://www.myspace.com/imperiaband
official webpage http://www.helena-michaelsen.com
Angel Child Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYGepyjG4V8

I can save you all a lot of trouble
If you like brassy blondes who can't sing but have massive jugs, then this is the band for you!

Written by Author on 21.04.2007 at 16:26

I can save you all a lot of trouble
If you like brassy blondes who can't sing but have massive jugs, then this is the band for you!

Besides that hey i'm not that kind of person .Take a look at this
http://www.metalstorm.ee/forum/topic.php?topic_id=3636

She has a great powerful voice. Bands like this band only dream that their vocalist have a voice like that

The appereance is not everything .......at least for me

I heard their first album "The Ancient Dance of Qetesh" and admittedly I enjoyed a few of the songs. They definitely have potential in the symphonic scene but Helena's voice irritated me. She's got chops, no doubt, but she dramatically changes timbres several times in each song (we're talking drastic changes); it doesn't seem to be on purpose either. I felt like she was trying to express different emotions during certain phrases but lacked the technique and control to keep her timbre consistent.

I'll probably check out the new album anyway; people have been known to improve

At least there is someone here that agree that people do improve by time
@Lyrinan : Imperia band has only one album and must first listen to them before give them sentence

I like this band, but obviously prefer Helen with Trail of Tears. Anyway, Imperia is a good one, I think that Helen's style is original and she's good.

Btw Helena have another new band called Angel

It isn't that new It's also great, but not "that metal" though.

Imperia is getting quite popular all over the world

I can't stop this album from my playlist. I don't know whats wrong with you , this is for me an awesome dicovery after many good bands like Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Leaves EYes etc etc.