Melissa is such a great singer, and such a total sweetheart in person, totally different than what she is in their videos where she normally always looks dead serious and fierce. But else she is just giggling and grinning all the time, you should watch her reactions she made with "Mr Rock N Roll" to "Batmetal". Also the reactions they made to Ad Infinitum and recently to a song from Mr Rock N Roll and his own band. Melissa had tears in her eyes because she was laughing so hard all the time 😄
Melissa Bonny is from the French speaking part of Switzerland. Ad Infinitum was designed to be a solo project for her, the debut single, I Am The Storm (2018), was recorded with guest musicians of the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. She then decided to make it a full band, drummer Niklas Müller, guitarist Adrian Thessenvitz, both from Germany, and bassist Jonas Asplind from Sweden joined in. By the end of 2020 Jonas left because of health issues (he has recovered now and is with his own project Curse of Cain) and Korbinian Benedict (German too) filled in on bass. Melissa was the lead singer for the Swiss trance metal / melodic death metal band Rage Of Light from 2015 to 2021 and was recurring guest vocalist (under the stage name Queen of the Damned) for the Austria based multi national power metal band Warkings. She also has a side project named The Dark Side Of The Moon with guitarist Hans Platz (from the German medieval folk metal band Feuerschwanz), harpist Jenny Diehl (one of Feuerschwanz' back-up dancers/ stage & video preformers and guest musician with her harp on a few of their songs) and Danish drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (from the Sweden based metalcore/ melodic death metal band Amaranthe) in which they do metal covers of media related songs (movies, tv-shows, games).
Great band and an outstanding singer who has been involved in a lot of other projects too. Difficult to tell in this song/video but she has a hell of a guttural voice too, the growls are all Melissa.
You're welcome, thanks so much for checking it out! Their music is usually based on historical events and figures, which is why I thought Alanna might enjoy them in particular. The first album is called "Chapter I - Monarchy" and is set in the time of Louis XIV. The second album theme described by the band is "the paradoxical life and afterlife of Vlad The Impaler." And we have the 3rd album coming out in March! They no longer wear the plague masks, I think initially it was based around the album theme but also it's kind of uncomfortable to wear them :D I love Adrian's guitar work, and Nik (the drummer) really stands out to me as well in this song. Melissa's vocals are incredible and she also does the harsh vocals. You can see more of that in the song Marching on Versailles: ua-cam.com/video/9Ugq3ZBNEIM/v-deo.html
Melissa has such a rich, soulful voice with great control and she is stunningly beautiful as well. The band are insanely talented musicians and so tight together. Adrian thessenvitz is my favourite lead guitarist, follwing closely is Hans Platz.
Hi ! Mel is growling. Trust me she’s capable of so much. Adrian plays an 8 strings strandberg headless guitar. You tune it with an Allen key. The band wore masks for the 2 first albums, the 3rd one is on the way and they gave up the masks. Ad Infinitum is a very versatile band so go down the rabbit hole and enjoy ! May be I can suggest Upside down and Somewhere better which are the two singles released from their upcoming album for now. But pick any video by them, they don’t have a bad song.
Each album has a theme, Melissa loves history and writes about it. Monarchy is about the French Revolution Legacy is about Vlad Tepes - Dracula Downfall is about Cleopatra. They have an album between Monarchy and Legacy called Revisited . Since they couldn't tour because of covid, the reworked and re-recorded the songs from Monarchy acoustically and added some songs, it's a fantastic album
Fun fact: Melissa started singing in the school choir when she was 6 years old. She grew up in French speaking Switzerland and therefore French is her first language. She first became known with the folk metal band Evermore, later joined the trance metal band Rage of Light. Shortly before the pandemic, she leaves Evermore and starts Ad Infinitum as a studio project. When success becomes apparent, she forms a band. She moves to Germany for this because the cost of living is lower and the audience is larger. Melissa casts a band of Germans together. Stupidly, she has since fallen in love with the drummer from the band Amaranthe and is moving in with him in Denmark. Later she founded the cover band The Darkside of the Moon with him and other Germans from Feuerschwanz and Ad Invinitum. When Rage of Light wants to record a new album, she runs out of time and leaves the band. RAGE OF LIGHT - Lead the Riot (OFFICIAL VIDEO) Amaranthe - Digital World (Official Video) THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON ft. Charlotte Wessels - May It Be (Official Video) | LOTR | Napalm Records FEUERSCHWANZ - Warriors Of The World United (feat Thomas Winkler, Saltatio Mortis & Melissa Bonny)
Melissa is a beast as other people have commented she does all the growling herself. Adrian has made me cry once or twice with his solos. I can’t wait for you guys to get into them more. Hopefully you react to I’d rather burn by Blackbriar soon or preserved roses, they’re all so good I don’t know where to direct you guys to.
@@enterthecronic I know everything is magic! Also from ad infinitum I love son of Wallachia, haunted, your enemy, lullaby. So many. I really feel like you will love any ad infinitum song you hear.
I love Melissa's voice. In this song she does the growls in the background. Listen to Upside Down for more of her growls. She also works with other bands. See her with Feuerschwanz as well.
They have 4 albums, all are Fantastic. With the mask, the first album, they used Plague Doctor mask Second album, they used Owl mask and they use no mask on the third album. Melissa is also doing the growls too.
Melissa is such a great singer, and such a total sweetheart in person, totally different than what she is in their videos where she normally always looks dead serious and fierce. But else she is just giggling and grinning all the time, you should watch her reactions she made with "Mr Rock N Roll" to "Batmetal". Also the reactions they made to Ad Infinitum and recently to a song from Mr Rock N Roll and his own band. Melissa had tears in her eyes because she was laughing so hard all the time 😄
Melissa Bonny is from the French speaking part of Switzerland. Ad Infinitum was designed to be a solo project for her, the debut single, I Am The Storm (2018), was recorded with guest musicians of the Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. She then decided to make it a full band, drummer Niklas Müller, guitarist Adrian Thessenvitz, both from Germany, and bassist Jonas Asplind from Sweden joined in. By the end of 2020 Jonas left because of health issues (he has recovered now and is with his own project Curse of Cain) and Korbinian Benedict (German too) filled in on bass.
Melissa was the lead singer for the Swiss trance metal / melodic death metal band Rage Of Light from 2015 to 2021 and was recurring guest vocalist (under the stage name Queen of the Damned) for the Austria based multi national power metal band Warkings.
She also has a side project named The Dark Side Of The Moon with guitarist Hans Platz (from the German medieval folk metal band Feuerschwanz), harpist Jenny Diehl (one of Feuerschwanz' back-up dancers/ stage & video preformers and guest musician with her harp on a few of their songs) and Danish drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (from the Sweden based metalcore/ melodic death metal band Amaranthe) in which they do metal covers of media related songs (movies, tv-shows, games).
Great band and an outstanding singer who has been involved in a lot of other projects too. Difficult to tell in this song/video but she has a hell of a guttural voice too, the growls are all Melissa.
Thank You for doing Ad infinitum. It's flames of Hell will have to wait. This album is based on Vlad Tepes ( Dracula )
This band is from Swiss🇨🇭😎👍 new Album is out now...Grüsse aus der Schweiz...
You're welcome, thanks so much for checking it out! Their music is usually based on historical events and figures, which is why I thought Alanna might enjoy them in particular. The first album is called "Chapter I - Monarchy" and is set in the time of Louis XIV. The second album theme described by the band is "the paradoxical life and afterlife of Vlad The Impaler." And we have the 3rd album coming out in March! They no longer wear the plague masks, I think initially it was based around the album theme but also it's kind of uncomfortable to wear them :D
I love Adrian's guitar work, and Nik (the drummer) really stands out to me as well in this song. Melissa's vocals are incredible and she also does the harsh vocals. You can see more of that in the song Marching on Versailles: ua-cam.com/video/9Ugq3ZBNEIM/v-deo.html
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Lynne, thank you so much!!
Melissa has such a rich, soulful voice with great control and she is stunningly beautiful as well. The band are insanely talented musicians and so tight together. Adrian thessenvitz is my favourite lead guitarist, follwing closely is Hans Platz.
Hi ! Mel is growling. Trust me she’s capable of so much. Adrian plays an 8 strings strandberg headless guitar. You tune it with an Allen key. The band wore masks for the 2 first albums, the 3rd one is on the way and they gave up the masks. Ad Infinitum is a very versatile band so go down the rabbit hole and enjoy ! May be I can suggest Upside down and Somewhere better which are the two singles released from their upcoming album for now. But pick any video by them, they don’t have a bad song.
And not to forget: Animals and Inferno! 🤘🦄🤘
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Thanks for all this awesome information!
Each album has a theme, Melissa loves history and writes about it.
Monarchy is about the French Revolution
Legacy is about Vlad Tepes - Dracula
Downfall is about Cleopatra.
They have an album between Monarchy and Legacy called Revisited . Since they couldn't tour because of covid, the reworked and re-recorded the songs from Monarchy acoustically and added some songs, it's a fantastic album
Fun fact: Melissa started singing in the school choir when she was 6 years old. She grew up in French speaking Switzerland and therefore French is her first language. She first became known with the folk metal band Evermore, later joined the trance metal band Rage of Light. Shortly before the pandemic, she leaves Evermore and starts Ad Infinitum as a studio project. When success becomes apparent, she forms a band. She moves to Germany for this because the cost of living is lower and the audience is larger. Melissa casts a band of Germans together.
Stupidly, she has since fallen in love with the drummer from the band Amaranthe and is moving in with him in Denmark. Later she founded the cover band The Darkside of the Moon with him and other Germans from Feuerschwanz and Ad Invinitum.
When Rage of Light wants to record a new album, she runs out of time and leaves the band.
RAGE OF LIGHT - Lead the Riot (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Amaranthe - Digital World (Official Video)
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON ft. Charlotte Wessels - May It Be (Official Video) | LOTR | Napalm Records
FEUERSCHWANZ - Warriors Of The World United (feat Thomas Winkler, Saltatio Mortis & Melissa Bonny)
EveNmore (evermore is an other band)
Melissa is a beast as other people have commented she does all the growling herself. Adrian has made me cry once or twice with his solos. I can’t wait for you guys to get into them more. Hopefully you react to I’d rather burn by Blackbriar soon or preserved roses, they’re all so good I don’t know where to direct you guys to.
It’s so hard to even choose a song to react to since there are almost an infinite solid choices to pick!
@@enterthecronic I know everything is magic! Also from ad infinitum I love son of Wallachia, haunted, your enemy, lullaby. So many. I really feel like you will love any ad infinitum song you hear.
that was Melissas growls which was layered beneath her cleans :)
Oh thanks!
I love Melissa's voice. In this song she does the growls in the background. Listen to Upside Down for more of her growls. She also works with other bands. See her with Feuerschwanz as well.
Listen to unstoppable ???
@@pierreverove3732 oops I meant Upside Down
They have 4 albums, all are Fantastic.
With the mask, the first album, they used Plague Doctor mask
Second album, they used Owl mask and they use no mask on the third album.
Melissa is also doing the growls too.
Thanks for all the heads up! That definitely answered my questions!
@@enterthecronic anytime
Shame on you for texting most of the way through this, girl.
Go check out the interviews with Melissa that she has done with @TankTheTech and @TheCharismaticVoice