Frosty Eve

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Frosty Eve, photo by Mort Productions

Frosty Eve (霜冻前夜, Shuang Dong Qian Ye)

[edit] Lineup

vocals: 苗振中 - Miaozhenzhong

Lead Guitars: 郝昕 - Hao Xin

Guitars: 张轶 - Zhang Tie

Bass: 赵晖 - Zhao Hui

Keyboards: 杨天光 - Yang TianGuang

Drums: 王东 - Wang Dong

[edit] Biography

Influenced by norther european bands like Children Of Bodom this melodic death metal band from Beijing is formed in 2004 in Beijing. After a few years of doing underground gigs and self produced demo, now they are signed to the legendary chn. metal label Mort Productions. The debut is expected in 2008. In November 2009, their second record at Mort Productions, 极夜 got released.

[edit] In Chinese

2005年的冬天，一首叫做<霜冻前夜>的金属小样在网上发布。与此同时，《霜冻前夜》的幕后作者开始筹备这个乐队计划。郝昕和张轶是霜冻前夜乐队最早的发起者，两个人是发小，也是一直的好友，几乎开始同时学习弹琴的两人，一直在尝试着做自己的乐队。开始两个人的乐队叫做“固执者的灵柩”并开始写一些当时非常喜爱的黑金属风格的曲子。当然，人的感觉总是随着时间在变。慢慢的，两个人开始对旋律优美，节奏结实又极富敲击味道的音乐产生了浓厚的兴趣，于是就尝试着写了这首《霜冻前夜》。并开始在网络上发布。与此同时，在网络的另外一端。当时正在北京地下旋律金属黑翼乐队担任主唱的苗振中从网上听到了《霜冻前夜》这首歌，并产生了浓厚的兴趣。机缘巧合，几周后苗振中和郝昕、张轶三个人在网络上取得了联系。大家交流了各自的想法，都觉得彼此之间有很多共同的想法和感觉。于是，三个人开始以霜冻前夜乐队这个名字在网络上进行合作创作。不久，郝昕把两首新录完的小样传给苗振中。苗振中就开始给这两首歌填词和录制唱的部分。当时，霜冻前夜的作品还没有一个明确的主题和内容。三个人也很想让霜冻前夜的作品能阐述一些有意思的东西。于是苗振中开始尝试让霜冻前夜成为一个完整的故事，当时给霜冻前夜描绘的故事就是描写未来世界在核武浩劫之后的被冰封地面世界和幸存人类的未来。还有就是描写寒冷世界和人性矛盾的一些东西。苗振中想给霜冻前夜加入这样的科幻故事背景的灵感也是出于他对各种电影和电子游戏故事的综合，还有一些自己的幻想和想法。于是两个分别描写了未来核战后的世界和幸存人类的反抗的小样《冰封之月》和《末日同盟》两首作品很快诞生并在网上发布。与此同时，霜冻前夜三个人也不再只限于网络上的合作了，三个人开始聚集在北京重型音乐著名的排练圣地-西四北二条的地下排练室开始简单的排练，与其说是排练，当时看起来更像是卡拉OK。成员只有主唱苗振中，主音吉他手郝昕，还有节奏吉他手张轶以及郝昕的CD播放机和刻着鼓和键盘音轨的CD，这样开始着简陋的排练。几个月之后，郝昕在网络上发布的找乐手的帖子终于见效了。在新的一次排练中，成员终于增加了。看到网上的广告的戴大名也加入到了霜冻前夜乐队的队伍中。戴大名毕业于中央音乐学院，是乐队里仅有的科班出身。当时他正在一支流行乐队里担任鼓手，后来在网上看到了帖子，听到了两首小样，决定来乐队试一试。但他的位置是键盘手，因为他更加善于编曲和演奏键盘。他在很短的时间内熟悉了乐队三首歌的键盘部分。当然！排练非常成功，于是戴大名也成了霜冻前夜正式的键盘手。与此同时，贝司手刘诗杨和鼓手冯俊华也加入到了乐队当中。人员齐备后，霜冻前夜开始进行了紧张的排练和新作品的创作之中。冬去春来，转眼间已到06年的夏天。在这段时间中，乐队一直在进行磨合和排练，新作品《垂死的梦境》也在这个期间诞生。并且，霜冻前夜开始受到一些朋友的喜爱和一些专业媒体的注意。作品《冰封之月》和《末日同盟》的小样先后被《我爱摇滚乐》和《通俗歌曲》杂志采用。与此同时，《末日同盟》还被在中国金属界非常资深的厂牌-号角唱片的地下金属合辑《众神复活》系列的第四辑收录。这对当时乐队成员来说也是一个不晓得动力和鼓舞。06年6月，霜冻前夜和暗夜妖娆网站合作，参加在北京南城的一个酒吧举办的一次金属演出，这是大家以霜冻前夜乐队形式第一次登台演出。在大家现在看来，当时还是错误百出和缺乏经验的演出。就这样，霜冻前夜一边风雨无阻的继续排练、创作。一边承接一些演出，开始深入北京的金属的演出活动。与此同时，主唱苗振中也退出了黑翼乐队，专心投入霜冻前夜的创作。而当时乐队暴露出的一些问题和乐手的生活上的阻力也让贝司手刘诗杨和鼓手冯俊华离开了霜冻前夜乐队。一时间霜冻前夜乐队又陷入了困难时期。不过很快，乐队的朋友-甲胄乐队的鼓手王东加入了霜冻前夜的排练。同为旋律金属的风格让王东能驾轻就熟，得心应手的应付霜冻前夜鼓的部分。贝司的部分也由王东介绍来的朋友王磊担任。就这样，乐队又开始了排练和演出。同时，大家开始把之前的几个作品进行完善和重新编排，让新的版本听起来更加的有“金属”的声音。可好景不长，贝司手王磊也因为各种生活上的压力而退出了乐队。接替他的位置的是当时在灵迹乐队和引力效应乐队担任贝司位置的赵晖。很快，06年冬天。之前有过合作的号角唱片公司找到霜冻前夜乐队，准备正式和霜冻前夜乐队签约，并开始制作和发行乐队的首张EP专辑《垂死的梦境》。经过几次商谈，霜冻前夜乐队正式加入号角唱片麾下。和著名的冥界、弑主、等等这些最优秀的金属乐队一起。而这时已经是07年的夏天了。阵容再次完整的霜冻前夜乐队开始了新歌的创作。新作品对大家来说都是一个尝试和挑战，脱离了之前的旋律死亡的概念，加入了一些交响的元素和人声的元素，不完全以嘶吼贯穿歌曲始终。并且主题也脱离了霜冻未来战争和寒冷的主题。转而描写人性内心的矛盾。这首名为《悲痛的王座》的作品是乐队的一次全新尝试。在之后的演出中，乐队不断的在丰满自己的意识，磨练自己的技术，积累经验。而这时的演出市场也进入了黄金时段，经过不断的努力，不断有国外的优秀金属乐队被邀请来北京做演出。秋天霜冻前夜也有幸为意大利著名史诗金属乐队VISION DIVINE做北京演出的暖场乐队。这对乐队来说是一种认可，也是宝贵的学习经验。是近距离接触国际一线乐队的机会。现在霜冻前夜依然在排练和演出，最新的作品也在紧张制作之中，乐队在不断尝试创新和改变，不论是浅尝辄止还是深入探索，乐队都希望能走出自己的道路。与此同时EP也在紧张的制作之中，很快就会面试。当然，EP或者专辑还是大型演出都不是霜冻前夜驻足的目标。乐队希望能不断的进步和发展，有更多的惊喜或者是改变呈现给喜欢和支持着乐队的朋友们。

[edit] Machine translation

The winter of 2005, one called the "frost eve of the" metal demo available online. At the same time, "Frost Eve" behind the authors have started preparation for the band program. Hao Xin and Zhang Yi is the initiator of the first frost the eve of the band, the two people are made smaller, has also been a good friend, almost started to study piano at the same time the two men, has been trying to do his own band. Two people started the band called "stubborn person's coffin," and began to write at that time a very popular black metal-style song. Of course, the person's feelings are always changing over time. Slowly, two people began a beautiful melody, rhythm and percussion very strong taste of the music they had a strong interest in, so he tried to write this song "Frosty Eve." And began to publish on the web. In the meantime, the other end of the network. At that time in Beijing underground melodic black metal band as lead singer of the Miao-wing vibration from the Internet to hear the "frost Eve," the song and gave rise to interest. By chance, and in a few weeks Miao Zhen Hao Xin, Yi-three individuals made contact on the network. We share their thoughts, feel each other a lot of common thoughts and feelings. As a result, three people began to frost the eve of the band name on the network to cooperate on creation. Soon, Hao Xin, the two new end of the demo was recorded in the pass Miao Zhen. Miao Zhen begin to give these two songs to sing part of the lyrics and recorded. At that time, the eve of the works of frost has not a clear theme and content. The three also want to frost the eve of the book was able to elaborate on some interesting things. So Miao Zhen-frost began to try to make the eve of becoming a complete story, was to depict the story of Frost's Eve is the description of the future world in the nuclear catastrophe has been frozen on the ground after the survivors of the world and the future of mankind. There is a description of the cold world and human contradictions something. Miao Zhen-Zhong want to frost the eve of accession to such a science fiction background was also because he was inspired by a variety of movies and video games a comprehensive story, as well as some of his own fantasies and ideas. So Two describes the future world after nuclear war and the survival of mankind against the demo "Frozen Moon" and "Doomsday alliance" was born, and two works available online soon. At the same time, frost the eve of the three individuals is not limited to co-operation on the network, and three men began to gather in Beijing for heavy music, rehearsing the famous Holy Land - North 2, West 4 underground rehearsal rehearsals start simple, not so much a rehearsal, At that time looked more like a karaoke OK. Only members of the Miao Zhen-singer, the vocalist guitarist Hao Xin, as well as rhythm guitarist, as well as Hao Yi-xin's CD players and engraved with drums and keyboard tracks for CD, begins with simple rehearsal. A few months later, Hao Xin, posted on the network to find musicians of the post was finally pick up. In the new one rehearsal, members finally increased. See the online advertising wear daimyo also joined the ranks of the frost in the eve of the band. Daming Dai graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music, is the only majors in college band. At that time he was a pop band as a drummer, and later saw the post on the Internet, heard the two sample, the band decided to give it a try. But his position is keyboard player, arranger, and because he is more adept at playing the keyboard. He was in a very short period of time are familiar with the band three songs keyboard part. Of course! Rehearsal was very successful, so wearing a daimyo became the eve of the official frost keyboards. Meanwhile, bassist and drummer Feng Junhua LIU Shi-Young also joined the band them. Fully staffed, the frost eve of the start of intense rehearsals and into the creation of new works. Winter to spring, blink of an eye has come to the summer of 2006. During this time, the band has been engaged in grinding and rehearse the new work "a dying dream" is also born during this period. Also, frost the eve of beginning to receive some of my friends loved and some of the professional media attention. Work, "Frozen Moon" and "Doomsday alliance" of the sample has been "I love rock and roll" and "popular music" magazine used. Meanwhile, the "doomsday alliance" in China's metals industry is also very experienced brand - horn music underground metal compilation "Gods resurrection" series Di Siji included. This is also a member of the band at that time did not know motivation and encouragement. In June 2006, frost overnight and the dark enchanting site, participating in a bar in Beijing, South City held a metal show, this is all in the form of frost for the first time the eve of the band performed on stage. With everyone now seems, was still full of mistakes and lack of experience in the performance. In this way, rain or shine frost overnight while continuing rehearsals, creative. While to undertake a number of performances, beginning in-depth metal performances in Beijing. Meanwhile, the lead singer Miao Zhen was also out of the black wing bands, to stay focused on the eve of the creation of frost. At that time, the band exposed some of the problems and obstacles in life musicians also made bass and drummer Feng Junhua Liu Shi Yang eve of the band left the frost. A time to frost the eve of the band fell into a difficult period. But soon, the band's friends - the band's drummer armor Wang joined the frost eve of rehearsals. The same as the melodic style of metal so that Wang can be adept, handy to cope with frost eve drum part. Bass part was introduced by a friend from the Wang Wang Lei served. In this way, the band began rehearsals and performances. At the same time, we began to work to perfect a few before and re-arranged so that the new version of the sound is more of a "metal" sound. May be short-lived, bassist Ray Wang also because of various pressures of living, to withdraw from the band. The location of his replacement was in the Spirit and the gravitational effects of the band traces the band as a bass position Zhao Hui. Soon the winter of 2006. Preceded by a co-operative horn record companies to find frost the eve of the band in preparation for the formal and frost the eve of the band signed a contract and began production and distribution of the band's debut EP album, "a dying dream." After several discussions, frost eve of the band formally joined the clarion call records under its command. And the famous Underworld, killing their owners, so those with the best metal band. The time is the summer of 2007. Frost line once again complete the eve of the creation of new songs the band started. New works for all of us is a tried and challenges, and out of tune before the death of the concept of adding a number of symphonic elements and the elements of the human voice, not entirely through song has always blankets out the roar. And the theme is also detached from the frost and cold war, the theme of the future. Turn to describe the inner contradictions of human nature. The song called "Throne of grief," the band works is a completely new attempt. In subsequent performances, the band continued in the fullness of his own consciousness, hone their skills, gain experience. The time of the performance market has entered prime time, through continuous efforts, there have been outstanding foreign metal band to be invited to Beijing to do performances. Eve has also had the privilege of autumn frost Italian epic metal band VISION DIVINE make Beijing warm field band performances. This band is a kind of recognition, is also a valuable learning experience. Is a close contact with the band the opportunity to the international line. Now frost still in the eve of rehearsals and performances, the latest production works are also tensions among the band is constantly trying to innovate and change, whether it is kick the tires or the in-depth exploration of the band want to be able to go its own way. At the same time the production of EP is also tension among the interviews soon. Of course, EP or album or a large-scale performances are not frost stopped the eve of the goal. The band hopes to continue to progress and development, there are more surprises or changes presented to the love and support of the band's friends.