A Vienna quartet that carved out atmospheric symphonic metal in the early 2010s.
For a good sense of their approach, 'To The Moon And Back' from 'Lunacy' and 'We'll Be Free' are solid starting points. They show the band's commitment to that clear-voiced, guitar-driven symphonic metal template.
Moonlight Haze arrived when symphonic metal was still finding its footing outside the biggest names, and they delivered songs with a specific clarity. Tracks like 'We'll Be Free' and 'To The Moon And Back' from their 'Lunacy' album show how they built big soundscapes around Johanna Wechselberger's clean vocals and Thomas Hechenberger's guitar work. They weren't reinventing the wheel, but they captured that particular early-2010s European metal atmosphere quite well.
The band formed in Vienna around 2009 with Wechselberger and Hechenberger at the core, releasing 'Deceptive Silence' in 2012. Their second album 'Lunacy' followed in 2014, featuring songs like 'To The Moon And Back' that defined their symphonic metal style. Bassist Christian Hermsdörfer left by 2016, but their catalog from that period holds onto that foundational sound.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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