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The Band<br />

The group around bandleader JU <strong>Age</strong> was found in the beginning 90s and gained awareness<br />

soon with their first releases.<br />

The first album of the band with the title Armageddon was released in 1994 on the label Dion<br />

Fortune that also had The Merry Thoughts, Garden <strong>Of</strong> Delight and Diary <strong>Of</strong> Dreams under<br />

contract at those times. In the following time the music of the band could be listened regularly on<br />

various radio channels and in the clubs. The song The Providence made it on the very popular<br />

Zillo compilation German Mystic Sound Sampler, Vol. V.<br />

Two years later the band released their second album The Garden <strong>Of</strong> Love that also proved<br />

popular in Germany, Europe and worldwide.<br />

Until the end of the 90s <strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong> played numerous concerts and toured across Germany<br />

and Europe. They already played at first Wave Gothic Festival (WGT) in Leipzig and returned to<br />

it several times.<br />

With the new millennium it went<br />

a bit quiet around <strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong><br />

<strong>Heaven</strong>. But the band was still<br />

existing.<br />

In 2011 they returned to the<br />

stage and played an amazing<br />

concert at the 20th WGT in front<br />

of 2000 people. Concerts in<br />

Germany and Switzerland<br />

followed as well as appearances<br />

at festivals as for instance the<br />

NCN.<br />

Meanwhile <strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong> appeared on stages where already great bands like The Mission,<br />

Fields <strong>Of</strong> The Nephilim or Killing Joke have to be seen. The band is well-known as before and<br />

receives fan feedback from countries like Greece, France, Italy, from America and worldwide.<br />

Many new songs have been composed meanwhile and at the moment the band works on a new<br />

album. For a pre-listening you can find songs like To The Clouds and Lethal Poison at their<br />

websites.


The Sound<br />

The sound of the band is characterised by different influences of Gothic and Wave and draws<br />

especially on the traditional style of Gothic Rock. That grows even stronger in their new material<br />

and in their live shows nowadays. But also influences from Gothic Metal and electronic music as<br />

well as elements from the music of the 80s make the sound of the band complete.<br />

The music of the band has many facets. Embedded in bombastic arrangements guitar figures, full<br />

of power and variety, complement each other with melodic strings, choirs and piano as well as<br />

electronic sounds. Meanwhile the charismatic deep voice of JU takes the listener to a dramatic<br />

world full of chilling gloom.<br />

<strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong>s songs tell stories about our society as well as about things in daily life. These<br />

themes are presented in a lyrical style and occasionally enriched with metaphors from religion<br />

and mythology. There are themes about freedom and environment but also personal things and a<br />

good amount of romanticism too.<br />

Despite its strong reference to its genre the modern sound of the band proves that the time isn´t<br />

standing still. Because of their catchy melodies and complex and powerful sound <strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong><br />

<strong>Heaven</strong> are able to fascinate listeners who are not so close to Gothic Rock as well as fans of this<br />

genre.<br />

Once an English fanzine wrote „<strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong>s songs have beautiful melodies with catchy sing<br />

along rhymes…“. Well, this comes with purpose. <strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong>s music is melodic rock songs<br />

for people who want to dance and sing along the lines.<br />

Visit the <strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong> homepage or their profile on facebook or youtube, listen to their songs<br />

and watch their videos.


Line-Up<br />

The line-up of the band had various changes since JU <strong>Age</strong> founded the band in1991. The new<br />

line-up plays together in a similar form since 2010 and is enhanced by a second live guitar that<br />

makes <strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong>s live sound more complete and powerful nowadays.<br />

Heidi (keyboards) JU <strong>Age</strong> (vocals) Christian (guitar)<br />

Tommy (bass)<br />

July (guitar)


Releases<br />

<strong>Age</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Heaven</strong> releases:<br />

• Armageddon Reissue (CD album)<br />

(Release Juni 2014)<br />

• The Garden <strong>Of</strong> Love (CD album)<br />

• Armageddon (CD album)<br />

• True Faces (e.p. tape)<br />

• <strong>Heaven</strong>’s Tears (album tape)<br />

• It Comes The Night (single tape)<br />

CD compilations:<br />

• German Mystic Sound Sampler (Zillo)<br />

• Gothic Compilation (Gothic Magazine)<br />

• Grimoire Compilation (Celtic Circle Rec.)<br />

• Stars, Hide Your Fires (Hyperium Rec.)<br />

• various Dion Fortune compilations (Dion<br />

Fortune)<br />

• And many more..<br />

Websites<br />

www.<strong>Age</strong><strong>Of</strong><strong>Heaven</strong>.com<br />

www.Facebook.com/<strong>Age</strong><strong>Of</strong><strong>Heaven</strong><br />

www.MySpace.com/<strong>Age</strong><strong>Of</strong><strong>Heaven</strong><br />

www.YouTube.com/<strong>Age</strong><strong>Of</strong><strong>Heaven</strong>TV<br />

Contact<br />

<strong>Age</strong> One Music<br />

Booking & Management<br />

Jens-Uwe Helmstedt<br />

Löhrstraße 13<br />

04105 Leipzig<br />

Germany<br />

Phone:<br />

++49 (0) 341 2126407<br />

E-Mail:<br />

Booking@<strong>Age</strong><strong>Of</strong><strong>Heaven</strong>.com<br />

<strong>Age</strong>OneMusic@Web.de

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