MONTANY is that same Dutch Melodic Metal formation, who swore loyalty to a tempo-oriented, diversified style and who have counted amongst their country's top and most promising band for years. "New Born Day" sees the five musicians celebrating the entire spectrum spanning epic orchestration, grooving mid-tempo tracks and dizzying speed numbers in eleven great compositions. The album was produced in the Black Solaris Studios by Uwe Lulis. The former Grave Digger guitarist and primary songwriter helped "New Born Day" to its impressive, transparent and yet well-balanced sound.
The original roots of today's MONTANY line-up reach back to the late Eighties. Under the name and logo of 'Montani' the group produced two songs before splitting into two different bands, one of which kept the band name. Montani went through several line-up changes and as only one of the original founding members still remained in 1995, they changed their name to Solid Ground. When Patrick van Maurik joined the band, their style also changed. From their previous, traditional Hard Rock they slowly turned towards a more melodic, definitely more metal sound. Two years later they changed the band name again, this time from Solid Ground into MONTANY (with a 'y') and produced a song for the compilation album, "New Artists Volume II" released by Innocent Record Production.
Their style changed almost imperceptibly yet again when guitarists Dirk Hoek and Albert Houwaart joined their ranks. Their Thrash Metal influences, coming from Detonator as they did, suited MONTANY very well. December 1999 saw the quintett producing its first demo CD, recorded in The Bax Studios in Katwijk. The demo was released in May 2000 and received a great review in the Dutch metal magazine, Aardschok. The Dutch fanclub The Heavy-Metal Maniacs promptly contacted the band and promised them active support. The club suggested sending the demo to various magazines. Eight copies were sent out and the reactions were beyond the band's wildest dreams. The German mag, Heavy oder was!?, for example, showered the band with praise and one result of the euphoric reactions were communications from several record companies offering the musicians a collaboration. MONTANY's decision fell on the German company, Limb Music Products, which already had a tremendous reputation in this field thanks to their work with bands such as Rhapsody, Mob Rules and Human Fortress and which is considered to be a promising address for upcoming, hopeful new bands.
And now the first product of this hopefully long-term partnership is at the starting gate. "New Born Day" shows MONTANY in their most brilliant playing mood and one which has been captured on the album thanks to Uwe Lulis's great production.
Source: http://www.limb-music.de
