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Biografie : Six Magics

Six Magics started around 1996 by five teenagers in Santiago de Chile.

Formed by Pablo Stagnaro (Drums), Erick Avila (Guitars), Nicolás Espinoza (Guitars), Juan Pablo Pizarro (Bass) and Sergio Villaroel (Vocals), the band played in many Chilean cities receiving great local support. In those days their songs were in spanish, but there was an intention to start writing lyrics in English (Erick compose / edite music while J. Pablo wrote all the lyrics). After a year, Six Magics recorded “Trilogía de un Guerrero” (their first demo tape) which had good comments and acceptance in the scene.

In 1998 Juan Pablo left the band (moving on France) and was replaced by Rodolfo Sanchez de Lozada. Also, a second line-up arrangement was made in 1999 when Sergio Domínguez was chosen as the new singer. With this new -formation- plus Sebastián Carrasco on keyboards, Six Magics started writing their lyrics in English and got ready to record their first album.

In January 2001, Six Magics returned to the recording studio. The lyrics portray stories between fantastic and epic scenarios, all of this through two great styles: baroque and classic. The new album is named: Dead Kings of the Unholy Valley and includes 11 tracks of symphonic metal with various musical structures.

At the beginning of 2002, line up changes took place: Gabriel Hidalgo as the new guitar player (replacing Nicolás Espinoza) and Mauricio Nader in bass guitar. With the new alignment the band worked on an acoustic set list, which is presented twice.
In July 2002 in the Centro de Eventos Laberinto the “Dead Kings of the Unholy Valley” CD had its live release with an audience of about 700 people. In that same year the band signed a world-wide distribution contract with Underground Symphony.
Also in October 2002 the band shot their first video clip. The chosen song was Prince of Pure light, from the “Dead Kings of the Unholy Valley” LP.

The production for the new album, “The Secrets of an Island” started in February 2003. This new studio recording is entirely based on the mythology of Chiloé (an island in the south of Chile). The recording sessions ended in September. With this, Six Magics leaves the medieval related lyrics and starts a new musical stage, which pursues to contribute to our national culture, and of course export it to the world. The songs on this album used choirs, folk instruments, and was influenced by ethnic Chilean music. Six Magics started then and continued to mix ard rock with a Latin American traditional beat in a style called Folk Metal.

Since then, the live release was held in front of an audience of one thousand at the Teatro Providencia on November 1st 2003. Their concerts became larger and more decorated productions and began to attract larger audiences. At one point, singer Sergio Dóminguez fell ill and was temporarily replaced by Cristóbal Flores.

In 2004, the band flew to Germany, France and Spain to promote their new album and tour (well received). Pianist Sebastián Carrasco left in 2005, and the band decided not to replace him and instead become a quintet. They then prepared a film of their work, entitled Dead Secrets, to be shown at the Theater Province. The DVD was delayed due to technical difficulties and was not resolved until the end of the year, so instead of being shown at the theater was released straight to DVD.

In January 2007, Six Magics began work on their third album. The production is directed by the North American David Prater (Dream Theater, Firehouse, Fahrenheit). In May of the 2007, Sergio Domínguez decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family and his upcoming son.

On June 26, 2008, they released a single called Behind the Sorrow ahead of their third album, Animal (released in august), playing with Tarja Turunen on September.