CRYSTALIC Announces Comeback

After Crystalic disbanded in late 2011 due to lineup problems, founding member Toni Tieaho decided to move on and started to play in other bands from Tampere. As time passed, Toni started to feel strongly that he should start composing his own material again. In the beginning of 2011 Toni and the keyboardist Felipe Munoz, who had played with Crystalic before, formed a new yet an unnamed project. Admittedly, at times the new material sounded very close to Crystalic due to Toni's style of composing.

During 2012 the line-up was completed by drummer Janne Noponen, vocalist Marko Eskola and the original Crystalic bassist Arto Tissari. In the early stages of collective songwriting process it became clear to everyone involved, that Crystalic would resurrect.

The band recorded their first new track at MSTR Studios with Crystalic's long time studio engineer Jussi Kulomaa in November 2012. The chemistry within the band proved to be excellent during the recording sessions and the fresh line-up brought in some elements which took Crystalic to a whole new level. Fast drumming, melodic keyboards, aggressive guitar riffs and melodic solos, versatile vocals and unique fretless bass lines can be heard on the new single "Scion" which was recorded for the fans as a definitive statement: We are back to stay.

So what's going on now? We are now actively working on Crystalic's 3rd full-length album. Huge thanks goes to all our fans for the great support and keeping the band's music alive! Cheers and see you at future shows!

Listen to Scion here!