Ligeia are a female-fronted heavy metal band from Germany, founded in 1999 in the city of Ulm, south Germany, and who released their debut album, 'Made In Stone', in 2000 as a private pressing. In 2002 they recorded a two-song-maxi-single, followed by their second album 'Beyond The Sky', but because of problems with their old record company SHS Musics, after they lost their distributor, the band were unable to release the record. As they were also unhappy with the label for the lack of promotion arranged for the record, as well as having issues with them regarding their debut album, they decided to leave the label, although it took Ligeia about two years to eventually sort it all out. In the meantime two new members had joined, with Michael Sommer coming in on bass and Roland Klein joining on drums, and together with Daniela Unglert on vocals and Jörg Mayer on guitars, it was almost a completely different band to the one that recorded 'Beyond The Sky'. They therefore decided to re-record the whole thing using the new line-up, and the re-titled 'Gloria' was released through Iron Glory Records/Massacre Records in 2004. The band are happier with the new label, and feel that the new recordings sound more to their liking, but fans of the old line-up might prefer to hear the group that recorded 'Made In Stone' perform the songs, and so if that's the case then here is the original 'Beyond The Sky' album as it was recorded in 2002, including a couple of songs that weren't included on the re-worked version.
Track listing
01 Mistress Of The Night
02 Wings Of Fire
03 Beyond The Sky
04 Gloria
05 Here We Are
06 Angelwitch
07 Noise Of Silence
08 Walpurgisnight
09 Last Desire
10 Night Of The Cross
