Leander Rising

Leander Rising
Origin Budapest, Hungary
Genres Metal
Years active 2009 - 2015
Labels Sony Music Hungary
Past members Leander Köteles
Attila Vörös
József "Jozzy" Takács
Belá Budai
Márk Maczák

Leander Rising (formerly known as just Leander) was a Hungarian metal band.

Origin

The band started in 2009 after the disbanding of another Hungarian metal band named Babylon, which the lead singer Leander Köteles was a part of. During this time, this bands only member was Leander himself. But in 2010, Attila Vörös joined the band after watching Leander perform his own song Csak te (Bound to Belong). In the same year, they obtained two new members: József "Jozzy" Takács & Belá Budai. After a sold-out concert in Budapest in 2010, Leander (their name at the time) became a household name within the Hungarian metal scene. Also in 2011, after a successful summer festival tour in Hungary, Sony Music Hungary took notice of the band and signed them for a contract. On 24 March 2012, their first album was released, named simply Szívidomár, with an English version of the album named Heart Tamer being released online, and later on 27 November 2012 in disc format. In the summer of 2012, the band changed its name to its current form: Leander Rising.

In September of 2014, Leander Rising released a second album: Öngyötrő. In the album also contained the song "Lőjetek fel", which competed at A Dal 2015, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[1] It was selected into the second heat on 31 January 2015, and was eliminated.

Announced on Facebook, after 5 years of performing, Leander Rising is going to perform its last tour by the end of 2015, effectively ending the band as a whole. [2]

Discography

Year Album Highest rank Classification
MAHASZ Top 40 Albums and Compilations
2012 Szívidomár 3
2014 Öngyötrő 6

Members

References

Resources (In Hungarian)

More information (In Hungarian)

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