Future Palace

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Future Palace
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Future Palace in Hanover in 2022. From left to right: Manuel Kohlert, Maria Lessing, Johannes Frenzel
Background information
Origin Berlin, Germany
Genres
Years active2018–present
Labels Arising Empire
MembersMaria Lessing (vocals)
Manuel Kohlert (guitar)
Johannes Frenzel (drums)
Website future-palace.com

Future Palace is a German rock band from Berlin. The band consists of vocalist Maria Lessing, guitarist Manuel Kohlert, and drummer Johannes Frenzel. The band has been signed to the German music label Arising Empire since 2020 and has so far released the three studio albums Escape (2020), Run (2022) and Distortion (2024).

Contents

Biography

Beginnings (2018-2019)

Future Palace was founded at the end of 2018 by singer Maria Lessing, guitarist Manuel Kohlert, and drummer Johannes Frenzel. [1] The latter two had previously been active in several bands together and met Maria Lessing when she sang a feature for their band at the time. [2] [3] [4] With the idea of establishing a new band later, the three created a WhatsApp group called "Future Palace". This name was ultimately adopted as the band name. [4] [5] On March 26, 2019, the band released their first single Maybe. [6] The accompanying music video was released on April 11, 2019, on Future Palace's YouTube channel. [7] [8] The band then on May 31, 2019, released a second single Anomaly. [9] The band played their first concerts on August 29 and 30, 2019 in Berlin and Hamburg. [10] [11] [12]

Escape and Arising Empire (2020)

On March 6, 2020, Arising Empire announced that they had signed Future Palace. On the same day the single Illusionist featuring Tobias Rische of Alazka was released along with a music video. [13] [14] [15] Announced with the release of their single Ghost Chapter on July 17, 2020, the band released their debut album Escape on September 18, 2020. In addition, a Germany-wide headliner tour was announced for early 2021, which later had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [16] [17]

Run (2021-2022)

On November 5, 2021, the band released their single Paradise including a music video. [18] [19] With the release of the single Heads Up on December 16, 2021, the second album Run was also announced, which was released on June 10, 2022. [20] [21] The album opened on position 82 in the official german Albums Charts. [22] In April 2022 the band played their first headlining tour, called "Take Me to Paradise" tour. [18] [23]

Distortion (2023-Present)

On April 20, 2023, Future Palace released their single Malphas, followed by Uncontrolled on April 5, 2024. [24] [25] On May 16, 2024, they released The Echoes of Disparity, featuring Charlie Rolfe of As Everything Unfolds, followed by an announcement of their third studio album, titled Distortion, to be released on September 6, 2024. [26] [27] On June 21, 2024, they released the fourth single from this upcoming album, titled Dreamstate. [28] The fifth single was released on August 2, 2024, titled Decarabia. [29]

Distortion released on September 6, 2024 to positive reviews. Distorted Sound Magazine gave the album a 9/10 rating, and Heavy Magazine reported that 'Distortion promises to take their music to new heights'. [30] [31]

Style and influences

The band's musical style is often described as post-hardcore/alternative rock with 80's synth-pop and electronica influences. [2] [32] [33] [34] [35] Among others, the members of the band name Bring Me the Horizon, Pvris, The Midnight, and Mike Oldfield as musical influences. [2] [36] The lyrics are written by vocalist Maria Lessing and deal with personal experiences, especially depression, inner conflicts and toxic relationships. [2] [4] [37]

Discography

Studio Albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
[22]
Escape—
Run
  • Released: June 10, 2022
  • Label: Arising Empire
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
82
Distortion
  • Released: September 6, 2024
  • Label: Arising Empire
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
32

Music Videos

YearTitleAlbumDirector
2019MaybeEscapeNiko Gindler
2020IllusionistHello Bipo
Parted Ways
Ghost ChapterFuture Palace/Hello Bipo
Maybe - StrippedHello Bipo
Lately
2021ParadiseRunPavel Trebukhin
Heads Up
2022Flames
Defeating GravityPeter Leukhardt
Dead Inside
2023MalphasDistortionMaria Lessing, Peter Leukhardt
2024UncontrolledPavel Trebukhin
The Echoes of Disparity
Dreamstate

Individual proofs

  1. ↑ Future Palace release debut album Escape and release a music video for it Lately (in German), Festival & Konzerte Online Magazin, September 20, 2020, retrieved April 23, 2022
  2. 1 2 3 4 HannahGillicker, MUSIC FEATURE: Five Minutes With…Future Palace, Bring the Noise UK, retrieved April 27, 2022
  3. ↑ By Katja Maeting (April 23, 2019), Future Palace – Creating something that fully reflects us (in German), Hellfire-Magazine, retrieved April 23, 2022
  4. 1 2 3 Ross (October 8, 2020), Band of the Day: Future Palace, The Moshville Times, retrieved April 25, 2022
  5. ↑ INTERVIEW - Maria of FUTURE PALACE (in German), retrieved April 25, 2022
  6. ↑ "Maybe - Single" by Future Palace (in German), March 26, 2019, retrieved April 23, 2022
  7. ↑ Future Palace - Maybe (Official Music Video) (in German), retrieved April 23, 2022
  8. ↑ Future Palace - Maybe (Music Video Teaser) (in German), retrieved April 23, 2022
  9. ↑ "Anomaly - Single" by Future Palace (in German), May 31, 2019, retrieved April 23, 2022
  10. ↑ Future Palace | Berlin - Rock at Sage (in German), retrieved April 23, 2022
  11. ↑ Future Palace + For Reasons Unknown | Hamburg - Astra Stube (in German), retrieved April 23, 2022
  12. ↑ Punkrock-Konzerte.de - Dates Archive 2019 (in German), retrieved April 25, 2022
  13. ↑ Arising Empire , retrieved April 25, 2022
  14. ↑ FUTURE PALACE sign contract with Arising Empire & release new single 'Illusionist' | Voices of the Street , retrieved April 25, 2022
  15. ↑ Future Palace: Sign deal with Arising Empire and release brand-new single 'Illusionist' (in German), Time For Metal - Das Metal Magazin & Metal Podcast, March 10, 2020, retrieved April 25, 2022
  16. ↑ Future Palace announce their debut album "Escape" and a new tour (in German), MoreCore.de, July 17, 2020, retrieved April 25, 2022
  17. ↑ Future Palace cancel their 2021 headliner tour without replacement (in German), MoreCore.de, December 6, 2020, retrieved April 25, 2022
  18. 1 2 Future Palace release new single 'Paradise' - dark-divas.com (in German), Dark Divas, November 5, 2021, retrieved April 30, 2022
  19. ↑ Future Palace : release new single and video for "Paradise" (in German), Time For Metal - Das Metal Magazin & Metal Podcast, November 6, 2021, retrieved April 30, 2022
  20. ↑ Future Palace - new single / video 'Heads Up' , retrieved April 30, 2022
  21. ↑ Future Palace: Album -Announcement with new single "Heads Up" (in German), MoreCore.de, December 17, 2021, retrieved April 30, 2022
  22. 1 2 "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
  23. ↑ Future Palace are back with their new single "Paradise" (in German), MoreCore.de, November 6, 2021, retrieved April 30, 2022
  24. ↑ "FUTURE PALACE Release New Track 'Malphas'". HEAVY Magazine. April 20, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  25. ↑ "FUTURE PALACE Drop New Track 'Uncontrolled'". HEAVY Magazine. April 5, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  26. ↑ "Future Palace release brand new single 'The Echoes of Disparity'". Metal Planet Music. May 17, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  27. ↑ "Future Palace announce new album 'Distortion'". Distorted Sound Magazine. May 20, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  28. ↑ "Future Palace release new music video for 'Dreamstate'". Distorted Sound Magazine. June 21, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  29. ↑ "Future Palace release new music video for 'Decarabia'". Distorted Sound Magazine. August 2, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  30. ↑ "ALBUM REVIEW: Distortion – Future Palace". Distorted Sound Magazine. September 2, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  31. ↑ "FUTURE PALACE Unleash New Album DISTORTION". HEAVY Magazine. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  32. ↑ Team Uber | Sep 21, 2020 | CD Reviews, Recently Added | 0 (September 21, 2020), Future Palace – 'Escape' (Arising Empire), About Röck, retrieved April 25, 2022{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ↑ ALBUM REVIEW: Escape - Future Palace, Distorted Sound Magazine, September 21, 2020, retrieved April 25, 2022
  34. ↑ Escape (in German), MoreCore.de, September 16, 2020, retrieved April 25, 2022
  35. ↑ Heike L. Albums / EPsReviews··2 minutes reading time (January 4, 2021), Future Palace – Escape (in German), Time For Metal - The Metal Magazine & Metal Podcast, retrieved April 25, 2022{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  36. ↑ Hot Takes: Getting to know Future Palace - ALTCORNER.com , retrieved April 25, 2022
  37. ↑ Ox Fanzine, Solingen Germany, Interview (in German), retrieved April 25, 2022

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