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Pegazus 1995

Wings of Destiny 1998

Breaking the Chains 2000

The Headless Horseman 2002

Live! Thunder Down Under 2004

In Metal We Trust - 2011

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Австралия так далеко от нас, почти другой конец земного шара... Если покопаться в памяти, то можно вспомнить об австралийских корнях AC/DC. На этом, увы, история "большого" хэви-метала из страны антиподов и кенгуру обрывается...

Состав: 

Danny Cecati – вокал
Johnny Stoj – гитара
Dave King – бас
Robbie Stoj – ударные

PEGAZUS - на день сегодняшний самая известная тамошняя хэви-группа нового поколения. Квартет образовался в 1993 году и решительно взялся за продолжение традиций "новой волны британского хэви-метала", которую, впрочем, уже трудно называть "новой". В отсутствие особой конкуренции PEGAZUS вскоре завоевали всеавстралийскую популярность, выпустили на местном лейбле дебютный CD, и в 1996 году их популярность перешагнула океан и добралась до Европы, где группу "прибрала к рукам" шустрая контора Nuclear Blast. В позапрошлом году второй альбом "Крылья Судьбы" получал самые высокие оценки в метал-изданиях. Несмотря на сей факт, а также на прошлогоднее трансевропейское турне вместе с HAMMERFALL и PRIMAL FEAR, пока рано говорить о вторжении австралийского хэви-метала на Старый континент. Тем более что новейший альбом, премьера которого состоится 11 ноября, хоть и хорош необыкновенно, не станет революцией в жанре. Довольно простой хэви-метал-рок, действительно имеющий много общего с NWOBHM прошлой декады, очень способный вокалист, несколько откровенных шлягеров ("Tears Of The Angels"!), чумовая инструменталка "Глаза Эмеральда", традиционалистская хэви-метал-эстетика ("Metal Forever") - все это хорошо. Мне вот не хватало хоть какой-то агрессивности, хотя бы ее видимости. Слишком уж отшлифованное звучание, слишком "мягко", никакой "дикости", в отличие от необузданного пегаса, изображенного на обложке диска. Вот этот красноглазый жеребец способен "разорвать цепи", не PEGAZUS. We want more metal!

english wikipedia.org

Pegazus is a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia. The band came to international notice after being signed by Nuclear Blast in 1997 and toured Europe the following year but since then the band has faded.

Biography

The band was formed in 1993 by guitarist Johnny Stoj with his brother Robbie on drums. After cultivating a visual and musical style similar to bands like Judas Priest and Manowar, Pegazus recorded a self-titled album in 1995 with Justin Fleming on vocals and Dave King on bass. The following year, Fleming was replaced by Danny Cecati and the band recorded a new demo and began seeking a record deal. Linking up with Melbourne’s Metal Warriors, the band’s second album Wings of Destiny was released locally in 1997. After receiving a copy of the album, Germany’s Nuclear Blast offered the band a contract and released Wings of Destiny worldwide with more distinctive, professional artwork.

In August 1998, Pegazus travelled to Germany to perform at the Wacken Open Air festival. The show was remarkable only not as the first the band had ever played outside Melbourne but because they appeared at the festival twice, on the main stage and again on a side-stage later as a replacement for Darkseed. Following Wacken, Pegazus returned to Australia briefly before going back to Europe in September for a tour with HammerFall. Eric Martins played bass at all of these shows as King had left the band.

Corey Betts joined Pegazus as King’s replacement in January 1999 and very little was heard from the group until the Breaking the Chains album was released late in the year. Controversy followed shortly after when it was revealed in March 2000 that Cecati had been fired for apparently devoting too much time to another Melbourne band called Anarion. Cecati countered by claiming that he had become frustrated with the virtual inactivity of Pegazus as a live act and Johnny Stoj’s creative control over the group. He subsequently also left Anarion and joined Eyefear in late 2000.

In September, Rob Thompson replaced Cecati. Pegazus then toured interstate in January 2001, playing its first shows outside of Melbourne since the European tour in September 1998. At approximately the same, Betts formed another band, Kymera, with ex-members of Cyclone Tracy and Catwitch, but would remain with Pegazus until after the recording of the next album. Kymera would later become Black Majesty.

2002’s The Headless Horseman was the first Pegazus album in three years and would prove to be its last for Nuclear Blast. Following Betts’ departure, Black Majesty guitarist Hanny Mohammed became the band’s bass player for its infrequent live appearances. Robbie Stoj then left Pegazus in September 2003, with Bernie Goldstein temporarily filling the role, the band recorded some performances for a live album. In the meantime, the group’s relationship with Nuclear Blast came to an end with Pegazus claiming the label had virtually ignored its previous release. The live album Live! – Thunder Down Under was released independently by the band in February 2004. At around the same time, Robbie Stoj was finally replaced by Ange Sotiro and Betts by Joe Fata, who had ironically also replaceed him briefly in Black Majesty.

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