Category: CRYSTAL BALL

Swiss melodic metal / hard rock outfit CRYSTAL BALL will release their new studio album “Crysteria” on January 28 via Massacre Records. The band’s 11th album will be available as a CD Digipak with exclusive bonus tracks. Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Lords Of Black, The Ferrymen) joins the band as a guest vocalist on the song ‘Call Of The Wild,’ and Crystal Ball‘s longtime friends and label mates Jaded Heart join them for a band duet on the song ‘Crystal Heart.’
“Crysteria” was produced, mixed and mastered by Stefan Kaufmann, who also contributed additional lead guitars to four songs on the album.
“Crysteria” opens a new chapter in CRYSTAL BALL’s history. In their 3rd decade, the band is far from just repeating itself, and you can find new, fresh, and energetic elements in their music…

Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Swiss melodic metal / hard rockers CRYSTAL BALL are presenting “2020”, their new release including a total of 20 tracks on 2 CDs. 10 tracks are re-recorded and newly interpreted songs from the band’s first decade (more Melodic Hard Rock / AOR oriented), while the other 10 are from the band’s second, current decade, which were...

Considering Swiss rockers CRYSTAL BALL started life out as a covers band named Cherry Pie, they have certainly come a long way. Constant consistency is the key for this 5-piece, and “Crystallizer” is the band’s tenth full-length recording, and die-hard fans of this well-polished style of melodic metal / hard rock will not be disappointed. Crystal Ball hold not last...

Reissued few days ago by Metalopolis Records on digipak and including a bonus track, “HELLvetia” is the fourth album from Swiss Hard Rock outfit CRYSTAL BALL. Produced by ex- ACCEPT member Stefan Kaufmann it was originally released in 2003. For the fans it is still the band’s most popular album with the old line-up including great front man Mark Sweeney,...

Swiss rockers CRYSTAL BALL are set to issue “Déjà-Voodoo“, their 9th album on September 2, 2016, in Europe and October 7, 2016, for North American markets. Released on Massacre Records, “Déjà-Voodoo” comes hardly a year after the release of their highly successful album LifeRider, and this Limited Digipack Edition includes 2 exclusive bonus tracks. Crystal Ball started as a pure...

* Swiss rockers CRYSTAL BALL have delivered some really great albums in the past, in fact their second album was for me one of the best 2000’s releases and still visits my CD player regularly. After a 6-year hiatus they returned in 2013 with new vocalist and another solid record, and now the guys are back with “Liferider“, maintaining their...

* One of my favorite acts ever out from Switzerland always have been the underrated CRYSTAL BALL, their first two albums are really fine staples of polished Melodic Hard Rock.After a 6-year creative break original members Scott Leach and Marcel Sardella reformed the band with fresh blood and a great new frontman; Steven Mageney from Germany, and “Dawnbreaker” is the...