Leander

metal

There are three artists with this name: 1) Hungarian metal band from Budapest 2) German indie duo. 3) Dungeon Synth from Tennessee 1) Leander is a Hungarian metal band from Budapest. At first the multi-faced talent, Leander Köteles started the band as his solo project in 2009, where he did his first video, „Csak Te / Only You” which led to a great success in Hungary over the internet. After hearing about this video Attila Vörös – a young and well-known guitarist in Hungary, who later joined the legendary band from Seattle, called Nevermore – had responded to Leander Köteles via the internet and had joined the project later on. In the beginning Attila only had done some guest solos for Leander Köteles - in the songs „Viharom Tavaszom / My Storm, My Spring” and „Ördög Naplója / Devil’s Diary”), but later they countinued the project as a duo more than succesfully. During this time they wrote a cover to the worldwide known Hungarian classic, „Szomorú Vasárnap / Gloomy Sunday” which was written by Rezső Seress. The duo also did a cover to the American pop star, Rihanna’s „Only Girly”, and did their first own material together, called „Szívidomár / Heart Tamer” which all three had a great success and a record amount of views and reviews. While Attila was touring in the States, Leander Köteles did a cover to Lady Gaga’s „Bad Romance” which was probably the most viewd and succesfull video int he project’s history at that time. ...