Synasthasia

Power metal

As the band formed in 1999 they could easily be called a school’s band project because all 4 founding members were about 18 years old and still went to school. They called themselves “SYNESTHESIA” back then, a made up form of the german word “Synesthäsie” (explanation see below). Due to a simple printing mistake (an ‘a` instead of an ‘e’) they stuck with “SYNASTHASIA” what didn’t change it again up to today. The band consisted of Dennis Marschallik (guitars), Martin Jun (bass), Kristof Becker (drums) and Dennis Schunke (voice). Drummer Kristof Becker and guitarist Dennis Marschallik were the two main songwriters within the band. Especially multi-talent Kristof gave the songs a touch of melancholy. The result was sort of a unique bastard between Metal and Grunge. The first self-produced demo “The Ocean of dreams” however earned very good responses despite of the doubts of the band and it didn’t let the crowd wait a long time for the first gigs. Several shows in the hometown of the band and around that area in front of some hundred fans gave the band a good name in the local scene. But apart from the euphoria in the first place the band disappeared from the scene in the following year, 2000. What has happened? Kristof Becker left the band from one day to another. Reason? No way. SYNASTHASIA had to begin all over again from the start. The whole line-up was mixed up these days: Dennis Marschallik transformed from guitarist to drummer and in his pla...