Originally founded as THE DRAGONSLAYER PROJECT, the group now known as DRAGONY was created in summer of 2007 by former members of the split-up Austrian Powermetal-Bands OMEGA EFFECT and ELEFTHERIA. After additional members on bass, drums and keyboards had been found, the band began rehearsing for their first live shows which they played in spring 2008. Since then, the band has had a few gigs in Vi...enna and its surroundings, with local support slots for national and international acts such as EDENBRIDGE, FIREWIND and AXXIS among them. The band's music is heavily influenced by well-known bands of the True- and Powermetal genres such as HAMMERFALL, EDGUY, KAMELOT or NIGHTWISH; with a lot of doublebass, harmonic guitar leads and catchy choruses.

After the very successful "Night Of Power 2009" that DRAGONY organised together with ECLIPTICA and that featured SERENITY as a headlining act, as well as local support gigs for PAUL DI'ANNO and most recently, SONATA ARCTICA and MANTICORA, DRAGONY is now in the process of recording their first album which is currently slated for a release in early 2011!

In a first major news update surrounding that upcoming album release, The Dragonslayer Project officially changed their name to "DRAGONY" as a shorter, simpler name that reflects their musical style and personal approach to their theme better than the previous name.

The new band logo was designed by Spanish artist Marta De Andrés, who is currently also working on the cover artwork and booklet for the new album:

http://www.myspace.com/martanael
http://martanael.daportfolio.com/
http://martanael.deviantart.com/gallery/


Guests on our upcoming album include:
Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR)
Tom Tieber (ECLIPTICA)
Katarina Bilak (SIREN'S CRY)
Thomas Buchberger (SERENITY)
Phil Porter (SIREN'S CRY)
Van Alen (ECLIPTICA)
Sergio Tallo Torres

"Legends" was recorded and mixed at WildOneMusic Studios Vienna by Jakob Grabmayr and Frank Pitters. It was released on June 22nd 2012 via LIMB Music in Europe, and on August 8th in Japan and August 14th in the US and Canada.

In October 2012, it was announced that Daniel Stockinger (guit) and Georg Lorenz (keys) had left the band. Simon Saito was announced as a new guitar player while the search for a keyboard player continued.