Kingfisher Sky

The history of the Dutch Kingfisher Sky starts in 2001, when drummer Ivar de Graaf leaves the gothic metalband Within Temptation, which was on the verge of a big international breakthrough. Together with the classical trained female singer Judith Rijnveld he writes compositions that are unbound to any genre or style. This musical style is hard to describe, but the term progressive myth-rock covers it nicely. Think of Heart, Clannad, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Mike Oldfield and Pink Floyd on one side - and progrock like Porcupine Tree on the other side. In short: contrasts - spheric as well as hard and dreamy and rocking. In 2006 they make a demo and in October 2006 Kingfisher Sky signs a record deal with Suburban Records. In an early stage, Orphanage-bass player Eric Hoogendoorn joins the two. Soon after that guitarists Daan Janzing and Edo van der Kolk and keyboard player George van Olffen are official members of the band. In June and July 2007 the band enters the studio with the producers-duo Jochem Jacobs (Textures) and Bouke Visser. On the 12th of October they released their debutalbum 'Hallway of Dreams'!