Originally founded by bassist Mario Lochert and Roland Grapow (MASTERPLAN, ex-HELLOWEEN) in 2014 and completed by former members of BLIND GUARDIAN and TAD MAROSE among others, there simply wasn’t another option for SERIOUS BLACK than riding a wave of success. From their debut “As Daylight Breaks” [2015] to their current offering “Rise Of Akhenaton” [2024], the group continuously left their footprint in the scene by delivering six terrific studio albums plus an acoustic album, accompanied by extensive touring with established bands such as HAMMERFALL, GAMMA RAY and KAMELOT. Winning more and more fans over the years, SERIOUS BLACK have become a notable headline act themselves, cementing their music as an essential part of the power metal world through relentless touring and hitting the charts with their whole catalogue (no. 22 of the official German album chart with “Vengeance Is Mine” [2022] to name their highest entry so far).