Angelical Tears

Rank #1 Oklahoma City, OK Metal / Symphonic / Hard Rock / Melodic...

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Members: Julia Flansburg - Lead Vocals; Steven Bittle - Guitars; Glenn Flansburg - Bass; JC - Drums & Programming

Sounds Like: Leaves' Eyes, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, Delain

Label: BlueFreya, "MAX-METAL-RADIO", BlueFreya, Crew Dawg Records, Lenni Lenape Publishing, Inc., Metal Slave, SIMPLY SICK ENTERTAINMENT, Spread The Metal

Manager: Glenn Flansburg, Female Metal Radio, Iron Virus Booking, Metal's Eve Productions

Bio: Since forming in October of 2006, Angelical Tears has stood as a unique musical voice in the Oklahoma music scene. The band's heavy but melodic sound is the result of a variety of musical influences such as Hard Rock, Goth, Classical, Metal, and Electronica. These elements all combine to create a... See Full Bio

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“When one thinks of good symphonic power metal bands, the United States of America is not a country that first leaps to mind. Europe seems to be the birthplace of many a good symphonic power metal band these days. The States can boast a few good bands in that genre of metal and one of them is Oklahoma’s Angelical Tears. The band formed in October 2006 and released their very good debut EP in 2010. Since that EP, the band went from being a six piece to a four piece band. Gone are the second guitarist and keyboardist. Now the new look Angelical Tears returns with their full-length debut, “The Eleventh Hour” and this is a band that has really started to come into their own. The EP was good, but this far surpasses it in quality and style, in my opinion.”

— Tony Cannella, Femme Metal Webzine

“Angelical Tears, the oncoming threat from Oklahoma, USA, emerge once again from the darkened abyss and deliver their latest release 'The Eleventh Hour'. Featuring more of the classic Within Temptation and Evanescence combination, the quintet immerse the listener with soothing heavenly vocals, razor-hard riffs and solid drumming in one epic package. Since their self-titled debut, Angelical Tears have torn apart the rulebook and wrote their own sound, layering different elements from different Metal genres and finalising a sound that will captivate any fan of female-fronted bands, this is perhaps the album to get them signed by and as 'The Eleventh Hour' strikes, four tornadoes spawn, ready to strike the heart of the everyday metal fan.”

— Rhys Stevenson, Global Metal Apocalypse

“Stop the presses; hold the fort, hell has frozen over. We actually have a really good female fronted Gothic sounding American release. Someone call my cardiologist, I’m having heart palpitations. Well, actually, I’m enjoying it more than I can possibly describe. Maybe there’s hope for a band from the northern part of the Western Hemisphere in a country not called Canada. And where are they from you ask? Oklahoma, not generally regarded as the hippest state in the union, and generally proud of it. Don’t ask me how it happened, it just did. Now I’m not saying I’ve never found anything to recommend in Oklahoma but strip joints aren’t generally a staple on this site, and that was the only high point in my experience with the Sooner state, especially that little redhead, er, ahh. . . . But, I digress. ”

— Doctor T. , Sonic Cathedral

“Next up in our coverage of the bands playing at this year’s Dame Nation festival, Unleash the Furies brings you Angelical Tears from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma! That’s right folks, symphonic metal with a gothic flavor is alive and well in the Great Plains. Angelical Tears first came to our attention this time last year with the release of their self-titled EP, which offers six tracks of angelic vocals with demonic guitars. In the band’s own words: “The combination of the ethereal vocals of [Russian-born] Julia Flansburg, pounding bass of Glenn Flansburg, heavy guitars of Steven Bittle, thundering drums of Jeremy ‘JC’ Clifton, and the melodic keyboards of Robby Ray, give Angelical Tears a style and sound that sets them apart from their peers[.]“ True words. Take the guitar-driven intensity of American melodic metal, temper it with the dark melancholy of Russian gothic metal, and you have a pretty good idea of what is in store for you. And it’s good.”

— Robin Stryker, Unleash The Furies

“From Oklahoma, comes the Gothic Rock/Metal band Angelical Tears. Their debut 6-song EP features 22-minutes worth of songs with dark, haunting melodies that at times are reminiscent of Evanescence. Angelical Tears are fronted by the formidable vocals of Julia Flansburg. First off, Angelical Tears has crafted a fine debut with the songs on their self-titled EP. The production is excellent and the songs are well written and performed. From the opening track "No More" – which is a great, heavy opener – the band highlights the strong vocals of Julia Flansburg. This is also the one song to include rough male vocals. The third track "Dreams" features a number of tempo changes and is my favorite of the 6 included here. "Tomorrow Happens Now" is only about 3-minutes long but it is a fast paced up-tempo track that is another highlight. The closing two tracks the hauntingly melodic "Darkness" and the piano heavy ballad "Chasing Eternity" brings "Angelical Tears" to a great conclusion.”

— Tony Cannella, Femme Metal

“Based in a suburb of Oklahoma City is the pure European Neo-Classical female fronted Melodic Gothic Power Metal orientated band ANGELICAL TEARS. If no additional info was supplied to me, I would never have guessed this band is from the USA, because this sounds like a typical Dutch band to me and comparisons to the Dutch bands EPICA, AFTER FOREVER, DELAIN, THE GATHERING, WITHIN TEMPTATION, etc. etc. are quite easy to make. Without a doubt, the band’s debut mini-CD is a high quality release that can easily compete with the aforementioned bands. Happily, the production is also very good and it is thanks to the excellent musicianship of the band and the ‘angelic’ voice of Russian born singer JULIA FLANSBURG, this ANGELICAL TEARS is receiving the highly recommended mark. It might not sound very original and there are a lot of similar bands playing this genre, nevertheless ANGELICAL TEARS sounds really good and especially the song “Darkness” would make WITHIN TEMPTATION jealous!”

— Gabor Kleinbloesem, Strutter'zine

“Hailing from Oklahoma, bang in the middle of the infamous Tornado Alley, Angelical Tears features two females and four males with the vocalist of Russian origin. Sounding similar to Evanescence, Vanguard and Within Temptation, the Gothic Metal sextet wrote their debut EP amongst the tornadoes circulating the studio, dragging in the darkest of atmospheres and fury from nature's beauty. How daring is it that the band should perform in front of an audience with a tornado on the horizon, it is as if this EP would be the best soundtrack for such an occurence. Such sheer beauty is brought by Julia on vocals and Jennifer on keyboard duties, but with that sheer darkness and sublime metal is brought by Steve (also male vocals), Derek, Glenn and John and together the American sextet deliver potentially one of the best Gothic Metal debut's seen this year, so much so I cry 'Angelical Tears'. ”

— Rhys Stevenson, Wretched Spawn

“Os los traemos desde Oklahoma. Esta formación poco conocida quiere salir de su Estado y arrasar mundialmente y no le falta madera para llegar a lo mas alto. Desde octubre del 2006, “Angelical Tears” se ha destacado en la escena musical de la ciudad de Oklahoma. Su Metal pesado pero melódico es el resultado de una variedad de influencias que pasan por el Gótico, la música Clásica y el Metal Alternativo. Estos elementos se combinan para crear un sonido Metal con fuertes elementos Góticos Sinfónico. ”

— Auria Rock Webzine

“Auch wenn der Bandname die Vermutung nahelegt, wir würden hier mit Tränendrüsen-Gothic konfrontiert werden, und diese Vermutung durch die Tatsache, daß in Julia Flansburg eine Sängerin der Band vorsteht, verstärkt wird, haben ANGELICAL TEARS mit solchen Klängen nichts am Hut. Stattdessen kann man bei der Band aus Oklahoma City von kraftvollem, aber zugleich auch melodischem Metal sprechen, den man als eine Mischung aus STRATOVARIUS und nicht ganz so modern aufgepeppten THE MURDER OF MY SWEET beschreiben könnte. Die sechs Songs des ersten ANGELICAL TEARS-Demos sind fehlerfrei ausgefallen, Julia singt zugleich gefühlvoll wie auch mit der nötigen Power, so daß man für diese Träne gern eine Phiole bereitstellen kann, um sie zu konservieren. Denn: Diese Band gehört definitiv zum Besten, was Amerika bislang auf diesem stilistischen Sektor hervorgebracht hat! ”

— Stefan Glas, UNDERGROUND EMPIRE

“Az Angelical Tears egy 4 évvel ezelőtt megalakult oklahomai együttes, ám a vágyott nemzetközi siker még nem érte el őket, s ez okból keresett meg minket az együttes gitárosa, hogy ajánljuk őket nektek, hogy minél többen és több helyről megismerhessék és megszeressék zenéjüket. Lássuk hát kik is ők és mit játszanak! 2006 októberében alakult meg a hat tagot számláló együttes, mely új, különleges zenei színfoltja lett Oklahoma városának. Zenéjüket a goth-, klasszikus-, metál- valamint az alternatív zene befolyásolta, így ezeknek az összegyúrásából született az Angelical Tears világa. Julia Flansburg éteri hangja, Derek Teague és Steven Bittle kemény gitár szólói, Jennifer Corbin dallamosbillentyű- témái, Glenn Flansburg (Julia férje) ütős basszusa és Tanner Hodgkinson mennydörgő dobjai adja ki ezt a kiváló együttest.”

— Brigitte Szabó, Ladies in Rock Magazine

“Since forming in October of 2006, Angelical Tears has stood as a unique musical voice in the Oklahoma City music scene. The band's heavy but melodic sound is the result of a variety of musical influences such as Gothic, Classical, Metal, and Alternative. These elements all combine to create 6 tracks that offer a metal sound with strong symphonic Gothic elements. The combination of the ethereal vocals of Julia Flansburg, heavy guitars of Derek Teague and Steven Bittle, the melodic keyboards of Jennifer Corbin, pounding bass of Glenn Flansburg, and thundering drums of John Kenerson give Angelical Tears a style and sound that would see them causing quite a stir on the European Mainland I am sure. Check them out at www.myspace.com/angelicaltears. Good stuff..8.5/10”

— Aimee Halford, Ravenheart Music

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— Shadow Productions, Okie Magazine

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Discography

The Eleventh Hour (Preview) Released on Jun 23, 2012
The Eleventh Hour Released on Jun 23, 2012
EP Released on Aug 21, 2010

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Ricky Joe Shipman
you guys sound really good...i like your style. i'm in dallas so i hope to see you play very soon.
Bobby L
"Another Day" is awesome great melodic rock. Will try to see u in Dallas in June
Shane Johns Project
KEEP ROCKIN!!!! We would love to open for you anywhere!!!
Rico
Love the tunes!
HollyFull
Не плохо...)
Georgina Taylor
Lovely to meet you. Really nice vox!! xox