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There are at least 6 artists going by the name Changeling: 1. CHANGELING, the audacious new incarnation of Berlin-based music visionary Tom Geldshlager, is charting unexplored territories in the world of progressive death metal. With this supergroup band project, Tom, also known as Fountainhead, continues to mesmerize with his fearless creativity and mastery over the fretless guitar. Known for his expansive involvement in the music industry, Tom has contributed to over a hundred releases in capacities ranging from guitarist to producer to mixing/mastering engineer, and occasionally even as an oud-player. He has worked with globally recognized artists such as Obscura, Belphegor, Marco Minnemann, and Defeated Sanity. In a significant development in early 2024, Fountainhead, now branded under the name CHANGELING for his new project and album, signed with Season of Mist. This venture marks a new chapter in Tom's career, amplifying his visionary approach to music. The new 2024 album 'CHANGELING'- a groundbreaking 60 minute concept album: Transcending the ordinary, weaving together threads of progressive metal, death metal, jazz fusion, and world music. Featuring complex orchestrations performed by a 50-piece ensemble of guest musicians, the album is not only a showcase of musical mastery but also an epic journey through themes of transformation and identity. Featuring veterans of Obscura, Fear Factory, Alkaloid, and more - CHANGELING is a genre-defying voyage through progressive metal's uncharted waters. 2. Changeling is Roy Tatum, LA based multi-instrumentalist and Buried Valley Cass. Label head, who has spent time in such groups as Black Monk and Quintana Roo, while periodically providing drum duties for other LA bands. Changeling is focused around lush ambient guitar drones that provide a lot of layered feeling in their presence. Beyond the Edge of Dreams has a lot of duality and contrasts in its sounds. Moving from beautiful cascades that evoke ecstatic ponderance and a life spent looking to distant peaks or shores breaks way into persistent smothering washes of synth like uneasiness leaving this listener feeling quite isolated. Either way, this is a rich listen, cinematic and airy, like early Popul Vuh at its most sorrowful. Silkscreened artwork by SDReed. 3. Changeling is: Cameron Davey - Guitar Gabriel Hope - Drums Noah Swinney - Bass / Vocals Ruby Angelica - Synthesizer/Backing Vocals Cape Town, South Africa 4. Changeling embodies & portrays the deep emotional pain & beauty that humans inevitably experience, with the combination of experimental electronic pop and digestible lyrics. Bringing out these feelings through airy vocals, punchy synths & driving drums, each song is a gradual journey through its story. 5. Anarchist black metal from Minneapolis, MN. 6. Rock band from Norway Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.