German Symphonic Metal shooting stars BEYOND THE BLACK are looking back on a phenomenal story. It started with their debut album in 2015: Songs Of Love And Death was an instant success and stayed strong in the German Top15 for weeks. On top it was awarded with the Metal Hammer Award 2015 for “Best Debut”. Its successor Lost In Forever (2016) entered the German charts on #4 right away and paved the way for a huge tour leading the band from Germany to countries like UK, Russia and Japan.
Since the band’s live debut in 2014 they have played the world’s biggest Metal festival Wacken Open Air several times and toured as a support act for heavy weights such as AEROSMITH, KORN, SCORPIONS, SAXON or WITHIN TEMPTATION. In the course of album release number three (Heart Of the Hurricane) BEYOND THE BLACK absolved their first own European headline tour in fall 2019 consisting of over 20 shows in 10 countries – most of them sold out. The band didn’t stop there: BEYOND THE BLACK got back to the studio to write record number four. The highly anticipated Horizons was released in June 2020 and entered the German album charts on #3 (CH #6, AT#16, BE #53). The pandemic led to compulsory break but BEYOND THE BLACK stayed creative and came back with a bang in 2022, stronger than ever: Following their successful European Headline Tour in Fall 2022, their fifth studio album, self-titled Beyond the Black, dropped in January 2023. It charted in several countries (DE #2, UK #2 Rock, CH #6, AT#12, SE #12, US #7 top new artist) and marks the band’s highest acclaimed album release until now. After a successful festival summer in 2023, BEYOND THE BLACK played their most successful Headline Tour across Europe to date – „Dancing In The Dark“ – in April 2024. After several headline and festival shows in summer 2024, BEYOND THE BLACK have just announced their next European Headline Tour, called "Rising High“, which will kick off in January 2026. For 2025, fans can look forward to outstanding performances at Europe's prestige festivals (such as WOA, Hellfest or Graspop).