Austrian symphonic power metallers DRAGONY have released the following update:

“Today we have a very important news update for you. As you know, our five year anniversary show together with FREEDOM CALL and lots of special guests is coming up on November 2nd at the Aera in Vienna, Austria.

However, five years is a long time, and sometimes changes happen. And thus we have to inform you today that unfortunately, Daniel Stockinger (guitarist) and Georg Lorenz (keyboardist) will, due to personal decisions, no longer be a part of Dragony in the future. We wish Daniel and Georg all the best for their future endeavours both in and outside music, and thank them for their contributions to the band, without which Dragony would not be what it is today. For those of you who are interested, Daniel will be working together with a new project called DAEDRIC TALES (power metal in the Elder Scrolls universe), which we would like to bring to your attention.

The show on November 2nd will take place as scheduled, as we have invited numerous guests and musicians who will help us out and support us for this show.

For us, however, this change also meant that we had to look for suitable successors on guitars and keyboards. We have been hunting high and low, and we are lucky to be able to present the new guitarist of Dragony already today.

Henceforth, Mr. Simon Saito will support us on guitars! Simon’s enthusiasm and effort during our first few rehearsals these past few weeks quickly convinced us that he would be the right man for the job, and we are thrilled to have him with us. Simon will already support us on guitars at the show on November 2nd. Promotional pictures will follow shortly. Welcome aboard, Saito-san!

Meanwhile, our quest for a new keyboard player will continue, as we are currently scouting several candidates. However, we are still open for suggestions, so if you are a keyboard player/composer and interested in joining Dragony, feel free to contact us at office@dragony.net and submit your application. We will gladly take a look at every candidate.

Our other guests for the show with Freedom Call will be announced on these sites in the next couple of days, so stay tuned! Tickets for the show are still available on office@dragony.net and OETicket.com! We're looking forward to seeing you all!”