Midnight Blue (Syr)
Current Line Up:
Nawwar Haj Khaled (Vocals)
Abd Allateef Almaloohe (Guitar)
Amjad Edris (Keyboard)
Lawand Molla (Drums)
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
The band started in the end of 2004 with four members, Abd Allateef Almaloohe (Guitars), Aoun Soleman (Bass), Nedal Alrayes (Keyboard), Nawwar Haj Khaled (Vocals).
After a long search, the band could find the rest of its members who are, Mosab Abrash (Guitars), Mohamad Shade (Drums) and then the band performed its first show which took a place in Sky View Restaurant(23/8/2005).
After That, Mosab the second guitar player left the band and traveled to KSA.
After that, Midnightblue played in two Rock festivals, (An Evening To remember Fest 1/10/2005) with another two band (Olive, Nu.Clear.Dawn), and in (Nescafe Rock Festival 20/11/1005) with another five band (Yousefs world, Scrap, Nu.Clear.Dawn, Jack Power, Euphoria).
Before Nescafe Rock Festival, Mohamas Shade, drums player, left the band and a new guy, Eli Shaqra, performed with the band instead of Mohamad.
At the beginning of 2006, Aoun Soleman the bass player, left the band and another two guys joined the band who are, Lawand Molla (Drums), and Amjad Edris (Keyboard).
After that band decided the record their first single named How I Keep Living.
The band entered the studio in 28/6/2006 and the song was recorded in Studio 55 in Syria - Aleppo.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
The Band Performed 3 live concert,playing cover songs for alot of fanous bands.The Last show(Nescafe Rock Fest) was the best show for the band,everything was perfect,especially the croed.
Your musical influences
We are influenced by alot of progressive and power bands like,Dream Theater,Symphony X,Rhapsody,Stratovarius,Nightwish,Savatage...Etc
