Vanguard, from hellsinki, creates dark melodic metal, breaking genre barriers and using elements from gothic, classical and other styles to create a truly unque sound. The force of nature known as Vanguard was born in 1999, when four musicians came together and set out to create something new and powerful, something living and organic, but still hard and heavy as hell! Vanguard quickly incorporated a cello, a piano and two very different vocalists to bring some fresh air into the stagnant digital sea. Now the maelstrom has forged its first album Succumbra, which was recorded in Hamburg, Germany under the wings of producer Lars Ratz. Armageddon. 2005.