Helion Prime, AfterTime, Queen of Dreams, King's Caravan
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The band Queen of Dreams on a bridge.
Queen of Dreams
This majestic power-metal bill brings California’s Helion Prime back to Madison after the sci-fi-themed band — think Iron Maiden and Helloween — blasted the High Noon Saloon’s roof into outer space at the 2019 Mad With Power festival. Also performing will be two other Mad With Power alumni bands, both fronted by females. Minneapolis-based AfterTime blurs symphonic metal with orchestral film scores and is celebrating the May release of its second album, Arcane Horizons. Madison’s Queen of Dreams, meanwhile, is an epic band with progressive overtones and big things ahead. Relatively new Madison fantasy metal quintet King's Caravan is also on the bill.
media release: Join Helion Prime, AfterTime, and Queen of Dreams for an evening of symphonic and power metal!
7:00 PM doors, 8:00 PM show, 18+, $15 advance, $20 day of
Helion Prime:
Helion Prime was formed in 2014 based out of Sacramento, CA by guitarist/songwriter Jason Ashcraft. Blending heavier metal genres with his first love power metal as well as themes from science to science fiction!
AfterTime:
Since their inception in 2011, Minneapolis-based band AFTERTIME have been perfecting a potent blend of Symphonic Metal and orchestral film scores. Their songs are larger-than-life and unapologetically epic, with a special focus on adventurous storytelling and marvelous atmospheres. AFTERTIME’s second full-length album, titled “Arcane Horizons”, was released on May 10th, 2024, setting new and bolder frontiers for the still young band.