About Homerik:
At the helm of Homerik is our Mad Composer and twenty-first century architect supernal, Ken Candelas. The demons and hellish landscapes of Candelas’ story are conveyed by the twisted mind of graphic artist and illustrator, David ‘Max’ Millgate, and brought to life through the spoken word narrated by master storyteller, Jonathan Kruk.
Homerik brings the classic adventure of Dante’s Inferno to life with a new perspective in a Philosophical Metal opera featuring a Nazi soldier named Dante who finds himself deep within the conflicts of World War II, begging for forgiveness.
The Mad Composer brings this new musical landscape coupled with the addition of David ‘Max Millgate’s imaginative artworks and Jonathan Kruk’s eloquent narration to unearth this magnum opus. The mesmerizing vocal work of Elizabeth de Deus (Candelas), the enthralling guitar work of Jason Stallworth, and the heavy basslines of Nic Z elevate the album to new musical heights.
Homerik brings a message of quality over quantity and, above all else, an art form unlike anything ever seen before in the Metal community. The feats of Homerik are established by its three essential pillars: music, art, and literature. Taking after the world’s most revered masters, Homerik’s goal is to create a legacy that lasts many lifetimes.
Through a mutual friend while working on The Circle of Dead Children, The Mad Composer was introduced to the legendary guitarist and composer of Symphony X, Michael Romeo, who took a liking to the project and offered council and recording services to help enrich the album. Romeo’s feedback was a pivotal shift in the development of the album. Candelas took the better part of an entire year to reorchestrate the music with new sounds and rewrite the lyrics. It was then when the rest of the vocals were recorded and mixing and mastering began.
More about Ken Candelas aka The Mad Composer:
Ken Candelas is a busy professional musician and audio engineer who has worked with and supported some of the most celebrated performers today including members of Gojira, Tesla, Ratt, the broadway musical Hadestown, Queensrÿche, and Transiberian Orchestra. He was a member of the audio team for Good Morning America music presentations between 2017 to 2020. Ken is also the composer, author, drummer, vocalist, orchestrater, arranger, recording and mixing engineer for Homerik. In addition to Ken’s work in music and audio, he is a respected educator in the New York City metropolitan area who participates in the AES Audio Educators Advisory Group in order to contribute to the discussion on audio technology pedagogy for renown companies such as Neumann, Empirical Labs, Oeksound, The Les Paul Foundation and many more.
Ken graduated with honors from Queensborough Community College as a Music Production major and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Audio Technology at The Sonic Arts Center at The City College of New York.
About Metal Mastermind®:
Ken Candelas, the co-founder of Metal Mastermind® and his metal cohort Jason Stallworth forged their decades experience as professional musicians into Metal Mastermind®, created to tackle the needs of the independent Metal community, i.e. help aspiring Metal artists and bands get to the next level in their performance techniques, production skills and music business education.
Candelas says “Metal Mastermind® is on a mission to educate metal musicians. Our slogan is ‘create your own sound’ and Homerik is a body of work that is a testament to that.”
Professor Ken Candelas offers his expertise to metal musicians with many courses at
Metal Mastermind® including:
Metal Music Theory
Metal Songwriter’s Forge
Metal Studio Designer
The site also features excellent, entertaining and educational metal blogs, for example:
How to Compose Orchestration for Metal Music
In total, five of the instructors at the Metal Mastermind® site have contributed to the creation of Homerik’s The Circle of Dead Children album:
Ken Candelas – The Mad Composer
Elizabeth de Deus (Candelas) – Lead Vocals
Jason Stallworth – Guitars
Nic Z – Bass
Alfred Potter – ending solo featured on “Sacred Order” track
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