The name
King Laurin is the king of dwarves of an ancient South Tyrolean saga, named "King Laurin and his Rosegarden". It was chosen as a name after having completed the composition of the almost 19-minute-long instrumental composite inspired by that very saga.
the origins
King Laurin were founded in 2020 in Vienna, by guitarist and composer Thomas Casalicchio. After 3 years there was enough original musical material to record an album and play live. The songs keep multiplying...
the band
This modern hard rock band plays a blend of classic, psychedelic and progressive hard rock with elements of heavy metal.
The band's members are:
Samet Akman on vocals
Thomas Casalicchio on guitar and backing vocals
Julian Polak on guitar
Thomas Hierzberger on bass
the history
After the initial spark, the band started practicing on some original material, going through different drummers and bass players. On 27th of December 2022, the first song "Lullaby" was published on SoundCloud, with Lukas Mayrhofer on bass and Andreas Senn on drums.
In 2023 the recording of their first album "King Laurin's Rosegarden" was completed and is due to be released on the 22nd of November at Cafe Aera, in Vienna.