Real name: project by Max Pfaffinger

Effective period / Period of releases: 2022

The project:
5 singers, 11 musicians, one story – the project Ardarith (a word creation from Tolkien's Arda – the world and "Spirit" the spirit) takes the listener on the debut album "Home" (09.09.2022) in search of what "home" means to us. The main character "Me" (Rob Lundgren) is accompanied in his search by 4 emotions: Hope (Alina Lesnik), Despair (Daniel de Jongh), Guilt (Liv Jagrell) and Memory (Alexander Göhs) – a common path, away from "home", to himself.

The Music:
The torn nature of the main character is underlined by the music: progressive metal intertwined with quiet synthesizer sounds and classical instruments such as violin, piano and flute create an intense, suspenseful journey for hearing, heart and mind. Almost without classical song structures, a wave emerges that carries you through the most diverse facets of the album from the first plucking of the guitar to the huge finale, in which "Me" finds an answer for itself.
Ardarith are:
Max Pfaffinger [initiator, composer, lyricist, producer, coordinator]
Musician and singer on the album "Home"
Rob Lundgren (Reveal, Youtube) as "Me"
Alina Lesnik (Youtube) as "Hope"
Daniël de Jongh (ex Textures, Black Nazareth, Crown Compass) as "Despair"
Liv Jagrell (Liv Sin, Sister Sin) as "Guilt"
Alexander Göhs (Dante) as "Memory"
Drums – Maxx Herteck (Megaherz, Aeneas)
Guitar – Marco Schuler (ex Shift Inc)
Bass – Daniel Unzner (Dislocated Theory)
Keyboard Arrangements – Ben Eifert (Aeneas)
Violin – Lisa Hellmich (Haggard)
Flute – Rowan Hamwood

Guest musicians:
Martin Schnella (Gray Matters) – guitar solo
Julian Kellner (Dante) – guitar solo
Markus Steffen (Subsignal) – guitar solo
Menna Youssef – guest vocals "Mother"
Mohannad Nasser – oud solo
Marcel Coenen (Ayreon live) – guitar solo
Markus Maichel (Dante) – keyboard solo
Ben Eifert (Aeneas) – guitar solo