and the rest of the band parted ways. As the sole composer of Fairyland material, finding a new line-up would not pose much of a problem for Philippe Giordana. Yet after working on the new material, he decided to take a completely different approach by enlisting instead the services of guest musicians for his latest release. The album Score to a New Beginning was completed in 2009, keeping the same musical style of its predecessors. In 2015, Fairyland became a full band once again, with Giordana being rejoined by Fairyland co-creator Willdric Lievin, who had left the band in 2004, and by new members Francesco Cavalieri, Jean-Baptiste Pol, and Sylvain Cohen. The group immediately went on to work on their next album. On May 31, 2016, the first song from the album, "Heralds Of The Green Lands", was released on YouTube. In February 2018, they revealed the tracklist for their next album, Osyrhianta, another concept album that will serve as a prequel to their original trilogy. On March 31, 2019, the band confirmed that the album was fully recorded and mastered, and would be released around November 2019. However on September 29, they stated that the band "had to rearrange release dates with regards to parallel releases", and would instead release Osyrhianta in early 2020. It eventually came out on 22 May. Philippe Giordana, keyboardist and main composer of the band, died on October 21, 2022. Lineup Current members Philippe Giordana - keyboards, backing vocals (1998-2022, died in 2022), acoustic guitars (2007-2022) Willdric Lievin - guitars, drums (1998-2003; guest: 2009), bass, backing vocals (2003, 2015-present) Francesco Cavalieri - lead vocals (2015-2020) Sylvain Cohen - guitars (2015-present) Jean-Baptiste Pol - drums (2015-present) Former members Thomas Caesar - bass (1998-2003, 2005-2007), guitars (2003) Elisa C. Martin - lead vocals (2003) Anthony Parker - guitars (1998-2007) Max Leclerq - lead vocals (2004-2007) Pierre-Emmanuel Desfray - drums (2004-2008) Timeline Discography Realm of Wonders (2000, demo) Of Wars in Osyrhia (2003) The Fall of an Empire (2006) Score to a New Beginning (2009) Osyrhianta (2020) References External links Fairyland at Napalm Records Musical groups established in 1998 French power metal musical groups French symphonic metal musical groups Napalm Records artists