{"id":127,"date":"2011-08-29T22:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T22:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gothicknights.com\/2011newGKwebsite\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2023-01-22T00:52:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T05:52:21","slug":"about-the-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/?page_id=127","title":{"rendered":"Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from NYC, <strong>Gothic Knights<\/strong> was formed in 1990 by guitarist John Tzantis with a vision of crafting a unique brand of epic power metal. After gaining label interest from its 1994 demo <strong><em>To Hell and Back<\/em><\/strong>, the band released its 1996 self-titled debut and 1999 <strong><em>Kingdom of the Knights<\/em><\/strong> albums on Sentinel Steel Records. In 2003, the band released its third CD <strong><em>Up from the Ashes<\/em><\/strong> on Limb Music, further establishing the band as a force and endearing presence in the world&#8217;s heavy metal scene.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the band has played countless shows, opening for national acts and participating in several U.S. festivals.  The band released their latest CD <strong><em>Reflections from the Other Side<\/em><\/strong> worldwide in the Summer of 2012, which garnered excellent reviews by the metal press!!<\/p>\n<p>The Knights are currently working on new music for their follow up release, while continuing to perform live in support of <em>Reflections from the Other Side<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from NYC, Gothic Knights was formed in 1990 by guitarist John Tzantis with a vision of crafting a unique brand of epic power metal. After gaining label interest from its 1994 demo To Hell and Back, the band released its 1996 self-titled debut and 1999 Kingdom of the Knights albums on Sentinel Steel Records. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1806,"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/127\/revisions\/1806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gothicknights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}