Emerald Edge
Press & booking.

Biography

The short version.

Emerald Edge started in the autumn of 2003 as an idea between Volker Faas and Martin Wendler. Two decades later that idea is five people, an EP and three albums — and both of them are still in the band.

Dream Theater, Rush and Marillion are in there, and so are Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd and Metallica. What comes out of it takes its time: the longest piece on the live album runs nineteen minutes, and Perpetual Moments, in the live set since 2025, runs thirty-five.

Alice Aschauer has been singing and playing electric violin since 2006, Artur Wlossek has been on drums since 2009, and Roland Genske added keyboards and another voice in 2024. Martin Wendler plays bass — and a didgeridoo that turns up when you least expect it.

The stories reach outwards and inwards in turn: first contact and a murder at Moorehill Hall on By The Light Of The Dark Star (2013), monsters under the bed and an addict finding the way back on Surreal (2017). Live at Rockin’ Rooster Club (2023) collects twelve of them from a single night. Perpetual Moments — an overture and seven parts, a little over thirty-five minutes — is not recorded yet.

For promoters

The numbers.

Genre

Progressive Rock / Progressive Metal

Based in

Düsseldorf area, North Rhine-Westphalia

Active since

2003

Line-up

Five musicians

Set length

45–120 minutes

Contact

info@emeraldedge.de

Sets are built to the slot: a festival forty-five, a headline evening up to two hours. Technical rider and stage plot on request — one email and they are with you.