Break Time (late Y91-early 92): A Sad Departure, A New Sister, a Gold Achievement
With the end of the Shippuuden Tour, the Coven returned to London to record the last songs and prepare their new album. The Year 91 was nearing its end when the band received their first award: a Gold Album disc for Riders of the Sun.
But the Coven's joy was spoiled by unexpected and sad news: Laetitia Sanchez, one of the band's oldest members, had decided to leave and abandon her music career altogether. She claimed that being part of those two tours had been "a lot of fun, but also a lot of exhausting," and that she wished to pursue other goals in life. She still participated of the three New Year shows that had been scheduled, but when the band returned from Vilnius, she kissed her band mates goodbye and left.
However, the Coven did not remain a quartet for long. Agata Mathiasson, Rhiannon's long-lost cousin, miraculously resurfaced after being thought dead for nearly 20 years. Being an extremely talented and skilled musician herself, with years of experience playing in the once famous band Nightsisters of Dathomir, she easily found a place in the Coven as a violinist - even inheriting Laetitia's instruments, which she had left for her future successor.
In the first days if Year 92, the band prepared for the oncoming third tour, enjoying their free time to leave the new songs recorded. It was in those days that Chronicles of the Hurricane was finally released, to critical acclaim and massive first-week sales. On the eve of the Cyberworld tour, the Coven released the videoclip Deus Ex: Cybernetic Fantasy. The Village of the Hidden Leaves was now part of the past, and the world of the future now spread open before the Queens.
But the Coven's joy was spoiled by unexpected and sad news: Laetitia Sanchez, one of the band's oldest members, had decided to leave and abandon her music career altogether. She claimed that being part of those two tours had been "a lot of fun, but also a lot of exhausting," and that she wished to pursue other goals in life. She still participated of the three New Year shows that had been scheduled, but when the band returned from Vilnius, she kissed her band mates goodbye and left.
However, the Coven did not remain a quartet for long. Agata Mathiasson, Rhiannon's long-lost cousin, miraculously resurfaced after being thought dead for nearly 20 years. Being an extremely talented and skilled musician herself, with years of experience playing in the once famous band Nightsisters of Dathomir, she easily found a place in the Coven as a violinist - even inheriting Laetitia's instruments, which she had left for her future successor.
In the first days if Year 92, the band prepared for the oncoming third tour, enjoying their free time to leave the new songs recorded. It was in those days that Chronicles of the Hurricane was finally released, to critical acclaim and massive first-week sales. On the eve of the Cyberworld tour, the Coven released the videoclip Deus Ex: Cybernetic Fantasy. The Village of the Hidden Leaves was now part of the past, and the world of the future now spread open before the Queens.