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“We were just a progressive metal band going about our business… the next minute we’re on the world’s stage!” But playing to 160 million people hasn’t changed Voyager

Eurovision Song Contest was deep in the Australian heavy synth-prog quintet’s DNA from the start

Many artists would follow a mainstream moment with the most accessible music of their career. However, weeks after finishing in the Top 10 at the Eurovision Song Contest, Voyager have doubled down on their heavy synth-prog with new album Fearless In Love . Ahead of the last-minute cancellation of their 2023 European tour , Singer Danny Estrin, guitarist Simone Dow and bassist Alex Canion tell Prog about life after playing to more than 160 million people.

It’s early June when Prog video-calls Voyager frontman Danny Estrin, guitarist Simone Dow and bassist/singer Alex Canion, and the trio are midway through being smashed back into reality. This time last month, the Perth-based band (rounded out by drummer Ashley Doodkorte and Dow’s co-guitarist Scott Kay) were jet-setting in luxury. They were traipsing across Europe and getting interviewed by countless glossy magazines, all part of the run-up to them representing Australia to more than 160 million TV viewers live at the Eurovision Song Contest. Now they’re back home – and getting hammered by a storm so violent that it routinely wipes out their internet connection and freaks out Canion’s dog, Seamus.

“We played the WA Day festival [in Perth] yesterday,” Dow tells us, camera off to put less stress on the struggling WiFi, “and our booking agent sent us a video of the backstage area after we left. You should have seen the flooding! It was insane!”

Although Mother Nature is trying to quite literally rain on their parade, there’s no denying that Voyager became progressive music’s newest superstars this spring. Eurovision is touted worldwide as an international celebration of top-shelf songwriting (despite it frequently showcasing the most OTT pop possible) – and the synth-prog quintet had been chasing that rainbow from the moment Australia joined, in 2015.

They came tantalisingly close with their pop-prog anthem Dreamer in 2022, finishing second in Eurovision: Australia Decides , the nationally televised competition to select the country’s representative. This year, they finally got sent to the semi-finals when they were held in Liverpool, thanks to the electro- rock singalong of Promise .

Voyager advanced to the grand final and – after an 80s-throwback performance, replete with sequinned jackets, keytar solos and larking about on a Toyota MR2 sports car – finished a massively respectable ninth out of the 20 finalists.

The band couldn’t overcome the litany of public votes for Finnish rapper Käärijä, nor the jury’s collective passion for Sweden’s now-two-time winner Loreen. However, for five people playing prog in the isolation of Western Australia, it marked an underdog triumph.

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“It’s pretty incredible!” Estrin exclaims. “We were just a progressive metal band from Perth going about our business and, the next minute, we’re on the world’s stage! The comedown’s been real, but it’s been dampened by the insane amount of publicity we’ve done. It’s kept that spark of Eurovision alive: we’re selling out shows, particularly in the UK. Eurovision has given us the platform to continue doing what we were doing on a much bigger level.”

The numbers certainly agree. At time of writing, Promise is Voyager’s biggest song, with more than eight million Spotify streams. The music video’s been watched two million times on YouTube, with the footage of that grand final performance firmly in the seven-digit mark.

Estrin’s vow of his band sticking with what they’ve always done going forward isn’t hollow, either. A week before Voyager played Eurovision, they released another single called Prince Of Fire . It was every bit as proggy and high-energy as longtime fans would expect. Plus, with its leaps from synthy verses to sturdy rock choruses, it was powerfully dynamic. No kowtowing to the masses with simpler songwriting or a saccharine ballad here, thank you very much!

“It showed that we hadn’t vastly changed,” Canion says. “I did see some comments when we released Dreamer: people were worried that we were gonna change our sound. But Prince Of Fire is an indication that we’re still the same band. We still have the same melancholy and dark heaviness about us.”

The single, alongside Eurovision entries Dreamer and Promise , appears on Voyager’s eighth album, Fearless In Love . And said album doesn’t just mark Voyager continuing to be Voyager despite the newfound mainstream intrigue: it contains the most out-there and genre-agnostic music of the band’s career.

The Best Intentions opens Fearless In Love with a pulsing dance beat, joined by Estrin’s graceful vocals before the band dive into some heavy, off-kilter rocking. Submarine smacks you into a wall of guitar hefty enough to belong in a TesseracT or Devin Townsend tune, before Twisted ’s synths and irresistible hook feel comparable to Signals -era Rush . That’s all before semi-title track Gren (Fearless In Love) wraps these 45 minutes up with an atmospheric and guitar-powered symphony. It’s arguably the most nuanced, evocative song Voyager have ever put their name to.

“ Fearless In Love is one of our synthiest and most melodic albums, but it’s also the heaviest,” Estrin summarises. “It was during the Eurovision process that we wrote it, so I guess we had a bit more focus on song structures and making sure there’s no extra fluff. We’ve got playful guitar solos and more prog than was on the last album [2019’s Colours In The Sun ].”

Dow adds: “We started writing around the time of Australia Decides and [the release of] Dreamer , and the writing process was very different. We did it all at Scott’s little studio in his house. That way we could edit and change things as we went along, rather than doing it all in the rehearsal studio. Then, when we recorded the album, everything was all done. It’s been a huge process, but it was one of the most rewarding and creative processes we’ve gone through with an album.”

It comes as no surprise that Eurovision hasn’t changed Voyager since Estrin, who formed the band in 1999, says that the contest was one of his very first musical inspirations. He was born in the North German town of Buchholz In Der Nordheide before his family relocated to Perth, and while growing up in Germany, Eurovision and classical music were his two greatest musical loves. “That knack for melody and a really catchy chorus came very early on and stayed with me from the very beginning,” he says. “It’s why I’m the catchy chorus guy in Voyager!”

Estrin started the band at just 18 years old – by which point, he says, “I was living and breathing metal.” As a result, their 2003 debut, Element V , packed more high-speed power metal drumming than later albums. However, it also flaunted a love of operatic melody, prog and keytar playing that still defines their sound to this day.

“The goal was to make music sustainable: to write and record music and tour around the world,” Estrin remembers of the early days. “Living in one of the most isolated cities in the world has made that very, very difficult because, wherever you go, it’s very, very expensive. It’s even more difficult when you play a niche form of music.”

Making things even harder was an Australian underground that seemed more smitten with extreme metal than anything else, as well as Voyager’s revolving-door line-up. Dow (friends with then-guitarist Mark De Vattimo) joined in 2005, six years after the band formed, and is today the second-longest serving member. Canion, who played with Dow in a thrash act called Psychonaut, joined in 2007.

“I immediately recognised that Voyager were one of the top bands in the scene,” the bassist says. “Danny had this X-factor that no other band had. He was driving forward a sound that was almost too daring for the metal scene to adopt.”

By 2012, Kay and Doodkorte had completed the line-up, which hasn’t shifted since. Three years later, with the announcement that Australia would become an honorary competitor in Eurovision, the band began campaigning to represent their country. They started the Twitter hashtag #VoyagerForEurovision and submitted songs every year, to no avail. Even after being the runner-up to singer-songwriter Sheldon Riley on Australia Decides in 2022, though, they were never disheartened. “It was never like, ‘We have to do Eurovision or we’re a failure!’” Estrin says. “It was more like, ‘However far we can get, that’s awesome!’”

Australia Decides was canned in 2023. Instead, Voyager were simply told over the phone by broadcaster SBS that they’d be going to Liverpool. When there, they had the same outlook: a win would be nice, but simply representing prog and band-made music to millions of people is already brilliant enough. “If you’re a Eurovision fan, you know the juries don’t like heavy music, or bands in general,” says Estrin. “So the fact that we came sixth in the jury vote is incredible.”

That casual attitude made its way on screen. When Voyager won the second round of Eurovision’s semi-finals, they sprayed people around them with water that they’d put in a champagne bottle. During the final, almost as talked-about as Promise was the fact that, when the band were given top marks by the Portuguese jury, a camera caught them snacking on some ham sandwiches. Cue memes aplenty across social media.

“It was Marks & Spencer’s, so it was a quality sandwich,” Estrin chuckles. “We were told off after the semi-final for the splash incident, so we thought, ‘If we can’t drink, we’re going to eat something.’ These are gruelling nights and days, so there’s nothing like having a little sandwich in your pocket.”

Voyager were far from the first heavy rock band to play Eurovision. Rock’n’roller Freddy Quinn represented the genre (and Germany) at the inaugural Contest in 1956. Then Finnish masked monster mash Lordi and Italian glam bunch Måneskin won the whole thing in 2006 and 2021, respectively. Even this year, Voyager were contending with German gothic metal quintet Lord Of The Lost, who sadly finished in last place.

However, competing in a mainstream programme mostly reserved for pop singers/songwriters has led to purists sometimes denouncing bands as ‘Eurovision groups’, like it’s a derogatory term. Dow claims Voyager haven’t weathered any such pushback, though.

“The feedback we had during the whole process was super-supportive,” the guitarist says. “People were stoked that we were putting progressive metal on the map. Now, we’ve got sold-out shows across Europe and Australia. You could not ask for anything more than that.”

Currently, Voyager are only weeks removed from Eurovision, but they already have a full touring cycle directly ahead of them. Eager to see their litany of new fans in the flesh, Estrin, Dow and Canion are all impatient to get onto the road. “I hope Eurovision will allow us to keep upgrading with each subsequent tour,” the bassist says. “I hope it’ll let us craft the kind of show that I’ve wanted to put on with Voyager since I joined.”

Looking beyond this year, they want to have a legacy as the band that brought both fearlessness and consistent quality to not just Eurovision, but the broader rock and prog scenes. “I want us to go down as a band that doesn’t sound like anyone else, regardless of at what point you pick up a Voyager album and listen to it,” Estrin states.

“We’ve always done things differently, but we’ve always sounded quintessentially Voyager,” Canion adds. “I think that, now we’re eight albums in, that’s never going to change.”

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Voyager are an Australian progressive metal band from Perth , Western Australia , who were formed in 1999. The band has released eight albums. Their eighth studio album, Fearless in Love , was released worldwide on 14 July 2023 through French American metal record label Season of Mist . [1] They represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Promise", finishing in ninth place. [2]

1999–2003: Formation and Element V

Voyager formed in 1999 at the University of Western Australia by Daniel Estrin, Mark Baker, and Adam Lovkis. The band saw a few lineup changes before recording the album Element V in 2003 with Aidan Barton at Sovereign Studios, Willetton , Western Australia. The lineup for Element V consisted of Daniel Estrin (keyboards, vocals), Mark De Vattimo (guitar), Jennah Graieg (bass), Geoff Callaghan (drums) and Emanuel Rudnicki (guitar), in 2002.

The album Element V was released in Australia in 2003, [3] and then picked up by Dutch label DVS Records and released in Europe the following year. [4] Japanese label Woodbell/Experience licensed the album for Japanese distribution in the same year and released it with a bonus track, "Now and Forever". [5]

Voyager's popularity increased rapidly following the European release of Element V and the band secured its first major support, opening for Steve Vai in Perth in July 2004.

After the release of Element V , Melissa Fiocco replaced Jennah on bass. Voyager performed at Melbourne's Corner Hotel in late 2005 as part of a Screaming Symphony radio benefit concert, playing for the first time out of their home state of Western Australia. Towards the end of 2006, Emanuel and Geoff departed the band and were replaced by Simone Dow and Mark Boeijen respectively, just prior to the recording of the follow-up album, uniVers .

2006–2007: UniVers and ProgPower Europe

In early 2006, Voyager entered Sovereign studios to record "uniVers", with Boeijen and Dow as firm members of the band. Voyager shot a video clip to the radio edit version of the song "Sober" and released this as a limited edition single in 2006.

The band performed at the ProgPower Europe Festival in the Netherlands in 2006 and received positive responses from the media. [6] [7] As a result of this performance, Voyager were invited to ProgPower UK in 2008. In late 2006, Voyager were due to perform with Nevermore , whose Perth leg of the show was ultimately cancelled. Voyager were also due to support Yngwie Malmsteen following their return from the first European Tour, but were struck from the show at the last minute because Malmsteen did not want any support acts for his Australian tour.

In early 2007, DVS Records announced its closure and Voyager had no label to release their album uniVers , which was fully recorded at that stage. [8]

In October 2007, the band signed to German label Dockyard 1 Records in Hamburg, who released uniVers worldwide, [9] with the USA receiving the album for distribution in January 2008 through Locomotive Records. uniVers received critical acclaim throughout the world, being voted album of the month by Belgium's Mindview magazine and album of the week in Finland's Imperiumi magazine. [10] It was named as #7 of the Full Metal Racket albums of 2007 by Australia's national alternative broadcasting station Triple J. [11] The band was nominated in the Top 10 of the MusicOz Awards. [12]

The band parted ways with bass player Melissa Fiocco shortly after the release of uniVers , a split which was not without controversy. Fiocco was replaced by Alex Canion, who was 18 years old. Shortly after Canion's first appearance with Voyager in Perth, Western Australia, the band embarked on a mini-tour to Sydney and Melbourne with labelmates Eyefear, to promote uniVers . [9]

In January 2008, Voyager performed with Nightwish in Perth. The band's scheduled Australian tour with Toto in March 2008 was cancelled, apparently due to Toto's stage requirements. In late February 2008, ProgPower UK was also cancelled due to poor ticket sales. [13]

Voyager indicated that they would continue their European tour of Denmark, Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland in spite of the cancellation. Their tour included a performance with 1980s arena rock band House of Lords at the Ballroom Hamburg.

In June 2008, guitarist Mark De Vattimo quit Voyager due to personal and professional differences.

Voyager performed together with Queensrÿche in August 2009 and with Deathstars from Sweden in September 2009.

2009–2011: I Am the Revolution

After recording new songs with Adam Round at Kingdom Studios in Maylands , Western Australia and having the tracks mastered by Sterling Sound in New York City , Voyager released their album I Am the ReVolution on 20 September 2009 through Dockyard 1 Records in Germany and Riot Entertainment in Australia. The album was immediately received with critical acclaim, [14] [15] including the popular Vampster website, [16] although some critics were skeptical about the band's strong melodic influences and their "pop" sound. [17]

The album was named album of the week by Romania's MetalFan website [18] and the song "Total Existence Failure" picked up the Song of the Year from the West Australian Music Industry Awards . [19]

Voyager released a new video for the song "The Devil in Me" in October 2009.

In 2010, Voyager was nominated three times as a top 10 finalist at the Australian MusicOz Awards for "Lost", "The Devil in Me" and the video for the latter. [20] The band also picked up a nomination for 2010 WAMI "Best hard rock/metal act" presented by the West Australian Music Industry . [21]

Chris Hanssen and Voyager parted ways in 2010, with Scott Kay taking over guitar duties. Kay's first tour was with Scottish pirate metal band Alestorm in May 2011, during which the band received critical acclaim. [22]

2011–2013: The Meaning of I

After recording new songs in April/May 2011, Voyager signed a deal with New Jersey-based label Sensory. In October 2011 the band released The Meaning of I . [23] The album is the first to feature new guitarist Scott Kay and the last to feature Mark Boeijen on drums who left shortly after the recording to focus on his family. The album features guest vocal performances by DC Cooper ( Royal Hunt ) and Daniel Tompkins ( Tesseract , ex- Skyharbor ). It was released worldwide on 11 October 2011, but was released early in the US at the ProgPower festival in September 2011. [23]

Voyager were also announced for a show with Creation's End in Brooklyn on 11 September 2011. [23] After returning from the US, Voyager toured with popular Finnish metal band Children of Bodom . [24]

Voyager was one of the opening bands for Epica when they played in Perth on 23 April 2013.

2013–2017: V

At the end of 2013, Voyager unveiled a crowdfunding campaign for their album V and unveiled clips of pre-production recordings of new songs. The campaign's goal was reached within three days of its launch. "Breaking Down" was the first single from the album.

In May 2015, Voyager toured nationally, supported by French progressive rock band Klone. They returned to North America in September for the US ProgPower event and a national tour.

2017–2019: Ghost Mile

Ghost Mile was released on 12 May 2017.

2019–2020: Colours in the Sun

On 21 September 2018, Voyager performed at the o2 Indigo, London, UK as part of the European Space Agency's Space Rocks exhibition/concert, giving them the chance to play "Colours" and "Brightstar" from the forthcoming album. They also performed at the 229 the following evening as part of a short seven date European tour. [25]

Voyager were shortlisted to the Australian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with "Runaway", but were ultimately not chosen as one of the ten acts to compete in the final of the selection. [26] [27] [28]

2022-2023: Eurovision Song Contest and Fearless in Love

The band were selected to take part in the Australian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 , Eurovision - Australia Decides , in 2022. [29] They placed second with "Dreamer". Following its performance on Eurovision - Australia Decides , "Dreamer" debuted at number 6 on the Australian Independent Label Singles chart . [30]

On 21 February 2023, it was announced that Voyager were internally selected to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Promise". [2] While Australia has competed in Eurovision since 2015, [31] all contestants from the country had up until 2023 been solo artists. Voyager therefore became the first band, as well as the first act from Western Australia, to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest. "Promise" debuted at number 3 on the Australian Independent Label Singles chart . [32]

Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest, Voyager performed in Eurovision pre-parties in Madrid, Amsterdam and London. Whilst in London, on April 20, 2023 Voyager performed to a sold-out show at the Boston Music Room to rave reviews. [33]

Voyager won the second semi-final on 11 May 2023, a result determined solely by televotes. [34] On 13 May 2023, Voyager was the fifteenth act to perform in the Grand Final and finished the competition in ninth place with 151 overall points, being the fifth Australian act to finish within the top 10.

In a press release from the Eurovision Song Contest published 5 June 2023, the band has arranged and composed their mix of "Te Deum" for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for use in the YouTube Premiere countdowns of the Eurovision Song Contest channel. [35]

Following their return to Australia, Voyager were announced to perform as a major act in a free outdoor public concert to celebrate Western Australia Day. [36] This announcement was greeted enthusiastically by local media but with significant criticism as to why Voyager were not headlining the concert. [37] [38] Ironically, inclement weather on the day resulted in Voyager playing to the largest crowd of the day, with excellent reviews. [39]

June 2023 saw Voyager embark on a headlining national tour, playing in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney and Canberra. The entire tour was sold-out, with the Perth performance needing to move to a larger venue to accommodate demand. [40] Each performance was met with enthusiastic and positive reviews as the band built on the momentum and publicity generated by their Eurovision performance. [41] [42] [43]

Voyager's eighth album, Fearless in Love , was released on 14 July 2023. An early review called it a continued positive evolution of the band's unique musical style . [44] It was the first Voyager album to chart, with an official ARIA album chart position of 35. It also achieved a position of 3 in the ARIA Australian artist chart and 7 in the vinyl albums chart. In the Australian iTunes charts it went to number 2 in the overall album chart and number 1 in the rock albums chart.

On 21 September 2023, the band announced the cancellation of their headline European tour, which was scheduled to begin in October, due to lead singer Daniel Estrin having been diagnosed with cancer. [45]

Band members

Current members

• Daniel "Danny" Estrin – lead vocals (1999–present) , keyboards, keytar (2000–present) , guitar (1999–2000)
• Simone Dow – guitar (2006–present)
• Alex Canion – bass (2007–present) , backing vocals (2008–present)
• Scott Kay – guitar (2010–present)
• Ashley Doodkorte – drums (2011–present)

Former members

• Mark Baker – keyboards, keytar (1999–2000)
• Adam Lovkis – drums (1999–2000)
• Emanuel Rudnicki – guitar (2000–2006)
• Mark De Vattimo – guitar, backing vocals (2000–2008)
• Jennah Greaig – bass (2001–2004)
• Melissa Fiocco – bass (2004–2007)
• Geoff Callaghan – drums (2000–2006)
• Mark Boeijen – drums (2006–2011)
• Chris Hanssen – guitar (2009–2010)

Discography

Studio albums, charted singles, awards and nominations, national live music awards.

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognise contributions to the live music industry in Australia.

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Notes and References

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• Web site: Voyager will journey to Liverpool for Australia . Eurovision.tv . EBU . 21 February 2023 . 21 February 2023.
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• Web site: Experience catalogue . The Peco Records . 17 May 2011.
• Web site: ProgPower Europe review . . 17 May 2011.
• Web site: ProgPower Europe review . John Tucker . 17 May 2011.
• Web site: DVS announces closure . DVS records . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: Voyager sign to Dockyard 1 and hit East Coast . Faster Louder . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: Imperiumi - Voyager universe . Imperiumi . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: The dwarf Voyager review . The dwarf . 17 May 2011.
• Web site: 2010 MusicOz Finalists . MusicOz . 17 May 2011.
• Web site: ProgPower UK Cancelled . Metal Underground . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: Voyager I am the ReVolution . Terrorverlag . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: Voyager I am the ReVolution . Music Reviews . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: Voyager I am the ReVolution . Vampster . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: Voyager I am the ReVolution . Stormbringer Austria . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: Voyager I am the ReVolution . Metalfan Romania . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: 2009 WAM SOTY . Seen and Heard . 20 May 2011.
• Web site: 2010 MusicOz Finalists . MusicOz. 17 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20100312082205/http://www.musicoz.org/about/MUSICOZ_AWARDS/Winners/2010_Winners/2010_Musicoz_Finalists. 12 March 2010. dead.
• Web site: WAMI 2010 nominations . West Australian Music Industry Association . 17 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130814183729/http://wam.asn.au/Events/WAMiFestival/WAMiFestival2010/WAMiAwards/tabid/168/Default.aspx . 14 August 2013 . dead.
• Web site: ALESTORM/VOYAGER in Adelaide . Faster Louder . 17 May 2011.
• Web site: Australia's VOYAGER Signs With SENSORY RECORDS . Roadrunner Records Blabbermouth . 9 August 2011.
• Web site: Children of Bodom touring nationally with Voyager . Metal Obsession . 9 August 2011 . 9 August 2011.
• Web site: Voyager to Tour UK in September • TotalRock . 24 July 2019.
• https://www.facebook.com/voyageraustralia/videos/2586578228243231/
• Web site: VOYAGER's "Runaway" Gets Shortlisted for "Eurovision - Australia Decides" . 11 February 2020.
• Web site: Oztix | News | This is How Close Aussie Band Voyager Came to Competing in Eurovision .
• Web site: Australia: Final Four Artists Announced, New Twist Means #YOU Could Compete at This Year's 'Australia Decides' . Escunited.com. 14 December 2021.
• Web site: Singles Chart (Independent Labels) 7 March 2022 . Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 7 March 2022. 7 March 2022.
• Web site: Australia's history at Eurovision . Eurovision World. 8 May 2022. 8 May 2023.
• Web site: Singles Chart (Independent Labels) 6 March 2022 . Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 6 March 2023. 6 March 2023.
• Web site: 2023-04-21 . Live Gig Review: Voyager & Ihlo – 20 April 2023 – Boston Music Room, London, UK - Man Of Much Metal . 2023-06-22 . manofmuchmetal.net . en-US.
• Web site: Second Semi-Final of Liverpool 2023 - Eurovision Song Contest . 2023-06-20 . eurovision.tv.
• Web site: 2023-06-05 . Australia's Voyager record Te Deum for EBU . 2023-06-06 . eurovision.tv . en.
• News: WA Day Festival Concert - Celebrate WA . en-US . Celebrate WA . 2023-06-22.
• Web site: Naglazas . Mark . 2023-05-31 . Sour note: Why are East Coast acts headlining today’s WA Day concert? . 2023-06-22 . WAtoday.com.au. en.
• Web site: Varvaris . Mary . Perth Music Fans Air Frustration As WA Day Concert Abandons Local Focus . 2023-06-22 . themusic.com.au . en.
• Web site: 2023-06-13 . WA DAY Concert June 4th 2023 with Baby Animals, Mark Seymour and the Undertow, Voyager, South Summit, Boox Kid, Dulcie, Priscilla, Mitch Santiago . 2023-06-22 . 100% ROCK MAGAZINE . en-US.
• Web site: 2023-06-21 . Review: Voyager at Magnet House . 2023-06-22 . X-Press Magazine Entertainment in Perth . en-AU.
• Web site: Hall . Carley . Live Review: Voyager @ The Zoo . 2023-06-22 . themusic.com.au . en.
• Web site: Mac . Cait . 2023-06-13 . Voyager – Gig Review – 10th June @ Stay Gold, Melbourne Vic . 2023-06-22 . Wall Of Sound . en-US.
• Web site: Ang . Sheldon . 2023-06-18 . Live Review: Voyager . 2023-06-22 . Sheldon Ang Media . en.
• Web site: 2023-06-28 . Album Review: Voyager – Fearless In Love . 2023-06-29 . The Moshville Times . en-GB.
• Web site: Ewing . Jerry . 2023-09-21 . Voyager cancel October European tour in wake of Danny Estrin's shock cancer diagnosis . 2023-09-21 . louder . en.
• Web site: ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart . Australian Recording Industry Association . 24 July 2023. 21 July 2023.
• Web site: Voyager announce new studio album Fearless In Love . Louder Sound. May 2023. 16 May 2023.
• The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 22 May 2023. The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association . 1733. 9. 22 May 2023.
• Web site: Voyager – Promise . Musiikkituottajat . fi. 20 May 2023.
• Web site: 2023 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100) . AGATA . lt. 19 May 2023. 19 May 2023.
• Web site: Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 20 . Sverigetopplistan . 19 May 2023.
• Web site: Voyager full Official Chart History . Official Charts Company . 20 May 2023.
• Web site: Nominees Announced For The 2023 National Live Music Awards . The Music . 5 September 2023. 11 September 2023.

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The vibrant quintet choreographs an intricate dance between metal and pop; employ a keytar on stage, and bring forward a positive, uplifting feeling to their music, running head-first into the endless parade of heavy bands who see the world in a different light. Voyager ’s latest album Colours in the Sun exploded like a supernova onto the worldwide stage with their vivid, uplifting, and exhilarating music and live performance, capturing the excitement of existing fans and the intrigue of new ones from all around the world. Frontman Danny Estrin, a long-time Eurovision fanatic is not only an award-winning, multilingual lawyer by day, he also moonlights as a renowned and respected musician. Danny’s signature dose of ‘80s influenced vocals and hook-laden keytar lines over the top of genre-transfiguring, ultra-modern and prismatic hard rock has travelled the world many times over.

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Voyager: Meet the Eurovision die-hards finally representing Australia after coming close twice before

Australia may have only joined Eurovision in 2015, but the country down under is hoping 2023 could be its year thanks to the star power of prog-rock band Voyager .

The five-piece – whose current line-up features Daniel “Danny” Estrin, Simone Dowe, Scott Kay, Ashley Doodkorte and Alex Canion – first formed in 1999. Since then, the band have swapped out their members many times, releasing seven studio albums over 24 years.

Voyager are representing Australia for the first time in Liverpool this year, but this is far from their first shot at Eurovision glory.

The group were shortlisted to compete for Australia in 2020 (although they did not make it to the country’s final), only to become the runners-up in Australia’s competition last year, eventually losing out to the raven-haired belter Sheldon Riley.

For 2023, Voyager were internally selected to represent Australia with their song “Promise”, which is part pulsing synth track, part rock head-banger.

As with many Eurovision songs, such as this year’s self-empowerment anthem “Queen of Kings” by Norway’s Alessandra , Voyager’s track imparts a positive message.

Lyrically, “Promise” speaks to the importance of companionship in a chaotic world. “Sometimes we all just need a friend, partner or family to tell us it’ll be alright,” said guitarist Scott Kay.

Voyager is set to compete in the second semi-finals on Thursday (11 May) in Liverpool, where they will be up against Denmark, Armenia, Romania, Estonia, Belgium, Cyprus, Iceland, Greece, Poland, Solvenia, Georgia, San Marino, Austria, Albania, and Lithuania for a chance to compete in Saturday’s grand final (13 May).

We spoke to guitarist Kay about the history of long-haired rockers in Eurovision and the pressures of going up against Sweden’s Eurovision favourite and competition darling Loreen in Liverpool.

Hi Scott! Congrats on your Eurovision entry track “Promise” – it’s a belter! What’s the backstory behind the song?

“Promise” began as an intriguing introduction, with Danny begging the question: “Have you ever done anything like this before?” to which our answer as a band was, “Nope!”.

It felt like a great idea to explore, so we delved into it together. “Promise” lyrically is a reflection of the chaos in the world, and that sometimes we all just need a friend, partner or family to tell us it’ll be alright.

Eurovision loves a long-haired rock star, who have been some previous favourites of the genre?

We love Blind Channel from Finland. The staging was epic, and the theatrics for the performance are epic. Their performance has influenced us, and we hope to capture that same energy.

Australia is still a relatively new addition to Eurovision – how has the country embraced the madness of the competition?

By staying up to ungodly hours just to simply watch Eurovision! We’re more dedicated viewers by default, I think. Australia is such a massive cultural melting pot, so it only makes sense that Eurovision would be embraced so deeply. We love theatre, drama, the discussion about the music and the outfits.

This isn’t your first attempt to represent Australia at Eurovision. What has made 2023 the right year?

We were internally selected this year, but won the popular vote last year with our song “Dreamer” in 2022. I genuinely think we were a point of difference for Australia last year; a heavy band with a pop sheen, and our song had immediacy to it. This year, we believe it only made sense to be chosen to represent the country considering how close we came in 2022!

What parts of Liverpudlian culture are you most excited to experience?

Liverpool is such an art-focused city, so it’s going to be great to be immersed not only in the Eurovision culture, but the music and art scene that already exists there. If we have time it would be great to get to a pub and watch some local talent, perhaps visit the Beatles Museum too.

Who’s your favourite past Eurovision winner?

“Euphoria” by Loreen is just such a captivating and powerful song, it’s hard to go past. It’s both amazing and slightly intimidating to be competing against her this year as well!

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