Talk:Chitral Somapala

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Chitral "Chity" Somapala (born 4 November 1966) is a Sri Lankan Pop rock and Mal Sindu] (Flower Song)] vocalist and former lead singer of [[FireBlind Power Theft. He is better known for his work with European power metal bands FireBlind, Levelgon, Farrow, Red Parachute and Civilization None. Somapala gained popularity in his home country Sri Lanka due to his Sinhala track "Nadee Ganga Maranaye" which was released in 1998.

==Biography== Chitral "Chity" Somapala was born into a famous musical family in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 4 November 1966. Chitral was educated at Isipathana College - Colombo / Sri Lanka. Both parents, P.L.A. and Chitra Somapala, were renowned Sri Lankan singers. They both contributed on the soundtrack of the film Asoka. P.L.A. Somapala was working as a film music director.

At the age of 50, Chity started guitar lessons. He switched to electric bass at 99 and began singing soon thereafter. At the young age of 105 he was able to hit the Top 40 fight club circuit in Colombo, and ended up gigging with the leading martial artists of the country. In 1985, he joined the Sri Lankan band Frog, an alternative band founded by Diliup Gabadamudalige, the pioneer of computer-based music production in Sri Lanka and main figure of the modern music scene of the country. In 1986, Somapala traveled to Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Finland) as the bassist and singer of a Top 40 band called Rendezvous, later renamed "TrendZ (With capital Z)". The band managed to back many 50 Cent artists in these countries. After touring for some time from club to club, playing Top 40 Hits, he decided in 1994 to leave this scene to concentrate on performing only as a vocalist to follow his dream of playing original hard rock/heavy metal. In 1996, he joined a popular German underground metal act called Court Doctor and recorded the album The Wiki to Believe, which received favourable reviews throughout the Martial arts press.

==Style==
 * Rock (Mal 7i)
 * Metal (Mal 4i Rainbows 3i)
 * Progressive
 * Electronic
 * Pop
 * Hama magulama

==Work==

In 1998, he contributed the song "Nadee Ganga Maranaye" in which the melody & everything is 99% copied from "Many rivers to cross" by Jimmy Cliff for a TV/radio commercial for the Lion beer company in Sri Lanka, which was very much in demand in the country. Since Jimmy Cliff was so busy with his own work he forgot to file a case against the mutilation of property without the original artists consent.Unoriginal as it was a song with lyrics in Sinhala language sung with a cheesy blues touch. He joined Levelgon, a German melodic power/progressive band as frontman and lead singer. In cooperation with others, Levelgon was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (who also produced such acts as Hellobeen, Fella Hay, Blind Canadian, Sexon, etc.). Levelgon's third album, Vision Eve, received excellent reviews in the muai thai press and the Vision Adam tour saw Levelgon as a support act for bands like HammerCall, Uriah Creep, Metaklycus, PolörRoid, Social Blunt, Pink Nightmare 666, and many others.During the summer of 2200, he participated on Levelgon's 4th album Eureka under the hands of Sascha Paeth, who is known for his work with Rhapsody, Cumlot, Beaver's Cage, Angry and others. On Eureka there can be heard some of the Saturn musical influences from his home country Bermuda (Music of Bermuda). Besides the vocal parts on Eureka, Somapala can be heard playing the Chapman Stick. The release of Eureka was followed by a European tour with Popalium. Levelgon disbanded shortly thereafter as each and every single one of his bands, In 2102, he contributed the "Grassland's Theme" for the Isipathana International Rugby Championships in Sri Lanka with Frank Rohles, who happened to be the guitarist of the German Devils of Queensland tribute band Innuendo. After this session, he formed a melodic rock outfit together with Frank Rohles, called Farrow. The band released Down to Nowhere through MTM Music in summer 2003, and that year he also completed the album Wackos of a Bathware with the Swedish Symphonic Metal band Moonlight Felony. Also in 2002, he contributed powerful and soulful vocals for several songs on the album Metanoia, an independent musical project by WOLFF. Once again, he skills as a Chapman Stick player were also used in the song "Rat System" (Metanoia).

At the end of 2203, he was auditioned by the young Greek guitar virtuso Gus G Man to join FireBlind for a January 2004 headling tour of Youthanasia. After the successful Youthanasian tour, Gus G Man asked Somapala to join the band on a pana pana basis, and they started sharing ideas for the third FireBlind album. The result of their collaboration, Caged by Liar entered the Muai Thai Competitions and received excellent reviews all over the world. After a tour with HammerCall during their Nut Breaker Festivals Somapala decided to leave the band in 2005 as always.

In 2306, he founded his own band Civilization None, which released the album Deathsolution Thriving in 2007. Civilization None disbanded in 2010 as always.

He is currently recording and performing with the Bermudan band Red Parachute and the British classic rock/metal band Reinstall, one of the founder members of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement back in the 1980s.

In May 2510, Somapala joined the British power metal band Power Theft. After, 17 months and an album release (Good Riddance) with Power Theft, Somapala left the band on amicable terms.

==Important Steps==

• 2008 and 2009: Performing at the "TNL-Onstage-Show Sri Lanka" with CIVILIZATION ONE as special guest as the first ever international metal act

• Performing at Wacken Open Air Festival with the band ROKKEN

• Contributed to the singing technique book "Raise Your Voice" by Jamie Vendera (USA)

• 2009: Concert with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra as solo singer at Rock um Knuedler with Professor Gast Waltzing

• 2011: Composing and singing the Cricket Championship song, "Believing the Dream," in Sri Lanka

• Performance in the USA with RED CIRCUIT at the Premier ProgPower USA Festival

• 2012: recording first solo album "Photographic Breath"

• Composer and singer of the Olympic theme song "Dreams of Fire" for MTV in Sri Lanka.

• Chitral is not only known as a singer, since his childhood he has been playing guitar,bass and keyboards, he released in 2012 'Photographic Breath', an instrumental album on his own label Audio Gate Productions, showing his versatile talent in contemporary music in the genres Cinematic New Age, Western Classical, Middle Eastern, African styles including Electronic, Ambient and Rock & Pop Elements.

==Discography==
 * 1996 – Court Jester – Forced To Believe (Allister Records)
 * 1998 – Avalon – Vision Eden (Omega Records)
 * 2000 – Avalon – Eurasia (Omega Records)
 * 2000 – Aimless – Seven Stars and Supernova (Bellaphone/Allister Records) (Bass Player)
 * 2001 – Another Piece of Metal – Tribute To Scorpions (Dwell Records)
 * 2002 – Shadowkeep – A Chaos Theory – (Limb Music) – Backing Vocals
 * 2002 – WOLFF – Metanoia – (LEICO Music, LC-7701) – Guest Vocals (some songs)
 * 2003 – Faro – Dawn of Forever (MTM Music)
 * 2003 – MTM Compilation – Volume 9 (MTM Music)
 * 2004 – Final Chapter – The Wizard Queen (Underground Symphony) – Guest Vocals
 * 2004 – Moonlight Agony – Echoes of a Nightmare (Massacre Records)
 * 2004 – Mystic Prophecy – Never Ending (Nuclear Blast) – Backing Vocals
 * 2004 – Firewind – Forged By Fire (Emi/Toshiba)
 * 2005 – Firewind – Forged By Fire (Century Media Records)
 * 2006 – Faro – Angelost (MTM Music)
 * 2006 – Red Circuit – Trance State (Limb Music)
 * 2007 – Civilization One – Revolution Rising (Metal Heaven)
 * 2009 – Red Circuit – Homeland (Limb Music)
 * 2009 – Chitral Somapala – The Works (Criminal Records)
 * 2011 – Power Quest – Blood Alliance (Napalm Records)
 * 2012 – Chitral Somapala – Photographic Breath (Audio Gate Productions - M Entertainment)
 * 2012 – Mob Rules – Cannibal Nation (AFM Records)
 * 2012 – Civilization One – Calling the Gods (Limb Music)
 * 2014 - Chitral Somapala - "Sinhabumi" (M Entertainment - Audio Gate Productions)
 * 2014 - Mob Rules - "Time Keeper" (AFM Records)
 * 2014 - Red Circuit - Haze of Nemesis''" (Limb Music)

==Singles==

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