The Hourglass are a female fronted metal band, formed in Romania in 2010. The band's music consists of a combination of symphonic metal elements, industrial sounds and a dramatic soprano voice, all based on a strong melodic metal structure.
The band are made up of Alma Vomastek on vocals, Ioana Dîrvă on keyboards, Cristian Florea on bass, Vlad Negrea on guitar and Bogdan Mara on drums.
In 2012, the band released a demo album called Requiem and in 2013, they started an Indiegogo campaign to release their first full-length album, Through Darkness and Light. The album was released in March 2014.
