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Dragonland
Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is known for their self-produced ''The Dragonland Chronicles'' fantasy saga covering their first, second, and fifth albums, and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid. History The band was founded in 1999 by guitarist Nicklas Magnusson and Jonas Heidgert. Soon after Daniel Kvist, Magnus Olin and Christer Pederson joined in. Their first demo was recorded in January 2000. Only three months before the recording of their debut album started, ''The Battle of the Ivory Plains'', Kvist decided to leave the band and was soon replaced by Olof Mörck. The album was released on 30 April 2001, and the second album, ''Holy War'', was released on 8 February 2002. Both featured singer Jonas Heidgert on drums. Their third album, '' Starfall'', was released on 27 October 2004, featuring Jesse Lindskog on drums. Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage (of Evergrey) and Johanna Andersson provided guest performances on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of The Ivory Plains
Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is known for their self-produced ''The Dragonland Chronicles'' fantasy saga covering their first, second, and fifth albums, and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid. History The band was founded in 1999 by guitarist Nicklas Magnusson and Jonas Heidgert. Soon after Daniel Kvist, Magnus Olin and Christer Pederson joined in. Their first demo was recorded in January 2000. Only three months before the recording of their debut album started, ''The Battle of the Ivory Plains'', Kvist decided to leave the band and was soon replaced by Olof Mörck. The album was released on 30 April 2001, and the second album, ''Holy War'', was released on 8 February 2002. Both featured singer Jonas Heidgert on drums. Their third album, '' Starfall'', was released on 27 October 2004, featuring Jesse Lindskog on drums. Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage (of Evergrey) and Johanna Andersson provided guest performances on the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy War (Dragonland Album)
Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is known for their self-produced ''The Dragonland Chronicles'' fantasy saga covering their first, second, and fifth albums, and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid. History The band was founded in 1999 by guitarist Nicklas Magnusson and Jonas Heidgert. Soon after Daniel Kvist, Magnus Olin and Christer Pederson joined in. Their first demo was recorded in January 2000. Only three months before the recording of their debut album started, ''The Battle of the Ivory Plains'', Kvist decided to leave the band and was soon replaced by Olof Mörck. The album was released on 30 April 2001, and the second album, ''Holy War'', was released on 8 February 2002. Both featured singer Jonas Heidgert on drums. Their third album, '' Starfall'', was released on 27 October 2004, featuring Jesse Lindskog on drums. Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage (of Evergrey) and Johanna Andersson provided guest performances on the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Grey Banner
''Under the Grey Banner'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish power metal band Dragonland. The album was released on 13 November 2011. This is the third part of the ''Dragonland Chronicles'' saga. Damian Bajowski (known from PC game ''The Witcher'') created the cover artwork for this chapter of the Dragonland saga. Track listing Personnel Dragonland *Olof Mörck – guitars, violin *Jonas Heidgert – vocals *Anders Hammer – bass *Elias Holmlid – keyboards *Jesse Lindskog – guitars *Morten Løwe Sørensen – drums Additional musicians *Fred Johanson *Anna Mariann Lundberg *Elize Ryd Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd (born 15 October 1984), known professionally as Elize Ryd, is a Swedish singer, best known as one of the three vocalists and co-lyricist in the metal band Amaranthe. She also gained some popularity prior to ... *Jake E. Lundberg *Andy Solveström References External links Dragonland's Official Teaser WebsiteDragonland's Facebook profile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starfall (album)
''Starfall'' is the third album released by the power metal band Dragonland, and the first not to deal with ''"The Dragonland Chronicles"''. The music for ''Starfall'' was mainly written between June 2003 and May 2004 after arriving home from their 2003 Japan tour. The song, "To the End of the World", from this album, was performed during that tour, before it was even recorded. A demo version of "As Madness Took Me" can be found on YouTube. Track listing Japanese bonus tracks Korean bonus track Thematic meanings In a 200interviewwitMetal Rules guitarist Olof Mörck talked to Anders Sandvall, and in the interview Mörck goes into detail about ''"The Book of Shadows"'' trilogy and the story behind the songs: *''"The Book Of Shadows is a story told in three chapters, being an adventurous epic with a movie script like feel to enhance what’s going on in the music. It starts out in Oxford, Great Britain in the late 19th century with the finding of an ancient tome, known as The Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronomy (Dragonland Album)
''Astronomy'' is the fourth studio album by Swedish power metal band Dragonland, released in Europe on 13 November 2006 and in North America on 28 November 2006. While their third album '' Starfall'' focused heavily on keyboards and had a more upbeat lyrical tone, according to guitarist Olof Mörck, ''Astronomy'' is ''"gloomier, more stygian and packed with crunching guitars; both furiously fast and bone-grindingly heavy."'' Track listing Japanese bonus tracks Lyrical references In a February 2007 interview witMetal Reviews guitarist Olof Mörck went into details about some of musical and lyrical influences in ''Astronomy'': * Olof and Elias Holmlid were inspired to write ''"The Old House on the Hill"'' trilogy by listening to film scores, and they attributed this trilogy to Danny Elfman, probably most famously known for his Tim Burton's ''Batman'' theme and the theme to ''The Simpsons''. Unlike ''"The Book of Shadows"'' trilogy from the '' Starfall'' album which had the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck (born 12 December 1981) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist and one of the songwriters of the metal band Amaranthe, as well as guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. He was also a member of Nightrage between 2006 and 2011 as a guitarist. Notably, he has provided two guitar solos for the 2009 album '' The Isolation Game'' by the Italian melodic death metal band Disarmonia Mundi. In 2010, My Darling Dismay released a video of a song with the same title. The song is more of a rock style than his previous metal projects. Mörck appears on the 2010 album ''The History of Saints'' by the North Carolina band Vanisher, performing the solo for the song "Oceans." Mörck provided a guest solo for Australian melodic death metal band Universum on the track, "Sum of the Universe," from their 2011 release '' Mortuus Machina''. Mörck also provides a guest solo for Australian power metal band Lord on an instrumental song from their 2009 release '' Set in Stone''. Mö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Hammer
Anders Hammer (born 3 April 1980) is best known as the former bass player for the melodic death metal band Nightrage. Anders also plays bass for the Swedish power metal band Dragonland. Gear/Endorsements ESP Viper Standard series, Warwick Corvette std, Providence cables B-202, Elixir Strings. Discography with Nightrage * '' Wearing a Martyr's Crown'' (2009) * ''Insidious'' (2011) Discography with Dragonland * ''Under the Grey Banner ''Under the Grey Banner'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish power metal band Dragonland. The album was released on 13 November 2011. This is the third part of the ''Dragonland Chronicles'' saga. Damian Bajowski (known from PC game ''The Witc ...'' (2011) References External links Official Nightrage pageLifeforce Records 1980 births Living people Swedish heavy metal bass guitarists Death metal musicians Nightrage members 21st-century bass guitarists {{Sweden-guitarist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elize Ryd
Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd (born 15 October 1984), known professionally as Elize Ryd, is a Swedish singer, best known as one of the three vocalists and co-lyricist in the metal band Amaranthe. She also gained some popularity prior to the band's inception by performing guest vocals for the symphonic power metal band Kamelot, both on tour and in the studio. She sings in the soprano range. Early life Hanna Elise Isabell Maj Höstblomma Ryd was born in Värnamo on 15 October 1984, the daughter of a Swedish father and a Finnish mother, both of whom were musicians. She performed in public for the first time when she was four years old. During her childhood, she was influenced by everything from Walt Disney to heavy metal. At the age of 13, she attended and won a 1998 talent show in Gothenburg as the youngest participant. The first prize was a record deal, but since she did not meet the minimum of age of 15, she was ineligible to receive the prize. She received a scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marios Iliopoulos (musician)
Marios Iliopoulos (born 16 December 1969 in Sydney, Australia) is a Greek guitarist and founder of the melodic death metal band Nightrage, and a former member of Exhumation. After recording three albums with Exhumation (all of them produced in Sweden), Marios formed Nightrage along with fellow Greek guitar hero Gus G. Many prominent figures of metal such as Tomas Lindberg Tomas Lindberg (born 16 October 1972), also known as "Tompa" and "Goatspell", is a Swedish vocalist who has fronted many death metal bands, most notably At the Gates. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He also te ..., Nicholas Barker, Tom S. Englund, Mikael Stanne, and Per Möller Jensen have collaborated with the band. Marios has also made guest solo appearances for various artists, such as Dragonland, Dies Irae (band), Dies Irae, Septic Flesh, Firewind, Mystic Prophecy and Universum (band), Universum. Marios also helped death metal band The Forsaken out on tour as bass pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator. In 2005, Candlelight Records signed a cooperative deal with AFM to mutually release and market several titles. The exclusive distribution in Greece is being carried out by Infinity Entertainment IKE. Current and former artists A * Absolute * Almah * Annihilator * Arion * Armored Dawn * At Vance * Avantasia * Axxis B * Beautiful Sin * Betzefer (2010–present) * Black Messiah * Blackmore's Night * Bloodbound * Borealis * Brainstorm * Brothers of Metal C * Circle II Circle * Cruachan * Crystal Viper * Communic * Crystal Ball D * Dalriada * Danko Jones * Dark Age * Dark at Dawn * Dead City Ruins * DeadRisen * Debauchery * Destruction * Dezperadoz * Dionysus * Doro * Dragonland *Dynazty E * Eden's Curse * Edguy * Eisbrecher * Ektomorf * Elv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg
Amaranthe is a Swedish metal band originally known as Avalanche. The band is notable for their blend of various metal genres and having three lead vocalists. History Formed by Olof Mörck (Dragonland, Nightrage) and Joacim "Jake E" Lundberg (Dreamland, Dream Evil) in 2008, the project began taking shape when singers Elize Ryd (toured with Kamelot) and Andreas Solveström (Cipher System, Within Y) signed on, as did drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (The Cleansing, Koldborn, Mercenary). Bassist Johan Andreassen ( Engel) joined after the photoshoot for the ''Leave Everything Behind'' demo but before the recording of the first album ''Amaranthe''. The band was originally called Avalanche until May 2009, when they were forced to change their name due to legal issues. The members chose to rename the band Amaranthe. They later released their first demo, ''Leave Everything Behind''. The band's debut album, ''Amaranthe'', was released in April 2011 and reached a peak position of 35th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band originally from Thessaloniki. They later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden. History Formation and ''Sweet Vengeance'' (2000–2003) Nightrage was founded by Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G in June 2000. They made three demos from 2001 to 2002. Their debut album, '' Sweet Vengeance'', was released in 2003 and featured drummer Per Möller Jensen (The Haunted), and bassist Brice Leclercq. They also managed to acquire the services of legendary vocalist Tomas Lindberg (ex At the Gates). ''Sweet Vengeance'' also featured guest clean vocals on a few tracks by Tom S. Englund of Evergrey fame. The album is proceeded by their first video for the track "Gloomy Daydreams" on an earlier edit, with Gus G. on vocals. ''Descent into Chaos'' and departure of Lindberg & Gus G (2004–2006) Their second release, '' Descent into Chaos'', was released in 2005 and had a change of line up, with the addition of a more permanent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
