Apostolos "Apollo" Papathanasiou ( el, Aπόστολος Παπαθανασίου or Απόλλωνας Παπαθανασίου; born 15 March 1969) is a Swedish heavy metal vocalist of Greek descent, who is currently with the band

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. He has also sung for

Firewind Firewind is a Greek power metal band formed in Thessaloniki in 1998. The group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist Gus G. to showcase his demo, ''Nocturnal Symphony'', in 1998. Fi ...

, Meduza,

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, and

Richard Andersson Richard Andersson (born 28 March 1972) is a Swedish musician and the founding father of several neoclassical metalbands in Sweden including Majestic and Time Requiem. Biography As a kid, Andersson taught himself how to play the keyboard. At ...

's projects Majestic and

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. In 2007, Papathanasio had to opt out of certain tour dates with Firewind. His position was temporarily filled by Henning Basse of

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. Apollo's last releases with

was " Few Against Many" (2012). On 15 January 2013, Firewind announced that the band had parted ways with Apollo. After his departure from Firewind he's continued on with

and released return to zero (2010) Earth Blues, 15 April 2013 and Sunrise to Sundown (2016). Papathanasio also works as a music teacher for a school in

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Discography

Faith Taboo

*1997: ''Psychopath''

Majestic

*2000: ''Trinity Overture''

Time Requiem

*2002: ''

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'' *2003: ''Unleashed in Japan'' *2004: ''

The Inner Circle of Reality Time Requiem is a Swedish neoclassical power metal band created by Richard Andersson in 2001.Time Requiem
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Meduza

*2002: ''Now and Forever'' *2004: ''Upon the World''

Sandalinas

*2005: ''Living on the Edge''

Evil Masquerade

*2006: ''

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'' *2009: ''Fade to Black'' *2012: ''Black Ravens Cry'' (single) *2012: ''A Silhouette'' (single) *2012: ''Pentagram'' *2014: ''10 Years in the Dark'' - remastered compilation *2016: ''

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Firewind

*2006: ''

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'' *2008: '' The Premonition'' *2010: '' Days of Defiance'' *2012: '' Few Against Many''

Bassinvaders

*2008: ''

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Spiritual Beggars

*2010: '' Return to Zero'' *2013: ''Earth Blues'' *2016: ''Sunrise To Sundown''

Apollo (solo)

*2016: ''Waterdevils''

Other works

*2005:

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- ''Revenge'' *2010: Sebastien - ''

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'' *2011:

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- ''

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'' *2011: The MFC Dragon Slayer All Star Project - ''Let's Unite in Rock'' (single) *2012:

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- ''Grace'' (bonus track)

References

External links

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Firewind members Swedish people of Greek descent Greek heavy metal musicians Swedish heavy metal musicians 20th-century Swedish male singers Swedish rock singers Living people 1969 births Evil Masquerade members Spiritual Beggars members {{Sweden-singer-stub