Henrik Flyman (born on September 6 in
Sundsvall,
Sweden) is a composer, guitarist and producer. He is active in the bands
Lacrimosa
The ''Lacrimosa'' (Latin for " weeping/tearful"), also a name that derives from ''Our Lady of Sorrows'', a title given to The Virgin Mary, is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th an ...
,
Evil Masquerade
Evil Masquerade is a Scandinavian band formed in 2003. Their wide range of musical influences make them difficult to categorize. Evil Masquerade themselves claim to be playing 'Devilish Rock'n'Roll'. But since that is a self-invented genre they ar ...
and his own solo career.
Biography
Henrik Flyman is best known as a touring and recording musician with
Lacrimosa
The ''Lacrimosa'' (Latin for " weeping/tearful"), also a name that derives from ''Our Lady of Sorrows'', a title given to The Virgin Mary, is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th an ...
and his own band
Evil Masquerade
Evil Masquerade is a Scandinavian band formed in 2003. Their wide range of musical influences make them difficult to categorize. Evil Masquerade themselves claim to be playing 'Devilish Rock'n'Roll'. But since that is a self-invented genre they ar ...
. In the early days of his career Henrik was a founding member of the Swedish fantasy metal band
Moahni Moahna where he was active between 1992-1997. A few years later he formed
ZooL
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, which was basically Moahni Moahna with a modified line up and a more classic hard rock sound. ZooL had a brief career and did only release one album. Between 2002-2004 he played lead guitars for the Danish Celtic folk metal band
Wuthering Heights
''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...
and in 2003 he founded
Evil Masquerade
Evil Masquerade is a Scandinavian band formed in 2003. Their wide range of musical influences make them difficult to categorize. Evil Masquerade themselves claim to be playing 'Devilish Rock'n'Roll'. But since that is a self-invented genre they ar ...
in
Copenhagen
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. The music on their debut album
Welcome to the Show had its roots in both classical music and heavy metal and they were soon labeled by media as being theatrical metal. In 2009 he teams up with
Tilo Wolff
Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland.
His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which since its debut in 1990 has produced 11 albums. The b ...
in the German
Dark Wave
Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...
and
Gothic Rock band
Lacrimosa
The ''Lacrimosa'' (Latin for " weeping/tearful"), also a name that derives from ''Our Lady of Sorrows'', a title given to The Virgin Mary, is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th an ...
on their
Sehnsucht
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World Tour. Henrik is now a touring- and studio musician with the band. In 2009 he also won the Just Plain Folks Music Awards as composer in the category Best Metal Song with Evil Masquerade's ''Bozo the Clown''. Henrik Flyman's latest releases are
Lacrimosa
The ''Lacrimosa'' (Latin for " weeping/tearful"), also a name that derives from ''Our Lady of Sorrows'', a title given to The Virgin Mary, is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass. Its text comes from the Latin 18th an ...
's studio album ''Leidenschaft'' that was released December 24, 2021 and
Henrik's solo project single ''Is This The End'' that was released November 26, 2021.
Charity
In 2011 Henrik Flyman got involved with Metal for Cancer, a charity organization founded by Richard Ofsoski to raise funds for the
Australian Cancer Research Foundation. Flyman wrote the song "Let's Unite in Rock" that was performed by various artists under the name The MFC Dragon Slayer All Star Project. This band included several members from Evil Masquerade as well as Richard Ofsoski,
Mats Levén
Mats Leven is a Swedish singer. Some of his most notable collaborations have been with guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, symphonic metallers Therion and doom metallers Candlemass. In 2011, due to family issues on the part of Firewind's lead singer ...
(
Therion,
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen ( ; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning ov ...
),
Snowy Shaw
Snowy Shaw (born Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson on 25 July 1968) is a Swedish heavy metal musician (primarily a drummer) based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Dia ...
(
Therion,
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann. Influenced by progressive rock and hard rock, and with lyrics dealing with Satan and the occult, Mercyful Fat ...
,
Dream Evil
Dream Evil is a Swedish heavy metal band, assembled by producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999.
History
Producer Fredrik Nordström had the ambition of creating a power metal band of his own for a long time, but had difficulty finding anyone w ...
),
Tony Kakko
Toni Kristian "Tony" Kakko (born 16 May 1975) is a Finnish musician, composer and vocalist. He is known as the vocalist, primary songwriter, and creative lead of the band Sonata Arctica since 1996.
Biography
Kakko was born in Kemi, Finland and ...
(
Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal. The current lineup c ...
),
Glen Drover
Glen Drover (born May 25, 1969) is a Canadian heavy metal guitarist from Ottawa, Ontario. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of Megadeth and King Diamond, along with his brother Shawn Drover who also performed with Megadeth.
Histor ...
(
Megadeth,
King Diamond
Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto ...
) and
Tony Mills (
TNT
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,
Shy) just to name a few.
Equipment
*
Aria
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PE-1500
*ENGL, ENGL Amps R. Blackmore Signature E650 head + 4 x 12" standard cabinets
Discography
Solo Project
*''Is This The End'' - single (2021)
*''Snow Angels'' - single (2021)
*''The Great Divide'' - single (2022)
*''Resurrectio'' - single (2022)
*''Serpent Blood'' - single (2022)
*''Not Just Another Girl'' - single (2022)
With Evil Masquerade
*''
Welcome to the Show'' (2004)
*''
Theatrical Madness
''Theatrical Madness'' is the second full-length album by the Danish band Evil Masquerade.
Track listing
#When Satan Calls - 3:53
#Theatrical Madness - 5:11
#Bozo the Clown - 4:38
#Now When Our Stars Are Fading - 6:32
#A Great Day To Die - 4:21 ...
'' (2005)
*''
Third Act'' (2006, 2007 USA)
*''Fade to Black'' (2008 Japan, 2009)
*''Black Ravens Cry'' - single (2012)
*''A Silhouette'' - single (2012)
*''Pentagram'' (2012)
*''Like Voodoo'' - single (2014)
*''
The Digital Crucifix'' (2014)
*''10 Years in the Dark'' - remastered compilation (2014)
*''Märk Hur Vår Skugga'' - single (2016)
*''
The Outcast Hall of Fame
''The Outcast Hall Of Fame'' is the seventh full-length album by the Swedish/Danish band Evil Masquerade.
Track listing
All songs written by Henrik Flyman except '' Märk Hur Vår Skugga'' which was written by Carl Michael Bellman.
Personnel
; ...
'' (2016)
With Lacrimosa
*''
Revolution
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'' (2012)
*''Heute Nacht'' -
EP (2013)
*''Live In Mexico City'' (2 CD) (2014)
*''
Hoffnung'' (2015)
*''Live in Mexico City'' - Live DVD (2015)
*''Testimonium'' (2017)
*''Leidenschaft'' (2021)
With Moahni Moahna
*''Face the Light'' -
EP (1992)
*''Temple of Life'' (1994)
*''Queen Shamar'' - single (1994)
*''Why'' (1997)
With Wuthering Heights
*''To Travel for Evermore'' (2002)
*''Far from the Madding Crowd'' (2003)
Other works
*
ZooL
''Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension'' is a platform game written for the Amiga by Gremlin Graphics and published in 1992. It was marketed as a rival to Sega's '' Sonic the Hedgehog''. ''Zool'' was ported to other platforms and followed by '' ...
- ''
ZooL
''Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension'' is a platform game written for the Amiga by Gremlin Graphics and published in 1992. It was marketed as a rival to Sega's '' Sonic the Hedgehog''. ''Zool'' was ported to other platforms and followed by '' ...
'' (2002)
*The MFC Dragon Slayer All Star Project - ''Let's Unite in Rock'' - single (2011)
*Martin - ''Sad Eyes'' - single (2012)
*Black Moon Secret - ''Another World'' (2014)
Guest appearances
*Mino - Fly (2002)
Videos
*Moahni Moahna - The Quest For the Unholy Sword (1992)
*Moahni Moahna - Radio's to Blame (1996)
*Evil Masquerade - Black Ravens Cry (2007)
*Evil Masquerade - Desire and Pain (2009)
*The MFC Dragon Slayer All Star Project - Let's Unite in Rock (2011)
*Evil Masquerade - A Silhouette (2012)
*Lacrimosa - Revolution (2012)
*Evil Masquerade - Like Voodoo (2014)
*Black Moon Secret - huRt (2014)
*Evil Masquerade - Lost Inside A World Of Fear (2016)
*Evil Masquerade - Märk Hur Vår Skugga (2016)
*Henrik Flyman - Is This The End (2021)
References
External links
* of Henrik Flyman
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Swedish heavy metal guitarists
Evil Masquerade members