Majestic, formerly known as Lab Rat, was a Swedish neo-classical

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, founded in 1997 by Peter Espinoza after he was asked to form a band.

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 t ...

was asked to join and they started to write music for the debut album. Tunes like Golden sea and Standing Alone were meant to be on Peters second solo album but were rearranged for the sound and the keyboard and together the Majestic sound was born. Majestic made two albums: ''Abstract Symphony'' (1999) and ''Trinity Overture'' (2000), under the label ''Massacre Records''. Peter left the band after the debut album for reunion and touring with Nasty Idols.

Discography

Studio albums * ''Abstract Symphony'' (1999) * ''Trinity Overture'' (2000)

Last line-up

*Apollo Papathanasio (vocals) *Richard Andersson (keyboards) *Dick Lövgren (bass) *Magnus Nordh (guitars) *Peter Wildoer (drums)

Former members

*Peter Espinoza (guitars) (1997–1999) *Jonas Blum (vocals) (1997–1999) *Joel Linder (drums) (1997–1999) *Martin Wezowski (bass) (1997-1999)

References

External links

Majestic at Allmusic
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