Time Requiem is a
Swedish
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neoclassical power metal
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band created by
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 ...
in 2001.
[Time Requiem]
" Encyclopaedia Metallum. Web, Sep. 11, 2010. Andersson created the band that summer, when he felt that his previous project -
Majestic - had come to a dead end.
Biography
Andersson took
Peter Wildoer
Karl Peter Wildoer is a Swedish musician who is the drummer for Darkane, Electrocution 250 and Grimmark. He has also drummed for the bands Armageddon, Majestic, Pestilence, Silver Seraph, Arch Enemy, Time Requiem, Soilwork, Gardens of Obscuri ...
,
Apollo Papathanasio and
Magnus Nord
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with him to his new band.
Martin Wezovski turned out to be too inexperienced to be able to play the bass in the band and was replaced by
Dick Lövgren
Dick Lövgren (born 11 November 1980) is a Swedish musician. He is the bass guitarist for extreme metal band Meshuggah, which he joined in 2004.
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(
Meshuggah
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). They produced their first
self-titled
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album, in 2002.
In 2003, Andersson and the rest of the band played in
Japan
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. This concert was recorded and released on a live CD. ''
Unleashed In Japan
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'' contained some songs from ''Time Requiem'', but also had some new material.
Afterwards, Wildoer became preoccupied with
death metal
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band
Darkane
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, and left Time Requiem to focus more on his own project. Lövgren and Andersson were having issues in regards to their musical differences, and also left. They were later replaced by
Zoltan Csörsz and
Jonas Reingold
Jonas Reingold (born 22 April 1969) is a Swedish bass guitarist from Malmö.
Biography
Reingold started to play bass in 1986 when he subbed for a friend in the local famous act WIRE. The band was happy with his performance and offered him the ...
. With this lineup, a new album was made. It was given the name ''
''.
Line-up
*
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 ...
- keyboards
*
Göran Edman
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Biography
Edman is notable for his session work with many artists through the years but mainly for his early work with guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. He has also recorded with bands and arti ...
- vocals
*
Magnus Nilsson - guitars
*
Andy Rose
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- bass
*
Jörg Andrews - drums
Former members
*
Peter Wildoer
Karl Peter Wildoer is a Swedish musician who is the drummer for Darkane, Electrocution 250 and Grimmark. He has also drummed for the bands Armageddon, Majestic, Pestilence, Silver Seraph, Arch Enemy, Time Requiem, Soilwork, Gardens of Obscuri ...
- drums
*
Apollo Papathanasio - vocals
*
Magnus Nord
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- guitars
*
Zoltan Csörsz - drums
*
Jonas Reingold
Jonas Reingold (born 22 April 1969) is a Swedish bass guitarist from Malmö.
Biography
Reingold started to play bass in 1986 when he subbed for a friend in the local famous act WIRE. The band was happy with his performance and offered him the ...
- bass
*
Dick Lövgren
Dick Lövgren (born 11 November 1980) is a Swedish musician. He is the bass guitarist for extreme metal band Meshuggah, which he joined in 2004.
Biography
In his early days, Lövgren was particularly impressed with the Metallica bass guitarist ...
- bass
Discography
*''Time Requiem'' (2002)
*''
Unleashed In Japan
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* ''Unleashed'' (2001 film), a film featuring Jeff Anderson
* ''Unleashed'' (2005 film), a 2005 martial arts film starring Jet Li
* ''Unleashed'' (2016 film), a film starring ...
'' (2003)
*''
'' (2004)
*''
Optical Illusion
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'' (2006)
References
External links
Homepage of Andersson's projectsAn interview with Andersson{{Authority control
Musical groups established in 2001
Swedish power metal musical groups