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Sweden flagSKYFIRE
CURRENT NAME Skyfire
FORMER NAMES -
ORIGIN Höör, Skåne Län, Sweden
STATUS Active
FORMED IN 1995
LABEL Pivotal Rockordings
GENRE Death metal
STYLE Symphonic
LYRICAL THEME -
BAND ADDED 2005-01-14, 00:00
LAST UPDATE 2009-07-22, 06:18
Band biography
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It all began in a small town called Höör in back 1995, when four young Swedes decided to form a band. Andreas Edlund, Martin Hanner, Jonas Sjögren and Tobias Björk were friends since school and had similar taste in music. Andreas and Martin became the main songwriters of the band and the music of Skyfire was to be influenced by a lot of various genres.

When the band decided to record the first demo, the search for a singer was intensified. Eventually Mattias Holmgren, the singer/drummer of Embracing (also drums on Naglfar's "Vittra"), was contacted and he was willing to perform on the demo. The recording took place at TMS Recording in Hässleholm in December 1997 and the result was called "Within Reach".

Since the band wasn't satisfied with the result, mostly because the material was ambivalent, the band took a direction towards heavier and more energetic music. The next demo was recorded in Studio Powernest, located in Andreas' basement. This time it was Henrik Wenngren (Mornaland) who auditioned for the vocals and he turned out to be perfect! The demo was called "The Final Story" and consisted of only two tracks plus an intro. In spite of the short running time of the demo, it got great reviews in numerous magazines.

Meanwhile, the band had got in touch with some band members of Thyrfing. This great Viking metal act, from the capital of Sweden, appreciated the music of Skyfire and sent the demo to their record label, Hammerheart Records in Holland. After a while Skyfire was contacted by the HHR-crew about a contract and after some consideration the deal was on. The band immediately contacted Tommy Tägtgren of the Abyss studio for the recording of their debut album.

During two weeks in August 2000, the band recorded what was to become "Timeless Departure". With these fantastic nine tracks, of about 42 minutes in total, this album was unleashed on March 12, 2001, upon the world.
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Joakim Jonsson2001-DrumsSee also Axenstar, Mist Of Avalon, The, Mornaland, Skinfected, Slumber
Andreas Edlund1995-Guitars, keyboards
Martin Hanner1995-Bass
Joakim Karlsson2007-Vocals
Johan Reinholdz2007-GuitarsSee also Andromeda, NonExist, Opus Atlantica
Former members Add - Fetch
Tobias Björk1995-2001Array
Jonas Sjögren1995-2004Bass
Henrik Wenngren1998-2007VocalsSee also Mornaland, Vicious
Session musicians Add - Fetch
Mattias HolmgrenVocalsOn "Within Reach". "
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1997Within ReachNo label
1998The Final StoryNo label
2001Timeless DepartureHammerheart
2003Mind RevolutionHammerheart
2004SpectralArise Records
2009EsotericPivotal Rockordings
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