Dragonland
| Dragonland | |
|---|---|
| Origin |
Gothenburg Sweden
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| Genres |
Power metal Symphonic metal Progressive metal |
| Years active | 1999–present (live hiatus from 2009–2014) |
| Labels |
Black Lotus (1999–2004) Century Media (Europe, North America) King Records (Japan) AFM Records (Europe) |
| Associated acts |
Evergrey Nightrage Firewind Amaranthe Pathfinder Falconer |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | Jonas Heidgert Olof Mörck Elias Holmlid Jesse Lindskog Anders Hammer Morten Løwe Sørensen |
| Past members | Daniel Kvist Magnus Olin Robert Willstedt Christer Pederson Nicklas Magnusson |
Dragonland is a power metal band from Sweden. The group is most notable for basing their first two and the fifth album upon the self-produced The Dragonland Chronicles fantasy saga and for the original symphonic/electronic parts by Elias Holmlid.
The band was founded in September/October 1999 by guitarist Nicklas Magnusson and Jonas Heidgert. Soon after Daniel Kvist, Magnus Olin and Christer Pederson joined in. Their first demo was recorded in January 2000. Only 3 months before the recording of their debut album, The Battle of the Ivory Plains started, Kvist decided to leave the band and was soon replaced by Olof Mörck. The album was released on April 30, 2001, and the second album, Holy War, was released on February 8, 2002. Both featured singer Jonas Heidgert on drums.
In 2003, Dragonland invited Japanese power metal band Galneryus to play with throughout the Japan tour. That was also the first time Dragonland performed the song, "to the End of the World", which was included a year later in their third album, Starfall, which was released on October 27, 2004, featuring Jesse Lindskog on drums. Johanna Andersson, Tom S. Englund and Henrik Danhage (Tom and Henrik from Evergrey) provided guest performances on the album, including vocals and guitar solos.
Their fourth album, Astronomy, was released on November 11, 2006. Nightrage's Marios Iliopoulos, Amaranthe's Elize Ryd and Jake E and Dead by April's Jimmie Strimell provided guest appearances on this album.
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