Skyfire

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Skyfire is a melodic death metal band from Höör, Sweden.

Biography

Skyfire was formed in the town of Höör, Sweden in 1995 by Andreas Edlund (guitar), Martin Hanner (bass guitar), Jonas Sjögren (guitar) and Tobias Björk (drums). The four were friends since high school and had similar tastes in music. The band recorded two demos Within Reach and The Final Story. On the second demo, the vocals were performed by vocalist Henrik Wenngren. Skyfire got in touch with band members of Thyrfing who helped them find a record label with Dutch label Hammerheart Records. During two weeks in August 2000, Skyfire recorded their first album Timeless Departure in the Abyss Studio.

In September 2002, the band recorded their second album Mind Revolution, again in the Abyss Studio with new drummer Joakim Jonsson. Mind Revolution was released in 2003 and showed the band's style evolving and branching off into many different genres. The third album Spectral was recorded at Los Angered and Studio Underground and released on May 10, 2004 by Arise Records.

The vocalist Henrik Wenngren has left the band and was replaced by Joakim Karlsson.^[1]

On January 7, 2008, Skyfire announced on their official MySpace page that they have signed with Florida-based label Pivotal Rockordings on a three-album deal and the band has now entered the recording studio to begin recording their fourth untitled album. Mixing will be done by Scar Symmetry's Jonas Kjellgren at Black Lounge Studios.

Skyfire have set Esoteric as the title of their fourth album, which is scheduled for release September 14, 2009 in the United Kingdom via Pivotal Rockordings.^[2] The album will be released on September 18, 2009 in the rest of Europe, and in North America on October 13, 2009 due to a scheduling issue^[3]. The cover art was created by Pär Olofsson, who also made covers for Brain Drill, Psycroptic, Spawn of Possession, Persuader and others.^[4]

On May 15, 2009 Skyfire announced a new digital only EP entitled Fractal for a July 2009 release. The EP is a collection of B-sides recorded between 2004's Spectral and Esoteric. Fractal was released July 6 for digital download^[5].

Music style

The band has mixed elements from melodic death metal, power metal, neo-classical metal, progressive metal and symphonic metal into their music.

Band lineup

Current members

• Andreas Edlund − guitar, synthesizers
• Martin Hanner − bass guitar, synthesizers, (guitar : ~ 2004)
• Joakim Karlsson − vocals
• Joakim Johnsson − drums, guitar
• Johan Reinholdz − guitar

Past members

• Jonas Sjögren − bass
• Tobias Björk − drums
• Henrik Wenngren − vocals

Discography

Demos and EPs

• Within Reach (1998)
• The Final Story (2000)
• Haunted by Shadows (2003)
• Fractal (2009)

Studio albums

• Timeless Departure (2001)
• Mind Revolution (2003)
• Spectral (2004)
• Esoteric (2009)

External links

• Skyfire Official Homepage
• Skyfire at MySpace
• Skyfire Official Forum
• Skyfire Facebook Page

References

1. ^ http://www.metalcallout.com/metal-call-outs/skyfire-rise-and-decay-call-out.html
2. ^ "Skyfire To Release 'Esoteric' In The Fall". blabbermouth.net. March 4, 2009. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=115523. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
3. ^ "Skyfire Delays "Esoteric" North American Release Date". July 18, 2009. http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=46294. Retrieved 2009-07-22. 
4. ^ "Skyfire: 'Esoteric' Artwork Unveiled; Studio Video Footage Available". August 30, 2008. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=103768. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
5. ^ "Skyfire Digital-Only EP Now Available for Download". July 6, 2009. http://label.pivotalalliance.com/news.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1246899113&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1&. Retrieved 2009-06-10.