Skyfire (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Skyfire


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Origin = Höör, Sweden
Genre = Melodic death metal
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Years_active = 1995–present
Label = Arise (2004–2007)
Hammerheart(2001–2004)
Pivotal Rockordings (2007–present)
Associated_acts = Axenstar
Andromeda
URL = [http://www.skyfireonline.net www.skyfireonline.net]
Current_members = Andreas Edlund
Martin Hanner
Joakim Johnsson
Johan Reinholdz
Joakim Karlsson
Past_members = Tobias Björk
Jonas Sjögren
Henrik Wenngren

Skyfire is a metal band from Höör, Sweden.

Biography

Skyfire were 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.

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 supposedly due at the end of 2008 where via Pivotal Rockordings. The cover art was created by Pär Olofsson, who has previously worked with Brain Drill, Psycroptic, Spawn of Possession, and Persuader.

Music style

The band has mixed elements from melodic death metal, power metal, neo-classical metal, progressive metal and symphonic metal into their music.Cite web|url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=6444|title=Skyfire - Spectral (9/10) - Sweden - 2004|author=Frodi Stenberg|date=2004-06-24|accessdate=2007-06-21]

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)

tudio albums

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

External links

* [http://www.skyfireonline.net Skyfire Official Homepage]
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* [http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/skyfire-132/ Skyfire Official Forum]

References