Evergrey
is a progressive power metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was founded in 1996 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery
in 1998. Their most recent album is Torn
, was released in 2008.
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Lyrical themes
Evergrey's lyrics have always been of the darker sort, and the same can be said of the band's imagery. While
The Dark Discovery
dealt with a variety of ideas, many later albums have been
concept albums, dealing with issues like self-reformation (
Recreation Day
),
paranoia,
alien abduction (
In Search of Truth
),
child abuse,
cults and
religion (
The Inner Circle
).
Recreation Day
is an album that covers many issues, ranging from
death and
mourning to general
fear and
sorrow, all of which contribute to a greater concept of re-creation of oneself. These ideas are explored from many different points of view, such as someone contemplating
suicide ("As I Lie Bleeding"), mourners after a
funeral ("I'm Sorry," a cover of
Dilba Demirbag's hit), and dying people's looking back on their "unforgivable"
sins ("Unforgivable"). "Unforgivable" also acted as a catalyst for the next album, (
The Inner Circle
), which dealt with the same two issues described in the song:
religion and
child abuse.
Recent events
On
April 4,
2006, Evergrey released their sixth studio album,
Monday Morning Apocalypse
. The album was produced and mixed by
Sanken Sandquist and
Stefan Glauman, former producers of
Rammstein,
Bon Jovi and
Def Leppard, among others. Tom S. Englund said, regarding the collaboration: "We feel honoured to work with such amazing producers. We are sure that they will succeed in making us sound better than ever before." The album debuted at #6 in
Sweden.
[1]
During summer 2006, Evergrey played at many festivals throughout
Europe: among others,
Sweden Rock Festival,
Download Festival,
Arvika Festival,
Masters of Rock,
Storsjöyran and
Sziget Festival. From
May 5 to
May 30, the band toured the
United States with
In Flames,
Nevermore and
Throwdown. On
September 15 they headlined
Prog Power VII in
Atlanta, Georgia.
[2]
On
October 24,
2006, Evergrey started a new
European tour. They were supported by fellow Swedish
death metal band Avatar,
[3] and they visited
Germany,
Italy,
Spain,
France, the
Netherlands,
Belgium, the
United Kingdom,
Denmark and
Sweden.
[4]
Evergrey released their latest studio album, 'Torn', in September 2008, continuing with their trademark lyrical themes of desperation and despair. The bass guitar was being recorded by Tom and Henrik in the absence of a bassist, but
Jari Kainulainen permanently filled the role on August 6, 2007.
[5]
On
May 08,
2008, Evergrey announced that they had signed a deal with Steamhammer/SPV. This included the release of their new album and the entire back catalogue. It also was announced that the new album,
Torn, would be released early in September 2008
[6]. As the deal includes the band's entire back catalog, there is the possibility of re-releases of previous Evergrey albums with the inclusion of added bonus material.
In July
2008,
Swedish/
Danish band Avalanche announced that keyboardist Rikard Zander, along with
In Flames bassist
Peter Iwers, would make a guest appearance on their upcoming album.
Lineup
- Tom S. Englund - (1996-present) vocals, guitar
- Henrik Danhage - (2001-present) guitar, backing vocals
- Rikard Zander - (2003-present) keyboard, backing vocals
- Jonas Ekdahl - (2004-present) drums
- Jari Kainulainen - (2008-present) bass
Guest musicians
- Carina Kjellberg-Englund - female vocals (1996-Present)
- The Gothenburg Symphonic Orchestra - string quartet (2004-2005)
- Mercury Choir (of the Swedish Catholic Church) - choir (2003)
Former members
- Will Chandra (1996-1998) - keyboard
- Daniel Nöjd (1996-1999) - bass, vocals
- Dan Bronell (1996-2000) - guitar
- Patrick Carlsson (1996-2003) - drums
- Sven Karlsson (1999-2001) - keyboard
- Christian Rehn (2001-2002) - keyboard
- Michael Håkansson (1999-2006) - bass
- Fredrik Larsson - (2007) bass
Discography
- The Dark Discovery
(1998)
- Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy
(1999)
- In Search of Truth
(2001)
- Recreation Day
(2003)
- The Inner Circle
(2004)
- A Night to Remember
(Gothenburg Concert CD&DVD) (2005)
- Monday Morning Apocalypse
(2006)
- Torn
(2008)
References
- #6 debut on the Swedish charts!
- Evergrey tour dates archive
- Evergrey European tour announced
- Evergrey European tour dates
- So, here he is!
- Evergrey.net - The Official Home of Evergrey