David Fremberg
vocals
Johan Reinholdz guitar
Martin Hedin keyboards
Thomas Lejon drums
Fabian Gustavsson
bass
The
origins of the Swedish quintet Andromeda can be
traced back to 1999 when Johan submitted the demo
”Welcome to forever” to the recordlabel
WAR-music who wanted to sign a deal. The feeling
was mutual and in the autumn that year Andromeda
came together as Thomas, Martin and bassplayer
Gert Daun and Johan started rehearsing the songs
for the ”Extension of the wish”-album.
In March 2000 Andromeda entered the
Dug-Out studio to cut the album with acclaimed
producer Daniel Bergstrand. Vocal duties were
handled by Lawrence Mackrory, doing the job as
a hired gun.
A month later it was mixed and ready, but it wasn´t
until February 2001 that ”Extension…”
hit the recordshops. In the meanwhile, the Andromeda
line-up was completed when David joined the band
in August 2000.
Containing a dose of heavy, intense yet melodic
progressive metal ”Extension…”
quickly seized the interest of magazines, webzines
and fans.
To support the album the band made
a tour of Sweden during the spring and also made
a succesful appearance at the Progpower festival
in the Netherlands in October.
August was spent re-recording the vocals for ”Extension…”
,this time by David, remixing the tracks and recording
two new tracks for a French release of the album
by the label NTS.
It was released in November and Andromeda went
on a tour of France together with Evergrey in
February 2001.
At this point the band had already began cutting
the tracks for their second assault: ”II=I”.
The recordings continued throughout the year with
Martin as producer.
In August the album was completed, containing
a more complex, vocal-oriented style of Andromeda.
In 2003 bassplayer Fabian Gustavsson replaced
Gert, adding the final piece to the powerful jigsaw
puzzle that is the ultimate Andromeda line-up.
After a world wide release of the
album, touring and festival gigs the band began
writing material for their upcoming album ”Chimera”,
and in the spring of 2004 the recordings were
initiated. Striving for a simpler, more in-your-face
kind of approach, the new material is certainly
a step forward for the band, already approved
by the Swedish and Turkish crowds. The third album
is once again produced by Martin, going for a
rock-solid sound. ”Chimera” contains
all the elements that Andromeda is built of, but
certainly stands out as a new, fresh chapter in
the musical evolution of Andromeda and was released
world wide during the spring of 2006.
Following the bands european tourdates
Andromedas first live DVD; "Playing Off The
Board" was released in April 2007. This high
quality product has recieved raving reviews and
shows what the band is capable of in a live situation.
Please enter their galaxy and hear
for yourselves! Be prepared to be amazed. |