Nightingale
Tuesday, 06 May 2008
Band members:
Tom Björn : Drums
Tom Nouga : Guitar, Bass, Keyboard
Dan Swanö : Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
Erik Oska
Band country: Sweden
Band biography:
Formed by EDGE OF SANITY frontman Dan Swanö in 1995, NIGHTINGALE plays a style far removed from what the world has come to expect from Swanö. There are no death metal vocals and only mildly heavy guitars to be found in NIGHTINGALE's music, shifting the focus towards their melodies and lyrics. Their debut album introduced the "Breathing Shadow" storyline which all of their first four albums dealt with (the storyline came to an end on the first track of 2004's Invisible). The music itself is fairly melodic to metal standards, featuring a great deal of keyboards and almost sounding like a classic 70s prog band with a little extra guitar distortion. They were indeed formed by Swanö with the intention of being a pure prog band, a goal which they complete admirably.
Band discography:
THE BREATHING SHADOW
Tracks:
1. Nightfall Overture
2. Sleep...
3. The Dreamreader
4. Higher Than the Sky
5. Recovery Opus
6. The Return to Dreamland
7. Gypsy Eyes
8. Alone?
9. A Lesson in Evil
10. Eye for an Eye
CLOSING CHRONICLES
Tracks:
1. Deep Inside of Nowhere
2. Revival
3. Thoughts From a Stolen Soul
4. So Long (Still I Wonder)
5. Steal the Moon
6. Intermezzo
7. Alive Again
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Tracks:
1. Scarred for Life
2. Still in the Dark
3. The Game
4. Game Over
5. Remorse and Regret
6. Alonely
7. I Return
8. Drowning in Sadness
9. Dead or Alive
10. The Journey's End
11. Breathing
ALIVE AGAIN
Tracks:
1. Recollections
2. Shadowman
3. Glory Days
4. Falling
5. Into the Light
6. Eternal
7. State of Shock
8. The One
9. Shadowland Serenade
10. Forever and Never
INVISIBLE
Tracks:
1. Still Alive
2. Invisible
3. Raincheck on my Demise
4. Atlantis Rising
5. To the End
6. Misery
7. The Wake
8. One of the Lonely Ones
9. Worlds Apart
10. Stalingrad
WHITE DARKNESS
Tracks:
1. The Fields of Life
2. Trial and Error
3. One Way Ticket
4. Reasons
5. Wounded Soul
6. Hideaway
7. To My Inspiration
8. White Darkness
9. Belief
10. Trust
Band official website: www.myspace.com/nightingalesweden
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