AMON AMARTH

Amon Amarth

Genre : Melodic Death Metal
Lyrical theme : Vikings, Warfare, Norse Mythology
Origin Formed in : Sweden (Stockholm) 1992
Current label : Metal Blade Records
Status : Active

Current line-up

Johan Hegg - Vocals (1992-)
Olavi Mikkonen - Guitar (1992-)
Johan Söderberg - Guitar (1998-)
Ted Lundström - Bass (1992-) (Eternal Oath (Swe))
Fredrik Andersson - Drums (1998-) (A Canorous Quintet/The Plague (Swe)/This Ending, Curriculum Mortis (Swe), Guidance of Sin, Laid to Unrest, Beyond Dreams, The Dead (Swe))

Former/past member

Guitar:
Anders Hansson (1992-1998) (Blood Mortized)

Drums:
Nico Kaukinen (1992-1996)
Martin Lopez (1996-1998) (Opeth, Requiem Aeternam (Ury), Eternal (Ury), Vinterkrig (Swe))
Additional notes
Formed under the name Scum (Swe), then changed to Amon Amarth.

Discography

Thor Arise Demo, 1993
The Arrival of the Fimbul Winter Demo, 1994
Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds EP, 1996
Once Sent from the Golden Hall Full-length, 1998
The Avenger Full-length, 1999
The Crusher Full-length, 2001
Versus the World Full-length, 2002
Fate of Norns Release Shows Split, 2004
Fate of Norns Full-length, 2004
Live at Grand Rokk Reykjavik Iceland Live album, 2006
Wrath of the Norsemen DVD, 2006
With Oden On Our Side Full-length, 2006
Twilight of the Thunder God Single, 2008
Twilight of the Thunder God Full-length, 2008

Links

Official
Amon Amarth Official Homepage
Amon Amarth @ Myspace
Amon Amarth @ Twitter
Amon Amarth @ Youtube

Labels
Amon Amarth @ Metal Blade Records

Fan site
Official Forum
Amon Amarth Fan site (German)
Amon Amarth Fan Site (Poland)
Amon Amarth Italian FanSite
Amon amarth tabs @ tabheaven
Video interview of Olavi (guitar)
Amon Amarth @ Demo Archives
Detailed discography @ musik-sammler.de

SONATA ARCTICA

Genre Power Metal
Lyrical theme Fantasy Metaphors, Relationships, Life
Origin Finland (Kemi)
Formed in 1999
Current label Nuclear Blast
Status Active

Current line-up
Tony Kakko - Vocals, Keyboards (1999-) (Northern Kings)
Elias Viljanen - Guitar (2007-) (Astral (Fin), Depravity (Fin), Sigillum Diaboli (Fin), Mess, The Enemy (Fin))
Marko Paasikoski - Bass (2000-)
Henrik "Lance" Klingenberg - Keyboards (2002-) (Mental Care Foundation, Requiem (Fin), Silent Voices, Graveyard Shift, Elias Viljanen)
Tommy Portimo - Drums (1999-)

Former/past member
Guitar:
Jani Liimatainen (1999-2007) (Altaria, Graveyard Shift, Dream Asylum, Neverday, Sydänpuu, Cain's Offering)

Bass:
Janne Kivilahti (1999-2000)

Keyboards:
Mikko Härkin (2000-2002) (Kenziner, Wingdom, Kotipelto, Essence Of Sorrow, Mehida, Solution .45, Cain's Offering)

Discography


UnOpened Single, 1999
Ecliptica Full-length, 1999
Successor EP, 2000
Orientation EP, 2001
Wolf & Raven Single, 2001
Live At Provinssirock Festival Single, 2001
Silence Full-length, 2001
Last Drop Falls Single, 2001
Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo Live album, 2002
Victoria's Secret Single, 2003
Winterheart's Guild Full-length, 2003
Broken Single, 2003
Takatalvi EP, 2003
Reckoning Night - 4 Tracks Single, 2004
Don't Say a Word Single, 2004
Don't Say a Word EP, 2004
Reckoning Night Full-length, 2004
My Selene Single, 2004
Shamandalie Single, 2004
The End of This Chapter Best of/Compilation, 2005
For the Sake of Revenge DVD, 2006
For the Sake of Revenge Live album, 2006
The Collection 1999-2006 Best of/Compilation, 2006
Replica 2006 Single, 2006
Paid in Full Single, 2007
Unia Full-length, 2007
Deliverance Best of/Compilation, 2008
The Last Amazing Grays Single, 2009
Flag In The Ground Single, 2009
The Days of Grays Full-length, 2009

Links

Official
Official Sonata Arctica
Official Jani Liimatainen
Tony Kakko @ MySpace
Sonata Arctica @ Myspace
Sonata Arctica @ Bebo

Labels
Sonata Arctica @ Nuclear Blast
Sonata Arctica @ Spinefarm Records
Nuclear Blast Europe @ Bebo
Spinefarm @ MySpace

Fan site
Sonata Arctica Japan
Dutch Fansite
German Fansite
Sonata Arctica Spain
FullMoon Fansite
Sonata Arctica Slovak Fansite
Official Dutch Fanclub
Russian Fanclub
Official Collector's Info @ SARDIN
Sonata Arctica Hungary
Sonata Arctica Uk
Sonata Arctica's Italian Fan Forum
Sonata Arctica @ Truemetal
Land of... Silence: Italian Official Fansite
Sonata Arctica Polish Fansite

CHILDREN OF BODOM

Genre : Melodic Death/Power Metal
Lyrical theme : Death, Hate, Lake Bodom, Personal Struggles
Origin : Finland (Espoo)
Formed in : 1997
Current label : Spinefarm
Status : Active

Current line-up
Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho - Vocals, Guitar (Impaled Nazarene, Kylähullut, Sinergy, Thy Serpent, Warmen)
Roope Latvala - Guitar (2003-) (Dementia (Fin), Latvala Bros, Nomicon, Sinergy, Stone, Walhalla (Fin), Waltari, Soulgrind (Fin), Warmen)
Janne "Warman" Wirman - Keyboards (Kotipelto, Masterplan, Warmen, Ari Koivunen)
Henkka T. "Blacksmith" Seppälä - Bass (Aivokasvain)
Jaska W. Raatikainen - Drums (Evemaster, Gashouse Garden, Virtuocity)

Former/past member
Alexander Kuoppala - Guitar (1997-2003) (Timo Rautiainen)


Discography


The Carpenter Split, 1997
Children of Bodom Split, 1997
Something Wild Full-length, 1997
Downfall Single, 1998
Hatebreeder Full-length, 1999
Tokyo Warhearts Live album, 1999
Hate Me! Single, 2000
Follow the Reaper Full-length, 2000
You're Better Off Dead! Single, 2002
Hate Crew Deathroll Full-length, 2003
Needled 24/7 Single, 2003
Bestbreeder from 1997 to 2000 Best of/Compilation, 2003
Trashed, Lost & Strungout Single, 2004
Trashed, Lost & Strungout DVD, 2004
Trashed, Lost & Strungout EP, 2004
In Your Face Single, 2005
Are You Dead Yet? Full-length, 2005
In Your Face DVD, 2005
Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live DVD, 2006
Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live Live album, 2006
Unholy Alliance Split DVD / video, 2007
Blooddrunk Single, 2008
Blooddrunk Full-length, 2008
Hellhounds on My Trail EP, 2008
Smile Pretty for the Devil Single, 2008
Skeleton in the Closet EP, 2009
Skeletons in the Closet Best of/Compilation, 2009


Links

Official
Children Of Bodom
Children Of Bodom @ MySpace
COB Japanese Web Site
Alexi Laiho @ ESP Guitars
Children of Bodom @ Youtube
Action! PR
Children Of Bodom @ Twitter
COB Official Hate Forum

Labels
Children of Bodom @ Spinefarm Records
Children of Bodom @ Nuclear Blast
Spinefarm @ MySpace


Fan site
Official Children Of Bodom Forum
Detailed discography @ musik-sammler.de
Taste of Bodom (slovak)
Scythes of Bodom
Children Of Bodom fan page @ purevolume
Children Of Bodom @ Turkish Fan Site

Iron Maiden Lyrics Song

Fear Of The Dark

I am a man who walks alone
And when I'm walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park

When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it's dark.

Fear of the dark,fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something's always near
Fear of the dark,fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there

Have you run your fingers down the wall
And have you felt your neck skin crawl
When you're searching for the light ?
Sometimes when you're scared to take a look
At the corner of the room
You've sensed that something's watching you.

Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no-one's there ?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you're sure there's someone there

Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklore
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense,and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind.

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a constant fear, thought you heard
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone's always there.

When I'm walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone

Blind Guardian Lyrics Song

Imaginations From The Other Side

Where are these silent faces
I took them all
They all went away
Now you're alone
To turn out every light so deep in me
Hold on Too late

Will I ever see them back again
Or did they all die by my hand
Or were they killed by the old evil ghost
Who had taken
The ocean
Of all my dreams
Which were worth to keep
Deep inside my heart
I wish I
Could get them back
From the everflow
Before they'll fade away

Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere it got back to my mind
Imaginations from the other side
Far out of nowhere it got back to my mind
Out of the dark
Back to the light
Then I'll break down
The walls around my heart
Imaginations from the other side

Where's the ocean's daughter
Was Peter Pan in Mordor
Noone's there to keep alive
All these fairy tales
May I return to Oz
Will I meet the "Tin Man"
"Coward Lion" where are you
Without brain the scarecrow's lost
In the middle of the lake
Stranded in the real world
Left in a world
No place for daydreams
Serious life
I fall into
I fall into a dark hole
And I can't come out

Do you know if Merlin did exist
Or Frodo wore the Ring
Did Corum kill the gods
Or where's the Wonderland
Which young Alice had seen
Or was it just a dream
I knew the answers
Now they're lost for me

I hope there is a way back
With my talisman
So I look into myself
To the days when I was just a child
Come follow me to Wonderland
And see the tale that never ends
Don't fear the lion, nor the witch
I can't come back
I'm