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Evergrey is a progressive 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, released in 2008.
Lyrical themes
Evergrey's lyrics have always been of the darker sort. The same can be said of the band's imagery. While The Dark Discovery dealt with a variety of ideas, 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.[citation needed] 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".[citation needed] 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 have recently returned to their rehearsal studios to prepare their next studio album. The new album is currently being recorded and is expected to be released before Christmas 2008. The bass guitar was being recorded by Tom and Henrik in the absence of a bassist, but as of August 6, 2007, Jari Kainulainen will permanently fill the role.[5]
On May 08, 2008, Evergrey announced that they have signed a deal with Steamhammer/SPV. This includes the release of their new album and the entire back catalogue. It also was announced that the new album, TORN, will be released early in September[6]. As the deal includes the bands entire back catalog, there is the possibility of re-releases of previous Evergrey albums with the inclusion of added bonus material.
Lineup
Guest musicians
Former members
Discography
References
- ^ "#6 debut on the Swedish charts!". Evergrey.net (2006-03-31). Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
- ^ "Evergrey tour dates archive". Evergrey.net (2006-10-06). Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
- ^ "Evergrey European tour announced". Evergrey.net (2006-09-28). Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
- ^ "Evergrey European tour dates". Evergrey.net (2006-09-28). Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
- ^ "So, here he is!". Evergrey.net (2007-08-06). Retrieved on 2007-08-06.
- ^ "Evergrey.net - The Official Home of Evergrey". Evergrey.net (2008-05-08). Retrieved on 2009-05-11.
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