Andromeda is a

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band from

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formed in 1999. They are currently signed to Massacre Records, Replica Records and Avalon/Marquee. The style emphasizes on strong keyboards and technical drumming. The band is also well known for the vocals of David Fremberg. They have recorded five albums as of 2011, as well as a live DVD. There are two versions of their first album, '' Extension of the Wish''. The original recording features their first vocalist Lawrence Mackrory. The second version has all of the original instrument tracks, but with their replacement vocalist David Fremberg. The most recent album ''Manifest Tyranny'' was released in 2011. In 2016 they released their second live DVD "Live in Vietnam", which was then made available to see on YouTube in 2020.

Line-up

Johan Reinholdz Johan Reinholdz (born 30 June 1980) is a Swedish guitarist known for his work with the progressive metal band Andromeda (Swedish band), Andromeda, and melodic death metal bands Dark Tranquillity, NonExist and Skyfire (band), Skyfire. He compose ...

– guitar (also in

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, Opus Atlantica, Skyfire,

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) *David Fremberg – vocals (also in Bloom) *Thomas Lejon – drums (also in

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, ex-

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, ex-Ominous) *Martin Hedin – keyboards *Linus "Mr. Gul" Abrahamson – bass

Former members

*Lawrence Mackrory – vocals (also in Seethings, ex-

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, Enemy Is Us) *Gert Daun – bass *Fabian Gustavsson – bass

Discography

*'' Extension of the Wish'' - (2001,

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) *'' II=I (Two Is One)'' (2003, Century Media) *''Extension of the Wish - Final Extension'' (Compilation) (2004) *''

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'' (2006, Massacre Records) *''Playing Off the Board'' (Live DVD) (2007, Metal Mind Productions) *''

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'' (2008, Nightmare Records) *''

Manifest Tyranny ''Manifest Tyranny'' is the fifth full-length album by progressive metal band Andromeda. The album was reviewed with 8/10 by ''Powermetal.de'', 9/10 by ''Metal.de Metal.de is a German-language online magazine launched in 1996. The magazine f ...

'' (2011, Inner Wound Recordings) *''Live in Vietnam'' (Live DVD) (2016, Andromeda Rec.)

References

Independent Music Awards winners Musical groups established in 1999 Swedish progressive metal musical groups 1999 establishments in Sweden Massacre Records artists Century Media Records artists {{Sweden-band-stub