Lost Horizon is a Swedish

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band from

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. The band has esoteric stage personas similar to

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fantasy, with the members wearing studded leather, cloaks and face paint. In their albums' liner notes, their stage names and roles are exaggerated to sound mystical and otherworldly in nature; for example, guitarist and lyricist Wojtek Lisicki is credited as the "Earthshape" of the "Transcendental Protagonist" and credited for "Poesy of Spiritual Enlightenment/String Romanticism", with his proper roles given as a "Translation For Mortals".

History

Lost Horizon originated from the band Highlander, formed in 1990 with future

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member

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on vocals. The band went on hiatus from 1994 to 1999. Then the band reformed as Lost Horizon with vocalist Daniel Heiman. Lost Horizon released their first studio album ''

Awakening the World ''Awakening the World'' is the debut album of the heavy metal band Lost Horizon, released in 2001. Track listing Personnel *Transcendental Protagonist (Wojtek Lisicki) - guitars *Cosmic Antagonist (Martin Furängen) - bass *Preternatural ...

'' in 2001. In 2002, the band gained two new members: second guitarist Fredrik Olsson and keyboardist Attila Publik. The new lineup released ''

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'' in 2003. Heiman and Olsson left Lost Horizon two years later, putting the band on hiatus. Their official website released three instrumental demos ("Wizard", "Spirit" and "Fire") in 2009, but no new musical activities have been announced since then.

Band members

* Transcendental Protagonist (Wojtek Lisicki) – guitars (Luciferion, Against The Plagues) * Cosmic Antagonist (Martin Furängen) – bass (Luciferion) * Preternatural Transmogrifyer (Christian Nyquist) – drums * Perspicacious Protector (Attila Publik) – keyboards * Ethereal Magnanimus (Daniel Heiman) – vocals (ex-Fierce Conviction, ex-

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, ex-

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(Swe), Heed) * Equilibrian Epicurius (Fredrik Olsson) – guitars (ex-

(Swe), Heed)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums * 2001: ''

'' * 2003: ''

External links

* * Swedish power metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups from Gothenburg {{Sweden-band-stub

History

Band members

Timeline

Discography

See also

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